Things have got steadily worse since then.
So far nobody has made the big mistake of dropping an H-bomb on anyone, but that's probably because all the governments made so many smaller mistakes the people made the mistake (or was it?) of kicking them out for almost absolute anarchy. But the individuals are doing worse than the governments...if that's possible.
People have given up going anywhere except by foot, for the most part.
Granite City granite is still as widely disbursed and almost as highly prized as South African diamonds.
I hope we will find some way out of our current world crisis, although I can't imagine what it will be.
Meanwhile, I hope you will excuse any typographical errors. It seems as if I just can't seem to hit the right keys on my typewriter any more, as my—and all of our—psionic sterility increases.
I ask hugh—wear wall it owl end?