Time Travel

 

Of course there are line monitors.  There are always long lines for time travel.  The job of the monitors is to explain to those in line that even though there are no restrictions on what you can bring with you into the future, most things will have no value or usefulness.  Many seniors feel they need their money or credit cards.  They are very reluctant to simply go empty-handed.

For many years, I was a line monitor.  The difficult part for some people to grasp is that there are very strict restrictions on what you can bring back from the future.  The answer to that was absolutely nothing.  Nothing could ever return with you.  In fact, they had to sign a form and leave a DNA marker, signifying they read and understood the rules, as well as the consequences for any violation.

Depending on the time you selected, whatever health problems you were suffering would be gone completely.  They don’t exist in the future.  And - oh!  Let me tell you about amusement parks.  Places like Disney Land have no mechanical rides.  They had, years ago, what once was called an E ticket.  That would get you onto the best rides in the park.  Now there is an H ticket.  It is only your hologram that goes on the ride, but you, your actual self, experience all the sensations, all the motion and visual effects.  Trust me, the excitement, and sometimes fear, is real.

I will tell you more about this later, but my coffee is getting cold.

 

Z. Corwin