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Originally Posted by Bamaboy
What causes a person to have that adventurous spirit?
The way they grew up? Yup
They don't want to work? No I like working.. but have to care about it.. A job never pays more then it gives.
It is in their DNA and they can't help it? Hold on I'll do a PCR and a DHCL to check .. Any donners?
They just like seeing new places? YUP, I have a short attention span, once i know a place i just need to move on..(hopefully before!)
Their parents kicked them out of the house? (That is my excuse) NOPE
They drank too much whiskey one night and got this crazy idea in their head? NOPE
They are running from the law? NOPE
They like to eat strange foods and have diarrhea? OH YEAH I LOVE FOOD THE MORE UNUSUAL THE BETTER>> my moto if i dont know what it is (was) i have to eat it.. a million poeple cant be wrong... (only thing i will not eat is puffer fish.. (and a few things that are on the ICUN red (endangered) list but if they weren't then i would..I am a Zoologist after all )
They have Scottish blood in them? Remember David Livingstone? AHH Nope

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The other thing I think you missed though: is intelligence.. It rare to find a truly dumb person that wants to see and experience (hence learn) new things... I would put money that (most) Travelers have a higher then average IQ.  I also would predict that the "dumb" ones just dont survive.
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'When I can't stop my fiddling
I just take my Ritalin
I'm poppin' and sailing man'
(to the tune of popeye)
take a metaphorical chill pill people!!
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Back on topic...
If I can claim to be 'an adventurer' (I guess we HUBB'ers all can in our own way, compared to 'average' folk) it's probably due to too many Biggles books a boy.
I think, in my subconscious, I'm a bit dissapointed that life doesn't involve as many explosions and trans-continental investigations in ex-RAF Halifax's with a ginger sidekick and a toff with a gammy leg and a monocle as I'd been led to believe. I therefore climb mountains, ride motorbikes etc. to compensate!
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and my post was on topic... 
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Yep, I was reffering to the previous spat!
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Just do it
Relax and do a little seat surfing while waiting for spring. It helps if you keep it above 60 MPH.
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i just go away (or travel) to see my friends that i did not meet before.
we are no different, there are just diversities between us and wanna experience it.
taste different food, sleep somewhere else (just under a tree may be) a bit adrenalin and do the thing that i cant do while i am sitting at home.
i wanna go away from comfort. first you get used to it and then you cant live without it..
i travel to see how light can i live, how many t-shirt or sock do i need in a month, or to see how much or how little do i have to eat.
i went to psychologist for a long time when i was child, mainly due to stammer, scaring of ghost and dead, and couldn't stay alone at anywhere. now, i like camping alone, went to funerals a lot of time, speak normaly, etc.. as a conclusion, i think i feel free when i am away and it helped to cure my problems.
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Relax and do a little seat surfing while waiting for spring. It helps if you keep it above 60 MPH.
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Seat surfing on your XS650 Bill ?
Seems a little eXceSsive !
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