my youth

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my youth

azstrummer — 8/11/2007 8:31:55 PM (archived)

Just thought of this. Assuming we would not have any problem with meeting ourselves in an earlier age (and ignoring all the possible consequences that could come of it), I'd love to be able to meet myself as a teen and whisper in my ear that joining the Navy would be a very stupid move.

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If you could go back in time - Jody - 8/9/2007 3:17:45 PM
- The Sixties?? - Lindy - 8/12/2007 3:48:16 PM
  - A journal of the plague years - ER - 8/12/2007 7:10:27 PM
    - Social Revolutions - Lindy - 8/12/2007 7:20:09 PM
      - Here's one for you ER - Lindy - 8/12/2007 7:46:02 PM
        
        Is that Alan Ginsburg in the background? (n/t) - ER - 8/13/2007 2:08:48 AM
        
        re: Is that Alan Ginsburg in the background? - Lindy - 8/13/2007 4:51:27 AM
  - but would I remember them this time? (n/t) - azstrummer - 8/12/2007 5:31:02 PM
- The past- nice place to visit, but I wouldnt want to live there... - R.L. - 8/11/2007 10:41:17 PM
  - I doubt our modern noses could handle the literal stink of the past. - REB - 8/13/2007 1:28:14 PM
- my youth - azstrummer - 8/11/2007 8:31:55 PM
  - Up the line - ER - 8/13/2007 2:28:27 PM
    - "Temporal linearity" - Lindy - 8/13/2007 4:08:59 PM
      - Just because a sunrise at sea doesn't mean anything doesn't mean it can't be beautiful. - ER - 8/13/2007 5:40:00 PM
- If...what's this 'if' nonsense ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/11/2007 6:55:59 PM
  - Remember "The Traveller"?...on Star Trek:TNG - Jody - 8/14/2007 4:44:31 AM
- Depends - FrankC - 8/11/2007 4:59:45 AM
  - I have it on good authority - Eri - 8/11/2007 3:57:13 PM
    - That's why I want to take the gold :) - FrankC - 8/11/2007 6:04:43 PM
- Looking for Time Travelers - REB - 8/10/2007 1:54:11 PM
  - re: Looking for Time Travelers - Eri - 8/11/2007 4:01:23 PM
  - The physics argues against time travel and Faster than Light travel for many reasons- the two topics are very linked - R.L. - 8/10/2007 8:49:20 PM
    - If the Universe splits that much - Eri - 8/11/2007 4:04:58 PM
    - FTL, time travel and..religion, have something in common - Raoul - 8/10/2007 9:05:05 PM
      - Absolutely.... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 11:12:26 PM
  - There was a movie, called 'The Grand Tour' - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:43:10 PM
    - re: There was a movie, called 'The Grand Tour' - REB - 8/10/2007 8:05:03 PM
      - Fascinating - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:05:24 PM
        
        re: Fascinating - REB - 8/13/2007 12:57:18 PM
  - 'Thrice Upon a Time' by James P. Hogan is quite good... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:00:40 PM
    - On the opposite end of the spectrum.... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:14:36 PM
      - re: On the opposite end of the spectrum.... - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:36:52 PM
      - He didn't do his history homework, - ER - 8/10/2007 7:43:30 PM
        
        I am not a history buff, but there were too many errors to count in that plot - R.L. - 8/10/2007 7:54:45 PM
        
        I should write such a lousy book as Andromeda Strain - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:41:44 PM
        
        "but the ending was a bit of a cop-out. " - R.L. - 8/11/2007 10:04:15 PM
        
        Congo was a joke - Eri - 8/12/2007 12:22:28 AM
      - LOL (n/t) - Jody - 8/10/2007 7:32:40 PM
  - In A. C. Clarke's "light of other days".... - R.L. - 8/10/2007 6:46:19 PM
    - re: In A. C. Clarke's "light of other days".... - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:50:28 PM
    - New TWILIGHT ZONE Episode - carl - 8/10/2007 6:50:20 PM
  - Before you start writing... - ER - 8/10/2007 5:52:35 PM
    - How'd I miss that one? - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:57:03 PM
      - He sci-fi's Phillip Roth - ER - 8/11/2007 7:23:38 PM
        
