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May 16, 2013 10:28 AM
What year would you change it to? Essentially, which era would you choose to live in if you had the choice?

I would go with a birth date shortly after the end of the Civil War. Homesteading in the Old West during the late 1800s seems to be the most appealing to me. Being around during the American Revolution would have also been interesting.
May 16, 2013 10:28am
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May 16, 2013 10:33 AM
Born late 40's. Be 18 in the mid-late 60's when muscle cars were readily available and still had style. Life seemed to be better then.
May 16, 2013 10:33am
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May 16, 2013 10:36 AM
I would definitely not pick an earlier year. They all sound great but I'm blind as a bat and I had terrible teeth. Someone might have left me on the side of the road when I was a baby.
May 16, 2013 10:36am
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May 16, 2013 10:37 AM
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1443675 wrote:Born late 40's. Be 18 in the mid-late 60's when muscle cars were readily available and still had style. Life seemed to be better then.
This would've been sweet, too.
May 16, 2013 10:37am
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May 16, 2013 10:38 AM
justincredible;1443672 wrote:What year would you change it to? Essentially, which era would you choose to live in if you had the choice?

I would go with a birth date shortly after the end of the Civil War. Homesteading in the Old West during the late 1800s seems to be the most appealing to me. Being around during the American Revolution would have also been interesting.
I would love to experience that time period, but I don't know that I would have wanted to live my whole life that way. It was a tough life.
May 16, 2013 10:38am
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May 16, 2013 10:43 AM
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1443675 wrote:Born late 40's. Be 18 in the mid-late 60's when muscle cars were readily available and still had style. Life seemed to be better then.
Being 18 during the mid-late 60's would be fun to try. Although the 20-30 age during the 90's was awfully fun too though.
May 16, 2013 10:43am
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May 16, 2013 10:44 AM
WebFire;1443681 wrote:I would love to experience that time period, but I don't know that I would have wanted to live my whole life that way. It was a tough life.
I'm a man, goddammit. The tougher the life, the better.
May 16, 2013 10:44am
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May 16, 2013 10:46 AM
justincredible;1443672 wrote:What year would you change it to? Essentially, which era would you choose to live in if you had the choice?

I would go with a birth date shortly after the end of the Civil War. Homesteading in the Old West during the late 1800s seems to be the most appealing to me. Being around during the American Revolution would have also been interesting.
Agreed. I might even go earlier; perhaps prior to our nation's founding. Whenever I watch Survivorman or Little House on the Prairie, something in me wants to grab a sleeping bag, my knife, perhaps a pan and some water and leave. And never come back. I dream of ending up somewhere in Montana or Nebraska, finding a section trees and having at it for the next 50 years. Or until I die of starvation. Whichever comes first. But the sense of adventure, freedom, and survival all strike a chord within me.
May 16, 2013 10:46am
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May 16, 2013 10:48 AM
I kinda like going to a butcher and getting a steak instead of raising a cow and butchering it just to get a steak.
May 16, 2013 10:48am
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May 16, 2013 10:50 AM
cruiser_96;1443692 wrote:Agreed. I might even go earlier; perhaps prior to our nation's founding. Whenever I watch Survivorman or Little House on the Prairie, something in me wants to grab a sleeping bag, my knife, perhaps a pan and some water and leave. And never come back. I dream of ending up somewhere in Montana or Nebraska, finding a section trees and having at it for the next 50 years. Or until I die of starvation. Whichever comes first. But the sense of adventure, freedom, and survival all strike a chord within me.
Watch "Into the Wild" if you haven't already. But I'm with you. If I was single I'd already be living out west in a cabin somewhere.

May 16, 2013 10:50am
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May 16, 2013 10:50 AM
Are you looking for a t-bone? Because you can get a good look at a butcher's... wait. You can stick your head up your... It would have to be your butcher...
May 16, 2013 10:50am
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May 16, 2013 10:51 AM
Back to when I would be an ideal age to fight in the Revolutionary or Cival Wars. I love history, and I am pretty much obsessed with those wars. After that, probably a year when I would be between 17-25 during the 50s. I also think being around in old time NYC and Chicago would be fun.
May 16, 2013 10:51am
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May 16, 2013 10:51 AM
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1443695 wrote:I kinda like going to a butcher and getting a steak instead of raising a cow and butchering it just to get a steak.
I kinda like raising livestock. I grew up on a farm, I'll die on a farm.
May 16, 2013 10:51am
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May 16, 2013 10:52 AM
justincredible;1443698 wrote:Watch "Into the Wild" if you haven't already. But I'm with you. If I was single I'd already be living out west in a cabin somewhere.

UNREAL!!!!!!!! I was going to add that YouTube bit!!! I LOVED the shtuff! The dude made his own handles and spoons! AND LOG CABIN!!!!!!!! That is another one that I watch and think, "Dude... Eff the city. I'm pulling an Alan Jackson and going country!"

EDIT: OBVIOUSLY a different title than I was thinking of. But I will watch it... Eventually.

This is what I meant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss
May 16, 2013 10:52am
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May 16, 2013 10:53 AM
justincredible;1443702 wrote:I kinda like raising livestock. I grew up on a farm, I'll die on a farm.
I grew up next to a farm and worked as a kid on it. I'll never do it again.
May 16, 2013 10:53am
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May 16, 2013 10:58 AM
1945, I'd get to see America evolving as I did along with it.
May 16, 2013 10:58am
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May 16, 2013 11:04 AM
I'm good 1949 was just perfect ... what a great time and crazy days...

I wouldn't change a thing.
May 16, 2013 11:04am
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May 16, 2013 11:09 AM
justincredible;1443698 wrote:Watch "Into the Wild" if you haven't already.

[SP]Lol at that idiot starving to death in Alaska.

"Where's all the FUCKING ANIMALS now?!?"[/SP]
May 16, 2013 11:09am
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May 16, 2013 11:11 AM
Hey! How's about a spoiler alert on that post!?!?! Jeesh! :mad:

:p
May 16, 2013 11:11am
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May 16, 2013 11:15 AM
Like Justin I would like to be coming of age right after the Civil War. I'd love to be a cowhand in the old west doing drives from Texas to the railheads in Kansas
May 16, 2013 11:15am
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May 16, 2013 11:15 AM
cruiser_96;1443719 wrote:Hey! How's about a spoiler alert on that post!?!?! Jeesh! :mad:

:p
wow, that was terrible on my part...
May 16, 2013 11:15am
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May 16, 2013 11:17 AM
1958 so I would be a senior in high school like the kids from Dazed and Confused.
May 16, 2013 11:17am
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May 16, 2013 11:26 AM
I wouldn't want to go as far back as some of you guys. Something about being born in a time when the average life expectancy was less than 50 doesn't sound appealing to me.

I'd stick to the 20th century...but wouldn't mind being old enough to appreciate the lifestyle of the 50s and 60s.
May 16, 2013 11:26am
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May 16, 2013 11:31 AM
[HR][/HR]I'd want to be born so I was a teenager/early 20s back when the Browns were pwning the league and the steelers were the laughingstock of the league for 40 yrs.

I would also beat the living shit out of art model if I were given the opportunity.
May 16, 2013 11:31am
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May 16, 2013 11:37 AM
Wednesday.
May 16, 2013 11:37am