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kenobi65 said:
Well, according to Snopes, New Coke was not just a marketing ploy. However, many people belive that it was simply because of the Coca-Cola company's near-miraculous recovery from the New Coke debacle.
If you had a Time Machine...
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Well, according to Snopes, New Coke was not just a marketing ploy. However, many people belive that it was simply because of the Coca-Cola company's near-miraculous recovery from the New Coke debacle.
Steve Jung
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SteelDraco
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I'd go to the US patent office, on the day it opened, and patent the time machine.
Suckers!
Suckers!
WmRAllen67
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Interesting question...
I'd like to see Ur and Babylon, Rome in the time of Julius Ceasar, Constantinople and the Levant in the time of the first Crusade, Nan Madol and Tartessos (if it existed), Tenochtitlan, Boston and Philadelphia in the 1600's, and Elizabethan London...
I'd like to see the dinosaurs, the Ice Age mammals, and the early hominids...
I'd like to see George Washington before the battle of Trenton, the arguments in the Continental Congress over the Declaration of Independance, and the Battle of Trafalgar...
I'd love to know what really happened to the colonists of Roanoke...
And to watch the Battle of Hastings...
I'd like to know why my however-many-greats grandfather left England in the 1650's, and if they really did move the barn across a frozen Narragansett Bay on sledges one winter because they were tired of living on an island...
I'd like to do all those "If I only knew then what I know now" things, like go back to 1988 and tell myself to "take those two classes and get the minor in English, and in Religious Studies, because you'll need them later, trust me..."
I'd like to see Ur and Babylon, Rome in the time of Julius Ceasar, Constantinople and the Levant in the time of the first Crusade, Nan Madol and Tartessos (if it existed), Tenochtitlan, Boston and Philadelphia in the 1600's, and Elizabethan London...
I'd like to see the dinosaurs, the Ice Age mammals, and the early hominids...
I'd like to see George Washington before the battle of Trenton, the arguments in the Continental Congress over the Declaration of Independance, and the Battle of Trafalgar...
I'd love to know what really happened to the colonists of Roanoke...
And to watch the Battle of Hastings...
I'd like to know why my however-many-greats grandfather left England in the 1650's, and if they really did move the barn across a frozen Narragansett Bay on sledges one winter because they were tired of living on an island...
I'd like to do all those "If I only knew then what I know now" things, like go back to 1988 and tell myself to "take those two classes and get the minor in English, and in Religious Studies, because you'll need them later, trust me..."
wingsandsword
Legend
Just Observing the Past (The Ultimate History Lessons):
~8500 BC, Atlantis. If it existed, to witness the legendary lost city.
~2580 BC, Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The construction of the Great Pyramid.
May 29, 1453. Constantinople, Byzantine Empire. The fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
July 4, 1776. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ratification of the Declaration of Independence, and a chance to see a few of my ancestors.
July 1, 1947. Roswell, New Mexico. Find out what really happened.
November 22, 1963. Dallas, Texas. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone?
August 15, 1969. Woodstock, New York. The one concert I would travel through time to see.
May 25, 1977. Star Wars on opening day, in any one of the 32 theaters it originally opened in.
September 7, 1978. Louisville, Kentucky. Witnessing your own birth.
May 7, 2005. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The "Time Travellers Convention" at MIT, visiting strictly incognito for the amusement factor.s.
Changing the Past (a.k.a. Fun with Paradoxes):
Use modern weapons, technology and science to ensure that the Roman Empire never fell, and the Dark Ages never happen.
Making sure that Hitler died in battle in WWI.
Visiting myself when I first went to college, and giving myself a few key points of advice.
September 11, 2001. Some things should never have happened.
Going back several years to when the Powerball was at $200,000,000+ with no winners, and give myself the winning numbers (Cash Option ~$80,000,000). With that money, among other things, set up the best outfitted fantasy larp ever and maybe buy the rights to D&D
~8500 BC, Atlantis. If it existed, to witness the legendary lost city.
~2580 BC, Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The construction of the Great Pyramid.
May 29, 1453. Constantinople, Byzantine Empire. The fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
July 4, 1776. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ratification of the Declaration of Independence, and a chance to see a few of my ancestors.
July 1, 1947. Roswell, New Mexico. Find out what really happened.
November 22, 1963. Dallas, Texas. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone?
August 15, 1969. Woodstock, New York. The one concert I would travel through time to see.
May 25, 1977. Star Wars on opening day, in any one of the 32 theaters it originally opened in.
September 7, 1978. Louisville, Kentucky. Witnessing your own birth.
May 7, 2005. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The "Time Travellers Convention" at MIT, visiting strictly incognito for the amusement factor.s.
Changing the Past (a.k.a. Fun with Paradoxes):
Use modern weapons, technology and science to ensure that the Roman Empire never fell, and the Dark Ages never happen.
Making sure that Hitler died in battle in WWI.
Visiting myself when I first went to college, and giving myself a few key points of advice.
September 11, 2001. Some things should never have happened.
Going back several years to when the Powerball was at $200,000,000+ with no winners, and give myself the winning numbers (Cash Option ~$80,000,000). With that money, among other things, set up the best outfitted fantasy larp ever and maybe buy the rights to D&D
mhacdebhandia
Explorer
A more fun and interesting way to make a fortune would be to rescue lost manuscripts and items that are thought to have been destroyed, seal them safely in an obscure location undisturbed by time so as to age properly, then go back and retrieve them. 
vulcan_idic
Explorer
The one big place I'd like to visit is Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the 1981 - 1991 timeframe to meet my fiancee (almost wife) when she was 5-15 and get to know her and her family back then. I think that would be a lot of fun.
There are all kinds of times and places in the kistory of the world that it would be fun to visit and witness... but I couldn't appreciate most of them due to language barriers... My Latin is nonexistant as is my Attic Greek, Aramaic, Old English, Old French, Old German, etc. Modern places would also be interesting... just not as interesting to me as getting to know a very special woman and her family when she was younger.
There are all kinds of times and places in the kistory of the world that it would be fun to visit and witness... but I couldn't appreciate most of them due to language barriers... My Latin is nonexistant as is my Attic Greek, Aramaic, Old English, Old French, Old German, etc. Modern places would also be interesting... just not as interesting to me as getting to know a very special woman and her family when she was younger.
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
1) I'd warn the Apaches of the massacre that would be their demise.
2) I'd spend 5 years reliving the latter half tof the 80's.
3) I'd then fast forward to the 31st century and spend the rest of my life there.
2) I'd spend 5 years reliving the latter half tof the 80's.
3) I'd then fast forward to the 31st century and spend the rest of my life there.
Got to check out Atlantis 
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