who would you most like to have a conversation with - Page 2

jaysay · 21-03-2009, 13:36

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Originally Posted by Less

I think it would change History even more if I said, "ignore the book depository but when you get to the grassy knoll...Duck!".

He'd probably have just said WHY

jaysay · 21-03-2009, 13:38

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

the girls on loose women...they always seem to have a good natter,,,

Thats why thy're called Loose Women GC

Retlaw · 21-03-2009, 13:57

[quote=Margaret Pilkington;694990]I would love to speak with my father.......I don't aspire to conversations with the famous/infamous.
I would love to ask about my family background......things I never thought would be important when I was growing up.

Margaret.
Thats the answer I get from the many people I've met, whilst doing my research on WW1 soldiers. They have all gone away delighted, that some one has given them information they thought would never be known, If I can give them a picture as well then thats all the better. One old lady in Accrington Library, started crying when she saw her Grandfather for the first time.

Retlaw.

Lolly · 21-03-2009, 14:05

It was Stephen Fry but i've now done that!

Oscar Wilde is one and Leonardo Da Vinci another.

jaysay · 21-03-2009, 14:15

[quote=Retlaw;695048]

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I would love to speak with my father.......I don't aspire to conversations with the famous/infamous.
I would love to ask about my family background......things I never thought would be important when I was growing up.

Margaret.
Thats the answer I get from the many people I've met, whilst doing my research on WW1 soldiers. They have all gone away delighted, that some one has given them information they thought would never be known, If I can give them a picture as well then thats all the better. One old lady in Accrington Library, started crying when she saw her Grandfather for the first time.

Retlaw.

Having read that Retlaw, I wouldn't mind talking to my Dad's Dad, who died long before I was born, much the same way my Mothers Mum, who died when I was 4 would be nice to here their thoughts on life as they see it now

MargaretR · 21-03-2009, 14:18

The Dalai Lama - what does he know about souls?

shillelagh · 21-03-2009, 14:19

My grandparents ... especially as both grandparents on my dads side died before i was even a twinkle in my dads eyes .. my mum never met my dads parents they'd died before they met. Also my grandad on my mums side - he died when i was 2 so i cant remember him at all.

Less · 21-03-2009, 14:20

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

The Dalai Lama - what does he know about souls?

Cobblers!

Know alot about soles as well.

Margaret Pilkington · 21-03-2009, 14:20

I don't want to know what my ancestors think of life now........I would like to know how they met......who the important people in their life were......and why they were important.
I would like to know how they handled the hard life and the disappointments....and how they overcame the difficulties and how they had fun.
I would like to know who didn't get on with who, and about the petty(or not so petty squabbles) in their lives.
All families have them don't they.
Alas, it is too late for me to ask all these questions.......and when we meet up again......I'm not sure that all this stuff will be important anymore.

garinda · 21-03-2009, 15:54

Without wishing to appear too narcisstic, I'd quite like to have a conversation with the seven year old me. It'd be really interesting to see how you'd changed, and if you liked the younger you.

I've always made an effort to tell my nearest and dearest what I wanted them to know, and I consider myself lucky in that regard, but if time travel wan't an obstacle I'd love to have a conversation with my eight great grandparents, none of whom I knew, but I know quite a lot about them, and it would be interesting to form my own opinion of them.