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what would you choose? I think I would pick the 1870's so I could experience the Old West.
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Definitely the Old West.
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What time period were we allowed to own slaves?
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What time period were we allowed to own slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation was 1863, so anytime prior to that in the South.
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Probably around 1500, it wouldn't be weird if I ran away and lived in the woods back then
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Ancient Greece.
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Depends on whether I can keep the income I have now. I just want to make sure I am rich. ;)
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Depends on whether I can keep the income I have now. I just want to make sure I am rich. ;)
That's ver anti liberal of you.....unless you're getting rich off of tax payers money like the rest of the libs (including Obama).
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That's ver anti liberal of you.....unless you're getting rich off of tax payers money like the rest of the libs (including Obama).
How, exactly, is Obama getting rich off of taxpayer money? Let's assume in addition to being born in Kenya, not attending University and living a secret life as a M2F transsexual, he also pays no taxes and has no living expenses at all. At $400,000 a year for 8 years, he'll make a total of $3,200,000. That's a rather paltry sum when compared to the amount of money he pulled (and is pulling) in from sales of books he's already published, and he's sure to make a whole lot more from the books that are yet to come.
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50s and 60s
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He's not there to get rich. He's supposed to be justifying the voters' faith and looking after the country.
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That's ver anti liberal of you.....unless you're getting rich off of tax payers money like the rest of the libs (including Obama).
Did I say I was rich? What I believe I implied is if I had the income I have today in an earlier time period, I'd be rich. That's not the same thing as saying I am rich today.
I am retired. My income is derived from investments I made while working for the last 50 years.
Are liberals the only folks getting money from tax payers? I suspect not. Seems to me both liberals and conservatives may be eligible for various government funded programs and benefits. Many of the states with biggest percentage of people on public assistance are also strongly conservative (Republican).
CNN's Jack Cafferty made this connection and asked what it meant that most of the 10 poorest states in the nation were also Republican states. The ten poorest, from highest poverty level, are Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and North Carolina.]CNN's Jack Cafferty made this connection and asked what it meant that most of the 10 poorest states in the nation were also Republican states. The ten poorest, from highest poverty level, are Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and North Carolina.
As usual, you seem to be talking out your ass.
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Did I say I was rich? What I believe I implied is if I had the income I have today in an earlier time period, I'd be rich. That's not the same thing as saying I am rich today.
I am retired. My income is derived from investments I made while working for the last 50 years.
Are liberals the only folks getting money from tax payers? I suspect not. Seems to me both liberals and conservatives may be eligible for various government funded programs and benefits. Many of the states with biggest percentage of people on public assistance are also strongly conservative (Republican).
As usual, you seem to be talking out your ass.
Thing is those living in those states are both white redneck/hillbilly white trash and ghetto hood rat blacks like that vid of the woman supporting the Obama phone.
Both filt!
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I might just zoom into the future so that I can live in a space station and gaze at the earth everyday. I have always loved space and anything related to it.
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Before technology would be great imagine how easy it would be to commit crime. Steal rape and pilage with no consequence. If somebody fucked you off you kill them. No dna. no conviction. Easy to change identities. I guess sometimes I just with I could leave my life behind and go live in a forest as said above. I would want to kill some fuckers first though.
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Thing is those living in those states are both white redneck/hillbilly white trash and ghetto hood rat blacks like that vid of the woman supporting the Obama phone.
Both filt!
So are you saying that Republicans voted for Obama? If that's the case, why didn't he win in those states?
Is it safe to say that you didn't have the misfortune to be born to parents living in the hills of Tennessee?
The subsidization of phones began under President Clinton, and has continued under Presidents Bush and Obama. Over that time, the usage of cell phones rose and the costs came down. the service in Tennessee was launched three months prior to Obama being elected. And that means the discussion and approval of the extension of the program occurred under President Bush’s watch.
The Bush Phone, anyone?
The free cell phones only go to those who qualify for the program under the exact same eligibility requirements that have been in effect since 1996. An applicant is generally eligible if they are at or below 135-150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (depending upon the state in which they live), or if they already participate in one of many public assistance programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, energy assistance, public housing and others.
Nothing about the Lifeline eligibility has changed since President Clinton’s days. Nothing has changed since President Bush’s days.
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Before technology would be great imagine how easy it would be to commit crime. Steal rape and pilage with no consequence. If somebody fucked you off you kill them. No dna. no conviction. Easy to change identities. I guess sometimes I just with I could leave my life behind and go live in a forest as said above. I would want to kill some fuckers first though.
So you are a frustrated criminal then?
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Ancient Greece.
when buttfucking was the in thing to do .. quelle surprise ;D
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1930's Germany
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I might just zoom into the future so that I can live in a space station and gaze at the earth everyday. I have always loved space and anything related to it.
There's this creature, waiting for you, and it's hungry....
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120526170412/avp/images/7/78/Ridged_Alien.PNG)
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I might just zoom into the future so that I can live in a space station and gaze at the earth everyday. I have always loved space and anything related to it.
Take me with you 8)
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There's this creature, waiting for you, and it's hungry....
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120526170412/avp/images/7/78/Ridged_Alien.PNG)
Yikes, I forgot about Alien.
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Take me with you 8)
Are you good with a gun and can you run fast? ;D Look above at Alien...
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Emancipation Proclamation was 1863, so anytime prior to that in the South.
