(06-13-2014 10:19 AM)Lush Wrote:  i'd like to tramp along with lewis and clark. see wild america

A great book on the voyage of discover by Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage

(06-13-2014 12:59 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I'd say Hitler was a genius.

He's more like somebody who strikes it rich one week, and ends up in the gutter the next week. That's takes a special kind of intelligence. But I wouldn't call it genius.

I sort of have a craving for a loaf and a fish.

Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

It would be interesting to watch the glacier of the last ice age melting from space, and seeing vast amounts of water rushing over the land on its march to the sea.

I'll pass on most of human history. But things visible from space have always held a certain fascination for me.

(06-14-2014 07:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

Friendly reminder, Captain Cook didn't make it back to Britain.

Would love to visit Rome at the height of the roman empire.

(06-14-2014 07:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

I'd rather sail with Captain James Kirk.

(06-14-2014 02:40 PM)OrangeXtreme Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 07:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

I'd rather sail with Captain James Kirk.

I'd settle for any ride into space.

(06-14-2014 03:03 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 02:40 PM)OrangeXtreme Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 07:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

I'd rather sail with Captain James Kirk.

I'd settle for any ride into space.

That would be one hell of a ride! I can't imagine the feeling inside a metal capsule with a "heat-shield" when the re-entry through the earth's atmoshpere occurred. In terms of the earliest space pioneers, Alan Sheppard got the best deal - first American in space and he later landed on the moon.

Quote: At the age of 47, he was the oldest astronaut in the space program at the time. Before leaving the lunar surface, Shepard, an avid golfer, unfolded a collapsible golf club and hit two balls. The first landed in a nearby crater, but according to Shepard, the second flew for "miles and miles."

A great movie about the U.S space program that is a bit long but worth watching is The Right Stuff if you've never seen it.

(06-13-2014 09:11 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Scientists have recently concluded that the asteroid belt is not from any planetary body. It's left over material from the formation of our solar system. There's not enough mass to create a planet in the asteroid belt.

(06-12-2014 10:38 PM)OrangeXtreme Wrote:  What if Custer had a Predator drone at the Little Big Horn?

IMO Custer would have been better off with less ego, and more brains.

+1 Custer was an idiot. He only prevailed during the WBTS due to the "Peter Principle". He got what he deserved in the end. A bullet to the head and one to the chest and no offspring to advance his name!

(06-14-2014 07:47 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 03:03 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 02:40 PM)OrangeXtreme Wrote:  

(06-14-2014 07:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Sail with Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery in the South Seas.

I'd rather sail with Captain James Kirk.

I'd settle for any ride into space.

That would be one hell of a ride! I can't imagine the feeling inside a metal capsule with a "heat-shield" when the re-entry through the earth's atmoshpere occurred. In terms of the earliest space pioneers, Alan Sheppard got the best deal - first American in space and he later landed on the moon.

Quote: At the age of 47, he was the oldest astronaut in the space program at the time. Before leaving the lunar surface, Shepard, an avid golfer, unfolded a collapsible golf club and hit two balls. The first landed in a nearby crater, but according to Shepard, the second flew for "miles and miles."

A great movie about the U.S space program that is a bit long but worth watching is The Right Stuff if you've never seen it.

That one was good, but a better portrayal was Tom Hanks mini-series on HBO named "From the Earth to the Moon"

I would love to be able to follow my Grandfather's unit during World War II. See things the way he did.


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(06-20-2014 11:35 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I would love to be able to follow my Grandfather's unit during World War II. See things the way he did.


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Do you know True Bearcat where his unit deployed and what operations/missions they served? That would be something to experience.

(06-21-2014 07:09 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 11:35 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I would love to be able to follow my Grandfather's unit during World War II. See things the way he did.


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Do you know True Bearcat where his unit deployed and what operations/missions they served? That would be something to experience.

Yes I do. He was in the 1018th combat Engineers in the 5th Army. He was deployed to Morroco was part of the Sicily invasion, landed near Anzio but was involved in the fighting at Cassino. They then invaded Southern France liberated two concentration camps and ended at Hitler's Lair in the mountains of Austria. He was in the European theatre for 27 months. If the bombs were not dropped on Japan he would have taken part in the Invasion.


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(06-12-2014 12:28 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  Dallas, on the day a certain gun went off.. since I'd know what I was looking for.

Then come back write the definitive work and get all the credit for figuring out what really happened :)

Stephen King already did that.

If I could go back in time, I would want to interview Robert Oppenheimer. Fascinating character. Well, not so much "interview" but discuss things over a couple drinks.

Jerusalem AD 32 we could get a whole lot of arguments settled