Flying Cars

 

A flying car as reported yesterday by the BBC here.

Impressive, but presumably colossally expensive. Can't see any flying "car" like this to be something many of us ordinary people would ever own. It's not so much a flying car, but a car that can convert into a plane, and vice versa. A flying car that looks like an actual car will never exist. It will always look like a plane or a helicopter, and that will limit their appeal even if they were remotely affordable (which they won't be).

And also forget about your flying skateboards.

Life back in 1300

I have no idea what peoples lives were like centuries ago. Say in 1300 or whenever. Were the common people mostly hungry all the time? Constantly suffering from plague, disease, illness? Was life short, nasty and brutal? How did they entertain themselves? They didn't have the Internet, nor TV, nor books (and they couldn't read anyway). And what would they think of our modern world?

And if I went back in time to 1300, what would they think of me? Would I be able to blend in? Would they think I'm weird?

The unvaccinated

 From here. 

Around the world, patience with those who are wilfully unvaccinated is running out in the face of yet another viral surge. 

Those who are unvaccinated do not equate to vaccine sceptics.  Also, what is the meaning of the word "wilfully" in this context?

Why weren't they "impatient" with the Governments of the world not taking decisive radical action back in January 2020 and countless times since?  Why weren't they (and aren't they), "impatient" with those who make absolutely no attempt to keep away from others?  Why weren't they (and aren't they) "impatient" with those who say/said the virus is just like flu or a bad cold, or that the virus will simply die out (eg Elon Musk et al)?  

If everyone were like me, the virus would never had had a cat in hell's chance.