Someone just went and saw Lincoln.
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In 2005-6 when getbig was at its peak
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Are you good with a gun and can you run fast? ;D Look above at Alien...
P.I.P. is just bate, so if you travel to the future, get yourself a lasergun of epic destruction! >:(
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P.I.P. is just bate, so if you travel to the future, get yourself a lasergun of epic destruction! >:(
Hey good idea freespirt. I can push PIP in the way of Alien and make my escape. ;D
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P.I.P. is just bate,
Sonbate?
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What time period were we allowed to own slaves?
what if you could live there (then?) but had to be a slave?
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Do you keep your current brain/memories and just wake up in another era or start over in another timeperiod?
If starting fresh, i'd say sometime in the future, 2050 or 2100.
If keeping the current brain/memories, then Ancient Greece or 20 BC.
The Renaissance-period would also be interesting IF having the current memories.
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A rich Roman living in the Roman Empire.... :)
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So are you saying that Republicans voted for Obama? If that's the case, why didn't he win in those states?
Is it safe to say that you didn't have the misfortune to be born to parents living in the hills of Tennessee?
No all I'm saying is what I've posted about why those states have the most on welfare both coming from hillbillies/white trash that vote republican and ghetto hoodrat blacks for Obama :D Louisiana for example, lots of those dipshits came down to tx after Katrina
I was fortunate enough to be born in southern cali, Los Angeles and moved after I graduated hs :D
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Probably during my grandfathers heyday. Bossed it up in World War Two, then made his mark in the 50's and 60's. Mad Men style.
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Anytime period where a disagreement could've been settled with a swing of a sword.
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haha!
Booty don't do this to me!!! >:( >:(
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Anytime in the future when we find out how to live forever.
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what if you could live there (then?) but had to be a slave?
Ha bitch please I'm white. But if I were black I would put my strong back to good use and work hard for my massa.
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I would only want to live in another time period if I had the ability to go back and forth any time I wanted to. Then I would simple chose to live 24 hours ahead of our current time.
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That's ver anti liberal of you.....unless you're getting rich off of tax payers money like the rest of the libs (including Obama).
Tax rates are the lowest they have been in over 60 yrs.
I'll bet your effective tax rate is as low now as it was 10 yrs ago. Check your facts please.
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2011 years ago, meet Mary and bust a nut
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I would only want to live in another time period if I had the ability to go back and forth any time I wanted to. Then I would simple chose to live 24 hours ahead of our current time.
Good idea. Even the rich didn't have AC , viagra or good gyms over 70 yrs ago. In 1912 the avg lifespan for a male was 46.5 yrs in the USA and about 49 for a female....yikes.
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America in the 50ies.
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America in the 50ies.
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Yeah but I'm sure girls didn't have all those trashy tatts
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Yeah but I'm sure girls didn't have all those trashy tatts
Don't ruin the fantasy for me... ;D
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england during the middle ages woukld be interesting, though you'd likely end up getting burnt at the stake for witchcraft within a week if you, for instance, farted and belched at the same time. or when you first got there, they happened to smell your protein farts. farts of satan ;D
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I'd go back with a sports almanac probably just a couple of years back and get right and enjoy modern technology.
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I'd go back to thousands of years before history was recorded, I'd be Conans' wingman. ;D
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(http://illustrationartgallery.com/acatalog/PhillippsMoschops.jpg)
(http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/8074-004-F5989576.jpg)
(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23700000/Spinosaurus-dinosaurs-23744497-1200-840.jpg)
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I might just zoom into the future so that I can live in a space station and gaze at the earth everyday. I have always loved space and anything related to it.
You won't love it when lee drops a turd and it floats off in to his protein shake
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Would love to live in the south about 200-300 years ago and own me some slaves. Would have gotten some nice african whores.
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Would love to live in the south about 200-300 years ago and own me some slaves. Would have gotten some nice african whores.
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what would you choose? I think I would pick the 1870's so I could experience the Old West.
and you'd probably be dead. Very high mortality rate---you think we have a gun problem and corruption issues now, back then it was the norm.
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Who were the better slaves, blacks or jews?
Jews built the Pyramids ::) ( we know it was aliens) and Blacks picked cotton.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=453015.0;attach=497694)
only it wasn't slaves that built the pyramids !
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How, exactly, is Obama getting rich off of taxpayer money? Let's assume in addition to being born in Kenya, not attending University and living a secret life as a M2F transsexual, he also pays no taxes and has no living expenses at all. At $400,000 a year for 8 years, he'll make a total of $3,200,000. That's a rather paltry sum when compared to the amount of money he pulled (and is pulling) in from sales of books he's already published, and he's sure to make a whole lot more from the books that are yet to come.
Bro, you are a mysterious character seriously. You are the smartest guy on getbig IMO but every now and then you make a post that seems like it was written by a naive 12 year old. LMAO at Obama walking away with only 3 mil. Bro wake up, lol ;D
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I would like to be a general in Alexander The Great's Army.
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I would like to be a general in Alexander The Great's Army.
^^^Ahhhhhh NOT, he had half of them killed :( :(
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^^^Ahhhhhh NOT, he had half of them killed :( :(
Yes, but if you were lucky enough to live through Alexander's death, you would have taken a piece of his vast empire.
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Yes, but if you were lucky enough to live through Alexander's death, you would have taken a piece of his vast empire.
