Something I've just been thinking about...

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    BarnsleyReds Well-Known Member

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    It's almost half way between 2000 and 2030...

    Isn't 2030 supposed to be the far distant future when we all have flying cars and teleporters?

    Where the **** has time gone?
     
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    I've got a Flying Dog Porter which is as near as we'll get and can transport you to another dimension ,if drunk in large amounts its likely you'll wake up somewhere saying 'how the **** did i get here'
    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=f...ct%2Fflying-dog-gonzo-imperial-porter;181;240
     
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    Young uns eh - I remember when 2000 was the far distant future and watching Star treck where they had those far fetched communicator things that were only good for talking into - look at todays mobile phones - some things go far beyond what was thought of and others never actually happen - not sure teleporting will ever take place but self drive cars are here now wont be long before they are quite common
     
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    Back to the future 2 is set in 2015.

    Where's mi hover board ?
     
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    the Jetsons set in 2062. Lucky to have any robots in most houses still by then
     
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    I remember reading 1984 and thinking that was a long way off (and it was only 8 years away!)
     
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    I re-read it a couple of years ago - its scary how accurate large parts of it are. I thought of it again the other day when in the interests of personal privacy the EU is now forcing google etc to delete history that people want forgotten
     
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    I read it last year and it's as if if was written last year.

    Pretty scary thought considering it was supposed to be a nightmare world of the future written in 1949. Parallels between the book and our modern time are frightening.
     
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    Are you a driver of a train?
     
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