Will Life Be Worth Living in 2000 AD?":

Weekend Magazine ^ | July 22, 1961

[Paulus Invictus]

Gee, I dunno--Jack-in-the-Box sells fries that would kill a hungry fish if used for bait.

[N. Theknow]

Gee, I dunno--Jack-in-the-Box sells fries that would kill a hungry fish if used for bait.

I did not include them as they are not an international affront to the noble potato.

[Dont Mention the War]

You'll have a home control room - an electronics centre, where messages will be recorded when you're away from home. This will play back when you return, and also give you up-to-the minute world news, and transcribe your latest mail.

My mother keeps complaining about how she hates having a computer in the bedroom, but she can't think of anywhere else in her house where she'd like it to be either. Now I know what to tell her: it's time to add on a "home control room"!

[fnord]

microwave ovens were invented (more or less) in 1946

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html

[JLO]

Thanks, that was a fun read!

[k2blader]

Fine. So what's life going to be like in 2045?

[unspun]

exactly

[unspun]

Rocket belts will increase a man's stride to 30 feet...

I get alot of email about increasing man's something or other, but not to anything near 30 feet.

[litehaus]

Damn..Had forgotten THAT one...........