Time Machine

[Victrixa]

...the cities were filled with smog and with children working 12 hours a day in factories.

Well yes, there was this horrible reality at the time too, unfortunately...

It would be nice to be wealthy in most ages, except perhaps the in Revolutionary France.

Yes, I meant being a wealty Victorian. (It's strange, but on the other hand, I'm also attracted by 19th Century rural Québec - I just happen to love history, that's all! hehe )

 

[faerieevaH]

*LOL* I did add that qualification when I chose the time... *G* I'm sure if all that stuff about previous lives would have been true, I would NOT have been a Lady of high birth but some poor washing woman who worked her hands raw, and then died of hunger or typhoid fever or something...

 

[ICPitbull]

Religious - Probably go back and listen to St. Francis preach. Or watch him preach. Or just follow him around for a while...except I'd probably bug him a lot.

Secular - Go back and save some money, so as not to be strapped for funds right now.

 

[ps139]

So? We're talking southern dialects here. Has nothing to do with proper English. My favorite is the phrase, "Y'all get on over to momenims. Looks to be comin' up a cloud, directly."

Ok, I can understand when you speak Spanish, but Southern? Come on, you're asking a bit much here!!

 

[ps139]

Religious: I would like to have the experience of Simon and help Jesus carry the Cross.

Secular: I'd bring a tank back to 1757 and help General Marquis de Montcalm defeat the English in the French and Indian War. I can imagine an American future where the Native Americans were fairly treated, and the entire Western Hemisphere would be Catholic.

 

[PeterPaul]

I would love to bring back a .50 cal and cover the rear while Moses and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea.

 

[jdjr]

I would love to bring back a .50 cal and cover the rear while Moses and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea.

LOL......ever play Civilization and give yourself nuclear capability while everyone else has chariots? It is really funny to see the diplomats come crawling, as they plot ways to subvert you

Just make sure you get SDI, before their spys are on to you

 

[PeterPaul]

One more thing, I would probably go back and tell Bruce not to take the aspirin!

 

[jdjr]

One more thing, I would probably go back and tell Bruce not to take the aspirin!

He did not take aspirin, but another prescription pain killer that he got from his girlfriend

 

[PeterPaul]

That's what they'll have you believe!!!

 

[jdjr]

That's what they'll have you believe!!!

well then same guy that first marketed aspirin was the same guy that first marketed heroin It wasn't illegal unitl 1913, I believe. You used to be able to buy it through the Sears catalogue, $1.50 would get you two vials of heroin and a hypodermic needle. It was marketed as the wonder drug of the 20th century, so named because it made you feel like a hero, hence the name hero-IN. One formula was meant to be taken by mouth, that was marketed by Bayer pharmaceuticals; it was mixed with aspirin and called Bayer with heroin, of course.

Do you think that Bruce got some of the old stuff?

 

[Victrixa]

I'd like to go back to ancient Greece, circa 1000 B.C.

I'd also like to go back to ancient Greece, back in St.Paul's time and follow him around as he preached here and there (in Greece).

 

[Victrixa]

It'd be interesting to go back to ancient Egypt while the Isrealites were living in the land (I wouldn't want to be an Israelite in my time travel though ) ancient Egypt....

 

[Victrixa]

I'd also like to see Montreal (it wasn't Montreal of course way back then!) when there was nothing on the island (Montreal is an island!) but virgin forests and lush green vegetation and when the St-Lawrence River was crystal clear. Let's say I'd like to be there for a few days way back in the 14th century when the native Indians lived by the Saint-Lawrence River.

 

[ZooMom]

So? We're talking southern dialects here. Has nothing to do with proper English. My favorite is the phrase, "Y'all get on over to momenims. Looks to be comin' up a cloud, directly."

Ok, I can understand when you speak Spanish, but Southern? Come on, you're asking a bit much here!!

What? Babel fish doesn't have a 'Southern to English' option?

I said, "You (could indicate an individual or group) will need to make haste to Mother's house (or other close relative's house where your mother will be present). It appears that a thunderstorm will be upon us momentarily."

 

[ufonium2]

I've seen Ebonics translators online, but never a Southern one. Actually, "fixin' to" is common to both Ebonics and Southern.

Think about it this way, PP: When you're "fixing dinner", you're not repairing it, you're preparing it. So when you're "fixing to," you're not repairing to, you're preparing to .

Edit to add: Zoomom, I've never seen "momenims" written out before. That's great!

 

[PeterPaul]

But, ufonium, I never fix dinner...I prepare it!

 

[krstlros]

What I'd like to do is go back about two months after the great Wall St. crash which caused the Depression and buy stock in the major oil companies and then I'd be extremely well off.

Or, be able to buy InTel when it first went on the market. I think the initial IPO was at $6.

 

[krstlros]

I so do like the clothing of the Victorian Era. Just not so sure of that bussel in the back.

 

[PeterPaul]

I would go back to the opera house, and in Arnold like fashion, tell Lincoln "get dawwunnn!"