2/19/09; 5:56:09 PM
The last 100 replies to davewiner on Twitter.
| 1. | Steve_Katz | 5:39:03PM | molokai... |
| 2. | Steve_Katz | 5:38:14PM | up the hudson river to Montreal... |
| 3. | iCubby | 5:35:09PM | When I time travel, I take only 3 seconds or so. Wouldn't want to miss anything here. |
| 4. | mergryphon | 5:34:14PM | 3 days during Eleanor of Aquitaine's stop in Constantinople during the second crusade; 1147-1149. |
| 5. | rekouche | 5:34:13PM | re: escape to anywhere - Tizi Ouzou - Atlas Mountains of Algeria. |
| 6. | vicki_whicker | 5:30:38PM | travel through time 3 days garden of eden circa apple, manger circa 3 kings, backstage led zeppelin concert circa snakeskin pants |
| 7. | maceo87 | 5:26:01PM | I'd go back and try to make sure Nikolai Tesla got his credit and money from Edison; then I'd eat some Menlo Park cafe food :) |
| 8. | JpMaxMan | 5:18:46PM | 1950s Italy. |
| 9. | rekouche | 5:17:26PM | Julius Caesar's Rome. |
| 10. | khabaluc | 5:14:07PM | banff |
| 11. | moldor | 5:11:02PM | 1938 Berlin, Germany. At least I'd get it RIGHT !!! |
| 12. | khabaluc | 5:07:34PM | 30,000 leagues under the sea. |
| 13. | mdawson | 5:07:05PM | great question. If you want to expand slightly, I'd suggest Copper Canyon in Mexico. |
| 14. | Croisan | 5:04:36PM | June 27-29 2086 |
| 15. | JTNaylor | 5:02:29PM | Day 1, NY in the roaring 20s; Day 2, Constantinople, 850 AD; Day 3, Rome under Claudius, around 30 AD. What am I gonna wear? |
| 16. | SourNote | 5:00:58PM | The end of the world. And then I'd come back to those crazy folks cheering for Armageddon and tell them how off they are. |
| 17. | medecau | 4:52:01PM | i dont know, but if you have the time machine you should put it on ebay, and stop worrying about it. |
| 18. | jimforbes | 4:51:18PM | Emeryville to Sacto or Auburn. facing the engine from your car, sit on the left side outbound. great scenery. fun trip. $23. |
| 19. | wallacewilson | 4:41:25PM | Can I alter history - or just view it? JFK assassination. What really happened? What happens if it did not happen? |
| 20. | notafish | 4:41:17PM | @dave I'd go knock the apple right out of Eve's hand, before she takes the bite. We'd be a happy naked bunch :) |
| 21. | georgiagreek | 4:40:01PM | I'm thinking Eden. 3 days would give me time to kick some snake ass! |
| 22. | sswayze | 4:39:55PM | the crucifixion of christ at calvary... 3 days should be just enough to get the whole picture of that story |
| 23. | thecleversheep | 4:39:13PM | I'd love to see the first Easter, first hand. Three days should do it! ; ) |
| 24. | mokeyZ | 4:38:49PM | I would spend 3 days at the library in Alexandria and try to absorb all of that lost knowledge. |
| 25. | robinanderson | 4:38:10PM | Traveling through time means I could go anywhere & be back in three days but stay as long as I'd like! Ocean, sun, warmth for me! |
| 26. | PhilippeMartin | 4:37:44PM | 8 may 1945 |
| 27. | figmental | 4:37:04PM | I would attend Woodstock. |
| 28. | alphaxion | 4:36:57PM | or even just before the big bang to see what the previous universe was like. |
| 29. | migrantedigital | 4:36:35PM | french revolution |
| 30. | alphaxion | 4:36:17PM | have a host of different places I'd love to go. the moment sea scorpions became the first life on land. Big bang moment too! |
| 31. | hkearns | 4:35:42PM | Garden of Eden before the apple event. : ) |
| 32. | julian_jj | 4:33:51PM | i would go back two days and live forever!!! |
| 33. | bblohowiak | 4:33:47PM | London late 1800's |
| 34. | Smartalyx | 4:33:37PM | Debates on the Constitution and Amendments. |
| 35. | skuntze | 4:33:06PM | Germany to live with my family before they came over here. |
