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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <69wsk9082rlu.czm569ekrrep.dlg@40tude.net>, Brian M. Scott   
    wrote:   
   > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:03:54 -0700, Chrysi Cat   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > > Ugh. The Soviet version of Utopia would be more appealing.   
   > > And then you add in that with no reason to go anywhere,   
   > > everyone would become even more shut-in than I already   
   > > am. And my car just left its garage last night for the   
   > > first time in 2014.   
   >   
   > And I thought that I was bad that way.  Mine’Äôs been to the   
   > dentist twice and to the grocery store twice.   
      
   Me too. I went out on Christmas Eve morning to drop off some small   
   presents to a friend (which I could and should have done on the Friday   
   before, but was running late). I got home about lunchtime and I didn't   
   go out again until Wednesday this last week to pay my Visa bill   
   (dial-up and old computer means Internet Banking doesn't work, even if   
   I wanted to use it).   :-)   
      
   "Going out" is highly over-rated ... especially during the "silly   
   season".  :-)   
      
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