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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I wanna again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, Windy enough for you? Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottled water. Find a little shelter. Get behind the windbreak, and let's see what's happening out there.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.52 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $5.15 all the way up to $5.40 a pound depending on their quality, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings, $3.07 a pound on the top end. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:Yesterday, yesterday, we talked about the things that happened in 1969. Now, guys, that was 57 years ago. Well, you know what? That gave me an idea. I thought I'd write an episode about 57 years into the future.
OK Solberg:What do we take for granted today that in 57 years will seem odd or unusual to the generation of that time? We think we've advanced as far as we can, well, until we say it, then we realize, oh, oh, oh, sure. Something will change, but not that drastically.
OK Solberg:But sometimes drastic change happens. Here's a bible verse and then our future story from Philippians chapter three verse 20. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Again, Philippians three verse four. That's the true future that we should be looking forward to.
OK Solberg:But today, let's see what it might look like in fifty seven years, and that would make it the year 2083. The story begins. In 2026, a man might empty his pockets at the end of the day and thought nothing of it. A few coins, a set of keys, maybe a pocket knife, and some loose change from the hardware store. It may it was simply life.
OK Solberg:Today, we look back and smile at some of those ordinary things. But imagine the year 2083. A grandchild is helping clean out an old dresser drawer. In the back of the drawer sits a dusty key ring from the year 2026. Hanging from it are house keys, car keys, mailbox keys, and, well, a few mystery keys that nobody remembers what they opened.
OK Solberg:What are these? The young child asks. Oh, grandpa laughs. Those were how we got into things back when. The child looked puzzled.
OK Solberg:You you mean your house didn't know it was you? On top of the dresser is a remote control. Buttons cover its surface, and there are four different types all on grandpa's dresser. And what's this, grandpa? That's how we changed television channels back in the day.
OK Solberg:The child stares for a moment. You had to tell the television what you wanted with those little things. Then comes a tangle of bundled of charging cables, long one, short ones, different shapes, different colors, different connectors. The child holds them up like an archaeological discovery. You carried wires everywhere, grandpa? Grandpa nods. If your battery died, you needed one of those to charge it up. The child shakes his head in disbelief. That sounds pretty inconvenient, grandpa. Finally, at the bottom of the drawer are a few quarters, nickels, and pennies. Small metal discs worn smooth by countless hands. What are these for, grandpa? Well, you know what? We used to buy things with them. The child turns one over carefully. You mean actual money? Grandpa smiles. Yep. We had actual money that we carried in our pocket. For a moment, the room grows quiet.
OK Solberg:The funny thing is that in 2026, none of these items seemed remarkable. Keys, remotes, charging cables, and coins were simply part of everyday life. We carried them, used them, misplaced them, and rarely gave them a second thought. Yet history has a way of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary And perhaps that is one of the great lessons of time. The things we assume will always be here are often the very things future generations find the most fascinating. The everyday objects of one generation become the museum pieces of the next generation. This program was brought to you by, in 57 years, I hope I'm not here, for I heard about a mansion he has built for us in glory. But while I'm here, well, it is fun to think.
OK Solberg:Sao until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.