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This company is going to start marketing a personal jetpack in 2008:

http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/fsb/ ... t.pack.fsb

Of course, since I don't have $200,000 to spare, I may not get my jetpack for a while yet

VAdame wrote:This company is going to start marketing a personal jetpack in 2008:

http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/fsb/ ... t.pack.fsb

Of course, since I don't have $200,000 to spare, I may not get my jetpack for a while yet

I am sure, like the iPods, the second generation will be cheaper and all of the bugs (except battery life) will be worked out. The second batch will cost $100,000 each.

Then, if they are like calculators, the third generation will be available in your grocery store checkout line for $4.95.

"(It's the Eighties, So Where's Our) Rocket Packs"

from the album Vox Humana

Words and Music by Terry Taylor
©1984 Twitchen Vibes Music (ASCAP)

It's the eighties
It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs
It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?
Go anywhere, we strap them on our backs
1. (It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?)
I thought by now I'd walk the moon
And ride a car without no tires
And have a robot run the vacuum
And date a girl made out of wires

No thing's don't change that much, do they?
We are still out of touch, by now we should discover
Just how to love each other, like Klattus' robot man
Your looks have killed again

2. (It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?)
I thought by now we'd live in space
And eat a pill instead of dinner
And wear a gas mask on our face a President of female gender

Though progress marches on, (new day)
Our troubles will grow strong
And my expectancies, become my fantasies
You turn my blood to sand, the earth stands still again

My hopes are running low
things moving much too slow
No space men up above
And we're still so very far from love

3. (It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?)
I thought by now we'd build a dome
Around the world, control the weather
In every house, a picture phone; communicate a little better

But some things never change (replay!)
You are still acting strange
No way that I can see, this way we will be free
La la la la la la,la la la la la 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Lift off!

(It's the eighties so where's our rocket packs?)
Repeat 1, 2, 3
(It's the eighties)

Thanks Cal! I'll have to try to find it and give it a listen

OK, so now we have jetpacks. And robot vacuum cleaners -- Roomba, something I would love to have but don't yet. And I saw a commercial for a robot panda, so I guess that could count as a robot companion.

Nobody has "picture phones" -- and why would anyone want one? But we have camera cell phones, and another thing way more useful than a picture phone -- the fax. A brilliant idea that's completely revolutionized business communication in my lifetime! No more waiting for patient releases, etc., thru snail mail! Whenever I get sent to one of those stupid business motivational seminars and they bring up "paradigm shifts," (bleah!) I usually bring that up as an example. The seminar speakers generally love me for it -- 'cause they think it means I "get it." Still can't stand those things though

One of my really early childhood memories (c. 1962 or 63) is having a phone book in our house with "Phones of the Future!" on the cover. Of course, they showed the ubiquitous picture phone. And the lady talking on the picture phone had her hair up in curlers! As if anyone would want to be seen on her picture phone with her hair in curlers!

So, now that the future is here -- not only do we not have a picture phone -- no one goes around all day with their hair in curlers anymore!!! We have curling irons, or hot rollers, but plain old curlers are pretty much passe.

Still waitin' on my flying Jetson car!

VAdame wrote: OK, so now we have jetpacks. And robot vacuum cleaners -- Roomba, something I would love to have but don't yet. And I saw a commercial for a robot panda, so I guess that could count as a robot companion.

What about Woombas?

http://www.videovat.com/videos/1144/woo ... giene.aspx

Hee hee -- I thought of Woomba but didn't know about that video!

It's one of my favorite Saturday Night Live commercials.

VAdame wrote:Nobody has "picture phones" -- and why would anyone want one?

I have a "picture phone"! It's called a webcam and I use it all the time to talk with friends all over the country.

VAdame wrote:Thanks Cal! I'll have to try to find it and give it a listen

Give me an e-mail address, and I'll send it to you. My copy is formatted for iTunes, so I don't know if that will work for you.

It's 4.3MB if that matters.

I PM'd it to you.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
What about Woombas?

I had not seen that before, that is so funny even to a guy.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
What about Woombas?

I had not seen that before, that is so funny even to a guy.

Snork -- I saw it on SNL when they did it, but that's the first time I've seen the video. When it starts chasing Maya thru the woods......I about died laughing!