When would you go if you could go back in time?

Raiders Army · 08-28-2008, 01:30 PM

We've already had many discussions about time travel, so please disregard the mechanics of time travel. If you could go back in time to another point in your life, when would you go? You would replace your past self's consciousness in that time's physical body with what you know now and who you are now. There is no coming back to the "present" since for all intents and purposes that is a divergent future to which you would have to do everything exactly the same to get there. No preparation may be made (i.e. you cannot get on the internet and memorize the sports champions of the past decade nor may you say goodbye to your loved ones. You must decide within the next five minutes and the choice is irreversible. At what part in your life do you go?

This is essentially a redo in your life. I'm not entirely sure I would take this opportunity other than go back a year ago and bet on Appalachian State and the New York Giants and make some money. Other than that, I'm really happy how my life turned out.

Lathum · 08-28-2008, 01:35 PM

I would stay where I am at.

Drake · 08-28-2008, 01:35 PM

I'd go back to the day I met my wife so I could run the other direction.

Fidatelo · 08-28-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake

I'd go back to the day I met my wife so I could run the other direction.

I'd go back to when I was about 15 or 16, and then just freeze time right there.

Travis · 08-28-2008, 01:53 PM

Probably back to grade 8. Not that I'm necessarily not happy with how life has turned out and the trials experienced are necessary and valuable, but it'd be nice to try a few different twists and turns going in with a bit of extra foresight.

BrianD · 08-28-2008, 02:02 PM

I'd go back about 21 days and ask that my Dad request all kinds of extra tests on his heart and arteries during his doctor visit.

Fidatelo · 08-28-2008, 02:08 PM

Thinking about my response, I wouldn't go back unless I could take a bunch of stuff that I have now (wife, friends, Plasma TV) back with me. So in retrospect, I'd rather it be now.

DaddyTorgo · 08-28-2008, 02:08 PM

this would be a cooler thread if it wasn't "in my life"

Lathum · 08-28-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianD

I'd go back about 21 days and ask that my Dad request all kinds of extra tests on his heart and arteries during his doctor visit.

sabotai · 08-28-2008, 02:24 PM

Probably the start of 9th grade. I'd play tennis all 4 years instead of the 1 I did since that was the sport I liked playing the most. I'd probably play football all 4 years too. And I'd also study my ass off instead of slacking off and coasting through school.

sachmo71 · 08-28-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I'd go back to when I was about 15 or 16, and then just freeze time right there.

a lifetime of angst and acne. SIGN ME UP!!

Flasch186 · 08-28-2008, 02:26 PM

get my Jeep back

molson · 08-28-2008, 02:27 PM

Probably 6 months. It'd be boring to do it all again, but I could accomplish the following things:

1. Be set for life financially through sports betting
2. Really kick ass right off the bat in the job I started this year. (if I still wanted to work here with all that money from sports betting)
3. Establish myself as the smartest poster in FOFC history.

Alan T · 08-28-2008, 02:35 PM

I would go back to February 2007 and decide to not take my wife to Blue man group for valentine's day in stupid 10 degree weather with high winds (after which she developed pneumonia)

RendeR · 08-28-2008, 03:07 PM

Going back knowing everything I know now?

Age 5.

My life would be entirely different. But the first 30 years worth would have been a LOT happier.

I've finally found the good life, but man, with the opportunity to go back and make decisions differently? yeah, almost all the way. besides, I'd be the smartest 5 yr old in the world.

Senator · 08-28-2008, 03:32 PM

I would have had my coach pick tails on the coin flip that kept us out of the playoffs my senior year.

Still take Mindy out that night, though.

larrymcg421 · 08-28-2008, 03:38 PM

I would go back and post something on Sportsdigs before it was posted here.

Fidatelo · 08-28-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I would go back and post something on Sportsdigs before it was posted here.

Way to break the fucking space-time continuum, biscuit head!

Greyroofoo · 08-28-2008, 04:20 PM

I would go back to last August and throw all my money on the Giants beating the Pats in the Superbowl.

JediKooter · 08-28-2008, 05:30 PM

I'd go back to May of 1977.

Edward64 · 08-28-2008, 06:20 PM

Grade 10, maybe starting grade 11 ... knowing what I now know.

