Recent questions tagged experience

Description : If you have had an extremely serious, even life-threatening, illness: what have you learned?

Last Answer : I know how obvious these things sound, but they were true for me. Being around to raise your child and have them become a wonderful adult is a pearl beyond price. The ability to have a ... interesting to revisit. ETA: Life threaten8ng kidney stuff in my early 20s and cancer in my early 40s.

Description : Have you visited any of the new 7 wonders of the World?

Last Answer : What are the “new” ones?

Description : Happy Father's Day to All!

Last Answer : I was the middle child of seven kids. My father was a good provider, but quite distant. He delegated the raising of his children to my mother. He'd come home from his job in the aerospace industry ... from that, too. Working for him was perhaps the best decision I ever made in my entire life.

Description : Have you ever had a deja vu experience around a Fluther question?

Last Answer : With my own questions, yes. I often think about asking a question only to swear that I've asked it before, and gotten the same responses. Then a search brings up nothing. I've convinced myself ... the question in my head, and how to word it, that causes this but essentially the same experience.

Description : Have you ever had the feeling that you have seen or experienced something that no one has ever seen or experienced before, or ever will again?

Last Answer : Only in the particulars, such as this person doing something – that millions and millions of others have done, but not this person at this time, and never again.

Description : What's your expertise that goes unused on Fluther?

Last Answer : My sarcasm and pessimism, and books

Description : Have you ever seen ghost like this?

Last Answer : No, I have been to several supposedly haunted sites and never once seen any sort of supernatural phenomena. I appreciate that you didn't think it was an illusion, but why did it scare you? Was there ... through a mist? Is your memory of the event clear, or did it seem surreal and dream-like?

Description : Have you ever witnessed a miracle?

Last Answer : answer:I wouldn't consider it a miraculous, but it seems I have some sort of weird ability, for lack of a better word. I seriously hate to admit this it's not going to sound rational at ... the name of the spice my sister-in-law was thinking of, with no description of it whatsoever: coriander.

Description : Inspired by Fluther's We're all experts slogan - what makes an expert - and when do you know you've become one?

Last Answer : I think you’re an expert when you believe you know everything about a subject but are smart and open-minded enough to realize you will always need to keep learning.

Description : What does it mean to be "stoned" and what's it like?

Last Answer : It typically refers to being high from weed, yes. It depends on the person. It could make your relaxed, paradoid, sleepy, hungry, silly, or scared. All depends on how you react.

Description : Have you ever witnessed nonchalant nakedness?

Last Answer : No. In fact that’s disturbing. Reminds me of that old guy on Family Guy.

Description : What is your background?

Last Answer : Well, there’s many things that I think I’m knowledgeable at. It depends on what it is, of course, but I’ve lived long enough to have experienced a lot of things & I’ve dealt with a lot of situations. If I don’t have solid knowledge or a good opinion on something, I keep quiet.

Description : What makes a person a true adult?

Last Answer : Can you take care of yourself? Voila – adulthood!