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   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <463mloF98pa0U3@individual.net>, oO  writes   
      
   >"Poldie"  wrote in message   
   >news:1140516644.418233.219970@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   >banana wrote:   
   >> He's wrong about the cost. They are far cheaper than £85 and are already   
   >> in widespread use in pets and livestock. Nor are they only made by   
   >> Verichip/Applied.   
   >   
   >Well on form for Monbiot then.  I remember him wailing in the Grauniad   
   >about how manufacturers design `throw-away` electronic gear that you   
   >have to replace rather than fix yourself by fiendishly using screws   
   >that normal screwdrivers can't unscrew. It obviously escaped him that   
   >you can buy Torx screwdrivers in practically every hardware store in   
   >the country.   
   >   
   >Yeah but how many people know this or can be bothered to buy Torx? He is   
   >correct that we now live in a society where most things are disposed of   
   >rather than fixed.   
      
   Yes - I didn't read the article, but it sounds as though his point was   
   completely right.   
      
   --   
   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)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)