"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:08:39 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

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I bought extra dozens of 5x8 and 8.5x11 lined note pads for
post-EMP
times. Those and extra mechanical pencils. They could double
as
gifts from the primitive race to the aliens in exchange for an
AutoDoc
and a ton of medical nannites, whenever that happens.

:-)

What are the odds that the aliens would have nannites tailored
for the human race? :-)

When they see our cute and primitive writing tools, they'll make
them
specially for us. Remember, THEY are the advanced race.

IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!

I remember that episode,'To Serve Man'. LOL! One Step Beyond,
right? Watched it religiously, along with Twilight Zone, Outer
Limits, and all the Star Treks. I'm seriously hoping we meet much
more neutral and friendly aliens, and that they're waiting for us to
outgrow the warlike stage (which we've been in for far too long)
before they contact us.

http://librebood.com/libre/C.%20Arthur%20Clarke/Childhood's%20End%20(1796)/Childhood's%20End%20-%20C.%20Arthur%20Clarke.pdf

That and "The Sentinel" (alien beacon) were combined into "2001".

--jsw