Five years

[Accy cyclist]

I've just been listening to a local radio phone in. One caller asked what the presenter would do if he'd just heard that we had five minutes before a nuclear bomb hit us. Not much he replied,as in such a short time you couldn't do much. It got me thinking. What would we do if we heard, to quote Bowie;s Five Years song Earth was really dying. How would we go on? What about bank loans for example. Would people pay theirs back. Surely banks wouldn't give out new loans?. What about those studying degrees. There'd be no point as by the time they'd qualified they'd only have a few years in their profession. Would anarchy break our or would their law and order prevail? What do you think would happen and how would you spend your last five years alive?

 

[Tim Hall]

Watch Hard Sun on BBC 1 and find out.

 

[arch684]

Wine woman and wine

 

[winjim]

What exactly is going to happen, by what means and with what certainty?

We know the world is ending. We know it. What are we doing? Not much really, pootling along.

 

[biggs682]

Watch Hard Sun on BBC 1 and find out.

We are finding it quite interesting

 

[mustang1]

What exactly is going to happen, by what means and with what certainty?

We know the world is ending. We know it. What are we doing? Not much really, pootling along.

Yes. I think in a few billion years .Some future generations will figure it out. But closer to home, on a much shorter timescale, people have only a hundred years or so to live: what are they doing?

I know I'm working my ass off, long hours and stuff. I asked my SO if she had a few years left, what would she do and she gave the most interesting answer: just carry on.

It got me thinking, maybe I would just carry on too. I guess that's what we are all doing right now, just carrying on. A few among us will venture out to their bucket lists but most of us will just carry on.

Weird eh?

 

[Drago]

I'd take out a mortgage.

 

[Brandane]

I would stop getting involved in pointless discussions on CC (not meaning this one, Accy), and the internet in general.

 

[Drago]

Is it a general 5 years, or do we know the date of the last day?

 

[ADarkDraconis]

I would continue doing my job because my job still needs done, and spending as much time with family as I can (just like now.) My relatives tend to not be long-lived and both of my best friends passed away unexpectedly at relatively young ages so I do not take tomorrow for granted. Any day we wake up this side of the daisies is a good day! I would, however, make it a point to catch up on last season of Doctor Who as that has been on my to-do list.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Is it a general 5 years, or do we know the date of the last day?

Good question. Let's say it's around 5 years from today,give or take a day or so.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Buy now pay 2024 hmm that could work

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

More bike rides.

and cake

(No OCD here)

 

[winjim]

Good question. Let's say it's around 5 years from today,give or take a day or so.

But is it definitely going to happen or is there a chance we could be spared? I reckon I could manage five years with a smack habit but I wouldn't want to try and come off it if by some miracle we were all saved at the last minute.

 

[Pottsy]

I think sales of this track would dry up. Shame as I quite like it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4