Some Predictions For the Next Century

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the December 2009 (Number 393) edition of The Crestwood Adviser and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Crestwood in Crestwood, Illinois. *

Last month's Adviser posed the question of how our world would be 100 years from now.  Readers were asked to gaze into their crystal ball and venture their guesses.  Here are some of the responses we got:

*  Space travel will be commonplace and offer travel to future vacation destinations.

*  We will no longer be dependent on fossil fuel, which will be replaced by inexpensive energy sources such as solar and wind power.  (Editor's note: Wind power from Congress?)

*  The post office will go the way of the pony express because mail will be delivered electronically.

*  We'll be considered middle aged when we hit 75 years old.  (Editor's note: And we can get Social Security when we're 100?)

*  Our diet will be pills replacing traditional food. (Editor's note:  No pizza? No burgers? I'd rather be dead.)

*  Sports will be played only by amateurs because professional athletes and owners will price themselves out of business.  (Editor's note: I thought the Bears already used only amateurs.)

*  Power cords will be a thing of the past and replaced by what we use to power Wi-Fi.  Today.

*  Autos will be replaced by a GPS-guided vehicle that will fly through the air and take off and land vertifcally.  (Editor's note: I think we call them helicopters.)

*  Congress will find a way to tax the air we breathe.  (Editor's note: Aren't they doing that now?)

*  Lawn mowers will be run by remote control and operated from your chaise lounge.  (Editor's note: Today we call them grandkids.)

*  Facts about UFOs will be made public.

*  The Cubs will win the pennant, (Editor's note: Must be a Sox fan.  Cubs fans would say they won the World Series.)

*  The lost continent of Atlantis will be discovered.  (Editor's note: Sounds fishy.)

*  We'll stay on standard time and stop pushing clocks forward and backward. (Editor's note: But how will we check our smoke alarms?)

* Mental telepathy will be our primary source of communication. (Editor's note: And the divorce rate will soar.)

Well, you get the idea.  These are some of the predictions we got from our readers.  Got any thoughts on what our world will look like 100 years or so?  Drop us a line at the Adviser.

These are just predictions, aspiring Nostradamuses, and there's no penalty for being wrong, just like weathermen.  You might even spark an idea for an invention.

No need to feel silly writing a silly suggestion.  Nobody reading this will be around to make fun of you.