Uncle Cal Endures Virus Tales and Domestic Jokes
Dear Mr Editor recalls a week at home with a virus, jokes about flu names from sniffles to Virus-X, and a view of TV ads and soap brands. He notes England’s social medicine and recalls Eisenhower and MacArthur being knighted. Ed Doolittle visits, talks about a breakup, and jokes about spring cleaning illnesses.
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Numbers and conformity in a machine driven world
A columnist laments life reduced to numbers under big government and electronic record keeping. An anecdote about a consumer clashing with an automated billing system ends with the machine housed in a psychiatric ward, illustrating fear of loss of individuality.
Retailer Cancels Order After Wire Payment Demand
A St Maries Gazette Record item reports a retailer, after a distributor demanded payment on a large consignment, wired to cancel the order. The note quotes the wire saying shipment cannot proceed until the last payment is received.
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