I have a serious *hypothetical* problem. Help!

[tenniscasey]

I'd immediately find a church I'm comfortable in, and seek sanctuary in return for whatever labor I can provide.

Maybe churches don't exist in the future you're describing, but I strongly doubt they'd entirely be gone, considering the thousands of religious organizations that exist today.

Or perhaps you personally don't go to church because you don't believe in a supreme being, which is 100% legit. But myself, if I'm going to believe in extra-terrestrials, I'm going to believe in a supreme being as well.

[Hood_Man]

You could make a living as a strongman, as everyone else's muscles will have atrophied through lack of use thanks to new mobility devices for lazy people.

"Observe, my beloved little insects, my amazing strength!" *snaps pencil with one hand*

[gregor.b]

If all else fails, find the nearest Registrar General's Office, or Births, Deaths and Marriages. From there, check for your registered birth date and then go to the authorities.

If you have no success, then go to the tv stations and tell you have a wonderful new skin secret that will make you look 40 years younger. You will have the proof age wise at least. By the time anyone catches on, you will have made enough money to hire lawyers etc.

Hope this helps,

Fellow Time Traveller,

Greg.

[TheCheese]

You should've brought a souvenir from the spaceship.

[sabala]

Unless you were pronounced "legally dead" there would probably still be a missing persons file on you. I would go to police or maybe journalists and say I have information on the disappearance of Sentinel from back in 2012. Then tell them it's me and I've come back. Wouldn't mention E.T.s right away though... I would probably say amnesia or something.

DNA testing, especially by then, should easily prove this, plus you would be identical to all pictures/video taken of you. Any living friends/relatives still alive would remember you looking exactly the same as they last saw you and could identify you.

The E.T. trip would be up to you to mention, and who knows, maybe it would be more believable decades from now. If you did talk about it, maybe you would be taken by gubmint peoples for questioning

Btw, did you get any good pics with the alien peeps on your cell phone?

[Hood_Man]

This won't help you with your professional career, but just for fun choose a new identity, remember where you were when you went missing and what date, and once a year turn up at that place and turn yourself into an Urban Myth.

Or if you don't remember you can just choose somewhere that meant a lot to you when you were "alive."

You could actually make a living from merchandise if it takes off.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by The Meat

Roll a 7 and move straight to Jail. You might get probed a little more, but you will get food and shelter.

Problem solved.

I don't know what a "7" is, but this morning as i woke up, it did occur to me (or was it as I fell asleep last night), that I could commit a petty crime and get put into a locker for a few days. However, we do have cases of undertrials spending decades in jail ...

Originally Posted by tenniscasey

I'd immediately find a church I'm comfortable in, and seek sanctuary in return for whatever labor I can provide.

Maybe churches don't exist in the future you're describing, but I strongly doubt they'd entirely be gone, considering the thousands of religious organizations that exist today.

Or perhaps you personally don't go to church because you don't believe in a supreme being, which is 100% legit. But myself, if I'm going to believe in extra-terrestrials, I'm going to believe in a supreme being as well.

Actually this is one of the first options i thought of. I am in India, so temples will always be there. But I'd hate to live off them.

Sabala:

Btw, did you get any good pics with the alien peeps on your cell phone?

You've not been paying attention
First off, I have one of those ole fashuned Nokia 5510 types that don't have cameras. Second, in the weeks/months I was on board, the batteries died out. I didn't take my charger along, and cell-phones are now history in 2052. Even today (in 2012) getting a charger for a 5510 is impossible where I am.

I also mentioned that whoever I know is dead or almost dead (they'd be in their 90's), so I can't expect help from them.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by Hood_Man

You could make a living as a strongman, as everyone else's muscles will have atrophied through lack of use thanks to new mobility devices for lazy people.

"Observe, my beloved little insects, my amazing strength!" *snaps pencil with one hand*

Haha !

Vive Le:

well, take a horse, a camel, a tauntaun or whatever you can find, and go at the following address:

1640 Riverside Drive, Hill Valley


you should find a guy able to help you.

It just occurred to me that the same scenario happened in that 1978 movie, Close Encounters -- those guys abducted in 1945 were returned 30 years later looking just the same.