Groundhog · 08-28-2008, 06:24 PM

Hmmm.

I relatively happy where I am now. Having said that, it'd be nice to meet my dad before he died, but that'd mean I'd be 2 years old, and I don't know that I really want to live my entire life again knowing what I now know... can you imagine having to go to kindergarten and colour in between the lines again?

Buccaneer · 08-28-2008, 07:03 PM

I'd go back to mid-83 to mid-84, the best year of my life. It was when I took a year off between undergrad and grad school. Went skiing in Utah for the first time, beachcombed down in Baja, snorkled in Catalina, went to Disneyland several times, worked at a bbcard shop in my spare time, went to several concerts/movies/ballgames, vacationed in Colorado for the first time, took a road/bus trip through all of the western states and went to the beach about a million times, all the while working at an easy, fun, well-paying career-oriented job in San Diego.

RomaGoth · 08-28-2008, 07:16 PM

I would go back to the Summer of '69. Oh, wait. I wasn't born yet. Hmmm. Wonder what THAT would be like. Would that fuck up my future if I was around before being born? Meh, I just want to meet that chick on her daddy's porch.

saldana · 08-28-2008, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmywint

i would go back to the beer i drank right before i tried to figure out how to fudge my back statement

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Izulde · 08-28-2008, 10:43 PM

I'd go back to the summer before my freshman year of high school and start it all over again.

There's no way in hell I'd go through middle school again.

SFL Cat · 08-28-2008, 10:47 PM

Not falling for this one...I've seen the Butterfly Effect.

Subby · 08-28-2008, 10:48 PM

I would not have brought a box of wine and a razor to Fritz' apartment that one time.

Izulde · 08-28-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SFL Cat

Not falling for this one...I've seen the Butterfly Effect.

Loved that movie.

gkb · 08-28-2008, 11:28 PM

I'd go way back...probably to when I was 5 or 6. I'd have a long talk with my mom about moving me out of state where I have no family and then taking off wouldn't really be all that cool....and how maybe that particular move might fuck up our relationship for the rest of our lives.

Groundhog · 08-29-2008, 12:15 AM

Ya know, thinking about it more, I'd love to go back to when I was about 15 and take my basketball a LOT more seriously. I completely wasted my talent at that age by skipping training, not showing up to basketball camps, etc., and I regret it now.

Emiliano · 08-29-2008, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

Ya know, thinking about it more, I'd love to go back to when I was about 15 and take my basketball a LOT more seriously. I completely wasted my talent at that age by skipping training, not showing up to basketball camps, etc., and I regret it now.

Exactly the same for me. I'd go back even a year earlier, at 14, to take basketball and, most important, school way more seriously than what I did.

jeheinz72 · 08-29-2008, 07:37 AM

I'd also go back to probably the Summer before high school. I'd take football a ton more seriously, plus I wouldn't have wasted all that time with that bitch of a girlfriend I had through most of high school and on into college. I'd still want to end up with my wife, but man, that time-saver alone would be worth it.

ace1914 · 08-29-2008, 08:24 AM

I'd go back to my junior year of college and not have dated the young lady I was with. I missed out on so much ass because of her. What happens next, we break up a year after I graduate. What a waste of time.

08-28-2008, 01:53 PM	#5
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Probably back to grade 8. Not that I'm necessarily not happy with how life has turned out and the trials experienced are necessary and valuable, but it'd be nice to try a few different twists and turns going in with a bit of extra foresight. __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

08-28-2008, 02:08 PM	#7
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Thinking about my response, I wouldn't go back unless I could take a bunch of stuff that I have now (wife, friends, Plasma TV) back with me. So in retrospect, I'd rather it be now. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

08-28-2008, 02:08 PM	#8
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	this would be a cooler thread if it wasn't "in my life" __________________ If I've ever helped you and you'd like to buy me a coffee, or just to say thanks, I have my Bitcoin and Ethereum addressed listed below :) BTC: bc1qykhsfyn9vw4ntqfgr0svj4n9tjdgufryh2pxn5 ETH: 0x2AcdC5cd88EA537063553F5b240073bE067BaCa9

08-28-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	get my Jeep back __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

08-28-2008, 02:27 PM	#13
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Probably 6 months. It'd be boring to do it all again, but I could accomplish the following things: 1. Be set for life financially through sports betting 2. Really kick ass right off the bat in the job I started this year. (if I still wanted to work here with all that money from sports betting) 3. Establish myself as the smartest poster in FOFC history. Last edited by molson : 08-28-2008 at 02:27 PM.

