Scott Morgan knew his time traveling invention would forever change the course of his life, and possibly the course of humanity. “This was something I had been working on for over twenty years,” said the 45 year old Morgan, a physics major from Stanford. “To finally see things come together, is just incredible to me. There were days I didn’t think it was going to happen, but here we are.” Where Morgan ended up was the Stapleton neighborhood in Denver, Colorado in 2015. “I wanted to see what things were like thirty years from my present day, 1985,” said Morgan. “I live in Denver, and I wanted to head out to the airport first thing to see the massive differences in airplane technology. But, apparently the airport has moved, and I stumbled on this garage sale. I decided to look around.”
Morgan noticed that clothing, toys, and furniture really hadn’t changed much. “I guess I had some wild thoughts that everything would be different. But, that really wasn’t the case. Vehicles seemed to be a lot bigger. Gas must be a lot cheaper than the $0.89 per gallon it is back in 1985, or more than likely, they finally figured out a cleaner, more efficient way to fuel a vehicle than gasoline. But really, things seem shockingly similar.” Morgan deduced a lot about 2015 living by looking at the items being sold at the garage sales. “Family sizes must be getting bigger,” said Morgan. “Everyone was either buying baby clothes or selling baby clothes and cribs and high chairs. No wonder everyone needs these big houses.” Morgan estimated that in 2015, families probably average 5.5 kids.
But the biggest advancement according to Morgan was the production efficiencies there must be in 2015. “Supply and demand is something time cannot change,” said Morgan. “I was able to find some incredible items at a very cheap price. In fact, I am heading right back to 1985 with two of them just so I don’t lose these treasures. I actually found a fax machine for $2. In 1985, that would cost well over $100. How is it that even a used fax machine could go for a cost of $2? They must be producing them very easily now, probably all automated. Really exciting advancement.” The seller of the item, Tom Lowe, says he knew something was off with Morgan, but was happy to get rid of the fax machine. “He was so excited about it, I threw in my dual cassette recorder for $1. He was over the moon.”
Morgan says he will take some time off of time traveling for a while, simply to take in what he learned. “I learned so much from this trip,” said Morgan. “And truthfully, I may end up reselling my purchases for a handsome sum. This was a really productive trip. I’m not sure what more I could learn about life in 2015 than what I learned on this trip. The main thing is that everyone must communicate via fax machine, which is why used ones are so cheap. Everyone has them. People probably write notes to each other by faxing all day long. Heck, there’s a chance people even fax each other sexual notes, a practice people call ‘saxing.’” Lowe hopes Morgan will come back next year. “I’m pretty sure I have some old cordless phones I could get the guy at an incredible cost. He’s going to be psyched.”
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