It's January of 2050, where are you?

[liberalhistorian]

Well, I know where I'll be. I'll be 85 years old and my son will have me in some ancient nursing home in the middle-of-nowhere, Nebraska, and he'll visit me for two hours every Christmas Eve!

Hopefully, I'll still be able to post on DU, if any of you are still alive and if old people are even still allowed to exist once the repubs have been in control of everything for decades! :P :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[New Earth]

1. uh

totally not....


alive....

[Massacure]

2. Europe

Laughing at how the country I was raised in is poor and backwards.

[liberalhistorian]

17. Where

in Europe would you be?

[Massacure]

54. The U.K. or Spain.

I know there are better European countries, but I only know english and spanish.

[Sanity Claws]

76. What about Ireland?

[democracyindanger]

3. Getting pulled over in my flying car

[BiggJawn]

4. Probably on the bottom of the Atlantic and Lake Superior

Because even though I should be "only" 93, with the continued decline in health care and SSI, I'll either be dead "naturally" or long-gone to the Soylent Green factory...

[Maple]

5. Weekending on Mars

Maybe doing some skiing...red powder...then a dip in the mineral springs.

[x-g.o.p.er]

6. I'll be 87, maybe we'll be in the same nursing home, lol.

[liberalhistorian]

15. Hey, maybe we will!

Whichever one of us is in a wheelchair, the other can push it around, then we can take turns posting on DU! Maybe we can get other old DUers to join us and have a "DU Old Farts Wing!"

[x-g.o.p.er]

38. Yeah, that would be cool!

But what if it's a fundie home? You know, We will have no control over where our children put us, and I have a feeling I'll be a cantankerous old bastard, and my daughters will put me in "Jerry Falwell's Touch of Heaven" just to spite me, lol.

If that's the case, I hope I have Alzheimer's so I won't know where I am.

[liberalhistorian]

47. LOL!

I'll definitely second that, I'd rather have full-blown Alzheimer's than recognize that I'm in a fundie home. Although I'd hate to think that my son would ever put me in a fundie home in the first place!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. If I'm still around, I'll be 100

but I intend to be a feisty old lady to the very end. :-)

[liberalhistorian]

48. And we wouldn't have

you any other way!

[pres2032]

8. will be in my 60s and an ex-president

and working on my nobel peace prize

[Grace]

9. I'll be old....

And hopefully up and still running :)

[NightTrain]

10. Probably dead.

Given the track record in my immediate family, I'll be lucky to see 2030, let alone 2050. :shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

13. Dean, I sure hope that

won't be the case, I hope you'll be around until at least 2060!!!

[NightTrain]

28. 2060? I'll be 94 years old, fer chrissake!

On my various pharmacy-driving jobs, I've been dealing with the elderly for more than seven years. During that time, I've witnessed just about every example of the ravages of aging. I'd rather be dead than suffering from a lot of what I've seen those poor people dealing with!

[Midnight Rambler]

11. 67 years old

Making films and operating my own perfectly legal marijuana farm.

[meow2u3]

12. Most likely six feet under

Not to mention dead, expired, in heaven (I hope to God).

[AngryAmish]

44. no, you'll be pinin' for the fjords

[catbert836]

14. New Zealand

Since I'm a teenager now, I'll still be livin' the high life, at least until we're overrun by the US under Marvin Bush

[liberalhistorian]

19. ARRRGGGHHH,

Marvin Bush, don't even think that, or any other Bush ever being prez, lol!

[catbert836]

26. Still going to NZ

I'm fed up w/ the US, and NZ's the prettiest country on earth, from what I saw of Lord of the Rings.

[LDS Jock]

16. the republican owned prisons for those of us who are 7

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2439300

[JohnKleeb]

dude they aint gonna have those cuz one day, this nation will be free

[LDS Jock]

24. then I'll be somewhere picking on Kleeb

[liberalhistorian]

25. SIGH.

I sure as hell hope you're wrong!

[StaggerLee]

18. I'll be 83 years old

And dating 18 and 19 year old girls.

