I just hope I'm still around to experience the building of the SEZ. Been waiting about 37 years for that.
Things you wish you were around to experience
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One thing I think hasn't been listed is some of the great heavyweight boxers in history. Boxing has lost it's luster. Now, outside of Mayweather there isn't much to watch that is a true spectacle. Some of you might remember the last days of Mike Tyson but watching that guy walk to the ring wearing all black with a hole cut in a towel for a robe and absolutely destroying some of the best heavyweights in history was something many of you definitely missed out on. That was one bad man. Not to mention Foreman, Ali, Frazier, Liston, etc. and even the Hagler, Leonard, Hearns fights. Boxing used to be something much different than it is today.
Mine would have to be the Miracle on Ice. That game is still one of the greatest upsets of all-time in my opinion and it happened on a world stage.
I would have liked to have been around for Nebuchadnezzar's sacking of Jerusalem to see what he did with the Ark. Did he melt it down? Did he send it back home with Daniel?
For shows, I'd want to see Van Halen's US Festival performance in '83, & Queen in Wembley in '86.
For shows, I'd want to see Van Halen's US Festival performance in '83, & Queen in Wembley in '86.
the Civil War era would be on my list as well. Just visiting one of the military parks was a really incredible experience. I'd also like to watch as my ancestors began their farm back home. What made them leave England? Did they know the Civil War was starting as they traveled here? What made them pick the spot they did? How did they survive the weather, deaths, and various struggles as they tried run a farm?
Really there's probably not a time in history that I wouldn't want to poke my head in on and watch.
My grandpa was a fighter pilot in the Pacific during World War II. We would watch alot of movies about that time together when I was a kid. I travelled with him after my Grandma died to a lot of the WWII monuments as well as went with him to his fighter group reunion (talk about amazing stories!!!!!). I would have loved to have been around to see first hand to see the planes taking off of carriers, etc. As well as be back in the States when the war ended and be a part of that party!!!
Yeahhhhhhh...I missed a couple of others (both in reading them in the thread and experiencing them live)...
Some people are just so picky!!!
Be there for a live Saturn V Launch. I was alive, but would have been too young to remember had my parents even made the trip to see it live. From all the reports I've ever heard, even from people miles away, you could feel the thing take off.
Another one would have probably to be alive to see Egypt in his hay day, just after the great pyramid had been built.
Another one would have probably to be alive to see Egypt in his hay day, just after the great pyramid had been built.
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Some good ones on here and some I just go, "Huh?" Everyone is different except identical twins and clones.
Big music guy so in that vein:
Feb 2 1959 Clear Lake IA Surf Ballroom
About 3 years to follow the Beatles around. Say 1962, 1963, and 1964. Take a few days off for Nov 22 '63 to observe Dallas first hand and maybe a coupla weeks in '63 for some So. Cal Beach Boys/Surf scene for a change of pace. Also a couple nights in London to see the early Stones and Yardbirds in the clubs.
Monterrey Pops and Woodstock.
I lived through a lot of the stuff you young-uns are after.
Honestly, I was pretty bored by NASA because there were lots of previous flights and we watched a lot of them launch in school on the little black and white TV. Not because I didn't love space and science fiction, but it just seemed pretty rote for a kid with no real perspective. When you're a kid it's a lot of time between 1961 and 1969 so it wasn't like a big surprise. Once they hit the moon, I was pretty impressed and wondered about what that meant for mankind. I even remember one night when they were there, looking up at the moon in the sky and thinking, "Wow, there're humans up there right now!" I didn't stay up to watch the actual landing. I think it was pretty late at night CDT.
Sports, I just think the '57 Wilt/KU game is enough for me.
Big music guy so in that vein:
Feb 2 1959 Clear Lake IA Surf Ballroom
About 3 years to follow the Beatles around. Say 1962, 1963, and 1964. Take a few days off for Nov 22 '63 to observe Dallas first hand and maybe a coupla weeks in '63 for some So. Cal Beach Boys/Surf scene for a change of pace. Also a couple nights in London to see the early Stones and Yardbirds in the clubs.
Monterrey Pops and Woodstock.
I lived through a lot of the stuff you young-uns are after.
Honestly, I was pretty bored by NASA because there were lots of previous flights and we watched a lot of them launch in school on the little black and white TV. Not because I didn't love space and science fiction, but it just seemed pretty rote for a kid with no real perspective. When you're a kid it's a lot of time between 1961 and 1969 so it wasn't like a big surprise. Once they hit the moon, I was pretty impressed and wondered about what that meant for mankind. I even remember one night when they were there, looking up at the moon in the sky and thinking, "Wow, there're humans up there right now!" I didn't stay up to watch the actual landing. I think it was pretty late at night CDT.
Sports, I just think the '57 Wilt/KU game is enough for me.
I'm a history geek so there are so many options. If I could forego the pestilence, slavery and otherwise undesirable conditions of the time:
Seeing the 7 wonders of the world while they were intact.
Witnessing some of the great minds at work (Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Yung, Einstein)
Travelling with explorers that discovered new territories.
Seeing Hepburn , Monroe and some of the old glamor of Hollywood in its prime.
Watching the moon landing.
Seeing the 7 wonders of the world while they were intact.
Witnessing some of the great minds at work (Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Yung, Einstein)
Travelling with explorers that discovered new territories.
Seeing Hepburn , Monroe and some of the old glamor of Hollywood in its prime.
Watching the moon landing.
Think I would have enjoyed your rock'n'roll roadtrip!
We're the same age, so it makes sense.
Moon landing and beatlemania (since most music seems boring to me by comparison and I was born in 78).
I'm sure some day telling people I saw Michael Jordan play will be like an old man now having stories of seeing Babe Ruth play.
I'm sure some day telling people I saw Michael Jordan play will be like an old man now having stories of seeing Babe Ruth play.
The Red Scare would've been fun. I've had political science professors tell me that looking back on it they feel like real pansies
