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Article #624841Re: OT: 1958 a day in the life of a TV repairman
From: Brian Reay
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:10
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:10
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On 13/07/2018 21:01, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: > On 13/07/2018 20:56, JimP wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:33:32 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 5:58:13 PM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote: >>> >>>> Another once-good career that has gone the way of the iceman. >>> >>> In an episode of Car 54, an older woman (played by the great >>> Molly Picon), was given a modern apartment. She demanded an >>> icebox, so the iceman would come up and visit with her. She >>> thought her modern apartment was a jail. >>> >>> That episode, made circa 1961, was very phophetic. >> >> I have lived in three apartments in my life. I agree, I felt like I >> was in a cage. I had tv, my computer, dvds of movies and stand up >> comedy. There were days I had to make my self stay there. >> > > I lived in the tower blocks at Essex Uni and thought nothing of it > but nowadays appreciate a garden to go out to, to relieve the > boxed in feeling. I'd never go on a prison ship, AKA cruise liner, > for the same reason > There is nothing quite like seeing the night sky from the deck of a ship far out to sea. Even during daylight, seeing the sea stretch out to 'join' the sky all around you is quite awe inspiring. -- Suspect someone is claiming a benefit under false pretences? Incapacity Benefit or Personal Independence Payment when they don't need it? They are depriving those in real need! https://www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud
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