| 36. | iphigenie | 4:32:52PM | some random amount of time in the future, to peek around the corner, and the next corner etc. |
| 37. | alstevens | 4:32:50PM | Revolutionary War. |
| 38. | Dovinator | 4:32:38PM | Your question has a false premise. Time travel would take you to a when, not a where. |
| 39. | jonathanglick | 4:30:40PM | the declaration of independence of Israel |
| 40. | JenniferJohnstn | 4:24:27PM | If travel time didn't matter I'd go to Antigua and hang out on a sailboat. Heaven! |
| 41. | jigarchamp | 4:23:12PM | @twickie seems to do the same thing? Archive responses to a specific Tweet. http://twickie.pirillo.com |
| 42. | booboojeebies | 4:21:48PM | Either Coki Beach or Magen's Bay USVI |
| 43. | hbryant | 4:17:02PM | ICWSM 2009 Spinn3r.com Blog Dataset is 44 million blog posts made between Aug1&Oct.1 2008 (27 GB compressed) http://is.gd/hxag |
| 44. | marvenkrug | 4:13:09PM | Maui |
| 45. | erinmcconnell | 4:10:51PM | Either Las Vegas or Tofino, depending on what I need a break from. |
| 46. | girlinblack | 4:06:43PM | I just rode the Capitol Limited (DC -> Chicago). Indiana/Ohio = flatlands, but the Allegheny Mountains rule. And, of course, DC. |
| 47. | derricks | 3:58:27PM | Your query came with a tweet from someone about standing in line at Bouchon bakery. I thought "That's actually a good answer." |
| 48. | mfraase | 3:56:19PM | That one's easy: Best train trip in the US is Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle. |
| 49. | RobTyrie | 3:50:11PM | interesting train trip in North America - Calgary to Vancouver over the Rockies - best in the world. |
| 50. | gumby007 | 3:47:24PM | I would like to go anywhere that dirty diapers cant follow me! |
| 51. | r5dude | 3:41:31PM | costa rica |
| 52. | hbryant | 3:36:18PM | ICWSM 2009 - International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media. San Jose, CA May17-20,2009 http://is.gd/a8JZ |
| 53. | billrobertson | 3:34:06PM | cayman islands for scuba diving, snorkeling, waverunning, surfing |
| 54. | hbryant | 3:32:25PM | Twelfth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics Apr 16-18,2009 Clearwater, FL http://is.gd/kal6 |
| 55. | jseadub | 3:27:27PM | Ooo, Amtrak's Coast Starlight Oakland to Seattle, ~24 hours. Sleeper car, wake & hit the view-car, watch terrain, a book on lap. |
| 56. | threetwo | 3:27:20PM | I would go to Moab Utah. Do some photography and hiking. Highly recommended |
| 57. | threetwo | 3:25:08PM | How about the train trip to the Grand Canyon |
| 58. | DeirdreS | 3:23:12PM | the line that runs from LA to Colorado I'm told is spectacular |
| 59. | J1 | 3:22:24PM | East across the Canadian Rockies from Vancouver |
| 60. | djgallardo | 3:16:00PM | on the other hand, a train robbery would certainly make a train trip interesting. |
| 61. | djgallardo | 3:14:03PM | Copper Canyon, MX, is awesome, but troubling that advice on what to do in case of train robbery apropos: http://tinyurl.com/5w27r |
| 62. | hbryant | 3:12:55PM | At an Airline counter now? Twittering on verge of decision? O the freedom of us retirees! I'd pick S. Miami Beach, FL. |
| 63. | kandieman | 3:12:10PM | beach, sun, and Dawkins Sounds good to me. |
| 64. | dpj222 | 3:07:20PM | I would go to Phoenix and hit up the links...or maybe Bandon, Oregon..both would be fantastic! |
| 65. | saragoldstein | 3:07:04PM | We spent 3 days in Dublin recently & it was brilliant - plus short flight from NYC. Could also use some sunshine right now tho! |
| 66. | peterfletcher | 3:06:48PM | The Cinque Terre or Lago di Garda in Italy. Both stunning, stunning places. |
| 67. | bhaven | 3:05:26PM | Consider ComPostModern Design Conf. in SF Saturday http://compostmodern.org/ w/ a Spa Day before & after. |
