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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 26, 2022 17:45:22 GMT
If you want any recs, let me know. Our Sevilla hotel in particular was incredible and didn't break the bank, and I'm always good for food and cocktail bar spots Next up for us is either Switzerland or Japan. Japan is currently #1 on my list but the Mrs. isn't terribly fond of flights. Flying to Europe is about her max, although she does desperately want to visit Japan. We'll see. Ever been? I've been to three cities in Japan - Nagoya, Kyoto, and Tokyo. Nagoya was where a college buddy of mine lived, so he showed me around. It wasn't a particularly amazing city, but it demonstrated all the qualities I loved about Japan from my brief stay - cleanliness, modernity, and politeness everywhere. Not a trash can to be found, yet the streets were spotless. Conversely, many Chinese cities (I lived in China for seven years) were filthy despite countless trash cans all over the place. Kyoto was by far the best of the three. Stunningly beautiful; a movie come to life. Culture and history everywhere you look. Tokyo was honestly kind of wacky. I'd never before been invited to enter what was almost certainly a brothel in a crowded area by a girl who looked like a cartoon. Nor seen numerous "no foreigners allowed" signs outside bars. Not before I'd been to Tokyo. Delicious food, of course. I was also a drinker back then so I got to experience the nightlife - I'd have little interest now. You need better friends!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 26, 2022 18:24:11 GMT
If you want any recs, let me know. Our Sevilla hotel in particular was incredible and didn't break the bank, and I'm always good for food and cocktail bar spots Next up for us is either Switzerland or Japan. Japan is currently #1 on my list but the Mrs. isn't terribly fond of flights. Flying to Europe is about her max, although she does desperately want to visit Japan. We'll see. Ever been? I've been to three cities in Japan - Nagoya, Kyoto, and Tokyo. Nagoya was where a college buddy of mine lived, so he showed me around. It wasn't a particularly amazing city, but it demonstrated all the qualities I loved about Japan from my brief stay - cleanliness, modernity, and politeness everywhere. Not a trash can to be found, yet the streets were spotless. Conversely, many Chinese cities (I lived in China for seven years) were filthy despite countless trash cans all over the place. Kyoto was by far the best of the three. Stunningly beautiful; a movie come to life. Culture and history everywhere you look. Tokyo was honestly kind of wacky. I'd never before been invited to enter what was almost certainly a brothel in a crowded area by a girl who looked like a cartoon. Nor seen numerous "no foreigners allowed" signs outside bars. Not before I'd been to Tokyo. Delicious food, of course. I was also a drinker back then so I got to experience the nightlife - I'd have little interest now. Kyoto is 100% happening when I do ultimately make it over there. Obviously, we'll do a few days in Tokyo but mostly because after that long a flight, I'd like to stay put. Sure, I'd like to see Tokyo, but my preference is to visit the other cities, and try to find some off-the-beaten path type places. Also, a little touristy stuff too - I'd love to stay at one of those samurai villages and all that. Would you recommend Nagoya over Osaka? With the high speed rails, it all seems relatively accessible but I want to fit as much as possible into 2 weeks. As an aside, being in Spain last week and utilizing the trains to easily travel everywhere, I'm reminded at how fucking useless our country is when it comes to infrastructure. Should we start a separate travel thread? A where-have-you-gone, where-are-you-going, and tips and tricks for the group type of thread.