Yes his empire got divided by his 4 major Generals, where Ptolemy got the biggest piece of the pie
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Watch midnight in paris
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Watch midnight in paris
Or Bill and Ted
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Boardwalk empire makes me want to experience the prohibition era.
1950s look cool too!
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Just to go back 20 or so years before society started turning to utter shit would be nice.
The old west looked awesome, well at least it did in red dead redemption, prostitutes, getting drunk, hunting ect
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Boardwalk empire makes me want to experience the prohibition era.
1950s look cool too!
Chalky Whites crew or..? :D
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I would like to have been born in rural somewhere right around 1900, then move to a big city. Just imagine the changes you would have seen in that lifetime, assuming you lived to age 70 or so.. mind boggling..
not only that, but to listen to the stories of your parents and grandparents...
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Guadalcanal 1942-43 .
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Chalky Whites crew or..? :D
Loll :-). I dunno if they'll have me. But I think AR and I could make a good team together! ;D
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Loll :-). I dunno if they'll have me. But I think AR and I could make a good team together! ;D
True! Both You and Arnold Rothstein Nose All, and both have as impressive features, as you have Intellect, Samsons strength was in the Hair, The Jewish Intellect lies in the Schnoz.
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haha!
Booty don't do this to me!!! >:( >:(
I am sorry but survival of the fittest. ;D
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Yeah but I'm sure girls didn't have all those trashy tatts
It is good to know that I am not the only one who doesn't appreciate tattoos on women or for that matter on other guys either.
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ND and Hulkster would go to the 90's to see
their fetish dorian and ronnie in their prime.
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Old West or the 50s... I'd be a blacksmith or a mechanic.
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I would go back to the disco era. Sharp clothes and blow.
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My eyesight is so poor, I would be dead inside a week if I chose to live in an era that I find both romantic and adventurous in nature. What I need is a time machine to take me forward so that I can get my eyes fixed properly. Current methods are not up to that task.
All that aside, I would only go back in time if I could remain aware of history. I would definitely require a "babelfish" for this as I speak only English.
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I would travel back to dates of infamous getbig events like Chick room 7 mirage ice machine, Tom Prince brown bag, etc and report back which ones are true and which are made up.
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Why is it when people time travel in movies they always end up in a different part of the world as well? Wouldn't you just change time but still be in the same spot? yet people end up in old england, or somewhere in germany or shit like that. it is time travel, not transport.
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Why is it when people time travel in movies they always end up in a different part of the world as well? Wouldn't you just change time but still be in the same spot? yet people end up in old england, or somewhere in germany or shit like that. it is time travel, not transport.
lol, good point :D
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Why is it when people time travel in movies they always end up in a different part of the world as well? Wouldn't you just change time but still be in the same spot? yet people end up in old england, or somewhere in germany or shit like that. it is time travel, not transport.
Queue pedantic "explanation": "Ahh, but you see, the earth rotates and so one "appears" on a different spot: the spot that was under their feet at the time when the earth was there."
Then queue pedantic "objection": "Ahh, but then what happens if you just "appear" inside Mount Everest? And don't you also have to take into account earth's position in the solar system so that you don't appear in the middle of interstellar space?"
Then queue the more pedantic "answer": "Duh! That is dealt with by using the Laforge-Scott compensator! Everyone knows that. You are just showing the depths of your ignorance! In episode 18 of season 4, this is clearly explained by Captain Laforge before he takes the Enterprise through a temporal inversion in an attempt to prevent the Borg Continuum from exterminating humanity by castrating Captain Kirk!"
Again, an "objection": "What? Come on... that's totally not cannon. The events in 'ALFBTSP' have been shown to be non-cannon. Besides, Laforge says that the compensator would require 445 Jibajabs of Exoteron radiation and we know from episode 16 that the warp engines can only produce 440!"
And on and on and on...
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To go anywhere backwards in time would suck big time, you think it wouldn't but it would. Imagine a world without internet cell phone, video games. Not a big deal right?
Let's go back further....How about No tv no phones or airplanes? .... even further imagine horse and bugy....
How about sharing the container of water everyone in the village gathers from and only showering once a week. How about mandatory battlefield laws, I mean not mandatory military training, I mean you have to fight in one battle minimum.
How about being forced to watch Public executions; eyes get poked out, ears ripped off, hands and feet cut off, how about watching someone get a poll shoved up their ass till it came out their mouth. how about watching children aged 6-10 get buried alive.
Let's go back even further when you had to hunt your own food and people ate humans just as much as they ate animals.
No thanks, I like it right here just fine. :)
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To go anywhere backwards in time would suck big time, you think it wouldn't but it would. Imagine a world without internet cell phone, video games. Not a big deal right?
Let's go back further....How about No tv no phones or airplanes? .... even further imagine horse and bugy....
How about sharing the container of water everyone in the village gathers from and only showering once a week. How about mandatory battlefield laws, I mean not mandatory military training, I mean you have to fight in one battle minimum.
How about being forced to watch Public executions; eyes get poked out, ears ripped off, hands and feet cut off, how about watching someone get a poll shoved up their ass till it came out their mouth. how about watching children aged 6-10 get buried alive.
Let's go back even further when you had to hunt your own food and people ate humans just as much as they ate animals.
