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Saturday, 12 October 2024

My flexible friend is feeling a bit flat

 

I was saddened to discover today that my new credit card is completely flat and therefore no longer compatible with a manual card imprinter.  It had always been a source of comfort to me that should the electric fail the man or woman in the restaurant or petrol station could whip out their zip zap machine and save me from terminal embarrassment as all my cards electronically failing is a nightmare that I am never free from.  I also liked the idea of someone somewhere without electricity still relying on mechanical technology... And I always liked the sound they made ... Another link with the past dissolved.

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