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Post by sdm3 on Sept 26, 2022 18:35:37 GMT
I've been to three cities in Japan - Nagoya, Kyoto, and Tokyo. Nagoya was where a college buddy of mine lived, so he showed me around. It wasn't a particularly amazing city, but it demonstrated all the qualities I loved about Japan from my brief stay - cleanliness, modernity, and politeness everywhere. Not a trash can to be found, yet the streets were spotless. Conversely, many Chinese cities (I lived in China for seven years) were filthy despite countless trash cans all over the place. Kyoto was by far the best of the three. Stunningly beautiful; a movie come to life. Culture and history everywhere you look. Tokyo was honestly kind of wacky. I'd never before been invited to enter what was almost certainly a brothel in a crowded area by a girl who looked like a cartoon. Nor seen numerous "no foreigners allowed" signs outside bars. Not before I'd been to Tokyo. Delicious food, of course. I was also a drinker back then so I got to experience the nightlife - I'd have little interest now. Kyoto is 100% happening when I do ultimately make it over there. Obviously, we'll do a few days in Tokyo but mostly because after that long a flight, I'd like to stay put. Sure, I'd like to see Tokyo, but my preference is to visit the other cities, and try to find some off-the-beaten path type places. Also, a little touristy stuff too - I'd love to stay at one of those samurai villages and all that. Would you recommend Nagoya over Osaka? With the high speed rails, it all seems relatively accessible but I want to fit as much as possible into 2 weeks. As an aside, being in Spain last week and utilizing the trains to easily travel everywhere, I'm reminded at how fucking useless our country is when it comes to infrastructure. Should we start a separate travel thread? A where-have-you-gone, where-are-you-going, and tips and tricks for the group type of thread. Tokyo was nice but when I think of 'real' Japan, I think of the smaller cities. I can't speak to Osaka but it's as you say, the high-speed trains make essentially all key spots pretty easy to get to. That's a staple of trains/metro/public transport in general not just in Japan, but throughout East Asia. China was the same. Those trains are going to be running. In Japan in particular, a train will never leave early - and almost never run late. Conversely, I've lived in both the UK and the US; trains suck ass in both. I've never encountered a train system so incompetently run, so unreliable, and yet so needlessly expensive as in the UK. Japan's may be a little pricier than China's, but it's worth every yen.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 27, 2022 15:44:17 GMT
I've been to three cities in Japan - Nagoya, Kyoto, and Tokyo. Nagoya was where a college buddy of mine lived, so he showed me around. It wasn't a particularly amazing city, but it demonstrated all the qualities I loved about Japan from my brief stay - cleanliness, modernity, and politeness everywhere. Not a trash can to be found, yet the streets were spotless. Conversely, many Chinese cities (I lived in China for seven years) were filthy despite countless trash cans all over the place. Kyoto was by far the best of the three. Stunningly beautiful; a movie come to life. Culture and history everywhere you look. Tokyo was honestly kind of wacky. I'd never before been invited to enter what was almost certainly a brothel in a crowded area by a girl who looked like a cartoon. Nor seen numerous "no foreigners allowed" signs outside bars. Not before I'd been to Tokyo. Delicious food, of course. I was also a drinker back then so I got to experience the nightlife - I'd have little interest now. Kyoto is 100% happening when I do ultimately make it over there. Obviously, we'll do a few days in Tokyo but mostly because after that long a flight, I'd like to stay put. Sure, I'd like to see Tokyo, but my preference is to visit the other cities, and try to find some off-the-beaten path type places. Also, a little touristy stuff too - I'd love to stay at one of those samurai villages and all that. Would you recommend Nagoya over Osaka? With the high speed rails, it all seems relatively accessible but I want to fit as much as possible into 2 weeks. As an aside, being in Spain last week and utilizing the trains to easily travel everywhere, I'm reminded at how fucking useless our country is when it comes to infrastructure. Should we start a separate travel thread? A where-have-you-gone, where-are-you-going, and tips and tricks for the group type of thread.
I can’t comment on Nagoya one way or the other. Osaka is worth a visit, but not really more than one day. It is VERY close to Kyoto and hotels aren’t nearly as expensive, so we stayed in Osaka and “commuted” to Kyoto every day – probably about 30-40 min each way, counting the metro to the train station and the train ride.
I strongly recommend going during the Cherry Blossom season (early April). When I first started planning the trip, I had decided to avoid that period, thinking that there would be more tourists, bigger crowds, the prices would be higher, and who wants to see flowers anyway? Then I saw in a couple of movies how big the whole thing is in Japanese culture, and changed my mind. I am very glad I did – it is totally worth seeing it. Not just the flowers themselves (which are beautiful), but the metaphorical meal that the Japanese make of it.
My one regret about my trip to Japan is that in trying to fit as many places as possible (Tokyo, Kamakura, Mt. Fuji, Nikko, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Himeji, Hiroshima) I ended up not having time to go to an onsen (hot springs) town. That would have been a good experience. Oh well, Japan ain’t going nowhere, and it’s only a (long and expensive) flight away.
