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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 12:47:14 +1000
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- Subject: Re: New Year's Good Luck Foods
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- > OK. You'll appreciate this. I had a crisis moment in
- >Filene's department store this afternoon. I had just bought my
- >wedding dress and was walking towards the elevators when my wedding
- >became "Reality" in a sudden flash (maybe it was the price of the
- >dress..). My knees gave out, and my girlfriend grabbed me and asked
- >me what was the matter. I told her, "I want my virtual life back."
-
- Better to have that happen before the wedding than after it. My wedding
- reception came to an abrupt halt when the bride groom and other assorted
- guests had to keep picking the bride up off the floor every couple of minutes.
-
- > We then proceeded to shoe shop like possessed fiends. I've
- >never bought 3 pairs of shoes on the same day in my entire life. Good
- >thing this is all going to be over soon.
- >
- >--
- >Rita Rouvalis Electronic Frontier Foundation
-
- Yes! There's nothing like 'shopping abandon' to cure what ails you. :-)
-
- Carolyn
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