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Chris Malcolm
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Ian Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:18:49 +0100, Simon Brooke <[email protected]> wrote:
>> in message <[email protected]>, Adam Lea
>> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>>
>> > Please don't try to convince me that every single car journey made every
>> > day in the UK couldn't possibly be made feasibly by another method,
>> > because I won't believe you.
>>
>> Please don't tell me that /any/ given car journey couldn't be made by any
>> other means,
> Your wife unexpected goes into labour early, with fairly regular
> contractions immediately, at 2:30am when public transport is not
> available where you reside. You'd decide to cycle to the hospital,
> or maybe just email them to send a monitor?
It could be even worse. What if you were on a space station and the
shuttle wasn't due for another week?
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Chris Malcolm [email protected] DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:18:49 +0100, Simon Brooke <[email protected]> wrote:
>> in message <[email protected]>, Adam Lea
>> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>>
>> > Please don't try to convince me that every single car journey made every
>> > day in the UK couldn't possibly be made feasibly by another method,
>> > because I won't believe you.
>>
>> Please don't tell me that /any/ given car journey couldn't be made by any
>> other means,
> Your wife unexpected goes into labour early, with fairly regular
> contractions immediately, at 2:30am when public transport is not
> available where you reside. You'd decide to cycle to the hospital,
> or maybe just email them to send a monitor?
It could be even worse. What if you were on a space station and the
shuttle wasn't due for another week?
--
Chris Malcolm [email protected] DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]