That's a thought provoking question. It would have to depend on what region of the world I was to live in. But probably Roman times in a prosperous Hispano-Roman city, so long as I wasn't a slave! Or the 1890s. _________________ Operation Northwoods - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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Probably I would prefer to live in the future, not in the past. It depend of what would (will) be the changes and developpments, but I think 2100 would be good. This, if the most of changes will be beneficial ones in the world.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: Re: Which period would you like to live ?
fab wrote:
If you had to live in a period of the human history (past), which one would you choose ?
The Netherlands in the mid 17th century, the Dutch golden age ... meeting rembrandt, destroying English fleets, fighting french behind a large canal and having cheap German semi-slaves ...
Yeah, maybe you end up in World War III or in a totally energy depleted planet. On the otherhand ... the future is totally unknown and would probably be most exiting.
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:44 am Post subject:
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
Hm, somehow I picture you there! _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Well, since I'm a little vain and superficial, I would've loved to have lived in Swingin' Sixties London, wearing mod fashions, hanging out with Twiggy, the Shrimp, and Terence Stamp, smoking grass with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and once in awhile I'd cross over the Channel and shoot a movie with Alain Delon.
Yeah, me too. The swinging sixties baby yeah! When protection is for sailors and free love is for all! Experiment with psychodelic drugs, and stick it to the man! Yeah, those were the days! Also the days when, if you were a Chicano, you could get a thrashing by the police! Sounds fun! _________________ Operation Northwoods - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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Followed by Italian/French/Dutch
I'd like to live in the pre-war epoch when wearing one's Sunday best to church was not considered quaint, but de rigeur.
And maybe get famous participating in nationalist movements. There were many more opportunities to do something great in the past for the number of causes to fight for were numerous. _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:58 am Post subject:
I'm happy I was born when I was (1950). I got to be a teenager in the '60s, and that was a lot of fun. I can't think of any time earlier than that that would have been tolerable for women. And I think if I'd been born earlier, my lofty height would have made me something of a freak, whereas by the late '60s, when I was in college, it was considered attractive (albeit the wrong size to be for a dancer). Actually, I think being born anytime after 1950 would be OK, and being really tall is not as much of a burden in the dance world now as it was when I was dancing.
On the other hand, the '60s was a rather optimistic time, and I don't think that's the case now.
Location: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:
Deborah wrote:
I can't think of any time earlier than that that would have been tolerable for women.
I agree. Sure we have romanticized notions of the distant past, but when I think about it, there is no way that a gal like we would've thrived pre-1960s (perhaps the 1920s, but even then women were restricted in what they could or couldn't do). I would not have been happy in corsets and crinolines, inhaling smelling salts, and hoping Mr. Right would ask me to dance at the cotillion, nor would I have been happy slaving over a hot stove decked in pearls and high heels so that Ward can come home to a good meal and a pretty wife. I picture myself sort of like Julie Christie in "Darling"... only prettier and Latina.
Hey Elaine,
Is that avatar pic of you, only with a wild rainbow color spectrum plastered on? Because if so, you look a lot like a really close friend of mine. _________________ Operation Northwoods - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
Favorite languages = English/Spanish
Followed by Italian/French/Dutch
Having recently made a topic about the Danish irredenta in South Schleswig, I think I would have liked to be born in Åbenrå in the extreme north of the German Empire in 1905 of Danish parents. That way I could experience the last (albeit provincial) remnants of the belle epoque that loic longs for, survive WWI because I would be too young to be drafted and celebrate hitting puberty with my parents and adult neighbours voting me and the region home to Denmark in 1920....
Ooops, I guess I just stole Harreny's second dream, after being an iconoclast....
Hm, oppression and bloodshed, disease and poor medicine. No, thanks, I think I prefer to live in this time. However, I would love to have a time machine so I could go back in time and check things out.
Hm, oppression and bloodshed, disease and poor medicine. No, thanks, I think I prefer to live in this time. However, I would love to have a time machine so I could go back in time and check things out.
I feel the same way. Sorry for such an unimaginative answer. " alt="" border="0" /> A time machine would be cool! Or better yet, a stargate!
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