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OldBaldy1701E

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15. That is interesting, as the last coffee shop I was in had around dozen people in it.

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 08:14 AM

Yesterday

Some were alone. Some were with others.

Every Single One of them was on their device... be it the phone or the computer.

NO ONE was talking to anyone, except the baristas, because they were working.

Again, would they have gathered to be 'noisy' if there had been no pub? Or any other excuse to be together, as opposed to just visiting someone and hanging out for no reason other than the fact that they want to hang out together?

Does there have to be a bike ride? Or a running event? Because it sure seems like there has to be some reason or excuse to force us to be together.

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