Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 OK , I did a thread a little while ago asking who you'd like to meet living or dead and have a beer with , I chose the Queen Rog (Plantfit) chose T.O.M. Sopwith, etc. Now I don't want anybody getting morbid so no going back and resurecting the dead, but what era would you like to go back and see, or forward for that matter. (I don't really want anybody stopping the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand or actually bumping off Hitler either. As there would be lot more problems in the world if he hadn't started the war someone else would!!) Me ? I'd wait till tomorrow and go back to today, and give myself the Euro Millions numbers , Simples!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Then IF you did have a time machine....take all that dosh you just won and go back further when it would be worth more and you'de be richer. I'de just use it to go back to the 70s to do my shopping.....i might even find clothes i like in the shops..........wooooooooooooo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I might find some that fit me !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Can i go back to my wedding day, when the Vicar says "do you take this woman?".......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 i would love to go back to the early 70's with the wisdom and knowledge i have now !!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Owdtite 2 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 I would have loved to have travelled with one of the many explorers, Magellan, Columbus etc....I have always fancied sailing on one of the old ships but would have had to share the Captains quarters, I coudnt cope with the beds down below.....Failing that, I have always wanted to sleep on a submarine, I think those small beds look really cosy!! Owdtite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Got to be another of my hero's I K Brunel, probably the greatest engineer ever Rog Always fancied one of those hats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 Got to be another of my hero's I K Brunel, probably the greatest engineer ever Rog Always fancied one of those hats Yes me too, then I could ask him if the Box Hill Tunnel/Birthday thingy was a fluke or planned? (if in fact true?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Hi Ashley, I bet the Box tunnel sunrise on Mr Brunel's birthday is true, The Victorians liked stuff like that, (it only shines through one end though) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 ...Failing that, I have always wanted to sleep on a submarine, I think those small beds look really cosy!! Sorry to paint a morbid picture of your wish, but you could well be letting yourself in for an extremely unpleasant surprise... A friend, who is about to retire after 18 years in the Submarine Service, has told me that as many as a third of new submariners are totally unable to cope with the incarceration aboard. Ranging through severe side-effects of claustrophobia to such areas as 'coffin dreams' whilst trying to sleep, and even suicidal thoughts - sometimes culminating in total mental breakdown. So severely effected are many of these sailors, that they are unable to be relocated to other Royal Navy deployments. Seemingly, potential new recruits are now subject to rigorous testing prior to descending to the deep! Best of luck...trust you enjoy your kip Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 ...I bet the Box tunnel sunrise on Mr Brunel's birthday is true, The Victorians liked stuff like that... "...There is a story which states that Brunel deliberately aligned the tunnel such that the rising sun is visible through it on 9 April each year, his birthday. Opinions vary widely as to whether this is true. Angus Buchanan writes: The alignment of the Box Tunnel has been the subject of serious discussion in the New Civil Engineer and elsewhere. I am grateful to my friend James Richard for making calculations which convinced me that the alignment on 9 April would permit the sun to be visible through the tunnel soon after dawn on a fine day. On the other hand, it has been asserted that it is impossible to guarantee the effect on a particular calendar day, because the angle at which the sun rises on a given date varies slightly with the cycle of leap years. However, the sun subtends an angle of about half a degree, which is more than the year to year variation, and more than the field of view through the tunnel, so it quite possibly seems to fill the tunnel every year. It is also asserted that Brunel failed to account for atmospheric refraction and the effect is visible a few days too early. Buchanan concludes: ...I have found no documentary evidence for the often-repeated story that Brunel aligned the Box Tunnel so that the rising sun shone through it on his birthday, even though careful examination shows that it could indeed do so, and it is certainly a good story. It is tempting to think that with a suitable vantage point, the effect (if not Brunel's intentions) can easily be checked on 9 April. However, the appropriate point is in the middle of a high-speed railway line and is thus potentially very dangerous. Photographs of the effect have reportedly been taken with appropriate assistance from railway officials... Copyright: Wikipedia... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 re wanting to be in a submarine, cosy beds etc, could always come and stay in our caravan, probably same feelings! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Go back ..see how it was made...then go back a bit earlier and make one...then get the credit for building it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Welcome back Fynger, how was the past? to you it was only minutes, but you've been gone 14 months! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 I would like to go back and tell my old dad that I eventually took a University Degree, he would be proud. He made every effort to get me to do it when young but I resisted - finally graduating in 1999, 6yrs after his death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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