What would you do to prepare if you knew the journey back in time would start in one hour?
I think I'd grab a gun and some ammo and maybe get some jewelry and gold. And then I'd grab a history book.
Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle Ages?
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#22"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?"
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the commentors at Kotte's mentions that you could sell boiled water as "de-sprited water", good for all menner of medical procedures. Unfortunately, another commentor recognized that firewood would be difficult to access, and cow poo doesn't fire hot enough.
Why would firewood be difficult to find? I could be wrong, but I don't think the European deforestation had set in yet, at that time. Is the wood in most European forests not of sufficient quality?
It belonged to the nobles.
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#24there are a few series that cover that area.(not exact mind you, but close enough) First you have the Assati Shards series(1632, 1633, 1634)...basically a town in Virginia get transferred to Germany in 1632. And then you have the Conrad the Engineer series, where you have a guy transported to 13th century Poland, just before the Mongol invasion. But chances are, no matter where you wind up...you'll be dead within a w…
The language barrier is an interesting point.
I wonder if there are any places with languages that haven't changed that much?
Do you think I might be able to get along in the Middle East in 1000 AD if I knew modern Hebrew?
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#25I'd find a bookie and make a bet on the Battle of Hastings.
The Normans are my lock of the week.
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#26there are a few series that cover that area.(not exact mind you, but close enough) First you have the Assati Shards series(1632, 1633, 1634)...basically a town in Virginia get transferred to Germany in 1632. And then you have the Conrad the Engineer series, where you have a guy transported to 13th century Poland, just before the Mongol invasion. But chances are, no matter where you wind up...you'll be dead within a w…
The language barrier is an interesting point. I wonder if there are any places with languages that haven't changed that much? Do you think I might be able to get along in the Middle East in 1000 AD if I knew modern Hebrew?
I don't know about Hebrew but I bet Arabic would be the language to know in 1000 AD if you were in Spain or Persia or many points in between.
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#27Have you read Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"?
http://bulfinch.englishatheist.org/yank/86-h.htm
Audio book: http://librivox.org/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-cou...
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#28What would you do to prepare if you knew the journey back in time would start in one hour?
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#29Teeth. I would show off my teeth as a start to my entrepreneurial apothecary business. Our average dental hygiene is way way better than what they had then, and consequently our teeth look like divine pearls in comparison. Hopefully, their amazement will allow a perceived transference of my expertise to other medicinal areas.
Also, knowing more math might help me make coinage with some simple engraved code that needs to be combined with the name of the bearer in order to be verified (only feasible for inter-medieval banks). This would be impetus for trade across greater distances.
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#30What would you do to prepare if you knew the journey back in time would start in one hour?
Pack a latin version of the graduale and as much church music as I could cram in a bag. If the bag wasn't coming with me I'd read up on the survivalist websites. Making a compass, that sort of thing.
The thing I'd be most worried about is dental hygiene. How do you look after yourself if you don't have a toothbrush and floss? I suppose there'd be less white sugar, which would help. What food you could get would taste bland and generally be awful.