Walt Longmire Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, minervadoe said: There was no zombie apocalypse. My 'smart' thermostat may someday be subject to government controls. 1984 happened around 2020. I can now wear a mask into a bank. Which reminds me that getting SWAT'ed now has nothing to do with flys, mosquitos or any other annoying winged pests. I now know that the swamp refers to Washington D.C. I smile under my mask when I enter a liquor store while packing heat. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabeus Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 17 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Based on what I saw on tv as a kid that I would be dealing with one hell of a lot more Stampedes, Quicksand, and Poison Water Holes. You obviously need to spend more time in Portland or D.C. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I'm still waiting for the Dick Tracy flying-garbage-cans. We, totally, got the two-way wrist radios. And I pretty much wish we hadn't. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: We were supposed to have flying cars by the 90's according to my teachers in the 60's. Of course we were supposed to have been out of oil by then also. I didn't put much faith in what they were telling me back then. They all seemed to be full of two things. Themselves and crap. Some things never change, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Batesmotel said: I remember them telling us that pollution in the atmosphere would plunge us into a new ice age by 2050. Everything north of Texas would be frozen. Maybe that freeze would kill off fire ants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 5 hours ago, minervadoe said: That pretty much sums up my pet peeve with academics. They are not capable of being objective because most of them are drunk on power. Well, one thing that did come true (and then was improved on) was the Dick Tracy wrist radio and the Star Trek communicator. I never imagined several generations of people becoming addicted to miniaturized communicators, though. I wonder if that pen from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. that can scramble a man's brain exists (yet). Or if a genetically modified dog (like Astro from The Jetson's) that can almost talk is around yet. And, yes, thankfully, I never stumbled into a batch of quicksand. But, regretably, never found vines that you could swing on (like in a Tarzan movie). Haven’t found my Jane of the Jungle yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Haven’t found my Jane of the Jungle yet. Jane got tight, the monkey got right, they grooved all night, and it was outa sight. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Being an adult is over rated. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Hell i can wear a mask to a liquor store and not get shot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 10 hours ago, aomagrat said: I thought we'd all be driving around in homemade armored vehicles, wearing spikey homemade armor, wielding homemade weapons, and fighting each other for the last drop of gasoline by now. This. I'm just glad we won the First Cold War. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 They lied to me too. I almost never get offered free sex or drugs like they said would happen in Jr. high. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4494 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 39 minutes ago, MO Fugga said: They lied to me too. I almost never get offered free sex or drugs like they said would happen in Jr. high. Been married 43 years and I still don't get these offered.. ?? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 47 minutes ago, MO Fugga said: They lied to me too. I almost never get offered free sex or drugs like they said would happen in Jr. high. The kind of sex you'd be offered for free, you likely wouldn't want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 56 minutes ago, MO Fugga said: They lied to me too. I almost never get offered free sex or drugs like they said would happen in Jr. high. 16 minutes ago, GT4494 said: Been married 43 years and I still don't get these offered.. ?? Come hang around. You can have the surplus. 9 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: The kind of sex you'd be offered for free, you likely wouldn't want. That's rule #1. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 11 hours ago, aomagrat said: I thought we'd all be driving around in homemade armored vehicles, wearing spikey homemade armor, wielding homemade weapons, and fighting each other for the last drop of gasoline by now. 2020 ain't over yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 hour ago, MO Fugga said: They lied to me too. I almost never get offered free sex or drugs like they said would happen in Jr. high. No male gym teachers offered? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Silentpoet said: No male gym teachers offered? Join the Boy Scouts! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 16 minutes ago, Silentpoet said: 2020 ain't over yet. Don't tempt fate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Jane got tight, the monkey got right, they grooved all night, and it was outa sight. Guitarzan, and his jungle band. Ray Stevens rules! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 I thought there would be at least one run away stage coach incident in my life by now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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