singapore isn't a democracy...makes a difference --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > By the way, have the French learned about bathing yet? > > > > > > ----Never. > > > > Actually, that's not true. Really. > > > > I was here decades ago, and the concept of regular > > bathing and deodorants hadn't...uh...caught on at > > that time. Now, it's totally different. Since when > > I'm working in Paris I ride the Metro, I can assure > > you that doing so is a far more pleasant and less > > fragrant experience than taking public transportation > > in, say, New York. Go figure. > > > > *Lots* of things have changed in the last few years > > in France. For example, the French were slow to adopt > > personal computers and the Internet, partly because > > they're resistant to change for change's sake, partly > > because in Minitel they had had an alternative system > > for decades that worked just fine for them. Then the > > price of computers dropped and the availability of > > broadband mushroomed and now, within the last year and > > a half, over one-third of France's population is on > > the Net. If I'm not mistaken, that's a bigger jump > > for that short a period of time than in any other > > country. > > > > Except Singapre, where they went from zero to 100% when the > government wired the country with fiber optics.
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