In message ,
Cynic writes
The political "noise" is seriously depressing and is the underlying
reason groups on usenet die on their feet. There used to be a
universally accepted motto "Don't feed trolls". Pity both sides of the
warring factions don't adopt it.

We seem to be surviving the Brexit imbroglio.

Advancing years might be terminal.

Judging by thread/contributor length, we have lots of ex. software
engineers.!

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Tim Lamb