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If science came up with a way to Teleport or Time travel, where would you choose to go and why?
I am asking this question because I think it will be interesting to find out what my Accyweb friends think.. Also, because it is thread that might stimulate some more posts on a subject away from football(though some of the football fans might say that a time travel trip to watch the cup final in Nineteen hundred and frozen to death, would be their destination). I want to know why you would go where you would go because it provides a 'back story' leading to others reminiscing about their feelings and experiences...add to that the fact that I am nosy(though I prefer their term 'curious'). For myself, there are many places I would love to Teleport to....I would, right now, Teleport to Brisbane, to where my sister lives. As you know, recently we lost our Ma. Things have seemed harder for my sister to come to terms with...and my visit would to lift her spirits, to talk about all the things I remember about Ma. I suppose you think it would be just as easy(but a lot more expensive and time consuming to get on a plane and go and see her...do it in person. Alas, this is not so easy when dealing with the legal wrangling of an estate. Time travel, if that were possible, I would go back to a time when my Pa was still here. I would ask him so many things that his head would spin...I would also tell him how much I loved him...before he died. I would visit his mother, my grandma...and ask her if she remembered her father...and what he was called, because right now on my family tree she is a fatherless child. So away you go...please tell me where you would go and include the stories. |
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go back to wilderswill in switzerland in 1964. happiest time of my life on holiday with an ex fiance. 3 divorces later i knew things would never get any better than that holiday did. glad i got work, cars and football to keep me going.
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Well, this is an interesting one Margaret, right know I would go back to see my mam just before she died, and tell her we all did our best but unfortunately the Doctor's thought they new better.
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A couple of choices fer me, New Zealand would be number 1, have always wanted to go, have seen on telly and it looks great,also try to catch up with a good friend who moved yon when only 11, love to see him again.also Canada have always wanted to do the Canadian Pacific.
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I think I might also want to take a teleport trip to Sydney to visit my brother...not to socialise with him, but to kick hin in the nuts...he is being a real pain in the rectum over things relating to Ma(he believes her home to have been valued too low)...and at this point I can see her estate not being sorted for a long long time....so he is definitely not my flavour of the month
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The Moon! To see if the Americans really did go there.
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Well, it is not a place that appeals to me.
My niece is in Iceland( the country..not the shop)...and that is somewhere else that does not appeal to me...it appeals even less after my niece told me that one of their meals consisted of Shark which had been fermented underground(bleugh, and double bleugh) My idea of teleporting was so that you could whizz somewhere, but still be back to sleep in your own bed. If it were possible to teleport somewhere and the science did not affect my camera....I would go to visit the Taj Mahal, I would go to Tibet, China...into the hilly villages, the Galapagos islands...I would visit the little pacific islands...purely to capture pictures. I don't really want to stay in any of these places...to try the food(as you know I am not a fan of foreign muck)....I would just like to see the views and capture them, then be home in time for tea. |
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This site has a lot of info about the common comments that the landing were a fraud but this made me smile- "One last note: a Facebook acquaintance of mine once made a very lucid point: this was the Nixon administration – they couldn’t even keep secret a few goons breaking into a hotel room. Just sayin’." Mark |
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If I could teleport anywhere in time, it would be to 4th June 1966, the day we married, then I could have another 52 years with my beautiful Yvonne.
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Aww, I wish I had the power to make that happen Gerard.
You must have a wealth of memories...those are the things that you use as a lifebelt when the waves of sadness threaten to drown you...and pictures, you must have stacks of pictures too. I know from my own recent experiences, these things were what made us laugh, they made us cry too...but really, they are a bit like a time machine. You know how I like to compose bits of doggerel...this is one of the verses I wrote to express how we felt. She left this life and closed the door. She left us here, still wanting more. One more smile, one more talk... Another tale, another joke. I'm feeling sad and so bereft, For memories are all she left. Memories do not wilt or fade, They are the things her love has made. |
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Be at the Wham when Stanley reach the magic number. Sorry Margaret, couldn't resist it. I would love to go back to the Isles of Scilly, went there in 57 and 58, loved it. Back to Oswaldtwistle in 1980 when mum passed away, it was too sudden and we were too far away.
