As a kid in the mid 80's I used to watch 'Towards 2000' on the telly (later to become 'Beyond 2000')- I couldn't wait till New Years Day, 2000 when I would wake up, look out my window and every one of these fantastic inventions was suddenly just 'there'. Terribly exciting stuff...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- im grade 2, my teacher said that she was 2000 years old and i belived her— ---pepsi---
- i used to think technology was "flying cars" and that we would have them by the year 2000.— josieg
- I used to believe that when the year 2000 came around we would all turn into robots - how silly of me— Andy
- In the mid 90's, I used to believe that babies who were born in the year 2000 would live forever.Anon
- i thought aliens would come to earth year 2000 because of a commercial were an alien ate a hot dog— ulle
- I couldn't wait to turn 20 so I could go through the Roaring 20's and be a flapper like my Grandma.— Susan Bonnell