NOW THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE DATE TO FOCUS ON
We are still well within an acceptable window where this "quantum jump" could happen -- but now there is no absolute date for us to obsess on.
The closest we have to a timeline is the statement we read earlier -- indicating that it would be "approximately 30 years" after 1981.
However, they did not say "35 years" -- they said "approximately" 30 years.
Therefore, anything much past 33 years from 1981 would probably have caused them to lean towards a figure of 35 years instead of 30.
In some ways I am relieved that we have now passed a hurdle where there is no absolute date for us to argue over.
I do believe some very significant and wonderful events are set to occur between now and whenever this finally happens.