Well we used to play a more elaborate version of time machine in the history dept. grad student offices.  I'll give you my top 3 destinations, and that pretty much explains how I see it.  It's never about changing anything, it's about being able to experience what I missed more than anything else.

1.  New York City - Greenwich Village, late 1950s-early 1960s.  >> To be able to hang out in the small clubs and hear Miles, 'Trane and the rest of them play, and maybe a young Robert Zimmerman too.  Perhaps the greatest collection of sheer musical talent to be pretty much all at the same place at the same time.

2. Yasgur's Farm, Bethal New York, August 15 to August 18, 1969 - because I'm a hippie that's why. 

3. Rome, 64 B.C.E. to about 100 C.E.  The reign of Augustus and beyond.  Pretty much the height of the Empire, and I'd love to see what they really did in the Colosseum - there were never any shows produced like that before, and certainly not since.

Tekla, I agree with number 3, that would be an amazing period to visit.

i would love to see King Arthurs time to see what is myth & what is true, i'd also be afraid that i'd be spoiling the myth somehow.
Whilst i'm thinking along these lines i'd definately pay Davinci a visit, what a mind that man had!

Quote from: Cindy James on October 20, 2012, 02:16:29 AM

Who was her Dr ?

Dr Notsupornyet

Quote from: MadelineB on October 20, 2012, 01:02:52 PM
Dr Notsupornyet

Dr Who

Quote from: Padma on October 21, 2012, 04:31:32 AM

Love it.

Time Travel? I'd go back and grab my 12 yo self by the ears and shake her till she saw sense.. And fill her in on a few people to befriend and a few to avoid..

Quantum foam, help me roam, to the time I belong..

Oooohhh I'd think about it for what, 0.00006 of a nanosecond? Then I'd do it.

Quote from: JJ on October 22, 2012, 09:47:27 AM
Oooohhh I'd think about it for what, 0.00006 of a nanosecond? Then I'd do it.

That'd be 6 yoctoseconds, then . Why wait?

Or 6 x 10^12 jiffies. (Jiffy = 1/100 seconds) 

For one brief, glorious moment in the 80's, there was a brand of condoms in the UK called Jiffies. Their advertising camapaign? "Real men come in a Jiffy." .

I think we just went way off topic, but I like it. 

Well, it's a leap back into history . But yes, meanwhile, back in personal time travel...

I would. Currently in my teens, but it would be a dream to be able to do the transition now to be able to live my teenage years as the gender I identify myself as.

Oh I would do it. I think I'd have a lot more "practice" per se, in being raised as a male. Theres so many girly manneurisms i wish i never picked up, so many embarassing moments that could've been prevented if I was male sooner.
I think thats why i act like such a child, because i never had that proper male childhood!

Quote from: wrabbit on October 22, 2012, 08:02:37 PM

I think thats why i act like such a child, because i never had that proper male childhood!

That sounds familiar, swap the word male for female in that sentence & you've got me in a nutshell. For most of my so called adult life i've surrounded myself with toys, I couldn't have girly toys as that would have given the game away, I had so many Transformers, Zoids, Star Wars & action figures that I had to keep most in boxes.

I think i'd be satisfied if I could go back & have one perfect day of being a little girl, i'd spend the day playing house with my dolls & i'd have my friends round for a teddy bear picnic (I had loads of teddy bears & cried all day when my parents got rid of them).

Maybe the memory of one perfect day such as that would ease the regret about what could never be?
Maybe that memory would then tease & torment me?

So far no one has gone back to be filthy rich by knowing lottery numbers!!

Someone mentioned that already .

Quote from: Cindy James on October 23, 2012, 02:25:59 AM
So far no one has gone back to be filthy rich by knowing lottery numbers!!

I would not want to be "filthy rich". I believe having that much money changes people, usually not for the better. 

I'd love to win the lottery, i've told a few close friends that if I won the lottery i'd either buy them a house or pay off their mortgage.
I would also start a retreat for anyone with gender issues, the best way to be happy in life is to help others & with lottery money you could help alot of people.