No thanks, I like it right here just fine. :)
fuck sake man...what sort of films do you watch ?? ;D
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fuck sake man...what sort of films do you watch ?? ;D
Probably the history channel. I saw some gruesome stuff when I watched Henry the 8th "The Tudors". I felt sick in my stomach when he had two men executed, it was so gross and would have been an incredibly painful death.
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Probably the history channel. I saw some gruesome stuff when I watched Henry the 8th "The Tudors". I felt sick in my stomach when he had two men executed, it was so gross and would have been an incredibly painful death.
yes i watched that series too..was good. They did not fuck around in them days...
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yes i watched that series too..was good. They did not fuck around in them days...
Yeah it was really good. I was sorry to see the series finish actually.
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fuck sake man...what sort of films do you watch ?? ;D
I study history, have done so for 15 years, more specifically ancient warfare. But yes historical films are the bomb, I don't miss any of them, love them. King Arthur is my favorite
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I study history, have done so for 15 years, more specifically ancient warfare. But yes historical films are the bomb, I don't miss any of them, love them. King Arthur is my favorite
check out what happend to Sir William Wallace.. :( remember as a kid going to Wallace monument in stirling and we used to use plastic trays(used to carry Bread) and we would slide down the stairs. It´s spiral on the way down..
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check out what happend to Sir William Wallace.. :( remember as a kid going to Wallace monument in stirling and we used to use plastic trays(used to carry Bread) and we would slide down the stairs. It´s spiral on the way down..
Brave heart is a good movie. In real though warriors where monsters, 7 footers with behemoth strength. Tactical fighters on the battle field where smaller.
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;D
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Brave heart is a good movie. In real though warriors where monsters, 7 footers with behemoth strength. Tactical fighters on the battle field where smaller.
if you are ever in scotland go to Wallace monument and see his sword...it´s big. You held it with 2 hands..do not think he was a small man..lol
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if you are ever in scotland go to Wallace monument and see his sword...it´s big. You held it with 2 hands..do not think he was a small man..lol
Yes that is what I am saying, these objects these men carried where monstrous and took some serious power to swing. William was a beast 7 footer and probably 400lb. Wow, I would love to go there bro. Did you go there and see it?, very interesting.
Scotland is definitely one place on my list 'to go places'
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1st crusade
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Yes that is what I am saying, these objects these men carried where monstrous and took some serious power to swing. William was a beast 7 footer and probably 400lb. Wow, I would love to go there bro. Did you go there and see it?, very interesting.
Scotland is definitely one place on my list 'to go places'
I grew up there. Stirling has great History. Stirling Castle too, still the HQ of the Argyll and Southern Highlanders.. although they merged into the "Royal Regiment of Scotland" very sad because i believe they have now only some for ceremonial purposes. Bannockburn is near Stirling another famouse Battle site.
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I'd love to go back to the crusades, either around 1100 or around the 9th Crusade at 1270 if i could bring one item/vehicle.
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To go anywhere backwards in time would suck big time, you think it wouldn't but it would. Imagine a world without internet cell phone, video games. Not a big deal right?
Let's go back further....How about No tv no phones or airplanes? .... even further imagine horse and bugy....
How about sharing the container of water everyone in the village gathers from and only showering once a week. How about mandatory battlefield laws, I mean not mandatory military training, I mean you have to fight in one battle minimum.
How about being forced to watch Public executions; eyes get poked out, ears ripped off, hands and feet cut off, how about watching someone get a poll shoved up their ass till it came out their mouth. how about watching children aged 6-10 get buried alive.
Let's go back even further when you had to hunt your own food and people ate humans just as much as they ate animals.
No thanks, I like it right here just fine. :)
And heaps bad medicine. Whether you're some putz or a lucky born, one good scratch and they're at you with a hacksaw.
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Yes that is what I am saying, these objects these men carried where monstrous and took some serious power to swing. William was a beast 7 footer and probably 400lb. Wow, I would love to go there bro. Did you go there and see it?, very interesting.
Scotland is definitely one place on my list 'to go places'
That's why these guys are legendary. They don't dominate being 5'1", guys like Gengis Khan were animals. They are abnormal beasts. Now guys like Napolean and Hitler were little shits and let others do the fighting for them.
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My eyesight is so poor, I would be dead inside a week if I chose to live in an era that I find both romantic and adventurous in nature. What I need is a time machine to take me forward so that I can get my eyes fixed properly. Current methods are not up to that task.
All that aside, I would only go back in time if I could remain aware of history. I would definitely require a "babelfish" for this as I speak only English.
AHAHAH I was thinking the exact same thing as I also wear glasses!
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Woody Allen had the best answer to time travel, he said he'd only want to go as far back after the invention of penicillin
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AHAHAH I was thinking the exact same thing as I also wear glasses!
True
And heaps bad medicine. Whether you're some putz or a lucky born, one good scratch and they're at you with a hacksaw.
Ya that would suck.
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Yes that is what I am saying, these objects these men carried where monstrous and took some serious power to swing. William was a beast 7 footer and probably 400lb. Wow, I would love to go there bro. Did you go there and see it?, very interesting.
Scotland is definitely one place on my list 'to go places'
You really think William Wallace was 7 feet tall, and weighed 400 pounds? You retarded?
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Yes that is what I am saying, these objects these men carried where monstrous and took some serious power to swing. William was a beast 7 footer and probably 400lb. Wow, I would love to go there bro. Did you go there and see it?, very interesting.
