What will life be like in the year 2000? (amusing look back at 1961)

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[brianl703]

I see. I try to put everything that can go in the disposal.

In-Sink-Erator says that it is OK to grind up small bones but how small is small?

[uglybiker]

But for a while there, after hundreds and hundreds of 'em, I was starting to become insecure about things..ah...er.. I had never much thought about before.

Couldn't decide whether to add inches to your manhood or your breast size?

[auggy]

"I've managed to de-spam my mailboxes, or at least reduce it, so I don't get 'em anymore. But for a while there, after hundreds and hundreds of 'em, I was starting to become insecure about things..ah...er.. I had never much thought about before. :-)) I mean, I was thinking to myself, WHO knows me THAT well?!! Crap! What happened to that "right of privacy" thingy they keep yapping about?! "

I know what you mean. You start to get paranoid, like maybe someone has signed you up or something.

[Sensei Ern]

We could have done the space travel they showed in the movie had we been willing to spend the money. We have the technology to do everything they did.

Actually, we could have done that already if government control didn't stand in the way. As long as the government stays out of PCs, we will continue to have the great advances we have so far generated.

[MEGoody]

Some really wild stuff and then there's some stuff that's on the mark. I guess anyone can guess correctly once in awhile.

[Space Wrangler]

Right now you'll have to be satisfied with glamour undies and ManZan.

Hmmph! Figures. I was already clearing off a helo pad in the yard. Guess I'll just have to call it a 'patio' now.

[oldcomputerguy]

yes, the 24 hour work week.

ah yes, the 24 hour per day work week.

The reason we don't have a lot of what was imagined in 1961 is that our living standards, in fact, have not improved to the extent that thought they would. That is the bottom line!

[oldcomputerguy]

Energy will come in tablet form.

Meth?

[oldcomputerguy]

(children)They will get pills to make them learn faster

Yeah, Ritalin...............

[JoeV1]

There will be no common colds, cancer, tooth decay or mental illness.

Geez, would you lookit that? The article even foresees the extinction of the Democrats.

[JoeV1]

I used to market that stuff under different names. My favorite was 'Titsaplenty'

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I just finished reading Von Braun's 1966 edition of History of Rocketry and Space Travel. The last few pages are dedicated to the future: moon bases built around the LEM in the '70's, manned Mars flyby in the '80's, huge space stations by the '90's. I want the future that never was, dang it!

[Redcloak]

...and no haemorrhoids.

[rbg81]

Yes, I noticed those too. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[ariamne]

Me too. And I'm a woman.

[Nita Nupress]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1314060/posts?page=98#98

[A knight without armor]

I was immediately struck by

<<<<...At work, Dad will operate on a 24 hour week....>>>>

They mention DAD like everybody would have one or at least know what that is. No Your Single Mother or Your Two Gay Caregivers or Your Mother's Dyke Partner. That is something that has changed. Nowadays it would be very insensitive to write that article assuming Dad was in the picture.

[Radioactive]

And that everyone would be constantly bombarded by ads for pen#s enlargement.

Yeah. I'd rather be bombarded by ads for Glamour Undies.

Hey wait...the Glamour Undies worked.....Pen#s enlargement...instantaneuosly.