asks the young staffer at the front desk of one of the office staff using a typewriter.
I assume she is not a Mad Men fan
What is that machine?
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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What is that machine?
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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mrkelley23
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Re: What is that machine?
My son saw one at a second-hand furniture store last week whilst shopping with his mother.
He has yet to stop talking about it.
He has yet to stop talking about it.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: What is that machine?
Was it one of those amazing stone age models that didn't even need electricity?mrkelley23 wrote:My son saw one at a second-hand furniture store last week whilst shopping with his mother.
He has yet to stop talking about it.