Scotland is definitely one place on my list 'to go places'
You really think William Wallace was 7ft tall.....?
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That's why these guys are legendary. They don't dominate being 5'1", guys like Gengis Khan were animals. They are abnormal beasts. Now guys like Napolean and Hitler were little shits and let others do the fighting for them.
Would have been pointless if Napopleon was charging into enemy positions. He had to command the entire battlefield, make tactical decisions and give orders to his units.
Same with Hitler or any other leader in World War II or any modern war.
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You really think William Wallace was 7ft tall.....?
Well did you hear what Donny said about his sword, it took two hands to hold it and it was big. the historians have him at slightly over 7 feet. Coat of arms weigh roughly 35 lb on a six footer, many have been found in that region, actually all over the place that weigh 50-80lb and are enormous in sizes, they look like blankets. Axes weighing 100lb are out there as well, spear heads that weigh 10-12lb, it would take a 500lb man to throw something like this effectively.
Tall big men were often bread and different atmospheric pressures of the past allowed larger statures, this is proven in the fossil record, every animal has a bigger version of itself in the past, including insects, simply an atmosphere more rich with oxygen then the one today.
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Where's Sev in this thread? He and his con artist bud Stewart actually lived in other time periods.
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Well did you hear what Donny said about his sword, it took two hands to hold it and it was big. the historians have him at slightly over 7 feet. Coat of arms weigh roughly 35 lb on a six footer, many have been found in that region, actually all over the place that weigh 50-80lb and are enormous in sizes, they look like blankets. Axes weighing 100lb are out there as well, spear heads that weigh 10-12lb, it would take a 500lb man to throw something like this effectively.
Tall big men were often bread and different atmospheric pressures of the past allowed larger statures, this is proven in the fossil record, every animal has a bigger version of itself in the past, including insects, simply an atmosphere more rich with oxygen then the one today.
Some of the weapons were also ceremonial, to look intimidating for ceremonies, or on parade or whatever.
People liked to exaggerate, word of mouth was all many could rely on.
I highly doubt the man was 7ft, that's incredibly rare even in our modern era.
Europeans were also smaller due to worse diet etc...not larger.
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You really think William Wallace was 7 feet tall, and weighed 400 pounds? You retarded?
Wallace was known to be well over 6 feet tall. His exact size i can´t say. His sword i have seen and no not a toy as someone wrote. It was not for show to make him look good, the man was a strong man. Ok we have the hollywood stuff but i can tell you one thing, to use such a weapon you have to be strong! or swing a sledge like WOOO does.
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Wallace was known to be well over 6 feet tall. His exact size i can´t say. His sword i have seen and no not a toy as someone wrote. It was not for show to make him look good, the man was a strong man. Ok we have the hollywood stuff but i can tell you one thing, to use such a weapon you have to be strong! or swing a sledge like WOOO does.
I guess if you've been working the fields everyday like a human ox since you're a kid and lucky enough to have fresh food on the table, you're probably going to be very tough and strong.
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Sir William Wallace was a real person. It took more than balls to do what he did. This is why as a scot from Stirling we still had a "thing" about the English. Nonsense now of course but as a kid they really told you to ..not hate the English but..remember what they did. I have English friends too from the Army who i like.
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Sir William Wallace was a real person. It took more than balls to do what he did. This is why as a scot from Stirling we still had a "thing" about the English. Nonsense now of course but as a kid they really told you to ..not hate the English but..remember what they did. I have English friends too from the Army who i like.
Never really knew there was still that kind of feeling between the Scots and the English.
You hoping for independence in the referendum?
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Some of the weapons were also ceremonial, to look intimidating for ceremonies, or on parade or whatever.
People liked to exaggerate, word of mouth was all many could rely on.
I highly doubt the man was 7ft, that's incredibly rare even in our modern era.
Europeans were also smaller due to worse diet etc...not larger.
That`s my point is that our era only produces small statures and the older the era the larger the stature. One of the Caesars Maximinus Thrax) was officially recorded as 8`6 and this guy was perfectly proportions, didn`t have that giant disease acromegaly or whatever obviously cause he died when he was 65 years old and was killed not dead by natural causes.
He was enormous and could fight in battle. In fact he was an important cammender. The overwhelming sources depicting him where numerous and found in different areas as his stature made him curious among surrounding nations. Are sources accurate and legit?... well Herodotus wrote about him, doesn`t get more trust worthy then that. He was a legit 8 footer. A monster among men and many reports say he faced even taller men in battle a few times, trust me men where taller not shorter.
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Well did you hear what Donny said about his sword, it took two hands to hold it and it was big. the historians have him at slightly over 7 feet. Coat of arms weigh roughly 35 lb on a six footer, many have been found in that region, actually all over the place that weigh 50-80lb and are enormous in sizes, they look like blankets. Axes weighing 100lb are out there as well, spear heads that weigh 10-12lb, it would take a 500lb man to throw something like this effectively.
Tall big men were often bread and different atmospheric pressures of the past allowed larger statures, this is proven in the fossil record, every animal has a bigger version of itself in the past, including insects, simply an atmosphere more rich with oxygen then the one today.
