I'm pretty sure those who were adults of 70 years ago would have said the same thing (great depression and WW2).  Not those who were children then, because they didn't have anything to contrast it to, so those times would have been normal.  You always contrast things with the times when you were most impressionable. 

We have seen a lot of natural disasters, but are there really MORE, or is it just that our perception of it is more because we have better information technology now.  A tsunami and earth quake hits Japan and we know about it immediately in our own homes because of the internet.  It took quite a bit longer than that for "the world" to know about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. 

These things have a way of balancing themselves out -- the pendulum swings one way, it reaches it's apex, and then it swings back.  The truly comfortable times are in the middle, but in order for those times to be truly appreciated, there have to be periods of extreme.

SUPERMANN !!! PLEASE ! HELP ...

Wrong, I'm not just someone.... I'm me.

And what if it's Wednesday someplace else... like here right now.

Has been Wednesday for 1 hour 47 mins

Of course he is. Didn't you know that his first name is Methusala, his last is Lazarus and somewhere in between is the dreaded ... Master Blaster of Fartdom.

Sadly, I can only go forward about 10 - 12 hours.

If I could go back.... well I'd change that losing lottery ticket to something better.

Hmmmm, that 30 mil would be rather nice about now, me thinks.

Too late, I've had scientists genetically engineer cabbage to grow already currified.

We'd have to ask Po` about that.  Funny thing you mention it, I had forgotten all about it for ages, but I was thinking the same thing last night, as in what had happened to it.

Now for my awful prediction of 2011!  While other crops become short in supply for various reasons, cabbage will yield bumper crops throughout the world and curried cabbage will become the staple diet of the human race.

Well we could always supply him a gas mask.

However, I think the reason ET is unlikely to visit planet Earth is because mankind has become so aggressive and violent in its ill-conceived idea of modern civilization.  ET's may have visited ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Mayans, etc, but we'd have to improve a 1000% on what we've become before they'd come back again.

I mean, just take a look at all the sci-fi movies/shows that represent aliens as invaders, about 99.999% of them, and how we Earthlings open up all guns a blazing to defeat them.  Yeah, I'm sure that benevolent and friendly ET"S want to come here after tuning into our TV stations, etc.  It is quite likely that ET has the technology and power to wipe us from the face of the planet, and probably has for centuries.  The fact that we're still here suggests to me that ET is not a warmonger and has not interest or intention of invading Earth or acts of aggression.