        Thanks! I've printed out the list - Eri - 8/12/2007 12:24:27 AM
  - I always thought - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:29:13 PM
  - The big problem escaping most SF writers about Time Travel.. - Raoul - 8/10/2007 2:32:25 PM
    - They got that part right in The Time Machine - Eri - 8/11/2007 6:59:34 PM
    - I thought of that once... - Fox - 8/10/2007 6:46:15 PM
      - and then along came the virus... - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:01:01 PM
    - Eutrophication aggravation and its implications to the bogosphere. - ER - 8/10/2007 6:13:43 PM
      - Sounds very much like where the Earth may be heading - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:05:15 PM
      - Clarke's book? Or Benford's... - Raoul - 8/10/2007 7:18:29 PM
        
        Probably Benford's. Thanks (n/t) - ER - 8/10/2007 7:55:58 PM
    - re: The big problem escaping most SF writers about Time Travel.. - REB - 8/10/2007 3:02:47 PM
      - Isn't that cheating? :-0 :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 8/10/2007 3:50:36 PM
        
        Nah, Artisitic License ......................... (Or ignorance/skipping of real science.) - RNE - 8/10/2007 4:52:53 PM
        
        LOL... but... - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:19:28 PM
- 1976.... - Raoul - 8/10/2007 1:53:19 PM
- re: If you could go back in time - SteveS - 8/10/2007 1:35:01 PM
  - Wow! Nice memories indeed. (n/t) - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:24:54 PM
  - What a romantic!!..Lucky woman!!! - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:25:35 PM
    - re:Lucky woman!!! - SteveS - 8/11/2007 1:18:06 PM
- Yesterday (lost my damn car keys) (n/t) - James Brown - 8/10/2007 3:52:55 AM
- Well, since you asked - Eri - 8/10/2007 3:37:30 AM
- Purely hedonistic. - RobVG - 8/10/2007 3:00:07 AM
  - God, I detest shoulder pads!!!!!! - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:27:42 PM
  - re: Purely hedonistic....well me, too! - Jody - 8/10/2007 4:11:49 AM
- re: If you could go back in time - gbaikie - 8/10/2007 12:54:09 AM
  - OK, another book for my list (n/t) - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:31:17 PM
- Jesus's "death" - azstrummer - 8/10/2007 12:08:24 AM
  - OOOH Guitar Man!! - Jody - 8/10/2007 1:57:44 AM
- re: If you could go back in time - REB - 8/9/2007 8:45:32 PM
- The BIG BANG - carl - 8/9/2007 6:12:27 PM
  - Hmm, your atoms wouldn't last long! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/10/2007 5:45:27 PM
- Time touring... - podrock - 8/9/2007 5:29:09 PM
  - re: Time touring - on Fast Forward - nick hoffman - 8/10/2007 7:15:33 PM
    - Fast rewind ... pause ... forward ... wait, go back! - podrock - 8/11/2007 10:07:12 PM
  - Just don't step on any butterflies - Fox - 8/10/2007 6:48:37 PM
    - Whel, Yu meyet beigh reyet, Awl beigh kair ful. (n/t) - pahdrx - 8/11/2007 9:33:28 PM
  - ...diving in a Cambrian Sea - ER - 8/9/2007 6:15:14 PM
    - now that's funny - podrock - 8/9/2007 7:07:14 PM
- With the requisite skills: - Fox - 8/9/2007 5:19:38 PM
  - Second choice - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:39:26 AM
    - re: Second choice - Eri - 8/11/2007 7:38:22 PM
- Just for a visit - RNE - 8/9/2007 5:04:41 PM
  - re: Just for a visit. - Good picks, RNE. - Marcia - 8/10/2007 9:19:19 PM
    - Well..... - RNE - 8/10/2007 10:25:57 PM
      - re: Well..... Thanks for reading, RNE. I agree. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/10/2007 10:29:08 PM
  - Edison NEVER WORKED too hard - carl - 8/10/2007 7:17:25 PM
  - Athens in the Golden Age - ER - 8/9/2007 5:14:48 PM
    - Hey ER, - podrock - 8/9/2007 5:21:01 PM
      - Quo Vadis? - ER - 8/9/2007 5:49:24 PM
        
        "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...." - podrock - 8/9/2007 6:54:09 PM
        
        Yes, it's on DVD - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:28:00 AM

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