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If you could live in any time period...

timrothtimroth Posts: 215
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
what time period would it be?

I would have to say the old wild west. I would spend my days at the saloon drinking whisky playing cards. I'd take a break and go upstairs to see the whores, get into the odd gun fight.....it would be great!!
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Middle Ages in Japan, or Ancient China.
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    dinosaurs. that would have been crazy!!!!
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i've often pondered this myself, but the fact that there was no vaccines or aesthesia or modern plumbing really back in the day makes me happy i live in the here and now! there's tons of eras i'd love to visit for a short time, before contracting the plague or being burned at the stake or what not haha
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. wrote:
    dinosaurs. that would have been crazy!!!!

    Mmmmmm T-Rex T-bone steak...
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    renaissance era

    I hope the spelling police don't get me!
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. wrote:
    dinosaurs. that would have been crazy!!!!


    You'd have to walk around with a visible bomb strapped to your chest with your thumb on the detonator and screaming, "Anybody tries to eat me and we all go up!"
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    eyedclaar wrote:
    You'd have to walk around with a visible bomb strapped to your chest with your thumb on the detonator and screaming, "Anybody tries to eat me and we all go up!"
    exactly, you know, with all the bombs they probably had back then :) ot to mention detonators. haha. but I like youre thinking. maybe thats what really happened to em all....hmmm
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    iluvcats wrote:
    renaissance era

    I hope the spelling police don't get me!

    I think you spelt it correctly. It should be with a capital, though. Oh, and you don't have to add the 'era'. It's like the Middle Ages, the word itself indicates a time period.

    I'll let it slide this time, missy, but if I ever see such grave mistakes again, you're going to Siberia!
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    Collin wrote:
    I think you spelt it correctly. It should be with a capital, though. Oh, and you don't have to add the 'era'. It's like the Middle Ages, the word itself indicates a time period.

    I'll let it slide this time, missy, but if I ever see such grave mistakes again, you're going to Siberia!

    no, put me in a time machine so I can go back to Renaissance. we have an annual festival here
    http://www.rennfest.com/
    and it's just not the same!
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    iluvcats wrote:
    no, put me in a time machine so I can go back to Renaissance. we have an annual festival here
    http://www.rennfest.com/
    and it's just not the same!


    Haha. Every Wednesday I ride my bike past a passle of Renaissace nerds in the park wailing on each other with styrofoam weapons. I'm tempted to jump into the fray every time.
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  • timrothtimroth Posts: 215
    iluvcats wrote:
    no, put me in a time machine so I can go back to Renaissance. we have an annual festival here
    http://www.rennfest.com/
    and it's just not the same!

    watch out for the black knight

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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    iluvcats wrote:
    no, put me in a time machine so I can go back to Renaissance. we have an annual festival here
    http://www.rennfest.com/
    and it's just not the same!

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I would be a masterless Samurai in 16th century Japan and I would roam around being a mercenary, selling my unparalleled swordsmanship to the highest bidder.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Haha. Every Wednesday I ride my bike past a passle of Renaissace nerds in the park wailing on each other with styrofoam weapons. I'm tempted to jump into the fray every time.
    It is kind of disappointing that you haven't yet.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Rygar wrote:
    It is kind of disappointing that you haven't yet.


    I know, I know. But you know how the media is. The headlines would paint me as the bad guy.

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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I know, I know. But you know how the media is. The headlines would paint me as the bad guy.

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    What are you talking about, that headline would only make it better!
  • butterflybabebutterflybabe Posts: 26
    To be 18 during Woodstock, then freeze myself until Zeppelin comes.
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    Hard to pick anytime other than now considering life expectancy and all. Most of you saying like old west and ancient times would probably be dead from that cold you had when you were young, or that complicated pregnancy your mom had.

    Realism sucks I know.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    smithnic wrote:

    Realism sucks I know.

    Yes it does. C'mon, I had bombs existing in the Jurassic period. Use your imagination.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    smithnic wrote:
    Hard to pick anytime other than now considering life expectancy and all. Most of you saying like old west and ancient times would probably be dead from that cold you had when you were young, or that complicated pregnancy your mom had.

    Realism sucks I know.
    Longevity is overrated.

    I'd take a day in another age over a year in this one.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    Collin wrote:
    Mmmmmm T-Rex T-bone steak...
    this is what I'm talkin' about ::D
  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    smithnic wrote:
    Hard to pick anytime other than now considering life expectancy and all. Most of you saying like old west and ancient times would probably be dead from that cold you had when you were young, or that complicated pregnancy your mom had.

    Realism sucks I know.


    OK Debbie Downer.. so much for a little daydream.

    I would want to be Miss Holloway on "Mad Men." To be single in NYC in the early 60s, have a fabulous wardrobe and pay $35 a month for an apartment? Yes!
    Plus I'd get to smoke everywhere & get drunk on my lunchbreak without getting in trouble.
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  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Then:

    http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqQyW0XOLo
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    smithnic wrote:
    Hard to pick anytime other than now considering life expectancy and all. Most of you saying like old west and ancient times would probably be dead from that cold you had when you were young, or that complicated pregnancy your mom had.

    Realism sucks I know.

    The OP got me thinking the wild west would be a blast, but yeah, i wouldn't have been born ok and I would have died from all the colds I had in my preteens. Im healthy now though! How I would just love it, if someone did me wrong now, to just fucking shoot them in the back.

    I'm joking...........a little bit :D
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    as a woman, now time like the present.
    while some of the clothes and such are really cool in the past...the opression, lack of choice...not so much. so right now is cool with me. :) might like the future even more tho...who knows?
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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    The 60's! Free love!

    :p
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    The OP got me thinking the wild west would be a blast, but yeah, i wouldn't have been born ok and I would have died from all the colds I had in my preteens. Im healthy now though! How I would just love it, if someone did me wrong now, to just fucking shoot them in the back.

    I'm joking...........a little bit :D


    The other thing about times gone by, especially the old west, is the smell!! People didn't acknowledge the wonderfulness of bathing! Also trash disposal was throwing it behind the building. I'm tasting my lunch coming back up just thinking about it...
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    sennin wrote:
    The 60's! Free love!

    :p

    Good call as always!!
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  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    my current age but 75 years in the future. the medicine will be insane. nobody will get sick or die of cancer or any of that bullshit that we deal with now.
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    my current age but 75 years in the future. the medicine will be insane. nobody will get sick or die of cancer or any of that bullshit that we deal with now.

    Yeah but the Bush V regime has dragged us into a war with Thailand because of their stance on terrorism... ;)
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