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   From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 17/01/14 01:28, Robert Bannister wrote:   
   >   
   > For a while last year, I was without a car so I signed up for online   
   > shopping, but fortunately got the car back before it became necessary.   
   > If I were still working, things would be different, but now I'm retired   
   > doing a little bit of shopping every day gets me out of the house and is   
   > partly a social occasion.   
      
   Yes. It's worth remembering that we may be able to automate the primary   
   function of shopping there are secondary functions too. Someone at home   
   most of the time may need to get out or go stir-crazy.   
      
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