08-28-2008, 01:35 PM	#2
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I would stay where I am at.

08-28-2008, 01:35 PM	#3
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	I'd go back to the day I met my wife so I could run the other direction.

08-28-2008, 02:02 PM	#6
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I'd go back about 21 days and ask that my Dad request all kinds of extra tests on his heart and arteries during his doctor visit.

08-28-2008, 02:24 PM	#10
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Probably the start of 9th grade. I'd play tennis all 4 years instead of the 1 I did since that was the sport I liked playing the most. I'd probably play football all 4 years too. And I'd also study my ass off instead of slacking off and coasting through school.

08-28-2008, 02:35 PM	#14
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I would go back to February 2007 and decide to not take my wife to Blue man group for valentine's day in stupid 10 degree weather with high winds (after which she developed pneumonia) __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

08-28-2008, 03:07 PM	#15
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Going back knowing everything I know now? Age 5. My life would be entirely different. But the first 30 years worth would have been a LOT happier. I've finally found the good life, but man, with the opportunity to go back and make decisions differently? yeah, almost all the way. besides, I'd be the smartest 5 yr old in the world. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png Last edited by RendeR : 08-28-2008 at 03:08 PM.

08-28-2008, 03:32 PM	#16
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	I would have had my coach pick tails on the coin flip that kept us out of the playoffs my senior year. Still take Mindy out that night, though. __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

08-28-2008, 03:38 PM	#17
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	I would go back and post something on Sportsdigs before it was posted here. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

08-28-2008, 04:20 PM	#19
Greyroofoo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alabama	I would go back to last August and throw all my money on the Giants beating the Pats in the Superbowl.

08-28-2008, 05:30 PM	#20
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	I'd go back to May of 1977. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

08-28-2008, 06:20 PM	#21
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Grade 10, maybe starting grade 11 ... knowing what I now know.

08-28-2008, 06:24 PM	#22
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Hmmm. I relatively happy where I am now. Having said that, it'd be nice to meet my dad before he died, but that'd mean I'd be 2 years old, and I don't know that I really want to live my entire life again knowing what I now know... can you imagine having to go to kindergarten and colour in between the lines again? __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

08-28-2008, 07:03 PM	#23
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	I'd go back to mid-83 to mid-84, the best year of my life. It was when I took a year off between undergrad and grad school. Went skiing in Utah for the first time, beachcombed down in Baja, snorkled in Catalina, went to Disneyland several times, worked at a bbcard shop in my spare time, went to several concerts/movies/ballgames, vacationed in Colorado for the first time, took a road/bus trip through all of the western states and went to the beach about a million times, all the while working at an easy, fun, well-paying career-oriented job in San Diego.

08-28-2008, 10:43 PM	#26
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	I'd go back to the summer before my freshman year of high school and start it all over again. There's no way in hell I'd go through middle school again. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

08-28-2008, 10:47 PM	#27
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Not falling for this one...I've seen the Butterfly Effect.

08-28-2008, 10:48 PM	#28
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	I would not have brought a box of wine and a razor to Fritz' apartment that one time. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

08-28-2008, 11:28 PM	#30
gkb High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado	I'd go way back...probably to when I was 5 or 6. I'd have a long talk with my mom about moving me out of state where I have no family and then taking off wouldn't really be all that cool....and how maybe that particular move might fuck up our relationship for the rest of our lives. __________________ BALLERZ YO, fo shizzle. - QuikSand

08-29-2008, 12:15 AM	#31
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Ya know, thinking about it more, I'd love to go back to when I was about 15 and take my basketball a LOT more seriously. I completely wasted my talent at that age by skipping training, not showing up to basketball camps, etc., and I regret it now. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

08-29-2008, 08:24 AM	#34
ace1914 High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2007	I'd go back to my junior year of college and not have dated the young lady I was with. I missed out on so much ass because of her. What happens next, we break up a year after I graduate. What a waste of time.

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