tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post1166293714930380624..comments2023-10-24T08:42:01.834+01:00Comments on Jobbing Writer: Thursday extracts: 2014 from 50 years agoMorningAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-50186229611450566122014-01-15T11:11:39.850+00:002014-01-15T11:11:39.850+00:00Hi Anne - the forward thinkers are often very accu...Hi Anne - the forward thinkers are often very accurate aren't they - so much comes true .. or similarly invented technologies ... <br /><br />Where will we be in 50 years time .. well I'll be staring down or up - which ever one comes my way ... staring from above I hope!<br /><br />I'll keep an eye out for those Black Widower series ... <br /><br />Happy New Year .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-18204468697031112552014-01-09T16:21:11.854+00:002014-01-09T16:21:11.854+00:00No I have not read any of them. I will look for th...No I have not read any of them. I will look for them.snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-40421928442230921482014-01-09T09:24:35.520+00:002014-01-09T09:24:35.520+00:00That sounds good. I've always been a fan. Hav...That sounds good. I've always been a fan. Have you read any of his Black Widowers series? They're mystery short stories. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7078296049434103926.post-59409844124853250542014-01-09T08:45:33.402+00:002014-01-09T08:45:33.402+00:00That was pretty accurate and he also predicted the...That was pretty accurate and he also predicted the pocket calculator long before it was possible in the 1940s. In years to come people will be saying that he was a time traveller like they say about Leonardo de Vinci. He was just smart. He wrote a short on someone dicovering the 'paper calculator'. Set in the distant future a scientist shows you can do arithmatic just with a pencil and paper and no one beleives him.snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.com