The future passed

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:31 am

Back to the Future Part II is set in 2015, The Running Man in 2017, and Escape from L.A. in 2013.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:15 am

“It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.”

— L. Sprague de Camp

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:10 am

And only a couple hundred years until this .....

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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RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:06 pm

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:51 pm

That's the one, Ray.
It used to be on the floor next to the pool table.

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Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:01 pm

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:12 pm

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...

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:11 pm

How many years is that in stardates?

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:25 pm

Big RR wrote:How many years is that in stardates?

-90474.12435488787... give or take a few time units.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:44 pm

that's just warped. but it proves the power of an impulse.

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:41 pm

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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Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:47 pm

I'm sure the experience didn't phaser...

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:58 pm

She should have made sure her shields were up.

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