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<p>[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2393269, member: 76111"]When I was a kid in grade school, I remember one of my favorite teachers telling me that when I'm older, my kids will be asking me for the keys to the flying car and that I will probably be able to visit space as a tourist. </p><p><br /></p><p>I turned 49 yesterday and I can for sure that the kids don't borrow a flying car and it looks unlikely I will ever be able to visit space. Being unlikely to be able to do that is truly one of the great disappointments of my life, and there really aren't many. I fully expected it to be commonplace by my age, and frankly, it should have been given the astounding pace of technological advancement in travel the first 1/2 of the 20th century! </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, my kids can someday. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie48" alt=":greyalien:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2393269, member: 76111"]When I was a kid in grade school, I remember one of my favorite teachers telling me that when I'm older, my kids will be asking me for the keys to the flying car and that I will probably be able to visit space as a tourist. I turned 49 yesterday and I can for sure that the kids don't borrow a flying car and it looks unlikely I will ever be able to visit space. Being unlikely to be able to do that is truly one of the great disappointments of my life, and there really aren't many. I fully expected it to be commonplace by my age, and frankly, it should have been given the astounding pace of technological advancement in travel the first 1/2 of the 20th century! Hopefully, my kids can someday. :greyalien:[/QUOTE]
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