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Can I share with you all a verse that I found, handwritten, tucked into Yvonne's will, presumably intending me to find, not her composition, presumably lifted from the internet: When I come to the end of my journey And I travel my last weary mile Just forget if you can that I ever frowned And remember only my smile Forget unkind words I have spoken Remember some good I have done Forget that I ever had heartache And remember I've had loads of fun Forget that I've stumbled and blundered And sometimes fell by the way Remember I've fought some hard battles And won by the close of the day Then forget to grieve for my going I would not have you sad for a day But in summer just gather some flowers And remember the place where I lay And come in the evening When the sun paints the sky in the west Stand for a few moments beside me And remember only my best Yvonne's sister (79yr old), was brave enough to recite this at her funeral. So much for time travel! Thanks for starting this thread, Margaret, hope remaining replies are not as downbeat! Gerardxx |
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Margaret, getting back to your original theme....
Apart from previously stated, if it were possible to teleport anywhere, if, in the future, I would love to be anywhere in Australia, always a dream, we traveled all over Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, when Yvonne worked for Airtours, (staff discounts), but never quite managed the Antipodies! As for the past, Sicily would be my choice, we had perhaps three holidays there, & still never saw enough of the island, such a fascinating place! Then it became too expensive to go there! However, being realistic, I would like to see Accrington, back in the mid sixties when I first came here as a raw 19yr old from Manchester, fascinated by the differences from the life I had known, become the vibrant town it was then... or is this just a pipedream? We can but hope! Gerardxx |
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Ossy Kid, you are forgiven because that will be a momentous occasion.
There have to be some folk who would wish to see for themselves some of the great sporting moments...mine would be to see in person Roger Bannister and the four minute mile...I am not a bit sporty, but this was such an achievement back then. |
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Gerard, I love that you found the handwritten poem, and though it must have been painful for you to read, she was in effect telling you that life goes on, and each day you just put one foot in front of the other...and that is how it is.
Memories are painful at first, but as I said, these can be your life raft when sadness threatens to drown you. I am sad that you never got to experience the antipodes. I have had many many visits down under....and it is a diverse and fascinating place. What's stopping you going now? Don't leave it on your bucket list, it has never been as cheap to fly there, there are many deals to be had....and you take Yvonne in your heart...so you would be showing her the sights. |
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Been giving this a lot of thought and there’s plenty of places I would like to teleport and/or time travel to, so it’s a bit hard to choose but country-wise I would love to do a flying visit to Tibet.
However, my frivolous answer to this thread would be to travel a little while into the future, get the winning numbers of the next Cross Lotto, come back to the present and put them on….then watch them being drawn and tick them all off my entry. On a serious and emotional side I would like to go back some years to my hometown to tell my mum and dad once more how much I loved them and give them one more hug, and I’d like to have been there for them when I was needed (which I wasn’t). On a frustrated side I would like to go back to 1663 and find out who the heck Roger Marsden’s father and mother were…… |
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Dotti, you do not need to limit yourself.
You could go to as many places as you want...as often as you want....just tell me where and why. I would be very hesitant about travelling to the future...and winning the lotto might mean that you would alter the future....and I think that is a bit of a risk...don't ask me why, it just makes me a tad uneasy. I get why you would go back in time...and I would do the same, and for similar reasons...to tell my dad how much I love him, and to ask him questions. I am sure he knew that I love him, but I would also tell him how much he influenced my life and how much I miss him now he is not here. I am not sure if I would go back two months and stay with my mum during her last hours...because I think it was not what SHE wanted. I think that event happened how it was meant to happen and however much I wish it could have been different, it was 'right'. I would revisit some of the momentous moments though. Getting my State Finals results through the post. Going back and revisiting my wedding day.... Dancing with my father at an awards ceremony. My silver wedding, getting a silver tea pot from my dad and me telling him it had been a long six months(that is all he gave our marriage). Our first trip to Oz...because it was a long time in the planning, the saving for and it was something I never thought I would do. So you don't have to stick at one thing Dorothy...tell us more...please. |
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my next choice is the summer of 1976, this was the year that the UK had the highest temperatures on record, it was really hot.
