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"But our biggest danger is that time machine in the back, there. We can't bump it or move it. If we do, poof! Who knows when we'll end up?"

In other words, even if we did have the chance to play around with time, whether it be rewinding to the past or forwarding ahead to the future, there can be great dangers to that. If we had a time machine available, just like any other mechanical device, the time machine can turn out faulty, break down after time had been played around, and we might either be trapped back in the flesh-eating Tyranasaurus Rex's time or a million years into the future where we will be lost and not know about what's already there. The most important state of time is the present being and its original nature. Time flies, but, if we keep track of it and know how to manage it, then we'll be okay. We already have emitted the dangers of getting stuck in different time periods. That's why I've chosen "Mandolin-Shaped Watch", 1830-1835.

Wolverton D. A Very Strage Trip (Bridge Publications, Inc. 1999), pg. 112

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