On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 13:44:00 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 9:40:02 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 6/4/2015 1:10 AM, sf wrote:
> > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:11:49 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> The Type II epidemic is now even affecting people of normal weight who do
> > >> get regular exercise.
> > >
> > > Absolutely.
> > >
> >
> > I was at the doctor's office a few years ago and the NP asked me about
> > activity. After explaining my situation, she said "unless you are
> > plowing a field behind a horse, you are not very active"
>
> My guess is that mankind was meant, like most natural animals, to have a life of toil and strife and then die early. Now we're doing the exact opposite!

Even farmers! They just sit in a cab and point the tractor in the
right direction. Beats me why that wasn't roboticized a long time
ago. A field plow driver is more useless than the order taker at
McDonald's. Anyone who can move a joystick could be sitting in a room
somewhere driving it by remote control - like they fly drones, only
more boring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAmvvtIT1Rk

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sf