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   XPost: alt.politics.british   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <2m85l19d61pb82apn9lljjesmcr2vi9nl6@4ax.com>, Doug Weller   
    writes   
      
   >On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:23:53 +0100, in uk.people.consumers, banana wrote:   
   >[SNIP]   
   >>   
   >>Ditto if library staff ask for your date of birth. Why on earth should   
   >>they need to know? If they want to 'cater their policies according to   
   >>the demographics of the membership' (rather than astrology) - well by   
   >>all means, tell them you're in your 50s or 20s or whatever.   
   >   
   >But don't expect to get privileges associated with certain ages, right? If   
   >you want to be treated as under 16, over 60, etc. it seems reasonable to   
   >provide your date of birth.   
      
   Why does it?   
      
   Why not just ask 'are you under 16 or over 60'?   
      
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   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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