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03-18-2016, 11:00 PM | #1 | ||||
The future is unwritten
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Mar 18th, 2016: George Wyman... who?
I know, I know, another history lesson, but turn on the TV, read the papers, and (shudder) the internet, the world sucks.
I’m not living in the past, but there is some respite in looking at history, so on with the show. Ladies and gentlemen... children of all ages... I’ve driven across the country a dozen times and it can be tedious, especially if you’re in a hurry. Before Eisenhower’s interstates it was grueling, and before WW I it was insane. In 1903, it hadn’t been done, nobody had driven a motorized vehicle from coast to coast. Enter George Wyman. Quote:
No roads, no signs, and very few people, some of them unfriendly. Not a few bears, lions and rattlesnakes, all of them unfriendly. Quote:
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03-19-2016, 08:13 AM | #2 | |
still says videotape
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One thing they had in the past was space. If you're feeling anti-social you grab your pack and walk or fire up the bike. Supposedly, we're gonna top out at 10 billion humans on this little marble. There are some folks who like and work towards high density urban living. That's a great choice for whatever % of humans can handle it. When it stops being a choice though you're gonna need better meds.
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03-19-2016, 08:41 AM | #3 |
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That could be solved with a couple of nukes.
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03-19-2016, 09:10 AM | #4 |
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Praying for an asteroid myself.
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03-19-2016, 01:01 PM | #5 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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You can all come to Texas, we've got tons of space. Oh, WATER you say...?
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03-19-2016, 01:36 PM | #6 |
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That works, I read when the biggie hit the Yucatan, the Dinosaurs in Canada were all dead in two minutes.
Lone Star.
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