I’ve been to Spain a few times (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Toledo) but never to Andalusia. That is something high on my list – Seville, Granada, Cordoba.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 27, 2022 16:21:04 GMT
Kyoto is 100% happening when I do ultimately make it over there. Obviously, we'll do a few days in Tokyo but mostly because after that long a flight, I'd like to stay put. Sure, I'd like to see Tokyo, but my preference is to visit the other cities, and try to find some off-the-beaten path type places. Also, a little touristy stuff too - I'd love to stay at one of those samurai villages and all that. Would you recommend Nagoya over Osaka? With the high speed rails, it all seems relatively accessible but I want to fit as much as possible into 2 weeks. As an aside, being in Spain last week and utilizing the trains to easily travel everywhere, I'm reminded at how fucking useless our country is when it comes to infrastructure. Should we start a separate travel thread? A where-have-you-gone, where-are-you-going, and tips and tricks for the group type of thread.
I can’t comment on Nagoya one way or the other. Osaka is worth a visit, but not really more than one day. It is VERY close to Kyoto and hotels aren’t nearly as expensive, so we stayed in Osaka and “commuted” to Kyoto every day – probably about 30-40 min each way, counting the metro to the train station and the train ride.
I strongly recommend going during the Cherry Blossom season (early April). When I first started planning the trip, I had decided to avoid that period, thinking that there would be more tourists, bigger crowds, the prices would be higher, and who wants to see flowers anyway? Then I saw in a couple of movies how big the whole thing is in Japanese culture, and changed my mind. I am very glad I did – it is totally worth seeing it. Not just the flowers themselves (which are beautiful), but the metaphorical meal that the Japanese make of it.
My one regret about my trip to Japan is that in trying to fit as many places as possible (Tokyo, Kamakura, Mt. Fuji, Nikko, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Himeji, Hiroshima) I ended up not having time to go to an onsen (hot springs) town. That would have been a good experience. Oh well, Japan ain’t going nowhere, and it’s only a (long and expensive) flight away.
I’ve been to Spain a few times (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Toledo) but never to Andalusia. That is something high on my list – Seville, Granada, Cordoba.
Nice, yeah I was looking at cherry blossom season, it's just that April isn't an ideal time for me to travel for that length of time. While I'd love to see that in person for the reasons you mentioned, it may not be possible for me. Oh well, I can't have everything I guess I can't recommend Seville enough. One of our days there, I rented a car and took a day trip down to Ronda (about a 90 minute drive). I was town between doing a day trip to Cordoba, which is fairly close, but ultimately decided on Ronda, basically a coin flip. Cordoba looks beautiful, and you can do it by train which is undoubtedly easier and cheaper than renting a car. Granada I've heard amazing things about too. You really can't go wrong anywhere in that region, you can even throw Cadiz onto that short list. EDIT:
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 27, 2022 18:23:01 GMT
Thanks, I'll let you know. Nah, never been to Japan. If the wife doesn't like long flights, that's a tough one. You're looking at 12 hours from the west coast. Anything 9 and under is a hop skip and a jump as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, from here Japan is 14 hours on a direct flight. No issue for me, that's what xanax and movies are for. But my wife really has a hard time getting on flights for a variety of reasons so I don't like to push the envelope too much. What we did on this last trip is tied for the longest flight she's ever taken at about 8 hours. She's cool with me going without her so if push comes to shove that's what I'd do, just need to loop in a buddy. You COULD try to entice her with a one- or two-day stopover in Hawaii ...
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 27, 2022 18:44:47 GMT
Yeah, from here Japan is 14 hours on a direct flight. No issue for me, that's what xanax and movies are for. But my wife really has a hard time getting on flights for a variety of reasons so I don't like to push the envelope too much. What we did on this last trip is tied for the longest flight she's ever taken at about 8 hours. She's cool with me going without her so if push comes to shove that's what I'd do, just need to loop in a buddy. You COULD try to entice her with a one- or two-day stopover in Hawaii ...