| 68. | aliyah613 | 3:03:37PM | Venice, Bali or NYC |
| 69. | Triona | 3:03:22PM | for your 3 day intellectual escape - check out the arvon foundation writer retreats |
| 70. | patrickodowd | 3:02:38PM | I would go to Warsaw, Poland where my girlfriend lives. I love 5700 miles away in kentucky.... :( |
| 71. | jepaco | 3:01:21PM | Last month my 3-day escape was London. A perfect 3 days. |
| 72. | parallelp | 3:00:56PM | Forget the plane and go to Esalen http://www.esalen.org/ - 3+ hours from Berzerkely - intellectually and spiritually fulfilling |
| 73. | NeilRaden | 3:00:45PM | Trieste |
| 74. | MTRainey | 2:59:53PM | north west scotland.The ardnamurchan peninsula. With a soft view of Rhum and Eigg and others scattered and glittering beyond. |
| 75. | saieva | 2:59:47PM | Florence, Italy. |
| 76. | medecau | 2:59:18PM | you'll need to code during this time right? i mean it couldn't be a 3 day car trip? |
| 77. | kmcguirk | 2:58:10PM | taking "anywhere" literally: 3 days at the island from Lost would be my choice... as long as it was guaranteed to be only 3 days |
| 78. | expertmac | 2:57:42PM | depends on where you live & warm vs scenic?-Belize; Merida, Mexico; Costa Rica (Pacific coast); New Orleans (yes!) |
| 79. | CrowdRent | 2:57:39PM | A 3-day course on marketing/PR/accounting for startups |
| 80. | susankitchens | 2:57:07PM | I'd go to Montana, to Helena/Billings, to spend 3 days poring through historical archives. |
| 81. | theolagendijk | 2:55:34PM | With 3 days and a plane I would go to Iceland with my gf and baby, rent a 4-wheel-drive and drive route 1 around the island. |
| 82. | gregfenton | 2:55:20PM | @robtyrie 3 days only? VEGAS BABY! |
| 83. | saieva | 2:55:07PM | The Reefs, Bermuda (http://www.thereefs.com). |
| 84. | jeffkirvin | 2:55:01PM | Manhattan. |
| 85. | kandieman | 2:54:12PM | the Keys |
| 86. | parallelp | 2:53:43PM | San Diego. Stay neat the beach. Go eat tacos in the old town and listen to mariachi, wander round the gaslamp after dark |
| 87. | susankitchens | 2:53:41PM | does your Q include/exclude timezone readjustment? I think of faraway as requiring more time to reset bodyclock |
| 88. | DaveTitle | 2:53:31PM | these days not worth the time or effort to fly somewhere for just three days (for pleasure) unless via private plane. |
| 89. | sarahebourne | 2:52:00PM | Natural Bridges Nat'l Mon.j but would need car in addition to plane. |
| 90. | medecau | 2:51:26PM | Rome, Italy, Its about two hours flight from where i leave. |
| 91. | julian_jj | 2:50:34PM | arrecifes tayrona, Colombia http://bit.ly/zoY2b |
| 92. | knurdle | 2:50:16PM | El Murmullo at La Casa Que Canta in Zihuatanejo. Most relaxing vacation I've ever been on. http://bit.ly/YlRvy |
| 93. | ChiefCatalyst | 2:49:49PM | True. I actually enjoy the trip to read/catchup, lounge on the beach and return. Love traveling from 10PM - 8 AM. Works. |
| 94. | CemeterySpot | 2:48:39PM | Galapagos Islands. Wanna see the place that started Darwin thinking. And it's isolated and beautiful. Ride a tortoise anyone? LOL |
| 95. | Fritinancy | 2:48:28PM | Does it have to be a plane? Because that kills the whole mood. |
| 96. | jetsnow | 2:48:15PM | Hard question, but I'd consider Arches National Park (among others) |
| 97. | kirkskodis | 2:47:12PM | Easy. Kauai. |
| 98. | CrowdRent | 2:46:45PM | Puerto Vallarta Mexico, three hours from Denver, laid back, gorgeous, and Fajita Banana! http://bit.ly/GCQAi Best! Fajitas EVER! |
| 99. | RobTyrie | 2:46:41PM | 3day Trip? NYC... Waldorf, same room as last time, vore of the GE Tower...was perfect! |
| 100. | _arvind | 2:46:19PM | why would you get on a *plane* to escape? |