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Curmudgeoness

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30. So true.

Reply to jeffrey_pdx (Reply #23)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 06:41 PM

Aug 2013

Sounds like we are going to lose our ability to use our memories. Well, unless we do what the experts warn us to do and have different passwords for all functions we use passwords to access. And since we now need passwords for every freaking thing we do, that will keep our memories keen.

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