What were you up to in 2007?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was probably drunk
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I was sailing the North Atlantic and being black out drunk while ashore. I think I had a couple port visits in the states, but mostly just patrols of Canadian waters
Dude, OP was asking about 2007, not 1707...
But, in earnest now, what was the background to this?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think I was fresh off my divorce and in my man-whore era. Owned my own house. Had lots of friends and played a lot of roleplaying games. Lots of World of Warcraft.
I guess I'd say I was at peak personal freedom. I had money, time, and minimal responsibility. It felt awesome. Then apparently you were born and fucked it all up.
Kidding. Things were cool for a good while. Few years later got bit by the bug to settle down and have kids of my own, which was a big transition to a different kind of enjoying life. Lots of good memories from 2007. If I could go back in time and live my life over starting at any point, that's probably about when I'd choose.
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Why and how did the journey end?
I got bored and quit
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I was 30 but I remember 2007 about as well as you do. I think indie music was good? You could still go to a bar and see a cool band most nights?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Gettin' tortured by my family for the gay, leaving home as a minor, learning to steal, learning how good a liar I could be, losing every person place and pet I loved for the first of several times. Sleeping in a lot of unusual places.
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I think I was fresh off my divorce and in my man-whore era. Owned my own house. Had lots of friends and played a lot of roleplaying games. Lots of World of Warcraft.
I guess I'd say I was at peak personal freedom. I had money, time, and minimal responsibility. It felt awesome. Then apparently you were born and fucked it all up.
Kidding. Things were cool for a good while. Few years later got bit by the bug to settle down and have kids of my own, which was a big transition to a different kind of enjoying life. Lots of good memories from 2007. If I could go back in time and live my life over starting at any point, that's probably about when I'd choose.
wrote last edited by [email protected]lt seems you got lucky. Typical freshly divorced guys one hears about, own half of a house that they can't use any more, but still a mountain of loans to pay, while in parallel having to pay monthly alliments to their ex-wifes.
Happy it worked out for you so well!
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]My son turned 10. I was 1 year into my job that I still have, climbing communication towers. Mostly for cell phone companies. But also state, DNR, and DOT towers.
Wasn't making the best decisions before and was living in my sisters extra room. This is where I turned things around.
Edit: spelling
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Watching Smosh. That channel has certainly changed.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
My side hustle website got big enough in 2007 to allow me to quit my day job and go all in with it.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
My son was 3 and I had recently made the decision to be a stay at home dad. So parks, play dates, and household chores! He’s now in college and I’m working that 40 hour grind and reflect on these as some of my best memories!
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lt seems you got lucky. Typical freshly divorced guys one hears about, own half of a house that they can't use any more, but still a mountain of loans to pay, while in parallel having to pay monthly alliments to their ex-wifes.
Happy it worked out for you so well!
wrote last edited by [email protected]No kids was the key factor. It was amicable and neither of us wanted to fight. Think the whole divorce ran us like $2k or less. Which is more than the wedding. We were also about on par with wages.
I did eventually lose the house because of the 2008 crash, but 2007 was good.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was a junior in high school.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was in my early 20s and had the best times of my life. I just moved out of my parents' home and lived in a place with a friend. Since I was one of the first to do so, our place was a very big hangout for other friends. I had a real job that I just started in 2006 but didn't care much about it like I sadly do today (still at the same place). I discovered what I love, which was music and beer. We went on half country road trips to hit up breweries and bring home the best beer we couldn't get back home. I went to concerts in NY weekly, and around this time, I had a record 180 concerts in 1 year. Had the time of my life just hanging out doing everything I wanted to.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Recording an EP, going to lots of concerts, writing for a couple of magazines, working at a coffee shop, drinking too much, living in a little studio apartment, binding books with salvaged leather from roadside furniture.
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No kids was the key factor. It was amicable and neither of us wanted to fight. Think the whole divorce ran us like $2k or less. Which is more than the wedding. We were also about on par with wages.
I did eventually lose the house because of the 2008 crash, but 2007 was good.
I did eventually lose the house because of the 2008 crash
I would be interested about the mechanisms behind that, as I only observed it from afar out of Europe.
I then had the impression that for existing houses it was mainly a problem for the banks?
Didn't know that owners like you also were directly affected.
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Now we need details...
It turned out really well because my band mate and I produced all songs in a fairly short amount of time and thus the style of each song went well with all the others. It was more indie, too. The next album was released via a well known label and they kept pestering us with changes they wanted us to do. It felt too mainstream for me to be happy with the result.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was around 10 so I was probably playing games like Crash Bandicoot and Need for Speed on my PS2 and playing at the parks around town
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I was 30 but I remember 2007 about as well as you do. I think indie music was good? You could still go to a bar and see a cool band most nights?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Wow, 2007 must have been a really special year for you, if it let to total amnesia...
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Long enough ago that everything blurs together but would have celebrated a third wedding anniversary. This year was 21.