Good idea, but honestly, that would make it worse. It's the idea of getting on a plane which causes tremendous anxiety for her. She's not claustrophobic, afraid of heights or any of that stuff, it's just the idea of sitting on the plane with no ability to leave just causes her to freak out. Sometimes it's fine, other times it's not (the first time we flew to Barcelona a handful of years ago was, by far, the worst). Taking a xanax also doesn't help and in some cases it actually makes it worse. Anxiety is a real bitch. She puts up a good front and once we land, she's perfectly fine and we always have an incredible adventure, it's just the initial hurdle. But yeah, so the idea of getting on a long flight to Hawaii, only to turn around and get on another flight two days later, would be worse. Incidentally, Hawaii is on our agenda for 2024 as I'll be turning 45 and she's turning 40.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 27, 2022 19:56:43 GMT
You COULD try to entice her with a one- or two-day stopover in Hawaii ...
Good idea, but honestly, that would make it worse. It's the idea of getting on a plane which causes tremendous anxiety for her. She's not claustrophobic, afraid of heights or any of that stuff, it's just the idea of sitting on the plane with no ability to leave just causes her to freak out. Sometimes it's fine, other times it's not (the first time we flew to Barcelona a handful of years ago was, by far, the worst). Taking a xanax also doesn't help and in some cases it actually makes it worse. Anxiety is a real bitch. She puts up a good front and once we land, she's perfectly fine and we always have an incredible adventure, it's just the initial hurdle. But yeah, so the idea of getting on a long flight to Hawaii, only to turn around and get on another flight two days later, would be worse. Incidentally, Hawaii is on our agenda for 2024 as I'll be turning 45 and she's turning 40. I see. My sister has serious anxiety about flying. That was never the case well into her 30s - she would jump at any opportunity to travel anywhere - but then for no obvious reason she started having anxiety and it quickly got so bad that she couldn't fly anymore. She got prescriptions for anti-anxiety medication that made it tolerable, but she is still a bit reluctant when making vacation plans that involve air travel.
Anyway, I hope you can find a work-around for the trip to Japan. The Hawaii plan sounds great!
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 30, 2022 4:11:14 GMT
Top 10 NHL skaters I've watched in my lifetime: 1. Paul Coffey - zero to a Ferrari instantly. 2. Phil Housley - probably the smoothest speedster. 3. Wayne Gretzky - like an extra-terrestrial, skated like a short track speedskater. While everyone else looked too lumbering or too graceful, Wayne was anywhere he wanted to be at all times. 4. Pavel Bure - power skater supreme, blistering. 5. Connor McDavid - cheat mode ahead of all his peers. Ridiculous balance for his size. 6. Sergei Fedorov - anywhere on the ice was his. 7. Joe Sakic - power, agility, & balance. 8. Alexander Mogilny - laughably finessed. 9. Mario Lemieux - his size deceived his skating ability, sneaky powerful & graceful alike. 10.Mitch Marner - short centre of gravity helps him skate circles around anyone at any time.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 30, 2022 10:44:55 GMT
Top 10 types of stupid peopleMe People who belive the earth is flat Anti vaxxers People who believe the moon landing was fake People who belives in myths about the medieval ages, such as that they burned witches or they never washed. People who don`t belive in global warming/climate change Easley offended people People who are obsessed about celebrities' People who are obsessed about fictional characters/fictional worlds (not saying its wrong to enjoy it, but getting obsessed with it. is stupid) You ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honorable mention: Who ever got offended by this top 10 list.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 30, 2022 11:59:47 GMT
Top 10 types of stupid peopleMe People who belive the earth is flat Anti vaxxers People who believe the moon landing was fake People who belives in myths about the medieval ages, such as that they burned witches or they never washed. People who don`t belive in global warming/climate change Easley offended people People who are obsessed about celebrities' People who are obsessed about fictional characters/fictional worlds (not saying its wrong to enjoy it, but getting obsessed with it. is stupid)You ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honorable mention: Who ever got offended by this top 10 list. Not for nothing, but I'm obsessed with history and fictional worlds, and frankly I don't know what the difference would be to the layperson. Culturally/societally it's important to know where we came from, but the average Joe doesn't know Charles Martel from Oberyn Martell, and it doesn't affect their life one way or the other.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2022 12:44:07 GMT
Top 10 NHL skaters I've watched in my lifetime: 1. Paul Coffey - zero to a Ferrari instantly. 2. Phil Housley - probably the smoothest speedster. 3. Wayne Gretzky - like an extra-terrestrial, skated like a short track speedskater. While everyone else looked too lumbering or too graceful, Wayne was anywhere he wanted to be at all times. 4. Pavel Bure - power skater supreme, blistering. 5. Connor McDavid - cheat mode ahead of all his peers. Ridiculous balance for his size. 6. Sergei Fedorov - anywhere on the ice was his. 7. Joe Sakic - power, agility, & balance. 8. Alexander Mogilny - laughably finessed. 9. Mario Lemieux - his size deceived his skating ability, sneaky powerful & graceful alike. 10.Mitch Marner - short centre of gravity helps him skate circles around anyone at any time. Nice call on Phil Housley. Even though he's in the HOF, Housley never gets the props he deserves. The best skater I remember was Gilbert Perrault. Might be looking through the rose colored lenses of youth, but I always thought Perrault was miles above anyone else at the time.
