Larry Gude
Strung Out
What event would you most like to have witnessed (and survived if applicable!) from 1900 to 1999?
Greatest Event 1900-1999
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I said "other". I find communication advances rather spectacular so I'd like to have witnessed the first time Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn successfully connected to another computer using TCP/IP. Or when Tim Berners-Lee jumped to another computer via a hyperlink.
StillCrazy
Member
I always enjoyed a good party with a good dose of rock-n-roll. :guitar: Guess what I picked. 
I chose Other because I think it would have been neat to have lived my Great Aunt's life. She was born in 1897 at Ft. Laramie, WY and moved to Hawaii in the early 1920s by steamer ship to nanny to my Grandmother, this was before Hawaii was a state and they lived in huts on Waikiki Beach.
The things that she saw in her lifetime were many, from horse & buggy, to cars, plane's, man on the moon, etc. She did write down a lot of my family history and passed on photos of my great-great grandparents and down the line before she died when I was 20.
I was honored to have known her.
The things that she saw in her lifetime were many, from horse & buggy, to cars, plane's, man on the moon, etc. She did write down a lot of my family history and passed on photos of my great-great grandparents and down the line before she died when I was 20.
I was honored to have known her.
SxyPrincess
New Member
I chose the RMS Titanic. I'm fascinated by great liners of the sea! 
Hindenburg (Titanic of the Skies)--The luxury airship travels at 84 mph across the Atlantic from Germany to New Jersey in 1937. Ignites and burns upon landing. What a site...imagine the terror! Thirty-five of the ninety-seven people aboard and one ground crew member died. When you see the film footage you have to be amazed that anyone survived.
Hessian
Well-Known Member
Christy...good choice!
Why is it that the History channel is the only place you can find great documentaries/movies on the escapes/tunnels and espionage around the wall?
Personally, I would have liked to seen Teddy Roosevelt in action...Opening the Canal, ordering out the Great white Fleet, Setting aside thousands of miles of parks, taming the "Dangerous trusts"...what a huge man!..even facing an assassin and continuing his speech with a bullet hole in his coat!
BULLY!
Why is it that the History channel is the only place you can find great documentaries/movies on the escapes/tunnels and espionage around the wall?
Personally, I would have liked to seen Teddy Roosevelt in action...Opening the Canal, ordering out the Great white Fleet, Setting aside thousands of miles of parks, taming the "Dangerous trusts"...what a huge man!..even facing an assassin and continuing his speech with a bullet hole in his coat!
BULLY!
The moon landing, the Internet, the phone, electricity, television - that stuff is like a miracle to me. I'm not a person who can even conceive of that sort of thing, let alone make it. If it were up to me we'd still be living like cavemen - thank God for visionaries.
StillCrazy
Member
I was curious about the poll results...now there's at least one duplicate vote for Woodstock. 
Not me. I hate hippies, drugs and peeing on the ground. It was bad enough watching the movie! Here ya go: I'd rather attend a cocktail fundraiser for Tom Daschle than go to Woodstock - at least you'd be fed and have a toilet.
To each his own
To each his own
I'm probably too big of a snob to do Woodstock. However, Oktoberfest sounds like a blast - the beer and food is a major attraction.
The very last event on my list would be that Titanic thing - I'm terrified of the water ever since I saw "Jaws". I get nervous waterskiing
The very last event on my list would be that Titanic thing - I'm terrified of the water ever since I saw "Jaws". I get nervous waterskiing
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ShellyCW
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I'd really like to find out what happened to Amelia Earheart on her last flight.