[DouglasKC]

2001 seemed a very long way off. The scenes in "2001, A Space Odyssey" in which the dad goes on a quick day-trip to the moon and talks to his little girl on a picture phone seemed both exciting and attainable in short order.

Oh that's for certain. I remember int he late 60's thinking that I'd be SO old in 2000...almost 40, older than my parents. It seemed so far off, but it sure did pick up speed.

[linda_22003]

If you think getting to forty was fast, wait till you're fifty. That will be coming along any minute now.