jdmidwest Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Yeah to me, fifty today! Started the morning with one ear swelled shut from a onry little bee last night. Gonna have to soak in barley and hops today to get rid of the pain. And of course, Happy Birthday to our Independence. Seems like we are losing more of it all of the time. Fly a flag, eat some bbq, and watch some big bangs tonight. And remember those guys that risked it all years ago when they signed the Constitution making our great country what it is today. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Greasy B Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Happy birthday! His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Quillback Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Happy birthday! Very cool to have a birthday on the 4th.
fishinwrench Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 HBD! It's been a period of constant change hasn't it? 10 years ago only yuppies had cell phones. 20 years ago nobody I knew owned a computer. 30 years ago I bought my first micro-wave, but cordless phones hadn't made the scene yet. 40 years ago we still had a 19" B&W television, a dial phone as heavy as a 4cyl.engine block, and the only 4wd vehicle in my area was a Dodge Powerwagon that didn't run. Now I can't go anywhere in 2wd, hate television, my phone is a computer, and I only use the "stove" about twice a week. Whaddaya suppose life will be like in another 50 ?
Mitch f Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 We will all carry a phone powerful enough to be a darn good PC, we will "rent" high end software and it will be attached to our phone bill. Oh Wait....that's what we are doing now?!?!?! A grocery store will just read your back account as you walk by so no checkout lines. You will have an imbedded ID under your skin (which I will refuse to get). There will be counterfeit services who will charge a fee to reprogram your ID tag. A camera will be watching you fishing (they already can) to make sure you don't take over your limit. The fisherman......oh excuse me fisher person will have a heads up display wirelessly connected to the fish finder to guide the trolling motor to the species of fish your after. The fish will be directed to the cleaning station inside the boat which will fillet the fish and compress the guts and carcass into a small pellet that is released back into the Eco system for turtle and minnow food. BTW, the fish finders will be connected to Google Maps to get real time updates of changing terrains and weather conditions. There will also be 10 transducers to triangulate for absolute location accuracy and the ability to discern between trees, rocks and types of fish. All the fish will be scanned and the images will be put in a folder that will be staged for an OAF post, creating a story outline and Brian Wise type movie with music and special effects. Alright I'm done now "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
jdmidwest Posted July 6, 2013 Author Posted July 6, 2013 Yea, who knows. I had the B&W tv with an antenna that picked up CBS and NBC, party line telephones that we had to interrupt if we needed to use phone, and no 4x4 on the farm at all. Those days were alot simpler and more relaxing. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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