# I'm going to 1998, how do I bring money? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655 "2010-04-28T19:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655/61 "2010-04-30T15:07:30Z")
I know your rules say that you’re not allowed to change your personal history, but could you contact yourself, explain the situation and ask yourself to lend you a few bucks? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655/62 "2010-04-30T23:12:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yeah, but if it’s a time travelling Mazda, EVERY day is Sunday. Grandma has a huge gambling problem. Wait. Let me get this straight… you built a time machine out of a Mazda Protege? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655/63 "2010-04-30T23:54:55Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Wait. Let me get this straight… you built a time machine out of a Mazda Protege? Well, if you’re going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with a bit of cl–Ow! Stop hitting me! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655/64 "2010-05-01T00:29:23Z")
I was going to ask you to drop myself off in early 1984 so I could send a letter to myself to _ask that girl out, dammit, she’s one of the good ones!_, but I see that’s already contraindicated. And we [already established that taking my laptop back that far is likely to get me killed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456127). So… um… maybe we could go to Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center in NYC instead? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-1998-how-do-i-bring-money/537655.md?page=3)