We decided to have two weeks doing bed and breakfast, heading for Devon and Cornwall, I wanted to see Land's End. We stopped at St. Ives just for the day, know I hate walking too far, I would take the car for the toilet if I could, only joking...St. Ives is really steep, we walked up this street, I complained all the time, then stopped at a pub for something to eat and a drink, this pub was heaving, they were a lot of Irish folk all having a good time, we must have been in there about an hour, when all of a sudden there was a loud BANG, next thing women are screaming, hiding under the tables, it was only when this guy tried to shout over all the commotion to tell everyone, it was a signal for the LIFEBOAT. The Irish crowd thought it was a BOMB, I know I should'nt but I did laugh, one Irish guy was so happy to be alive he offered to buy everyone a drink... Next was Hastings...We were late trying to find somewhere, knocked on this Victorian style house, it was coming in dark, an elderly women opened the door, she had spaces, spent the night there, it was fine. Next morning down for breakfast, it looked like we were the only one's there, she came across to tell us what the breakfast was, and that she had made all the jams and marmalade herself, quess what she had a dripping nose, no breakfast for Bea...Oh and by the way she was really nice. Land's End was a total disappointment, but we did go shopping in Penzance, but this is another story |
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I also found Land's End a bit of a damp squib.
Mind you it was a wild winter day...I might have felt different about it if the sun had been shining. Another place that I did not like was Dartmoor...where the prison is. It felt ...well, the only way I can describe it is sinister. Didn't much care for the Pavilion at Brighton either. It looked good from the outside, but was dark and oppressive inside...I could not wait to get out. |
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Overrated is the best way to describe Lands End i reckon.;) Think Brighton is as well.
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I quite liked Brighton....but not the Pavilion.
Liked looking round The Lanes, but everything was very expensive. I would have to wait for my ship to come in to shop there. I love Canterbury and had some of the best ever fish and chips there....isn't it strange the connections you make when you think of places? |
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Needle Park put me right off Brighton.:eek:
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Wasn't impressed with Brighton either...but PENZANCE!!!
Don't remember that much about it, if my memory serves me right is was OK. we went shopping there, some of the shop's had a sale on, passed The Edinburgh Woolen Mill, we'll go in here...Ken, it only sells jumpers and coats, we don't need anything it's boiling outside...well I am going in, so he followed...Didn't take me long to find something...are you waiting for this...a SHEEPSKIN COAT...he thought I'd lost my mind. I will never forget Penzance, I wore this coat ever winter for years and years, in fact his mother said "Is that the only coat she has"... I still have it up in the loft. Must see if I can find it |
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Yes, Penzance...that and St Ives gave me the heeby jeebies.
Getting Ma's wheelchair up,those hills nearly put my lights out...Ryde too was a nightmare to get up the hill....but coming down...Wheeeee! Ma thought we would end up in the harbour....and she could swim like a tin of salmon.:D |
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For a place I have never been to - I would like to be plonked on Mount Everest (without the need to climb it of course) so that I could genuinely feel on top of the world. I would stick my little flag in that said ‘Dotti wuz here’.
For an event I would love to be able to do again – our 60th wedding anniversary in February of 2017. The most wonderful day full of sunshine and love shared with those nearest and dearest to us. This was just before everything went pear-shaped. For an historical event – so many of these would be interesting to be at but I think being at Runnymede and watching King John sign the Magna Carta would give me a buzz. I asked his nibs where he would like to be transported to if he had the chance and he said he would have loved to have gone walking with Alfred Wainwright. Failing this he wouldn’t mind a bit of a stroll with Julia Bradbury. Have a feeling the latter would appeal to him most…. He’d also like to have the day back when he climbed Ben Nevis as a young lad. Oh, yes – and he’d like to have February 25th back again. |
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I am reminded of a question that was asked in Stephen King's The Dead Zone. I would teleport back to the moment and place Adolf Hitler was born. Now the question arises: should I kill the baby Hitler? What would you do?
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Michael I would give Mr. Hitler, Senior, THE snip BEFORE he and his missus did the dirty deed so that Adolf wasn't even conceived. That way the question of what to do would never arise.
