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Topic: The Time Machine |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:07 pm |
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You've been transported back to 1949. The scientists who sent you back have sorted out money dated before that time, so that's not an issue. You can shop around and bring back $1,000 worth of souvenirs.
What would you buy ? |
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Al Udeen
From:
Hendersonville Tn
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:32 pm win win
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| $1000 worth of Prudential stock! |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:59 pm win win also
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| Make it 1950 and I'll say: Six Fender Broadcasters (assuming a discount from the list price of $169.95). A couple, or at least one, to play and the rest to sell at today's prices. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 10:07 pm
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I'd put it on a wager that a man would walk on the moon in 20 years time.
The odds would be stacked against me, I'm sure. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 10:49 pm
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I'd buy $1000 worth of IBM stock, hang around and work on control systems in SoCal till '59, buy every piece of beachfront property I could with that income, sell the stock for about $30 grand, and use that to buy the 115 or so most beautifully tiger-striped sunburst Les Paul Standards I could lay my hands on for about $260 apiece, come back, and sell all the beachfront property and 100 of the Pauls at the current rate of about $300-500K each - then move to the desert, retire, and play music and golf. Definitely win-win.  |
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C. Christofferson
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 12:06 am
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| Any chance I could take a fully loaded Emmons or Zumsteel D10 back with me ? |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 1:54 am
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I'd buy as many Fender Broadcasters as possible, WITH CONSECUTIVE SERIAL NUMBERS.
Can you imagine what the set would worth today?
My fantasy however is not to go back to '49 (when I was 3) and buy stuff, but to go back (maybe a few years later to the early 50s) with all the knowledge and skill, musical and otherwise, that I've acquired over the years, and relive my life knowing then what I know now, and being able to play as well then as I do today.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 6:20 am
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| Has anyone here read "The Man Who Folded Himself" by Dave Gerrold? |
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Josh Haislip
From:
Midland, Texas
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 8:02 am
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1. Find Hank Williams in Lousiana at the Hayride.
2. Steal Don Helm's Job
3. Keep Hank alive for as long as possible. |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 5:52 pm
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| I had originally imagined that members would list great goodies they could buy and play, but if we're going to include other things, what about seeking out Hank Williams, as Josh said, and getting him to go to a doctor to treat his heart condition. |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2007 8:13 pm
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"Great goodies they could buy and play"? Surely a Fender Broadcaster qualifies. Note that I specified at least one to play.
I suppose a pre-War herringbone Martin and a Lloyd Loar Gibson L-5 wouldn't have been too expensive then, either. And an ES-150 with the original "Charlie Christian" pickup. And an original Rickenbacker "fry pan". |
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