On Sat, 10 May 2014 10:52:42 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/05/2014 04:46, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> >Also, re. OP:  It's the future.  I was promised flying cars!  But I
>>> >don't see any.  Why?  WHY?
>> Have you seen how people drive? Do you REALLY want that in 3D?;)
> 
> I certainly don't. Too many idiots on the roads if they took to the
> skies I would take to my bed. Even then you never know who might drop in
> for tea. ;-)

:)

> I have been reading a lot of ancient SF recently. The thing that almost
> everyone got wrong is mobile phones. It is jarring when the hero has to
> stop by a drug store just to phone someone.

Yeah, that really is something that is a sign of the times (as it were).

Jim



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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