{"id":5683,"date":"2015-05-20T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T03:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2015-05-20T20:05:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T03:05:54","slug":"garage-sale-fax-machine-sold-to-1980s-time-traveler-for-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5683","title":{"rendered":"Garage Sale: Fax Machine Sold to 1980\u2019s Time Traveler for $2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"fax<\/a>Scott Morgan knew his time traveling invention would forever change the course of his life, and possibly the course of humanity. \u201cThis was something I had been working on for over twenty years,\u201d said the 45 year old Morgan, a physics major from Stanford. \u201cTo finally see things come together, is just incredible to me. There were days I didn\u2019t think it was going to happen, but here we are.\u201d Where Morgan ended up was the Stapleton neighborhood in Denver, Colorado in 2015. \u201cI wanted to see what things were like thirty years from my present day, 1985,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cI 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.\u201d\n\nMorgan noticed that clothing, toys, and furniture really hadn\u2019t changed much. \u201cI guess I had some wild thoughts that everything would be different. But, that really wasn\u2019t 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.\u201d Morgan deduced a lot about 2015 living by looking at the items being sold at the garage sales. \u201cFamily sizes must be getting bigger,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cEveryone was either buying baby clothes or selling baby clothes and cribs and high chairs. No wonder everyone needs these big houses.\u201d Morgan estimated that in 2015, families probably average 5.5 kids.\nBut the biggest advancement according to Morgan was the production efficiencies there must be in 2015. \u201cSupply and demand is something time cannot change,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cI 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\u2019t 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.\u201d 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. \u201cHe was so excited about it, I threw in my dual cassette recorder for $1. He was over the moon.\u201d\nMorgan says he will take some time off of time traveling for a while, simply to take in what he learned. \u201cI learned so much from this trip,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cAnd truthfully, I may end up reselling my purchases for a handsome sum. This was a really productive trip. I\u2019m 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\u2019s a chance people even fax each other sexual notes, a practice people call \u2018saxing.\u2019\u201d Lowe hopes Morgan will come back next year. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I have some old cordless phones I could get the guy at an incredible cost. He\u2019s going to be psyched.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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