1952? It's pretty good. There was a World War that ended in 1945 and the United States has troops fighting Communism over in Korea right now, but things are peaceful where I am in Michigan. The economy's recovered since your time, too.

Technologically speaking, we have a lot of great things. Like television, jet planes, and streptomycin--that's an antibiotic that can treat tuberculosis. [And yes, he finds that even cooler than TV and jets. It did save a ton of lives, after all.]