OK, here’s what happened. You accidentally stumbled upon a Time Police arrest and helped them.
But now, you’re a time anomaly. You have to go. But since you helped them, they are going to try to be merciful.
They will send you back in the past , to any time you like.
They will give you any reasonable amount of period gear, clothing and the equivalent of $100,000.
Bad News- when you would be born, you die, since two of you cant exist at the same time. So, if you’re born in 1960, better pick a fair lifetime of living before that.
Oh, and* you can’t change time.* Your memories will be hazy, not exact. You will remember there is a big stock market crash in the early 19030s then a depression- but not the exact month or year. Nor will you be able to remember your ancestors, so you cant kill your grandfather. WWII is coming around 1940 or so, yes, but not Hitler.
You wont be able to invent anything, except maybe as far as it effects you- sure you can get your servants to wash their hands after handling the chamber pot, but you’ll have even less luck than Semmelweiss in getting the World to accept the Germ theory of disease.
Full inoculations vs anything that can be, some health problems cleared up, teeth all fixed up and a hypno course in the local language- or maybe a couple.
So when & where do you pick?
), brew my own beer during Prohibition, learn to fly, ride out the Depression with the cash, sign up for WW2 as a fighter pilot. I’d fly P-47s, P-38s and P-51s in Europe. Either die in combat, or slip out 20-odd years down the road suddenly in my sleep.
