> "Mortimer" privacy.net> wrote
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>> Remember that the population has grown a lot so much more food will
>> need to be transported today.

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> And people eat better. My Dad was born in 1920 and when he was born,
> his life expectancy was 50 years. He died aged 86.
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> In the "Golden Age of Rail", everybody was malnourished. You Proles
> should give thanks on your bended knees to Tesco and articulated
> lorries every time you eat.

> Knight Of The Road wrote:

>> "Mortimer" privacy.net> wrote
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>>> Remember that the population has grown a lot so much more food will
>>> need to be transported today.

>> And people eat better. My Dad was born in 1920 and when he was born,
>> his life expectancy was 50 years. He died aged 86.
>>
>> In the "Golden Age of Rail", everybody was malnourished. You Proles
>> should give thanks on your bended knees to Tesco and articulated
>> lorries every time you eat.

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> The malnourishment of the population had nothing to do with the method of
> transport. It had more to do with prices and incomes.

> The malnourishment of the population had nothing to do with the method of
> transport. It had more to do with prices and incomes.

> The malnourishment of the population had nothing to do with the method of
> transport. It had more to do with prices and incomes.
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> "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote
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>> The malnourishment of the population had nothing to do with the
>> method of transport. It had more to do with prices and incomes.

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> See the Big Picture Brim.
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> Forget about the desultory pick-up goods train slowly clanking to a
> standstill at some bucolic country halt so that the guard can heave
> off a sack of mail, a couple of milk churns and a crate of racing
> pigeons, the world isn't like that any more.

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>> And people eat better. My Dad was born in 1920 and when he was born,
>> his life expectancy was 50 years. He died aged 86.
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>>> And people eat better. My Dad was born in 1920 and when he was born,
>>> his life expectancy was 50 years. He died aged 86.

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> Ofcourse people live longer these days thanks to the NHS amongst other
> things - Its just that when we talk of a life expectancy of 50 - that's an
> average thats a bit "skiw-wiffed" due to loads of kids dying in the first
> few days, and weeks of their lives and the eradication of a lot of childhood
> killer diseases

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> Stands in awe as Tommy shows he can make a coherent point that not
> only makes sense but can be agreed with!!!