Nathan Birnbaum we miss you. :)

[supernova]

20. I'll be 88 and sitting here reading DU

:evilgrin: :D

[liberalhistorian]

29. Hey, maybe we

can get into the same nursing home Johnny Depp will be in! We can take turns with him, even. Now, wouldn't that be neat?:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[tyedyeto]

21. I will be 98.....

There is longevity in the family (g'father passed away at 98, great g'ma was 99) so there is a chance I may still be around. Hopefully will still be alert and useful as they were at that age.

[CO Liberal]

27. Me. Too

But since the only relative I know of who lived into their nineties (my paternal gransmother) lived to 94, chances are I won't be around.

[tyedyeto]

31. ya never know.....

It could happen.........

[smbolisnch]

22. 70 years old, and hopefully retired.

Who know the way things are going! :scared:

[liberalhistorian]

32. Yeah, really, the

retirement age will probably be around 80 or older by that time! I can see us all shuffling around the aisles of Wal-Mart ten hours a day, half-deaf, getting paid just enough to keep us sleeping on our kids' couches!

[smbolisnch]

39. Terrifying thought isn't it?

:scared:

[rasputin1952]

23. Either dead...or wishing I was...I'd be 98...

:evilgrin:

[tyedyeto]

30. Don't say that.......

my g'father (even tho he was a Republican, he wasn't a Repug) lived to 98 and he was playing golf 6 weeks b4 he passed.

[NNadir]

33. I'll be 98. Most likely dead.

That's cool. The nice thing about dying is that no matter how bad things get, you still always inevitably escape.

My youngest son will be my age. I hope he and his brother will be alright. I'm really fearful of what they will experience.

[Hans Delbrook]

34. I'll be 85 too!

And sincerely wishing that we have a handle on Alzheimer's by then since at age 85 your chances of having it are almost exactly the same as not having it, no matter what you family history.

And being w/o children I get to choose my own nursing home! (It will not be in Nebraska... I'm thinking Hawaii!)

[Maple]

35. Why are DUers

always so depressed?

[Penndems]

36. Six feet under

I'll have been gone a LONG time when 2050 rolls around. :(

[osaMABUSh]

37. I'll be 93 and probably alive - it's in the genes

Of my grandparents, besides my mother's mom the earliest to go was her dad at 88. My dad's dad lived till 95 and his wife till 92. They all died 30 years ago when life expectancies were years less than today. My parents are 85 and 87 and are going strong w/o any living assistance. I have an Uncle who is 95 and an Aunt who is 94 and another who will be 99 in a couple of months. And they all are Dems with very active minds. A couple of more younger Aunts who are in their 80's. Another Uncle of mine died when he was 93 - he killed himself with a rifle.

So unless I get hit by a bus I'll probably be sitting somewhere in 2050 bitching online (or whatever technology exists then) about how George W Bush (officially, in the history books, the 'Worst President Ever' at that point) screwed up Social Security back in '05.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

40. I'll be 67

and too broke to retire. :)

[vixengrl]

41. In cryo, busted for thoughtcrimes...*again*....

Nah, too negative. I'll be chasing cabanaboys in the lovely warm beach resort of Buffalo, NY--watching the seas rise, and getting daily laser surgeries to correct what will be referred to as "An overdose of Vitamin UV".

[Bouncy Ball]

42. I'll be 77 and partying HARD.

Drinking too much, yelling "FUCK YOU" to random passing hovercrafts, mooning TV cameras, shit like that.

[AngryAmish]

43. In a wheelchair, thinking about porn

[More Than A Feeling]

45. I am 66 and have finished my second term as president

I now own and operate a small bookstore. The death penalty has been abolished, marijuana is legal and so is abortion, although the abortion rate is below 100 per year, thanks to new social programs, including National Healthcare. Gays have the all the rights heteros get from the state for marriage, however churchs still have the right to marry anyone or not as their beliefs allow. Missile defense has been shelved for decades. Oil ran out about ten years ago, but thanks to rising oil prices, individuals had strong incentive to innovate, and a viable and ecologically friendly substitute was discovered.

The religious right was discredited after they used their influence to run Roy Moore as the GOP nominee in 2012. Under the direction of President Arnold Schwarzeneggar, the GOP marginalized the fundamentalists and moved back towards the center. This, in turn, allowed Democrats to move left, and the Dems and Green party merged, uniting the left.

