Thus spake lurking horror  :

>In article , curmudgeon
> wrote:
>
>> You know you are old when you are secretly disappointed that we are still
>> waiting for the advent of moving sidewalks, 3-D television, and flying cars.
>> 
>
>"Secretly" disappointed? No secret. I want to commute with a jetpack.
>And visit a big-ass rotating space station for vacation. At least we
>FINALLY got the huge screen TV hanging on the wall. For those that can
>afford it, anyway.

Yeah, secretly disappeared about 15 years ago.

OB huge TVs.  There's a hotel in Bangkok that has 52 inch LCDs on the
ceiling, over the bed.  Along with an HD camera.  And a remote.  And
not, apparently, a cheap hotel.  Rooms run around $250/night and up.
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