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HELPNEEDED · 10-22-2012, 09:30 AM

Police man, I want to be a PIG till I was 22, then I graduated University and did not persue it. Persuit did not commence due to bad eyesight; oh well I had my back up I guess.

peter12 · 10-22-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HELPNEEDED

Police man, I want to be a PIG till I was 22, then I graduated University and did not persue it. Persuit did not commence due to bad eyesight; oh well I had my back up I guess.

How did you get through university with such atrocious spelling?

Sainters7 · 10-22-2012, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

All of you guys with your sports dreams. I knew I sucked from day one, I envy all of your childhood dreams of sports stardom.

Haha for me anyway I think that was a byproduct of my best friend when I was a kid being a fat, mostly uncoordinated kid who happened to love sports as much as me so we always played street hockey/hoops, etc.. I'd just own him in everything so I probably assumed I was destined for glory.

Then I started playing rec hockey in Pee-wee & in my first year, after tryouts I got put on a division 8 team, and quickly realized I had been living a lie..

polak · 10-22-2012, 10:14 AM

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Then I started playing rec hockey in Pee-wee & in my first year, after tryouts I got put on a division 8 team, and quickly realized I had been living a lie..

Similar thing happend to me with soccer.
I thought I was great because I missed tryouts one year and got put on a Div 5 team where I proceeded to rack up goals like it was going out of style. Naturally I thought the next year I'd be in div 1. When I did show up at try outs I was put on a div 3 team where I proceeded to score a grand total of a 1 goal. I still blame that coach! I scored in our first game playing striker and he proceeds to move me to midfield for the rest of the season. BS.

Knalus · 10-22-2012, 10:16 AM

I always wanted to be a Scientist. And rich. My idea of a scientist though was to be the first person on Mars. Or work with animals. Or time travel. I even tried to figure out how to split a water molecule in grade 3. Best I could come up with was electricity.

I'm now a geologist at an Oil and Gas company. I think my younger self would be satisfied.

_Q_ · 10-22-2012, 10:19 AM

I always wanted to be a Chemical Engineer while I was growing up. That didn't work out, so I became an Electrical Engineer instead. Then I got bored of it and now I'm a project manager.

Table 5 · 10-22-2012, 10:21 AM

I basically spent my childhood drawing and dreaming about cars, and thus wanted to be a car designer.

I went into design, just not automotive.There really was no outlet for that in Calgary, so that never went anywhere. I still wish I had done so sometimes.

I could never really get the wheels to look right anyway.

Ozy_Flame · 10-22-2012, 10:21 AM

I always chuckle at this question. Does anyone actually follow through on their childhood dreams?

I always wanted to be a policeman, or a comedian, improv or stand-up. I always wanted to be involved with FIFA in some capacity, whether as a player or a coach.

I'm a software consultant now, but I wish I had gone a different route. I really want to fulfill one of these before I retire, hopefully getting into comedy.

By the way, if anyone says they dreamed of doing Joint Venture or land admin stuff when they were kids, I don't believe it for a second! Kids don't dream of doing hardcore oil/gas work!

polak · 10-22-2012, 10:25 AM

I did the car design thing too.
Then I realized a) I can't draw and b) there is more to designing cars then just drawing them.

I have an old binder at my friends house full of cars that we drew. We'd spend hours "designing" cars.

This thread makes me depressed.

JD · 10-22-2012, 10:27 AM

I wanted to drive a C-Train.

No offense to all the fine transit employees out there, but I'm pretty happy I didn't succeed in that endeavour!

bc-chris · 10-22-2012, 10:33 AM

i wanted to be a fire truck.... not a fireman, but a fire truck

HELPNEEDED · 10-22-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by peter12

How did you get through university with such atrocious spelling?

Its pretty sad what they let get through.

Muta · 10-22-2012, 10:40 AM

I dreamed of being of an astronaut, or working for NASA. Also, being a commercial pilot or a fighter pilot. I think it's likely most kids dream about being something adventurous, magical and highly exciting. And rightfully they should; those are interesting jobs!

Hence, I know what I didn't dream about as a kid - accounting, finance, oil and gas or mortgages. Who the hell dreams of that? LOL. Although I'm sure there were kids out there that might have did that, I guess. Indoctrinated from their parents!

troutman · 10-22-2012, 10:45 AM

Immortal.

BlackEleven · 10-22-2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lchoy

Another vote for fighter pilot. Top Gun was my favourite movie as a kid.
When I got glasses in grade 4, it pretty much crushed my dreams

Another vote for this.

This is an easy way of finding out which posters are around the same age as me...

FlamesAddiction · 10-22-2012, 10:56 AM

As cliche as it is, I wanted to be a firefighter. I actually moved to Brandon when I was 18 and started training with the intention of eventually going to the fire fighter college there.

Then I had a big reality check about the horrors of the job (particularly, about being a first responder at accidents) and realized that I didn't have the stomach for it. I have a tonne of repsect for those guys though.

ResAlien · 10-22-2012, 11:01 AM

A stuntman. Getting to crash cars, light yourself on fire, jump off of buildings and generally destroy stuff sounded fantastic.

Codes · 10-22-2012, 11:06 AM

I was a complete dinosaur nut as a kid. Still am, actually. I made it into science, but not as a paleontologist. As I grew older I became interested in helicopters, and thought about becoming a pilot, but that also never happened.

flamesfever · 10-22-2012, 11:15 AM

Initially I wanted to be a doctor, however this changed to a veterinarian because I was afraid I would make an error on the operating table and end up killing someone. I probably felt I wouldn't feel quite as guilty if it was an animal. When I graduated from high school I found out I had to have 4 months experience on a farm to get into vet college (Guelph was the only college at the time). So not wanting to spend the time on a farm, I chose Geology, as I loved the outdoors. I was never disappointed being a geologist...one the most exciting careers for a Calgarian, if you like rocks, and have the spirit of an old fashion prospector in you.

BurningYears · 10-22-2012, 11:34 AM

I always wanted to be a Race Car Driver.