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Cashie, although we really can't have past time back again we can be grateful for lovely memories. Some people are not that fortunate.
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Would it have been any better had Hitler never been? I doubt it, there were others just as willing to take up the reigns of nationalist sentiment in Germany. The oppresion of Stalinism through Russia & the eventually siding of Russia with the "Allies" wouldn't have happened had the Germans "Op Barbarossa" not occured. Communist China & the rise of Mao Tse-tung would've continued unabated had the Chinese not stopped to fight Germanys "Axis" partners the Japanese who also brought the Americans into the fighting on our side because of their actions. All these & other events were influenced by the course Adolf Hitler took. |
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Hi Ossy Kid,
Isles of Scilly! This was a great place for me also. As a kid I went there on a regular basis between 1953 and 1959 with Christ Church scouts. This was our regular place for holidays. Must admit I would like to visit there again, but never seem to get around for a trip. Cheers Philip Kenyon |
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I think this thread has (sort of) shown that each of us has the power to return in our minds to the places that gave us the happiest times.
We may not be able to physically travel there, but mentally we can. This is our own kind of time machine...teleporter if you like. Obviously this does not permit travel into the future, but then, I am not sure that it is a place I really want to go to. With modern technology it is also possible to visit places that we are unlikely ever to go to, either for financial reasons or the fact that we do not want to do the packing, the flying, the waiting in line at airports etc. We can see the sunrise on a tropic isle....we can see the majesty of the Taj Mahal, we can travel down the canals of Venice in a Gondola(without the pong)...we can visit any place we want...with a good brew of tea in our hand, and the thought of our own comfy bed when it is time to lay down our head. There will be no Delhi Belly, Rangoon Runs, we will not be eaten alive by mozzies with clogs on...the downside?....well, you tell me. |
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Hi Everyone, been busy these last few weeks so haven’t been able to contribute but back now. I like this thread. Firstly teleport anywhere? To be truthful I don’t know. Every time I think of somewhere I always think of somewhere better. Time travel well that’s a different ball game. Would I go back and pop Adolf. No because the effect would change our world as we know it and probably not for the better. If you find this topic interesting read In Time by Ben Elton where an SAS man goes back to kill the guy who shot Frank Ferdinand in 1814 to stop WW1. Think about this. You go back in time and kill your grandfather when he is a child. He didn’t have children and so you were never born therefore you couldn’t go back and kill him!!! And what would be the consequences of going back and changing significant events. Telling Buddy Holly to take the train. John and Jaquie to put the roof up. Gerald Ratner don’t tell people your jewellery is crap etc etc.
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BJ....no one has said you can only Teleport the once....you can go to as many places as you want...But tell us why, give us your reasons.
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Like many others I'am researching our family tree. So if possible I would love to go back in time, so I could put faces to the names of the family l've found.
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first .. back to before my dads mum and dad died so I could meet them ... my mum never met them they'd already died before she met my dad .. second .. to when I was 18 before my dad died .. id spend more time and question him on his memories and take notes ... third id go to Canada as well cashy .. and travel from one side to the other ... dropping in on montreal, visit the Niagara falls from the Canadian side, Quebec and then go up the coast to Alaska ... then go to America .. and do the route 66 ... then go to japan roundabout this time of the year they have cherry blossom festival have you seen the video on the bbc website .. it looks lovely ... then down to new Zealand and go and see where they filmed the lord of the rings .. then up to china and see the terracotta army and the pandas and peking and the great wall of china, then down to base camp on Everest .. I wouldn't want to go to the top ..that's high enough for me .. the taj mahal in india, and then Burma to see my uncles name (id like to have met him before he went to war) and then back to home .. think that's enough to be going on with ...
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Jen, that is a journey and a half.
All of those places sound like the places I would like to go to...purely for touristy reasons...and to take photographs. That would be wonderful... I would also like to do The Sydney Bridge climb. When I was in Oz, I could have done it then, but there was no-one who would do it with me....and these kind of experiences are always better shared. I would like to visit the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. I would also go back in time and go with Ma and Nessa to scatter my Dad's ashes in Ronda. I wish that scientists would hurry up and get on with making a teleporter. |
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I would like to go back to when the Wears from Scotland won over a hundred million pounds on the lottery. I would have liked to be the one in front of them when they purchased the ticket
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Hi All, Margaret this is for you.