As far as all those of you suggestion writing a book, or TV shows, at this point not sure it would catch on much in India, or be of any interest to the TV/media people. Hopefully, in 40 years things would have changed.

[emilyhex]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

Haven't seen it, will try to if i have the chance.

Yes, it is likely there may be others too. However, you remember the movie Contact in which Jodie Foster ultimately decided to keep mum.

Telling me that I would find someone with experience etc doesn't comfort me one bit. I need a solid action plan, or at least some set of options that give me hope in dealing with this situation.

Your comfort is of little concern to us.

Watching you try to derive an action plan amuses us a great deal, we couldn't have planned this better. I can't wait until you realize this isn't *hypothetical*

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by emilyhex

Your comfort is of little concern to us.

Watching you try to derive an action plan amuses us a great deal, we couldn't have planned this better. I can't wait until you realize this isn't *hypothetical*

*eyes popping out*

Yeah, I am concerned that a lot of posters I've never seen before are posting in this thread. So this is all a setup ?

[sabala]

In 2052, 90 is the new 50 so your friends & family will be fine & ready to catch up!

Anyway, sounds like a crazy episode of Survivorman to me...

"I've just been punked by aliens who talked me into taking a trip with them to the other side of the galaxy..."

Btw, did you ever watch the show, Life on Mars?

[stringertom]

I dedicate the following to my fellow canine-loving time traveler...it's been 40 years since I heard Jerry Jeff Walker sing the original version:

I knew a man, Mr. Sentinel, and he'd dance for you
With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
Then he lightly touched down

I met him in a cell in Delhi town, I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
As he spoke right out
He talked of life, talked of life and laughed
Clicked his heels and stepped

He said his name, Mr. Sentinel, and he danced a lick
Across the cell
He grabbed his pants and spread his stance
Oh, he jumped so high and then he clicked his heels
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh
And shook back his clothes all around

Mr. Sentinel, Mr. Sentinel, Mr. Sentinel...Dance!

He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout the South
He spoke through tears of 15 years, how his dog and him
Traveled about
The dog up and died, he up and died
And after 20 years he still grieves

He said I dance now in honky tonks
For drinks and tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars
'Cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please

Mr. Sentinel, Mr. Sentinel, Mr. Sentinel...Dance!

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by sabala

In 2052, 90 is the new 50 so your friends & family will be fine & ready to catch up!

Anyway, sounds like a crazy episode of Survivorman to me...

"I've just been punked by aliens who talked me into taking a trip with them to the other side of the galaxy..."

Btw, did you ever watch the show, Life on Mars?

Nope, never heard of Survivorman or Life on Mars. But i have seen that amazingly asinine Mars Attacks, Total Recall, and one more slightly better one - possibly called Mission to Mars.

'90 is the new 50' is a comforting thought. Except for the fact that keeping the body alive or replacing body parts is still not good enough. It is the mind that, for most, makes life hell as they age. Memories, the inability to adapt, things of this sort are far more difficult to manage and we've made no headway in this area, nor does it seem anyone is addressing these issues.

[JohnnyCracker]

the answer to your all your questions is 42

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by emilyhex

Your comfort is of little concern to us.

Watching you try to derive an action plan amuses us a great deal, we couldn't have planned this better. I can't wait until you realize this isn't *hypothetical*

So when and where is the pickup (beam up)?

Food Preference: Indian Vegetarian
Seat Preference: Aisle (extra leg space pls).
Drink: Martini (shaken not stirred)

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCracker

the answer to your all your questions is 42

please specify the base, wise-guy

[LuckyR]

I don't know what you're gonna do, but I can tell you what I would do:

1) I could prove who I am by my DNA.

2) Because of that, I would be a media sensation since I will be 40 years younger than I should be.

3) I could parlay #2 into significant amounts of whatever has replaced money, either by telling my story, or by peddling snake oil as a fountain of youth.

4) I would go hang with my daughter, who would be late in her career. I would meet my great, great grandkids, which few get to do.

5) I would reap the benefits of whatever Medical Science has learned in the previous 40 years which should boost my life expectancy dramatically above my peers (the 40 year advantage notwithstanding).