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From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
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Subject	Re: null
Date	2016-02-29 17:35 +0000
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On 2016-02-29, John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:

> The Natural Philosopher writes:
>
>> Do you mean you actually still go shopping in a shop?! How quaint and
>> reassuringly old fashioned!  I sit here with my desktop PC and a man
>> in a van brings it to me.
>
> Yes, if you are wealthy you can afford to have your groceries delivered
> and if everything you buy is standardized and conventional you never
> need to look at or try on anything before you buy it.

Amen.  Don't even talk to my wife about finding clothes that fit.
It's getting so bad that even I'm having trouble these days -
we have to spend half a day trying things on, since size designations
have become meaningless.

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Re: null Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-02-29 08:07 +0000
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    Re: null Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-29 17:35 +0000

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