[liberalhistorian]

66. Wow!

Here's to hoping that actually comes true!! Then we can say we "knew you when."

[More Than A Feeling]

71. I'll do my best!

Naturally, I won't be able to do it without the support of everyone here.

[Endangered Specie]

46. 66... still voting Democratic

(even if the elections are just for show) ;)

[BBradley]

49. I'll be 63, and a slave to my corporate overlords.

On edit - Shoddy math... fackin' public schools.

[deadparrot]

50. 63...hopefully living abroad in Europe.

But still voting from overseas, and making sure my family does the same. :)

[karlrschneider]

51. Whatever's left of me will be 108. I suspect the ashes will have long

been dispersed over the planet. Hey, some of the atoms from this corpus might end up in your grandkid's milk! That's a little comforting. :D

[Parrcrow]

52. I'm 89 and doing what I damn well please.

probably in my pants.

[cry baby]

53. In an urn on the mantle. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

55. Cold and Forgotten!(worm poop)

Unless I live to be 100 years old!

[KDLarsen]

56. 67 & hopefully in New York

.. where I'll be reflecting on a good long life in pursuit of true world peace in the name of the UN.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

57. I'll be a same-aged dirty old bastard

And probably flirt you. ;)

[liberalhistorian]

65. Well, hopefully

I'll still remember my high school and college Espanol, and we can flirt in front of the nursing home staff without them even knowing what's going on! Te gusta? :evilgrin: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

67. ¡Mucho! (nt)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

58. I am 98, and will be refusing to go gently into the dark night.

[RebelOne]

59. I will be long dead.

[NoPasaran]

60. 94---Probably won't make it

Have a glass for me, okay? :beer:

[ikojo]

61. Um....I'll be really really old...that is if I am

not dirt napping by that time (I hope to be challenging authority for a LONG LONG LONG time).

[B Calm]

62. I'll be 99 years old and hopefully enjoying my retirement..

[American Tragedy]

63. 67, and quite possibly dead. Longevity is decidedly not in my genes

although I do intend to hang on, for as long as I'm able to continue on with dignity. I want to see how this all plays out.

[NewJeffCT]

64. Maybe I'll have moved to the California province of China

For my retirement. I'll be 84 years old in 2050, so who knows? Maybe if Bush destroys all of our social safety nets, I'll still be working trying to make ends meet?

Hopefully, my daughter will grow up to rule the world in a positive sense.

[Longgrain]

68. Finally being recognized

for my art and my poetry...:)

I'll be 78 in 2050. My grandfather held out to 86, I might just make it...

[Seabiscuit]

69. I'm a worm farm.

[Kire]

70. I'll be 75 years old.

Don't know if I'll be Dust in the Wind by then, or not. Apologies to any old-timers for letting my depression offend you.

[Arkana]

72. 65, retired, and living in Tuscany

in the house that I've built.

[ZombieNixon]

73. Age 62, a former two-term president

maybe a Nobel Prize winner, most likely an angry, crochety grandpa (j/k), living...somewhere, probably Portland, OR, if it hasn't sunk into the sea by then.

[pink-o]

74. Running my 100th marathon

at age 95!!!!

But most probably the course will be indoors, CGI and we'll all really be on treadmills that imitate marathon conditions, as global warming and the "clean air act" from 40-some years prior has made the environment hostile to outside athletics...

On a serious note, I aspire to live to be a healthy 100 years old. In the next 45 years, I will do whatever it takes to keep myself in shape and stay away from any pharmeceuticals. Of course, bad shit happens and you can't predict the future, but if it's in my control, I'll do it!

[Tom_Foolery]

75. I'll be 89 and saving up to buy a '57 Chevy...

2057 that is. I've always wanted a '57 Chevy, and I figure that's one way to get it.

[DemBones DemBones]

77. Well, if I'm alive, I'll be 102 and surprised. nt

[da_chimperor]

78. Skiing in Switzerland

If global warming hasn't destroyed the ski industry by then. I hope not, I love skiing. :(