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if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:44 #1

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I like the 1920's

good dresses , good shoes , good music


I think I'd like ti visit the 1920's
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:53 #2

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This one actually.
The mean­ings that are the most directly prac­ti­cal are the ones that are sac­ri­ficed: the fla­vor, aroma and touch are abol­ished to the profit of the delu­sions that per­ma­nently lead sight and hear­ing astray.
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:55 #3

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Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

There's an old Chinese curse that goes, ''May you live in interesting times''.

Well these are interesting times all right...
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:56 #4

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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:58 #5

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diamondgeezer wrote:
Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

There's an old Chinese curse that goes, ''May you live in interesting times''.

Well these are interesting times all right...


Is it a curse to live in interesting times?
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 14:58 #6

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Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

Me too. :)
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And practice, practice, practice until you make it something fabulous.

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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:00 #7

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diamondgeezer wrote:
Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

There's an old Chinese curse that goes, ''May you live in interesting times''.

Well these are interesting times all right...

Proverb. :P

:D
There is no such thing as Thin Air: Thin Air is full of the particles of creation.

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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:05 #8

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dawnbreak wrote:
diamondgeezer wrote:
Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

There's an old Chinese curse that goes, ''May you live in interesting times''.

Well these are interesting times all right...


Is it a curse to live in interesting times?


The way the Chinese meant it, yes.

@ Cantata...it was a curse ;)

*edit* it was both according to wiki...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times
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Last Edit: 17 Aug 2012 15:08 by diamondgeezer.
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:11 #9

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oh ....so may you live interesting times means ..........your life will be full of drama?
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:13 #10

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dawnbreak wrote:
I like the 1920's

good dresses , good shoes , good music


I think I'd like ti visit the 1920's

Haha! That's the one I was going to pick and for the same reasons! :D
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:28 #11

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Stoneage... Medieval... way back there somewhere... I could cause a lot of ruckus then knowing what I know now, if I get to take back current knowledge to screw with the natives of that time :chuckle:
I'd have my own little posse...trying to burn me at the stake :villagers:
I came into this world kicking and screaming while covered in someone elses blood
and I have no problem with going out the same way :twisted:
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:46 #12

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dawnbreak wrote:
oh ....so may you live interesting times means ..........your life will be full of drama?

Drama of the unpleasant kind....
It is reported that it was the first of three curses of increasing severity, the other two being:
"May you come to the attention of those in authority" (sometimes rendered "May the government be aware of you"). This is sometimes quoted as "May you come to the attention of powerful people." (Alternately, "important people".)
"May you find what you are looking for." This is sometimes quoted as "May your wishes be granted.
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:48 #13

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cantata wrote:
Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

Me too. :)

Me too :) It just feels right :chuckle:
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:51 #14

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StarsChildren wrote:
Stoneage... Medieval... way back there somewhere... I could cause a lot of ruckus then knowing what I know now, if I get to take back current knowledge to screw with the natives of that time :chuckle:
I'd have my own little posse...trying to burn me at the stake :villagers:

I like to let them watch stuff like Star Wars and Star Trek, and tell them that's exactly what it's like in the future :D
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 15:58 #15

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diamondgeezer wrote:
dawnbreak wrote:
oh ....so may you live interesting times means ..........your life will be full of drama?

Drama of the unpleasant kind....
It is reported that it was the first of three curses of increasing severity, the other two being:
"May you come to the attention of those in authority" (sometimes rendered "May the government be aware of you"). This is sometimes quoted as "May you come to the attention of powerful people." (Alternately, "important people".)
"May you find what you are looking for." This is sometimes quoted as "May your wishes be granted.



wow I would have thought the first and last chinese curses were blessings (may you live in interesting times, May you find what you are looking for)

Perhaps they are good sayings but if it's delivered with evil intent it works the oppsosite way ? :giz
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 16:05 #16

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the 60's for me - a time when people still believed that they could bring about change and actually did so. before 'activism' became another business and a time when there was still community and a level of trust that just is not here anymore.
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 16:13 #17

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Guevarista wrote:
This one actually.

Yea, same here...

Teenagers these days have great technology.
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 17:04 #18

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the end of an era.

I think the past is over so i would want to live in the now or the future.
come at the king....you best not miss
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 17:10 #19

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Here and now suits me fine but the days of the last phase of Stonehenge might have been interesting.

*considers donning the "AGBFWTTDBT bastard" cap but moves on pretending he has seen nothing......*
Last Edit: 18 Aug 2012 14:11 by dubs.
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Re: if you could be alive in era which would you choose? 17 Aug 2012 17:17 #20

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There are many periods I would like to be able to visit for a short time but actually living there would be a different thing entirely.
Not least for the insanitary conditions you would have to adjust to.
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