pointrider
Well-known member
Hey, Mike, I'm with you. I did pretty good in the 1950's and the 1960's as a young cowboy among other things, but I don't believe I am tough enough to have survived the mid and late 1800's - just bein' honest about it.
I decided to start a new thread so we could do a poll on which year folks would choose. We should get more participation that way. In case you don't know, the years 1840 and 2180 are from my last post (before Mike) in the thread, "Sell your ranches while you can!" You'll have to go there to read the question to participate in the poll.
There are a few other little situations I could have added to the 1840 list such as the boom towns and gold rush camps as a result of the California gold rush and the opening of the mines in Nevada and elsewhere, a little matter called the American Civil War and (for all us Texans in the bunch) the carpetbagger takeover of the Texas government after that war that caused the Texas Rangers to go underground to be able to help ranchers and other settlers fight off the raiding Comanches.
No doubt there will be more Columbia-type disasters as we try to go farther and farther into the universe in the year 2200 and hostile environments that will have to be tamed. But, hey, that is the choice in this little exercise. The year, 1840, or the year, 2180? Let's have some fun with this as we learn more about what is being predicted for the future.
I set the poll to run for 30 days.
I decided to start a new thread so we could do a poll on which year folks would choose. We should get more participation that way. In case you don't know, the years 1840 and 2180 are from my last post (before Mike) in the thread, "Sell your ranches while you can!" You'll have to go there to read the question to participate in the poll.
There are a few other little situations I could have added to the 1840 list such as the boom towns and gold rush camps as a result of the California gold rush and the opening of the mines in Nevada and elsewhere, a little matter called the American Civil War and (for all us Texans in the bunch) the carpetbagger takeover of the Texas government after that war that caused the Texas Rangers to go underground to be able to help ranchers and other settlers fight off the raiding Comanches.
No doubt there will be more Columbia-type disasters as we try to go farther and farther into the universe in the year 2200 and hostile environments that will have to be tamed. But, hey, that is the choice in this little exercise. The year, 1840, or the year, 2180? Let's have some fun with this as we learn more about what is being predicted for the future.
I set the poll to run for 30 days.