I have to invoke the getbig bullshit clause on this. Yes Wallace was 7 ft. tall but he was an anomoly. Humans are taller today that at any time in history. If you were to go back to Roman time a guy who was 5'6" would be considered quite tall. I have a friend who is a civil war buff and has visited many museums in the south. He tells me the uniforms were so tiny that guys from today wouldn't fit in them. They were on average a size 32 coat size. Don't forget that during historical times unless you were born into wealth you were probably lucky to have one meal a day from the time you were born. Add war into the mix and one of the first things to suffer is the food supply.
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That`s my point is that our era only produces small statures and the older the era the larger the stature. One of the Caesars Maximinus Thrax) was officially recorded as 8`6 and this guy was perfectly proportions, didn`t have that giant disease acromegaly or whatever obviously cause he died when he was 65 years old and was killed not dead by natural causes.
He was enormous and could fight in battle. In fact he was an important cammender. The overwhelming sources depicting him where numerous and found in different areas as his stature made him curious among surrounding nations. Are sources accurate and legit?... well Herodotus wrote about him, doesn`t get more trust worthy then that. He was a legit 8 footer. A monster among men and many reports say he faced even taller men in battle a few times, trust me men where taller not shorter.
I know of Maximinus Thrax, but do not for one second believe that he was over 8 feet. Like I said, people used to exaggerate these personalities to cause fear and terror and this guy was a complete tyrant.
Herodotus also exaggerates, or just writes what he heard from those around him. For instance a million Persians crossing over to invade Greece...? Recent estimates put it at much much lower than that, but of course such exaggerations are just meant to mean 'an immense amount' etc and not necessarily literal.
Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that Europeans were shorter.
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I have to invoke the getbig bullshit clause on this. Yes Wallace was 7 ft. tall but he was an anomoly. Humans are taller today that at any time in history. If you were to go back to Roman time a guy who was 5'6" would be considered quite tall. I have a friend who is a civil war buff and has visited many museums in the south. He tells me the uniforms were so tiny that guys from today wouldn't fit in them. They were on average a size 32 coat size. Don't forget that during historical times unless you were born into wealth you were probably lucky to have one meal a day from the time you were born. Add war into the mix and one of the first things to suffer is the food supply.
That does not prove anything, I can go to the Phillipines and find short people there, one region in that area of Rome during that time period means very little. Funny how the average person thinks that people were shorter back then but the history books tell us different and I studied history at the university level and there are lots of historical evidence pointing to 8 footers all over the place like the Roman Emperor I pointed out above in my post and he did not have acromegly cause he died when he was 65 and was killed, his death was not natural so who knows how long he would have lived.
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I know of Maximinus Thrax, but do not for one second believe that he was over 8 feet. Like I said, people used to exaggerate these personalities to cause fear and terror and this guy was a complete tyrant.
Herodotus also exaggerates, or just writes what he heard from those around him. For instance a million Persians crossing over to invade Greece...? Recent estimates put it at much much lower than that, but of course such exaggerations are just meant to mean 'an immense amount' etc and not necessarily literal.
Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that Europeans were shorter.
Exactly, look at the suits af armor from the days of yore, no avegage guy from today could put one on.
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That does not prove anything, I can go to the Phillipines and find short people there, one region in that area of Rome during that time period means very little. Funny how the average person thinks that people were shorter back then but the history books tell us different and I studied history at the university level and there are lots of historical evidence pointing to 8 footers all over the place like the Roman Emperor I pointed out above in my post and he did not have acromegly cause he died when he was 65 and was killed, his death was not natural so who knows how long he would have lived.
Again, anomaoly, not the norm. When you average it all out people are taller today.
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I know of Maximinus Thrax, but do not for one second believe that he was over 8 feet. Like I said, people used to exaggerate these personalities to cause fear and terror and this guy was a complete tyrant.
Herodotus also exaggerates, or just writes what he heard from those around him. For instance a million Persians crossing over to invade Greece...? Recent estimates put it at much much lower than that, but of course such exaggerations are just meant to mean 'an immense amount' etc and not necessarily literal.
Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that Europeans were shorter.
In one of my history classes in University I had the professor lecture us on `debunking old myths`and 2 of the biggest misconception in history are that people believed people were shorter and he said that was a myth and in ten to 20 years no text book will say that, it was old and out-dated information
.....and 2,... that no one believed the earth was flat, a few idiots came up with that one and it stuck, every nation has always known the earth is round, no one ever thought it was flat, big misconception and he said it was propaganda to make nations sound stupid. I believe him too, how stupid do you have to be to believe the earth was flat, go on a mountain and you will see that it is round, look at the sun, the moon, look at the edge of the horizon, everyone knew it was round.
Silly non-sense people were not shorter
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Again, anomaoly, not the norm. When you average it all out people are taller today.
You are obviously not reading my post as I proved it was not acromegaly cause he was still alive at the age of 65. You know Acromegaly severely lowers your life expectency and you will be lucky to see 30.
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In one of my history classes in University I had the professor lecture us on `debunking old myths`and 2 of the biggest misconception in history are that people believed people were shorter and he said that was a myth and in ten to 20 years no text book will say that, it was old and out-dated information
.....and 2,... that no one believed the earth was flat, a few idiots came up with that one and it stuck, every nation has always known the earth is round, no one ever thought it was flat, big misconception and he said it was propaganda to make nations sound stupid. I believe him too, how stupid do you have to be to believe the earth was flat, go on a mountain and you will see that it is round, look at the sun, the moon, look at the edge of the horizon, everyone knew it was round.
