I'd email a goodby to my kids and friends. Then spend the day with my wife, hanging out and making love. We'd have a really great last meal and go to bed, letting the world end while in each other's arms.
It would take several days to get to them (most flights from here have 8 to 10 hour layovers). I imagine the phone lines would be jammed, especially the international ones. So, yes email.
I know most of you do not believe I'm on a boat anchored in the Caribbean, but if I'm to keep up the pretense, then I couldn't exactly say we'd get together for a last meal, could I?
Anyway, the chauffeur who drives the Rolls, which is how we'd get to the airport, (you wouldn't expect us to take a taxi, would you? How common, really!) is on strike, and the fucking Lear jet is broken again.
Yeah but if you're trusting the internet service providers will still be up and running, why not call your kids over the net? Or webcam them, so you can say goodbye sort-of-face-to-face?
"To kids,
Can't write much - busy bonking wife before apocalypse. Hope you're looking after your mothers and there's enough food in the fridge to last you until the end of the world.
Belated happy birthdays, thanksgivings, christmases and new years. Sorry I wasn't really around.
Ever lived in a 3rd world country? When you were there, assuming you weren't in a tourist hotel, did you find an internet connection fast enough to webcam anyone? I've had dial-up faster than the connections on many islands. I don't know how to 'call your kids over the net'.
If the internet works and I can get a message out, then perhaps they will get it before the end. That's a hell of a lot better than a continual busy signal or total silence, don't you think?
Anyway, I'm sure they have their own lives to put in order, and loved ones they'd like to spend their last hours with, so I'm sure the conversation, if I got through on the phone, would not be all that long.
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I'd email a goodby to my kids and friends. Then spend the day with my wife, hanging out and making love. We'd have a really great last meal and go to bed, letting the world end while in each other's arms.
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You'd email your kids goodbye?!
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It would take several days to get to them (most flights from here have 8 to 10 hour layovers). I imagine the phone lines would be jammed, especially the international ones. So, yes email.
I know most of you do not believe I'm on a boat anchored in the Caribbean, but if I'm to keep up the pretense, then I couldn't exactly say we'd get together for a last meal, could I?
Anyway, the chauffeur who drives the Rolls, which is how we'd get to the airport, (you wouldn't expect us to take a taxi, would you? How common, really!) is on strike, and the fucking Lear jet is broken again.
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Yeah but if you're trusting the internet service providers will still be up and running, why not call your kids over the net? Or webcam them, so you can say goodbye sort-of-face-to-face?
"To kids,
Can't write much - busy bonking wife before apocalypse. Hope you're looking after your mothers and there's enough food in the fridge to last you until the end of the world.
Belated happy birthdays, thanksgivings, christmases and new years. Sorry I wasn't really around.
Love,
thegypsydaddy"
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Ever lived in a 3rd world country? When you were there, assuming you weren't in a tourist hotel, did you find an internet connection fast enough to webcam anyone? I've had dial-up faster than the connections on many islands. I don't know how to 'call your kids over the net'.
If the internet works and I can get a message out, then perhaps they will get it before the end. That's a hell of a lot better than a continual busy signal or total silence, don't you think?
Anyway, I'm sure they have their own lives to put in order, and loved ones they'd like to spend their last hours with, so I'm sure the conversation, if I got through on the phone, would not be all that long.
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Your connection to IIN seems pretty solid :P
Anyway, this is an entirely hypothetical scenario that we've probably spent too longer considering so I'll leave you be.