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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Wow, kinda sad you don't live where you see a lot of folks having fun.

Besides, you wouldn't have to do without List 1, whether or not they are the 
*result* of use and abuse.  Although the basic washing machine is simple 
steel gears and such, so it really doesn't belong on List 1 unless you want 
some fancy gadget type that does everything except fold your socks for you. 
A washer runs quite nicely by pedal power.  As does charging the battery for 
the laptop.  HSU has a whole house run by pedal power.

As to the pizza, one gets out one's Forschner to slice the pepperoni, et. 
al. *while* the Kitchenaide kneads the pizza dough.  Multi-tasking while 
sharing a good brew and conversation with a roomful of friends.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> > Yeah, but they didn't have near as much fun.
>
> You think?  Yourself excepted, of course, but I look around me and don't 
> see
> people having all that much fun.
>
> Let me sort your list if I may:
>
> List 1
>
> Automatic washing machines
> Computer
>
> List 2
>
> Running water
> Toothbrush
> Chair
> Steel tools
> Olive oil
> Brews
>
> The things from list one we would not have had without the modern use (and
> abuse) of energy