Well, maybe Guy LaFleur
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 30, 2022 13:32:35 GMT
Top 10 NHL skaters I've watched in my lifetime: 1. Paul Coffey - zero to a Ferrari instantly. 2. Phil Housley - probably the smoothest speedster. 3. Wayne Gretzky - like an extra-terrestrial, skated like a short track speedskater. While everyone else looked too lumbering or too graceful, Wayne was anywhere he wanted to be at all times. 4. Pavel Bure - power skater supreme, blistering. 5. Connor McDavid - cheat mode ahead of all his peers. Ridiculous balance for his size. 6. Sergei Fedorov - anywhere on the ice was his. 7. Joe Sakic - power, agility, & balance. 8. Alexander Mogilny - laughably finessed. 9. Mario Lemieux - his size deceived his skating ability, sneaky powerful & graceful alike. 10.Mitch Marner - short centre of gravity helps him skate circles around anyone at any time. Nice call on Phil Housley. Even though he's in the HOF, Housley never gets the props he deserves. The best skater I remember was Gilbert Perrault. Might be looking through the rose colored lenses of youth, but I always thought Perrault was miles above anyone else at the time.
Well, maybe Guy LaFleur
That guy has me on ignore for some inane reason so I'll reply to you. Great call on Housley, definitely an underrated player, but for my money, Sergei Fedorov was a wizard on skates. I've never seen anyone move so effortlessly.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2022 15:43:54 GMT
Nice call on Phil Housley. Even though he's in the HOF, Housley never gets the props he deserves. The best skater I remember was Gilbert Perrault. Might be looking through the rose colored lenses of youth, but I always thought Perrault was miles above anyone else at the time.
Well, maybe Guy LaFleur
That guy has me on ignore for some inane reason so I'll reply to you. Great call on Housley, definitely an underrated player, but for my money, Sergei Fedorov was a wizard on skates. I've never seen anyone more so effortlessly. Most of the ex-Soviet players were. Watch the games the Russians played in the Olympics, other than the USA game, in 1980. They were magicians. Valeri Kharmalov, Vladimir Petrov, Igor Larianov, on and on. Through Alexander Mogilny, Pavel Bure, and more. Hell, the goalies were probably better thna 90% of the forwards playing anywhere. That's what makes the Miracle on Ice so damned unbelievable. They could skate rings around the Americans. But they didn't. I remember watching them play Sweden in the last round for the Silver and they made the Swedes look utterly silly. 9-2.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 30, 2022 15:48:35 GMT
That guy has me on ignore for some inane reason so I'll reply to you. Great call on Housley, definitely an underrated player, but for my money, Sergei Fedorov was a wizard on skates. I've never seen anyone more so effortlessly. Most of the ex-Soviet players were. Watch the games the Russians played in the Olympics, other than the USA game, in 1980. They were magicians. Valeri Kharmalov, Vladimir Petrov, Igor Larianov, on and on. Through Alexander Mogilny, Pavel Bure, and more. Hell, the goalies were probably better thna 90% of the forwards playing anywhere. That's what makes the Miracle on Ice so damned unbelievable. They could skate rings around the Americans. But they didn't. I remember watching them play Sweden in the last round for the Silver and they made the Swedes look utterly silly. 9-2. Great call on those guys, Larianov in particular. Guys like Mogilny and Bure get all the attention, but I remember Larianov being so tough on his feet, just impossible to take down.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2022 16:23:13 GMT
Most of the ex-Soviet players were. Watch the games the Russians played in the Olympics, other than the USA game, in 1980. They were magicians. Valeri Kharmalov, Vladimir Petrov, Igor Larianov, on and on. Through Alexander Mogilny, Pavel Bure, and more. Hell, the goalies were probably better thna 90% of the forwards playing anywhere. That's what makes the Miracle on Ice so damned unbelievable. They could skate rings around the Americans. But they didn't. I remember watching them play Sweden in the last round for the Silver and they made the Swedes look utterly silly. 9-2. Great call on those guys, Larianov in particular. Guys like Mogilny and Bure get all the attention, but I remember Larianov being so tough on his feet, just impossible to take down. I'd still put my money on Valeri Kharlamov. I love watching this clip in the 1972 Summit Series
It looks like every Soviet player is wearing #17. Five Kharlamov's on the ice. And he was a sawed off little shit. 5'8", 168 lbs.
