Would You Rather

[mcm]

find $200,000 cash OR go back in time to when you were in 8th grade and know what you know now

EDIT: but you wouldn't know the outcome of events I.E. you couldn't bet money on stuff

[rearadmiral]

Go back.

Where'd you come up with 200k?

[B Luc]

Go back to 8th grade and it's not close.

[Giggles]

8th grade through 10th grade kind of blew though. But I'd still do that probably. It'd be tough getting rides from my parents and having a shitty curfew and all that.

$200,000 just ain't what it used to be.

[MCA]

200k.

would put me in a financial position to not have a whole lot to worry about as long as I kept my job which I enjoy.

[MCA]

8th grade through 10th grade kind of blew though.

Shocking that you were a geek in high school.

[JJ]

200 large ain't a lot today. But where I'm at in life right now (mid-40's, married, no kids, healthy balances in retirement funds), it would pay-down about 2/3 of my mortgage, and we would probably use cash to pay-down the remainder. And thus, free of our only debt, we would certainly be able to enjoy life a lot more, perhaps allowing one of us to semi-retire at 50 or so.

If went back to age 13, I would certainly have had a lot more fun in my H.S. & college years, and would certainly be more prosperous now.

But I'm happy where I'm at now, so that little boost would go a long way towards making my remaining time even more enjoyable.

I'll take the $200K.

[mcm]

middle school and high school were awesome. No clue where I got $200K. I didn't want to say a million because I'd take a million easily. For $200K I'd probably go back. And RA I thought of this when you posted in the PB that you wish you were 17 again.

[MCA]

if you said 200k or back to 8th grade with an extra 4-8 inches of height I'd probably go back.

[B Luc]

[Giggles]

As fond as I'm sure everyone's memories seem it would be too much of an adjustment go back to any time pre-license.

I got my license junior year, as did the majority of my friends. That's when things got fun.

8th grade was fun? Puberty & HJs behind the gym. Sweeeet.

[mcm]

middle school = playing sports after school and having no jobs.

pretty awesome if you ask me

[MCA]

don't forget virtually unlimited time to play video games and fuck around.

[Giggles]

Good points all, but taking the bus to school? School in general?

EDIT- I'd still do it unless mcm was willing to up the ante.

[B Luc]

I took the T to school in 8th grade. But my life would be very different if I could go back to 8th grade knowing what I know now.