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    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to tnp@invalid.invalid on Mon Feb 29 08:07:10 2016
    in 535823 20160228 213347 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: >On 28/02/16 18:36, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    No, not from all, just occasionally. The tag dropped, the staff forgot
    to label it, or something. There are one or two machines in a column
    where you can scan those articles, but it is a 80 meters walk and back
    (worst case). Or... flip the phone. I have only used it once since I got
    the app.

    It was just an example.

    Do you mean you actually still go shopping in a shop?! How quaint and >reassuringly old fashioned!

    I sit here with my desktop PC and a man in a van brings it to me.

    +1

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  • From John Hasler@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Mon Feb 29 07:42:42 2016
    The Natural Philosopher writes:
    Do you mean you actually still go shopping in a shop?! How quaint and reassuringly old fashioned! I sit here with my desktop PC and a man
    in a van brings it to me.

    Yes, if you are wealthy you can afford to have your groceries delivered
    and if everything you buy is standardized and conventional you never
    need to look at or try on anything before you buy it.

    I'll be going down to the coop today to sort through their hardware to
    find a match for a part I need to replace. It will cost about three
    dollars. I suppose I could I could try to guess from the pictures what
    on Amazon might fit. In about three days I'd find out if the $10 I'd pay
    for shipping got me anything that would work.

    Shopping on the Web is cool but it's not quite there yet for many things.
    --
    John Hasler
    jhasler@newsguy.com
    Dancing Horse Hill
    Elmwood, WI USA

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  • From Charlie Gibbs@21:1/5 to John Hasler on Mon Feb 29 17:35:30 2016
    On 2016-02-29, John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:

    The Natural Philosopher writes:

    Do you mean you actually still go shopping in a shop?! How quaint and
    reassuringly old fashioned! I sit here with my desktop PC and a man
    in a van brings it to me.

    Yes, if you are wealthy you can afford to have your groceries delivered
    and if everything you buy is standardized and conventional you never
    need to look at or try on anything before you buy it.

    Amen. Don't even talk to my wife about finding clothes that fit.
    It's getting so bad that even I'm having trouble these days -
    we have to spend half a day trying things on, since size designations
    have become meaningless.

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