1957. Rough Lee Maternity Home. To say hi to Janice my elder sister I never got to meet. 1959. Accrington. To meet my grandfathers both of who made it through four years in the trenches without a physical scratch. I would do some serious note taking. 1989 and 1993. Tell my mum and dad, thanks and they did a great job as parents, also sorry for being a complete Richard Head during my early teens. (Hormones running riot). 1947. Roswell. Just to see what really crashed. 1963. Dallas on the grassy knoll to see who else was there. 1969. The Sea Of Tranquillity. Go BOO! as Neil Armstrong comes down the ladder 1912. Have dinner on the Titanic the night before she sank. (Obviously not the night she sank as I may not get to the cheese and biscuits) Go back to my wedding and renewal of vows ceremonies. My wife still takes my breath away after all this time. ( Luckily I can usually get the pillow off just in time) 2018 Friday 20 September. Purchase the 121 million pound winning lottery ticket. |
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Reckon 1963 is no good Joe, yeh probably wouldn't know anyone on yon.:D
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Thank you BJ.
I like your travels, though I am not sure about going ahead and winning the lottery. Something about that makes me uneasy...do you think that all that money would make you happier than you are now?(you have already said that your wife takes your breath away...so in the past you got something right...something that many folk fail to do). I have never done that 'renewal of vows' thing...mainly because I did not make any vows. In our 51and a bit years we have been married he has asked me to do the church thing...the big frothy wedding...each time I have declined, because although it was a register office 'do' it was just as serious as if it had taken place in the loftiest cathedral. I like this thread...perhaps I should not say that because I started it, but it is a thread that is interesting and uplifting and has made lots of people think about the things that matter to them...no bad thing eh? |
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The lottery thing was actually another joke. I don't do the lottery as Ive never been lucky in that respect. Although I do believe you make your own luck in life I also believe that some people are born lucky and others have their luck fall into to certain streams or patterns. In my particular case luck does not fall into winning raffles, lotteries or anything like that. In relation to money it doesn't buy you love and doesn't necessarily make you happy but if managed correctly it can buy you choice and peace of mind. As my wife often says (profound bit coming up) Money is the slave of a wise man and the king of a fool.
As for renewal of vows I think you missed out. Nothing wrong with a registry office wedding at all Margaret and I accept that a big frothy wedding as you describe isn't everyones cup of tea. We had a renewal of vows to celebrate our relationship with our family, children grandchildren, friends etc. It was a really great day. |
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Cash the thing about JFKs death that affected me personally was that Fireball XL5 was cancelled!!! while they displayed a notice saying JFK had been killed.
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BJ...it sounds like you have got yourself a gem of a wife.
I am glad that you felt that the renewal of vows was good...but for me it is not necessary. And if you want to have a celebration that draws family and friends together then, go ahead and have yourself a party. I am not(nor ever have been) a party person. My wedding was low key(does a wedding feast of Lancashire cheese butties, battenburg cake and a left over bottle of sparkling wine convey anything?) As for luck...yes, I am with you on that one...you make your own luck. I don't do lottery, and I do not want a lot of money...all I want is to be able to make ends meet and perhaps tie a bow. I think the riches we have are not those you put into the TSB....our riches are health, friends, family, a roof over your head, an occupation that makes you happy....and if you have all those things then you are truly blessed. Though frequently we strive for the greener grass in the next field. (It is only greener because it had a liberal top dressing of manure). |
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I never been a party person either, never liked a fuss, its whatever suits individuals in my book.i do the lottery though but perhaps once every Preston Guild.though i do the Postal Lottery every week, cos its summat i aint got to mess about with,plus it aint fantastic payouts either,many i know want millions, but dont really give a stuff about that much.
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Nice idea Margaret yes a time machine.
Would be nice to go back to our wedding day when all our parents were there together with us sadly no more and much missed. Oh the passing years.... |
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