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   William Hyde to Cryptoengineer   
   Re: Questionable Content: No phone, got    
   29 Nov 25 16:13:07   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   > On 11/28/2025 1:23 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:   
   >> On 11/28/2025 11:37 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:26:35 +1100, sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au   
   >>> (Stephen Harker) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> I had the same problem in a recent trip to Europe plus the fact that   
   >>>> printed maps of cities were harder to find.   
   >>>   
   >>> Elon said it long ago: "Print is dead."   
   >>>   
   >>> We just thought he was talking about books, not maps.   
   >>   
   >> I haven't been in Paris in a decade, but I find it difficult to   
   >> believe people don't still buy the little "Plan de Paris."   
   >> Indispensable.   
   >>   
   >   
   > When I was at university in London during the 70s, the pocket   
   > 'London A-Z Street Atlas' was an essential piece of kit.   
      
   I was just thinking of that.  Very comprehensive, very easy to use. Mine   
   is probably lying around here somewhere.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
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