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What's your biggest regret?
By Josh Board | Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
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I didn’t go to college right out of high school. Now I’m having to do it in my late 30s and it sucks. I guess there are lots of pros and cons. By going to college now, I’m actually learning something and not just partying. A lot of kids go to college right away and get burned out, too. I’m definitely taking it more seriously going now.
Kendra Jackson
Business Manager
Phoenix
The fact that I got my bachelor’s and never went farther. That was in ’98. It was in psychology. I guess working in a bar is the perfect use for it. It’s like a pharmacy here with a limited inventory. But we’re buying a home, and I’m thinking about going back to school. I wish I would’ve just gotten the degree out of the way before.
Alisha Kelly
Waitress
Ocean Beach
There’s a story involving an English teacher and a time I ripped the beard off a Santa Claus. Another time my dad walked in on me…oh, no, I got my biggest regret: My dad and brother bought this remote-control car. It was about $300, and they had to buy all these parts. It was going to be this big family project. When I was running it, it was the first time I had used a controller like that. To turn it one way, you press a button on the side. It’s not like a steering wheel. A real car was coming, and my dad told me to turn it left, but I turned it right into the car’s wheel. The driver stopped and said sorry. I was paralyzed with fear.
Nick Andrews
Pharmacy student
Carlsbad
There are lots of regrets. It’s hard picking one. There were four abortions. And I regret each and every one of them. My biggest might be when I was living in St. Louis and lost my dog Sue in a big storm. I had the dog for 13 years, and it was absolutely heartbreaking to lose her that way.
Jerome Tull
Marketing
Hillcrest
I guess people are going to answer this with heavy answers. I would say two things I sold: one was a 1957 Seburg jukebox, just like the one you see in Happy Days. And, a 1977 Cadillac that I had restored. It was blue and white. We had fixed the upholstery; it was beautiful. We had to move to New York. My mom was dying, and we had to take care of business. I think I got a thousand bucks for the jukebox. It played 45s, and I had my top 100 records in it. I bought it from a guy in Northridge that fixed them up. But during that time, we sold all our material things.
Rico Orisak
Retired
Kearny Mesa
I’m a huge Red Sox fan, and in 2004 I had gotten tickets to fly back for games six and seven. They swept in four, so I was only there for the parade. I had gotten autographs of some of the players and the owner, and at one point, extras were going into the park for a movie. One person pulled up and named the agency that sent him, and they just let him in. So many people were doing that, security finally asked if anyone else was supposed to be in. It didn’t occur to me until 20 minutes later that I should’ve said something. They were filming Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. And I could’ve been in it! They even had to rewrite and change the ending because of the Sox winning the World Series.
Paul Birkenbach
FedEx
Mira Mesa
Who would've thought Kirk Douglas' biggest regret was selling a Cadillac?
By rickeysays 12:10 a.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
HA! Epic reply, rickey.....lol!
By PistolPete 12:32 a.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
You know what's so strange? I saw that response of yours rickey...and I clicked this link. I started to scroll down, because I didn't remember the faces of the people answering the question. And, the guy right above the person you're referring to...well, he looks a bit like a young Kirt Douglas. So, I had it on his face and was reading his answer, and wondering what the heck you meant by selling a Cadillac.
By JoshBoard 1:11 a.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
You're right! It's almost a before and after!
By rickeysays 1:47 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
Biggest regret.. would be not getting my degree of course and a close second would be not paying more attention to nice available guys in high school. ;-)
By Crissyst 3:45 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
Oh, come on Crissy. You women didn't want nice guys in high school. They were all around. You wanted the stud athlete or guy that had the lead in the school play. And they'd chew you girls up and spit you out (sometimes literally). And you'd go back for more.
But now, it's those nice guys that have some cushy, well-paying computer job, or they show up at reunions rich (like that nerd in Romy and Michelles High School Reunion).
And now, those girls that were hot in high school, have had three kids, gained 100 pounds, and they're NOW willing to look at those "nice guys again". Sorry, ladies. The tables have turned (insert evil laugh here)
By JoshBoard 4:05 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
sorry joshua...i hate to bust your bubble, kid...i found the HS athletic/football jock type to be a total turn off.
that's my all time fave movie btw :D
By magicsfive 4:56 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
That movie is so great. I bet Cyndi Lauper loved her songs inclusion in it as well.
Just because YOU weren't that way. I think a lot of women were sweethearts, but the boys in high school were just too afraid. My point is still the same as what I wrote about...a lot of hot chicks in high school had attitudes. Those attitudes are different when they are a lot heavier, and have some children as baggage. Then those nice guys with good jobs, look a lot better than the football jocks they married.
By JoshBoard 7:11 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
My biggest regret is that MY PARENTS didn't believe in abortion.
By gofurry 7:57 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
By PistolPete 7:59 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
Bingo, Josh! The quiet, sweet guys NEVER approached me.. only the stuck up jocks and I admit I liked the attention because I thought it was genuine. Now, as for the "hot" (yes, beauty is very subjective) chicks you claim had attitudes, the girls I thought that were considered "hotter" were very nice... soo hmmmm???? Maybe you regret dating vapid semi hot chicks hahaha.. j/kidding!! ;-9
By Crissyst 9:25 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
hey, i was a sweetheart....sheesh. i just didn't like the jocks :)
By magicsfive 9:27 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
sorry joshua...i hate to bust your bubble, kid...i found the HS athletic/football jock type to be a total turn off.
that's my all time fave movie btw :D
By magicsfive
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The chicks liked the "bad boy" types in HS, at least up to the point when they start getting abused-physically or mentally.
I went to a HS class reunion last month. All the "hot chicks" were no longer hot. Not one. They were all old, flabby, fat, obese, skin problems, wrinkles. Just a 10 from HS. The guys were slightly better, but some guys were MUCH better, with no obvious age problems, skin problems and generally in much better physical condition.
Pretty funny stuff.
Life is good when you're old but still in good shape and loving life! :)
By SurfPuppy619 10:08 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
hey, i was a sweetheart....
By magicsfive
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Prove it or it never happened :)
By SurfPuppy619 10:09 p.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it
let me see, surfpup...how shall i prove it? :D
By magicsfive 6:48 a.m., Nov 20, 2009 > Report it
let me see, surfpup...how shall i prove it? :D
By magicsfive
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Hehehehhehehe........... :)
By SurfPuppy619 8:34 a.m., Nov 20, 2009 > Report it
dirty dog ;)
:D
By magicsfive 7:47 p.m., Nov 20, 2009 > Report it