On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:10:40 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 6/4/2015 11:41 AM, sf wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
> I'm guessing that you could insert the brains of a Roomba in one of
> those and everything would be just fine, Clem. :-)

You got it!

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