Time machine.
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I'd like to go back to 1940, on a nice sunny summer's day (difficult on your side of the pond, I know) lie on my back in a field, have a cold beer, smoke a doobie, and watch the Battle of Britain taking place overhead.
Weird, eh
Watch young men, some not long out of school, fighting for their lives? Watch aircraft, with crew inside, spiral to the ground and explode? Watch burning pilots trying to control burning planes before they crash? The Battle of Britain sounds romantic and heroic but it was the same old bloodbath as every other battle.
Actually, nothing at all to do with that ... just the first thing that popped into my head ... and after all, it has happened, no going back to change anything ... not really interested in the romantic and heroic thing; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori and all that s**t ... and it's my choice, and for my reasons
What a shame we can't change history at the same time, I'd go back to the orchard and catch the apple that was about to hit Isaac Newton, that would ruin his inspiration!
Then as I was walking away merrily chewing on the apple, I'd turnaround and say, "No knighthood for you sunshine, you'll still be plain Mr. Newton",
But I would be the hero of all those people that had to sit through hours and hours of the maths teacher telling us all about inertia and everything else he complicated our lives with!
Then as I was walking away merrily chewing on the apple, I'd turnaround and say, "No knighthood for you sunshine, you'll still be plain Mr. Newton",
But I would be the hero of all those people that had to sit through hours and hours of the maths teacher telling us all about inertia and everything else he complicated our lives with!
i would go back in time so i could met my dad;b4 he passed; and met my other family ; but there is one thing i would like to go back in time for ; i lossed two sisters in 5 years one was to go ; but one wasn;t ; one had cancer; the other one i can;t say ;why she passed but it wasn;t her time ; so i;d go back in time for her
To go back and watch the battle of Roarks Drift and see if the survivors really did sing 'Men of Harlech/Land of our Fathers' as the Zulus saluted them (think not)
To go back , and sit on the grassy knoll in Dallas on the day JFK was shot and try to see from which direction the bullets actually came from.
To go back and watch the football game on no-mans land between the British, French and German troops during the 1914 Christmas day truce.
To go back , and sit on the grassy knoll in Dallas on the day JFK was shot and try to see from which direction the bullets actually came from.
To go back and watch the football game on no-mans land between the British, French and German troops during the 1914 Christmas day truce.
I would go back to school and pay more attention to what the teachers were trying to get into my skull...I would learn more, daydream and window gaze less.
Careful buddy ... West Ender will be all over your ass, you bloodthirsty sobTo go back and watch the battle of Roarks Drift and see if the survivors really did sing 'Men of Harlech/Land of our Fathers' as the Zulus saluted them (think not)
To go back , and sit on the grassy knoll in Dallas on the day JFK was shot and try to see from which direction the bullets actually came from.
To go back and watch the football game on no-mans land between the British, French and German troops during the 1914 Christmas day truce.
Careful buddy ... West Ender will be all over your ass, you bloodthirsty sob
Oh for goodness sake, Eric, I can't cope with more than one at a time.
Oh for goodness sake, Eric, I can't cope with more than one at a time.
Sure you can. Steeljack and I are in different time zones
That's so sad. My one hope in life is at the end I have no major regrets in life, and I guess so far I've been lucky.
On a cheerier note, I'd also like to go back to 1969, and go to Woodstock...but not as the four year old I was in 1969, that would be bad...man.
Pity, it was a great party ... sex, drugs, and rock 'n rollThat's so sad. My one hope in life is at the end I have no major regrets in life, and I guess so far I've been lucky.
On a cheerier note, I'd also like to go back to 1969, and go to Woodstock...but not as the four year old I was in 1969, that would be bad...man.
Why are you all going back?
I want to look forward - it would help to know whether there really are going to be major natural disasters in 2012 (olympics aside) as Mayan prophesy foretells.
If civilisation is due to collapse I will get busy spending and enjoying my 'rainy day money' because with that sort of 'rainy day' it wouldnt be worth a light.
I want to look forward - it would help to know whether there really are going to be major natural disasters in 2012 (olympics aside
) as Mayan prophesy foretells.If civilisation is due to collapse I will get busy spending and enjoying my 'rainy day money' because with that sort of 'rainy day' it wouldnt be worth a light.
That's a strange question, from someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of ancient Britain.
By looking to the past we have the possibility of a better future.
That's a strange question, from someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of ancient Britain.
By looking to the past we have the possibility of a better future.
Knowledge of the past is available to anyone interested enough to find out
The future is the unknown -knowing that would more influence what we do in the present, and maybe we would change that future by present actions. We can learn a lot from the past but can plan better by knowing the future.
Shucks Gary - I'm not up to all this deep physics theorising right now.
Knowledge of the past is available to anyone interested enough to find out
The future is the unknown -knowing that would more influence what we do in the present, and maybe we would change that future by present actions. We can learn a lot from the past but can plan better by knowing the future.
Shucks Gary - I'm not up to all this deep physics theorising right now.
There's always one.
Give me half an hour to adjust the controls to forward, and just for you, you can boldly go, or more correctly go boldly, into the future.
I would love to be in the court of Elizabeth l .. watching this strong lady rule the country and all the wonderful developments that happened during her time.
Would also like to talk to Anne Boleyn the night before her execution to let her know what a wonderful Queen her daughter will be.
Only one condition I will travel on your time machine Garinda. Can I please take with me hair dryer, curlers, straighteners, make-up, soap, antiperspirant, hair lice lotion, toilet paper, etc., ? Would hate to pick anything nasty up ...
Would also like to talk to Anne Boleyn the night before her execution to let her know what a wonderful Queen her daughter will be.
Only one condition I will travel on your time machine Garinda. Can I please take with me hair dryer, curlers, straighteners, make-up, soap, antiperspirant, hair lice lotion, toilet paper, etc., ? Would hate to pick anything nasty up ...
I would love to be in the court of Elizabeth l .. watching this strong lady rule the country and all the wonderful developments that happened during her time.
Would also like to talk to Anne Boleyn the night before her execution to let her know what a wonderful Queen her daughter will be.
Only one condition I will travel on your time machine Garinda. Can I please take with me hair dryer, curlers, straighteners, make-up, soap, antiperspirant, hair lice lotion, toilet paper, etc., ? Would hate to pick anything nasty up ...
Ok, you can pack a few things in a small bag, as long as it'll fit under the seat, though no glass bottles are allowed.
Would hate to pick anything nasty up ...again
Now that could be the start of an interesting thread, better start it in over 18's Kate