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   Joe Pfeiffer to Your Name   
   Re: Science fiction   
   18 Aug 13 18:57:35   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name) writes:   
      
   > In article , Robert Bannister   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> These days, they all seem to have kid- or doll-sized shopping trolleys,   
   >> so the toddlers can push theirs alongside you. Now, in addition to   
   >> keeping your eye on your child or children, you've now got to keep   
   >> checking what they're putting in their trolleys.   
   >   
   > Just let them fill up their trolley with whatever they want, then when you   
   > get to the checkout tell them you don't want any of it. If enough people   
   > do that, they'll soon learn to get rid of the kiddy trolleys rather than   
   > keep putting piles of stuff back on the shelves.  :-)   
      
   They only had the kiddy shopping carts around here briefly, but   
   fortunately when my kids were the right age for them.  They loved them,   
   and I thought they were fun.   
      
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