Would like to have met...

[mailee]

Hey Smudger I thought it was only me who remembered Almond and Michaela Dennis. I did actually meet Hans and Lotte, but not in their prime. :wink:

 

[Rich]

My 3 would be:

Isembard kingdom brunel; he knew what he was on about,

Thomas chippendale; he knew what he was on about,

Pontius pilate, ?????

Regards,

Rich.

 

[Digit]

Pontius pilate, ?????

:lol: :lol:

Roy.

 

[Rich]

Pontius pilate, ?????

:lol: :lol:

Roy.

Yes, but I'd still want to know why he made that decision.

Rich. :lol: :lol:

 

[Digit]

If you are a Christian then the answer would be that, He had to die that we might be saved!
Which would mean the PP and the Jewish authorities were carrying out God's will.

Roy.

 

[dennis]

Rich

People having alternative views is a fact of life that everyone should accept, whether you agree with that view is a different matter.The world would be a poorer place without alternative views and we wouldnt be much father down the line than cavemen without them. So keep posting and add some diversity.

Dennis

 

[woodbloke]

I think Leonardo da Vinci, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson are the people I'd most like to have met - Rob

 

[Rich]

Rich

People having alternative views is a fact of life that everyone should accept, whether you agree with that view is a different matter.The world would be a poorer place without alternative views and we wouldnt be much father down the line than cavemen without them. So keep posting and add some diversity.

Dennis

Thanks for your comment Dennis, I do intend to keep posting but only replying to specific posters who do not get personal, I enjoy this forum and have learnt a lot from the more experienced members who are kind enough to pass on their knowledge, I do accept that others have differing views from me and don't have a problem with that, unfortunately, with some the feeling is not reciprocated, not to worry though, I'll press on and hope for the best.

Regards,
Rich.

 

[Tusses]

ok - I'll pick and old dead dude ...

Lao Tzu

very interesting outlook on life

 

[Mark68]

My three would be..

Joy and George Adamson and Elsa, sat in Kenya watching, the sun Go down and having a beer with them,, but not when they were trying to kill each other!!!

Jean-pierre rampal, one of the greatest,,if i could be half has good..

Oliver Reed,, well,,just for the fun of it, boy, what a hangover that would have been..

If i can add one more,,he's not human, but Digit,( sorry, not you Digit on here..lol..), but the one from Gorillas in the mist fame,,before he was butchered by poachers..

 

[Digit]

I find it fascinating to see who we would have wished to have met. I wonder what our reasons are?

Roy.

 

[Tusses]

ok - to sum up Loa Tzu's philosophy (about 600BC)

"To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent -- herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients."

To me, reading the Tao te Ching, dissolves any stresses and disillusionment I have with the world as it is now.

I read a bit - and then the stuff that annoys me simply doesn't matter as much.

So , I am much more 'Chilled Out' than most other people I know.

To hear 1st hand, without time and translational errors , dilution, changes even, would be an interesting intelectual and spiritual experience.


Bill and Ted are still cool tho

 

[Anonymous]

I find it fascinating to see who we would have wished to have met. I wonder what our reasons are?

Roy.

It is also fascinating to see how few posts in this thread actually relate to the question asked!!

For me, the three (difficult to select only 3) would be (today anyway):
1. Sir Issac Newton - to understand how one can think so differently to those around him and understand so much

2. Richard Feynman - one of the greatest scientists and science educators around, and he could play the bongos too :wink:

3. The current Dalai Lama - though I am not of any faith, but he fascinates me and his spritualism easilysits with his sceintific beliefs
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universe-Si...r_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217248273&sr=8-17

 

[Digit]

And not a single vote for Einstein Tony.

Roy.

 

[woodbloke]

I think Leonardo da Vinci, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson are the people I'd most like to have met - Rob

Leonardo da Vinci - a man centuries before his time.
LN and the DofW- two men who between them changed the course of history in the 19th century - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Leonardo da Vinci - a man centuries before his time.

Agreed. I have several books of his drawings - incredible stuff and so wide-ranging.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[mailee]

Pontius pilate, ?????

Wasn't he that flying instructor?? :lol:

 

[Woodmagnet]

David Stirling. :wink:

 

[Digit]

David Stirling.

A man who certainly thought outside the box.

Roy.

 

[Woodmagnet]

I'd love to hear his thoughts on the S.A.S. of today and other Special Forces. :wink: