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|    Robert Bannister to Your Name    |
|    Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti    |
|    17 Jan 14 09:19:50    |
      XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science       From: robban@clubtelco.com              On 16/01/2014 1:56 pm, Your Name wrote:              > It is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past ... until you       > realise you don't have some annoying kid kicking the back of your seat       > all the way, a teenager with his iPod turned up full volume, a drunken       > smelly guy sitting opposite you who looks like he'll be sick at any       > minute, a gossipy old woman sitting next to you who won't shut up, the       > inability to properly open a window in the middle of summer, ...              Some people just don't like people. At my age, I wouldn't travel on the       train at night, but it would be fine by day if only it went somewhere I       want to go.       --       Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England        1972-now W Australia              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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