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   Re: Why Britain's state pension time bom   
   05 Mar 24 23:39:42   
   
   XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: talk.politics.misc   
   From: abelard@abelard.org   
      
   On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:07:10 -0500, "63h.1507" <63h.1506@f3t4w.net>   
   wrote:   
      
   >On 3/5/24 7:51 AM, abelard wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 00:09:08 -0500, "63h.1504" <63h.1503@f3t3w.net>   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 3/4/24 7:20 PM, abelard wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 17:54:54 -0500, "63h.1504" <63h.1503@f3t3w.net>   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 3/4/24 9:16 AM, abelard wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>> it isn't about money...it's about choices and technology   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> there are now robot dogs being road tested as guide   
   >>>>>>      dogs for the blind   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     They're crap - don't give one to a blind person   
   >>>>>     unless you want them dead.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> aircraft once killed people   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>    Aircraft still kill people. City buses still kill people.   
   >>>    Bicycles kill lots of people.   
   >>>   
   >>>    Anyway, believe me, don't put your trust in   
   >>>    an electric seeing-eye dog.   
      
   >> you have a confused mind   
      
   >   I'm a tech geek - I know the reality,   
      
   you don't...you know theory   
      
   >and the hype   
   >   about these sorts of gadgets. You could too - the   
   >   net is absolutely awash in tekkie stuff.   
      
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