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Post by flyerzzrul on Oct 1, 2022 4:29:42 GMT
Top Ten Disney/Pixar films
Monsters Inc Toy Story Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3 Up Finding Nemo Ratatouille The Incredibles WALL·E Inside Out
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 1, 2022 12:09:40 GMT
10 random historical what if questionsWhat if Leopold Lojka had not taken the wrong turn on the 28 of June 1914 ? What if Alexander II of Russia had not been assassinated on the 13 of June 1881 ? What if Prince Arthur had not died on the 2 of April 1502 and lived to be king after his father Henry VII ? What if Julius Cæsar has never crossed the Rubicon in January 49 BC ? What if Stephen had never stole the English throne, and Matilda had been crown queen in 1135 as her father Henry I wanted. ? What if Marc Antony had won the War of Actium (32–30 BC) ? What if Athens had won the The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) ? What if Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia had not died on the 24 of April 1865, and had become Emperor after the death of his father Alexander II of Russia ? What if Charlotte of Wales had not died in 1817 ? (If she had lived, she would have been Queen after the death of her father George IV of The United Kingdom, but she died 13 years before her father) What if Edward The Black Prince had not died in 1376, and become King of England after the death of his father Edward III ? (Edward III died in 1377) My favourite “What If” is what if Hannibal had defeated Rome? How different would the world be today if the Roman Empire hadn’t existed?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Oct 1, 2022 12:25:20 GMT
10 random historical what if questionsWhat if Leopold Lojka had not taken the wrong turn on the 28 of June 1914 ? What if Alexander II of Russia had not been assassinated on the 13 of June 1881 ? What if Prince Arthur had not died on the 2 of April 1502 and lived to be king after his father Henry VII ? What if Julius Cæsar has never crossed the Rubicon in January 49 BC ? What if Stephen had never stole the English throne, and Matilda had been crown queen in 1135 as her father Henry I wanted. ? What if Marc Antony had won the War of Actium (32–30 BC) ? What if Athens had won the The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) ? What if Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia had not died on the 24 of April 1865, and had become Emperor after the death of his father Alexander II of Russia ? What if Charlotte of Wales had not died in 1817 ? (If she had lived, she would have been Queen after the death of her father George IV of The United Kingdom, but she died 13 years before her father) What if Edward The Black Prince had not died in 1376, and become King of England after the death of his father Edward III ? (Edward III died in 1377) My favourite “What If” is what if Hannibal had defeated Rome? How different would the world be today if the Roman Empire hadn’t existed? Mine is what it Constantinople had fallen to the Umayyad armies in 717. The Eastern Roman Empire falls to the armies of Islam. Islam spreads through eastern and central Europe at least. Just how far it spreads in the $64 question. With the Islamic armies coming up from the Balkans and from Spain, is Christendom doomed? Quite probably
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 1, 2022 14:47:31 GMT
My favourite “What If” is what if Hannibal had defeated Rome? How different would the world be today if the Roman Empire hadn’t existed? Mine is what it Constantinople had fallen to the Umayyad armies in 717. The Eastern Roman Empire falls to the armies of Islam. Islam spreads through eastern and central Europe at least. Just how far it spreads in the $64 question. With the Islamic armies coming up from the Balkans and from Spain, is Christendom doomed? Quite probably
What if Jesus had not existed? What if Mohammed had not existed? What if neither Jesus nor Mohammed had existed? Would we still be worshipping Jupiter now?
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