Silly non-sense people were not shorter
What about the archaeological evidence then...?
The Dutch used to be the shortest people in Europe till a about 200 hundred years ago, now they're the tallest. This has been attributed to better food.
Also, that's just the opinion of one lecturer.
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What about the archaeological evidence then...?
The Dutch used to be the shortest people in Europe till a about 200 hundred years ago, now they're the tallest. This has been attributed to better food.
Also, that's just the opinion of one lecturer.
The archaeological evidence points to lots of tall people, at least the bone structures found., I mean of course you are right if one region is malnourished they might have an entire populace with stunted growth and yes that would be common all over the place, so I don`t doubt that there are villages found with the remains of a bunch of 5 footers.
But lots of findings of 7, 8, 9 and even ten footers all over the place. Oh and BTW if you doubt Thrax `s height well, you do realize that a statue of his actual size head was found and it was f-en-huge.
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The archaeological evidence points to lots of tall people, at least the bone structures found., I mean of course you are right if one region is malnourished they might have an entire populace with stunted growth and yes that would be common all over the place, so I don`t doubt that there are villages found with the remains of a bunch of 5 footers.
But lots of findings of 7, 8, 9 and even ten footers all over the place. Oh and BTW if you doubt Thrax `s height well, you do realize that a statue of his actual size head was found and it was f-en-huge.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one haha
I think that statue would have been designed to terrify people. There are also gigantic collosus type statues of Augustus, Constantine etc.
I've been a bust of Thrax, I think it was in London, but it looked roughly the same size as the others.
Archaeology, in Italy at least shows the people to not have been tall. Just look at the proportions of the statues..? They look like stocky Italians.
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I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one haha
I think that statue would have been designed to terrify people. There are also gigantic collosus type statues of Augustus, Constantine etc.
I've been a bust of Thrax, I think it was in London, but it looked roughly the same size as the others.
Archaeology, in Italy at least shows the people to not have been tall. Just look at the proportions of the statues..? They look like stocky Italians.
Ok fine then, bad example about the satue head on my behalf, :-[ :-\
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Ok fine then, bad example about the satue head on my behalf, :-[ :-\
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haha, either way, no one really knows for sure.
We'll agree to disagree on this one ;D
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The Old West but would want too many modern conveniences related to hygiene/indoor plumbing etc.
. I just want to make sure I am rich. ;)
And you don't wanna remember nothing, understand?
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I want to know what I know now, have what I have now and physically have the body I had when I was 25 years old. Anyone have any ideas how to make that work?
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I've often thought about this.
I think my lifespan, and seeing the advent of the internet, is the greatest time period.
Why live in the olden days? You're hungry? Gotta fish. Or catch a rabbit. Or hunt. Or grow crops.
Nowhere to live? Build a house.
Bored?
Sit around and drink potato liquor? Sing? And when you have to piss...go piss in the leaves out back?
Today is the best.
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I want to know what I know now, have what I have now and physically have the body I had when I was 25 years old. Anyone have any ideas how to make that work?
ya gh ;D
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The 1950s. Doo-Wop. Hamburger stands. Elvis. Buddy Holly. Chuck Berry. Groovy girls with their hairs in buns. Tweed suits. Pinstripes. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Blacks kept in the ghetto and nary a Hispanic in sight :P. Massive 20+ foot Lincoln Continentals with suicide doors. Roller skates.
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The 1950s has always seemed like an interesting time to live.. however, the one problem is using my advanced knowledge of the world markets/companies, even if I did make millions/billions of dollars like in back to the future lol, the luxuries I would be able to buy would be considered basic items today.. think of a microwave or TV. All this money to buy subpar items I had before in a life that has been fairly modest... One good thing though I could buy a lot more whores with this money and big ass gas guzzlers.
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The 1950s. Doo-Wop. Hamburger stands. Elvis. Buddy Holly. Chuck Berry. Groovy girls with their hairs in buns. Tweed suits. Pinstripes. The Brooklyn Dodgers. Blacks kept in the ghetto and nary a Hispanic in sight :P. Massive 20+ foot Lincoln Continentals with suicide doors. Roller skates.
yes the women were sexy...nice underwear too.. ;)
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As I said earlier: a rich Roman in the Roman Empire.
A world filled with mystical pagan cults, glittering temples and beautiful priestesses, ritual sacrifice, ritualized prostitution and take part in drug induced hallucination rituals.
Have a nice villa by the beach filled with beautiful Germanic slave women.
You'd have hot running water, glass windows, flushing toilets and even underfloor heating if you were rich.
Go watch a gladiatorial game with your buddies, watch a mock sea battle in the Colosseum or go check out the chariot racing at the circus.
Have an orgy of plentiful slave women any time you want.
Etc.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Whitesonly_drinkingfountain.jpg)
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yes i watched that series too..was good. They did not fuck around in them days...
I just watched this show. pretty interesting. anything recommend along the lines of it? was entertaining.
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Ancient Greece or Rome. I could still meet the real Jesus then. I could cover all of my bases.
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My grandfathers age, born in the 20's. Got to fight in World War Two, watch this country become the superpower, and made decent money. This generation will just see the decline, brought on by the hippie baby boomer generation.
