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The future passed

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:31 am
by Gob
Back to the Future Part II is set in 2015, The Running Man in 2017, and Escape from L.A. in 2013.

Re: The future passed

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:15 am
by Econoline
β€œIt does not pay a prophet to be too specific.”
  • β€” L. Sprague de Camp

Re: The future passed

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:10 am
by Bicycle Bill
And only a couple hundred years until this .....

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not to mention this, nine months earlier!!
(sign on the wall of Murphy's Bar in Riverside, IA, about a block and a half from the site of the 'birthplace')
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The future passed

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:06 pm
by RayThom
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Re: The future passed

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:51 pm
by Bicycle Bill
That's the one, Ray.
It used to be on the floor next to the pool table.
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Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:01 pm
by Big RR
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:12 pm
by Lord Jim
Bicycle Bill wrote:That's the one, Ray.
It used to be on the floor next to the pool table.
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Actually, it will be on the floor next to the pool table in 210 years...

Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:11 pm
by Big RR
How many years is that in stardates?

The Future Passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:25 pm
by RayThom
Big RR wrote:How many years is that in stardates?
-90474.12435488787... give or take a few time units.

Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:44 pm
by Big RR
that's just warped. but it proves the power of an impulse.

Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:41 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Big RR wrote:that's just warped. but it proves the power of an impulse.
I wonder if Kirk's mother was ... shall we say, 'inexperienced'?
That would mean that the father-to-be was just following the directive to "boldly go where no man had gone before".
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Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:47 pm
by Lord Jim
I'm sure the experience didn't phaser...

Re: The future passed

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:58 pm
by Bicycle Bill
She should have made sure her shields were up.
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