New York Post revealed that letter started with the line “Hello whoever you are.”
“This gear is near the top of the PC scale right now,” he wrote.
“The big deal at the moment is the internet. This is just exploding and every man and his dog wants to ‘surf’ the internet. Please tell me this expression has now died.”
He added he drives an Isuzu four-wheel drive, “but I sincerely hope that by the time you read this, there is some other form of nonpolluting form of transport.”
Back in 1995, a loaf of bread cost AUS$2.25 ($1.76), a case of Carlton Cold beer was just AUS$24.90 ($19.43) and one liter of fuel cost only 68 Australian cents ($0.53) — a price that seems unimaginable today.
“Hope I haven’t made the future look too bleak, but if one focuses on the problems of today, they would probably seem bleaker. We’re however, having a ball,” he said.
“We hope you enjoy living here as we did.”
Facebook users have been seriously impressed by his insights.
“Some accurate foresight there!” wrote Ben Frazer.
“I was one year old when this was done it’s always interesting to see how times change,” wrote Trent Schaffer.
“He wasn’t far off the money there,” said James Galdal.
“Hey Greg, what’s Tuesday’s lotto numbers?”
“Imagine if I gave you those! I’d have to hide my children!” Wilkinson responded.
In a separate comment, he thanked people for their interest.
“What a hoot. You have all been so kind and complimentary.”
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