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I might just zoom into the future so that I can live in a space station and gaze at the earth everyday. I have always loved space and anything related to it.
Uranus?
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when would i have lived?
some two weeks back and id take last weeks loterry winning number with me
fuck the roman empire,life expectation was short,did they even have own toilets?
central heating?
the habsburgs palace had 14degrees celsius, i dont even wanna know how the average ppl lived back then
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when would i have lived?
some two weeks back and id take last weeks loterry winning number with me
fuck the roman empire,life expectation was short,did they even have own toilets?
central heating?
the habsburgs palace had 14degrees celsius, i dont even wanna know how the average ppl lived back then
Anytime prior to air conditioning and I'm out.
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Less than 200 years ago, America was in civil war. That is a scary thought.
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The grass is always greener until you move in.
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1970's. Pre-AIDS, free-flowing cocaine, reds & quaaludes, pointy boobs on chicks, smoking on airplanes, amazing rock concerts (Stones, The Who, and Led Zepplin all at their peaks) and driving this + a mustache would get you laid..
(http://s2.wallls.com/preview/5/cars-pontiac-firebird-trans-am-smokey-and-the-bandit-26997.jpg)
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Well did you hear what Donny said about his sword, it took two hands to hold it and it was big. the historians have him at slightly over 7 feet. Coat of arms weigh roughly 35 lb on a six footer, many have been found in that region, actually all over the place that weigh 50-80lb and are enormous in sizes, they look like blankets. Axes weighing 100lb are out there as well, spear heads that weigh 10-12lb, it would take a 500lb man to throw something like this effectively.
Tall big men were often bread and different atmospheric pressures of the past allowed larger statures, this is proven in the fossil record, every animal has a bigger version of itself in the past, including insects, simply an atmosphere more rich with oxygen then the one today.
A guy 7 foot 500 pounds would barely have the strength to move in a battle ignoring the 200 pounds of weapons and armour.
And that`s ignoring the odds that a guy would be born in a country with 2-300 thousand people having one of the most impressive physiques in history.
No doubt the guy was big and strong, but nothing impressive by nfl standards.
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I would travel back to the final scene in scarface with mr. nobody to help tony montana fight off sosa's goons. That way we could hang out with tony in south beach and ask the honeys if they wanna have some ice cream with us.
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I would travel back to the final scene in scarface with mr. nobody to help tony montana fight off sosa's goons. That way we could hang out with tony in south beach and ask the honeys if they wanna have some ice cream with us.
Yes I got my shotgun ready lets go.
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I remember roughly 30 past lives at this point. Not all of them pleasant..actually hardly any. If I were to pick a period of time here on Earth I would say Atlantis. Granted, it was a different civilization and a different race of humans (we are mutts). But Atlantis was at some points one of the highest human civilizations ever in the galaxy over the last 5 billion years.
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Do you remember any past lives mr. nobody ???
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Do you remember any past lives mr. nobody ???
No I cant even remember the current one.
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No I cant even remember the current one.
:D
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No I cant even remember the current one.
hahaha
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1960s Sweden, and try my best to get a Political Career, being able to change the Socioeconomic Policies we have now.
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1960s Sweden, and try my best to get a Political Career, being able to change the Socioeconomic Policies we have now.
Politicians do as they are told. Policies are established by those above.
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Politicians do as they are told. Policies are established by those above.
Well, i'd do anything it would take to try influence the direction of the people ;)
No matter what the cost!
Question though, do we keep our old brain/thoughts when we live in the selected time-period or do we start "fresh"?
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Well, i'd do anything it would take to try influence the direction of the people ;)
No matter what the cost!
Question though, do we keep our old brain/thoughts when we live in the selected time-period or do we start "fresh"?
When we incarnate/borne into this life we start with an auto-induced amnesia. All memories are there but we don't recollect. Some do remember, some remember well, some never even wonder. It all depends on what we came here to do individually. In this life, remembering suits my purpose. For you maybe it does't so you don't even think about it.
However, I found out that our childhood hobbies or inclinations, our teenage preocupations, our relationships mirror what once was. Even phobias reflect past traumas etc. The people you have relationships with (meaningful ones) more likely than not lived other lives as well together with you (maybe different roles).
There is no point in remembering unless you have the opportunity to finish unfinished business. Remembering everything would drive you insane so you only remeber what you NEED to remember.. IF that.
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When we incarnate/borne into this life we start with an auto-induced amnesia. All memories are there but we don't recollect. Some do remember, some remember well, some never even wonder. It all depends on what we came here to do individually. In this life, remembering suits my purpose. For you maybe it does't so you don't even think about it.
However, I found out that our childhood hobbies or inclinations, our teenage preocupations, our relationships mirror what once was. Even phobias reflect past traumas etc. The people you have relationships with (meaningful ones) more likely than not lived other lives as well together with you (maybe different roles).
There is no point in remembering unless you have the opportunity to finish unfinished business. Remembering everything would drive you insane so you only remeber what you NEED to remember.. IF that.
What do you think of Scientology Sev? I think they try to teach erasing your memory from the past.
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What do you think of Scientology Sev? I think they try to teach erasing your memory from the past.
it's a mind-control cult/sect .. there some stuff there behind the scenes that would freak out rapists and murderers
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it's a mind-control cult/sect .. there some stuff there behind the scenes that would freak out rapists and murderers
Ok I am not going to be one then.