On 4/30/04 12:02 PM, in article ,
"Salty Thumb" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
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On 4/30/04 8:38 AM, in article ,
"Meagan M Eller" wrote:

A couple of years ago, I saw this television program about the
future. It showed people talking to a machine and you'd ask it for
something and it would make something right out of thin air! For
instance, an distinguished looking bald guy would say "Computer,
Earl Grey, hot" and the machine would spit out a cup of tea, cup
and all.

Another interesting thing was a lot of the spaceships in the future
looked kind of like caterpillar cocoons.

It sounds like the Jetsons.

Actually, that sounds like Captain Pickard on Star Trek: The Next
Generation. Great show.

Sarcasm and or irony! even my neighbor's 3 year old knows who Captain
Picard is!
C


Who is Captain Pickard/Picard? The show I am talking about is something
I saw in South America over a couple of days. I was supposed join my
professor, Donald Chu-Bellefitte on an archaeological dig, but had stayed
behind to attend my brother's wedding. Anyway, one of old Don's
important equipment orders came after he had left, so he asked me to
bring it, and I got to go anyway.

On my way to the rendezvous point, one of the roads got washed out, and I
had to wait several days while the water subsided. Luckily (?), one of
the families in the area invited me to stay with them while I waited.
The father, an old codger, had a small TV hooked up to a
bicycle/generator and he managed to wheedle me into riding it so his kids
could watch TV. I guess it was the least I could do. So I would catch
up on reading some journals while riding the bike and the kids would
watch this TV show. For some reason, I always thought it was funny when
I heard the distinguished looking bald guy say "Computador, un té de el
Earl Grey, caliente!". Like he had a tea addiction or something.

One of things I didn't like about the future was how there were still so
many diseases. For instance, there was a black guy that must have had
some huge fungal infection on his forehead and another albino dude who
surely would have immediately died of melanoma if he were ever to step
foot on a beach.

Sputter and spew!