if you could go back in time and witness 5 events

[Hans Dolbrook]

if you could go back in time and witness 5 past events of historic preportions,what would those be and why?

here are mine.

1-jesus being crucified-self expanitorty i think.

2-jfk's murder-who or what really did it?

3-how the earth was created.-was it really the big bang?

4-pearl habor attack by the Japanese-12/7/41-as a history buff,i'd have to see it.

5-first nuclear test in desert.-would love to have seen dr oppenheimer's face when he saw the enormity of what he had created.

[_Nyx_]

1) Lincoln's assassination (I've "seen" JFK's lots of times).

2) The control room at TMI when the sh** hit the fan that day.

3) The battle at Gettysburg...I don't think books and movies have done it justice.

4) The day on Roanoke Island when everyone disappeared.

5) The sinking of the Titanic....just to see how accurate the theories are.

**thought of one more: The Salem Witch Trials, that had to be some fascinating stuff

Edited June 23, 2005 by LilaBurrows

[Hans Dolbrook]

great choices,but forgive me,just what is TMI?

Edited June 22, 2005 by openmind1963

[_Nyx_]

Three Mile Island....us locals call it TMI for short....(I can see it from my roof)

[Hans Dolbrook]

Three Mile Island....us locals call it TMI for short....(I can see it from my roof)

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i never even thought of that to witness.were you living there during the almost china syndrome?are there high cancer rates in that area???

[_Nyx_]

No, I was living in the midwest when that happened. I've been here for 18 years and it was by all accounts a terrrifying experience. It's been said that the areas surrounding Middletown have one of the highest cancer rates either in the state or in the whole country, I'm not sure. I've been fishing downstream from the island and I kid you not, there are some mighty strange looking fish in the Susquehanna River. I've heard we were something like less than an hour away from a nuclear catastrophe. But there are so many rumors surrounding what really happened, I'd just love to go back and be the proverbial fly on the wall.

[Hans Dolbrook]

i think that a lot more went on there that is known!i would'nt eat anything or drink anything out that river.it was a very scary moment for everybody in america.we

were lucky that jimmy carter is a nuclear engineer.having a president who could actually understand what he was being told had to have helped.

[Grandpa Greenman]

I would like to go back and see a dinosaur.

The day Stoneheage was completed (that must have been a great party.)

The day the Pyramids were completed, (another party.)

The crash at Roswald.

VJ day WWII (another party.) I would like to spend that day with my Dad.

[isis-999]

1)- the virgin birth of Jesus, 2) Hitlers death,3)King Tuts death,4)The building of the sphinx, 5)-Cleopatra's death.

The historical records of these things are not complete since the fact is that they need more data and research.

Edited June 23, 2005 by isis-999

[RH2097]

I don't think I would. History has a way of biting people in the ass. Knowledge would mess up the present, but my main one would be Jesus' prosecution and crucifixion

[firefemme1202]

1.) Plato's eyewitness account of Atlantis--to see if it was real and where.

2.) Jesus' resurrection--to see if it really happened.

3.) The building of Stonehenge--to know how they did it and who told them to.

4.) The creation of the Nazca lines--to know why they did it.

5.) The day the UFO crashed in Roswell

[Conspiracy]

1: The Day the ufo crashed at Roswell

2: End of the Dinosaurs era (was it really just an asteroid?)

3: Gladiators fighting at the Colloseum in Ancient Rome

4: Mt. Vesuvius Erupting

5: Attack on Pearl Harbor

[Atlantis Rises]

Where the people of Roanoke went.

Who built the Great Sphinx of Egypt.

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria.

The killing of Julius Cesaer.

The eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pomeii.

And...Where the hell did I put my phone recharger.

[marduk]

1)- the virgin birth of Jesus, 2) Hitlers death,3)King Tuts death,4)The building of the sphinx, 5)-Cleopatra's death.

The historical records of these things are not complete since the fact is that they need more data and research.

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Hitler poisoned his new wife then simulatenously shot himself and took poison.

the corpses were then dragged into a shallow ditch doused with petrol and set on fire

and you know after all that

they still didn't make it onto "honeymoons from hell"

[isis-999]

yes but who's to say it was not true love

[Amalgamut]

Hitler poisoned his new wife then simulatenously shot himself and took poison.

the corpses were then dragged into a shallow ditch doused with petrol and set on fire

and you know after all that

they still didn't make it onto "honeymoons from hell"

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[marduk]

yes but who's to say it was not true love

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The russians ?

If i was gonna go back in time i'd go back to tunguska with a video camera. not too close obviously. lol

then krakatoa with a video camera and then that loud moment when the walls of jerusalem fell with a videocamera and then the yukatan with a video camera and then if i could fit it in i'd go to the big bang with a video camera.

Then i'd retire on the profits from selling the footage to independant media companies safe in the knowledge that unlike every other time traveller you ever heard of i'm smart enough to profit from time travel without causing a paradox.

[Rachael]

dunno - toss a coin I guess - anywhere would be a good holiday atm - lmao.

[marduk]

dunno - toss a coin I guess - anywhere would be a good holiday atm - lmao.

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Congrats on your honest reply.

You've just won two tickets for a one week safari at a lovely little outpost in sunny guyana

It's a lovely commune i'm sure you'll appreciate all the free activities you'll be allowed to indulge in.

we're booking you in for november 11-25th 1978

well done.

Marduk

Chief Salesman

Contour time holidays

[hunterkiller2001]

Am I allowed to interact? Can I be hurt/killed? Such vauge rules..

Assuming on some type of spiritual time travel, where I can't be hurt, or effect the time line, I'd go to:

1. D-Day

2. The conception of Jebus..

3. Pompeii

4. I'd take a trip to the Mayan Empire in it's prime.

5. Egypt when the pyramids were built.

Physical travel, regardless if I interrupt the timeline:

1. Mayan Empire

2. I agree with: The Burning of the Library of Alexandria.

3. Pyramids

4. Lincoln Headshot

5. Declaration of Independance.

And given a choice, I'd stop in the 50's and stay there.

Edit: Swapping both number (2) around.. I just realized the serious "Jesus, I am your father" situation that could create..

Edited June 23, 2005 by hunterkiller2001

[Midgetcorrupter]

1: The Elvis 1969 comeback performance

2: The Cap stone being placed on the Pyramids

3: The building of Stonehenge

4: The Siege of Troy

5: The first time that early man thought to use tools (Would love to see the second of realisation on its face)

[Ciraxis]

how can you only pick 5!

[Rachael]

Marduk - sounds good! lmao - does that come with a double room!

[marduk]

Marduk - sounds good! lmao - does that come with a double room!

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All living areas are communal.

If you get too hot in the tropical temperature theres always plenty of cool aid on hand for refreshment.

Be sure to introduce yourselves to jim.

Marduk

Chief Salesman

Contour time holidays

Edited June 23, 2005 by marduk

[Essan]

1. 4,500,000,000bce (approx) - top watch the 'big splatt' that created the Moon

2. 65,000,000bce - to watch the Chicxulub impact

3. 72,000bce - to watch the last really big volcanic eruption: Mount Toba.

4. 6,200bce - to watch the last ice barrier collapse and empty Glacial Lake Aggasiz into the Atlantic

5 3,200bce - to watch the storm that was later immortalised as 'Noah's Flood'.