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Another Friday Evening
Posted Oct 13, 2000
And so we reach the end of another Friday, the last glass of a rather nice Chilean chardonnay and logging on to H2G2. Who knows what the future has in store...
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Designer Babies
Posted Oct 4, 2000
Medical science has advanced to the point where we can create embryos outside the womb and test them for genetic defects, fact.
There was a case in the news where the parents of a six year old girl with a fatal genetic dis-order asked doctors to determine which of 12 embryos fertilized in vitro was free from that dis-order. This embryo was then implanted. Stem cells from the umbilical blood of this baby were then infused into the little girl in the hope that this would correct the dis-order. Now the parents have one child they know does not have the dis-order and another which has a greater chance of a long and healthy life as a result of these actions.
Arguments are now raging about designer babies and being able to select for eye colour, intelligence etc. There is also the right to life argument and allowing nature to take its course. Like most things in life there exists the potential for good and bad, it comes down to the moral/ethical/philosophical question: Should we stop something that has a potentially good outcome, because if mis-used the outcome could be bad? Personally, I don't think so. I think we need to manage the potential for mis-use.
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Beetroot
Posted Sep 26, 2000
Eat a lot of it and *everything* turns pink, trust me on this one 
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Well that's sorted then
Posted Aug 31, 2000
We've decided not to go. In the end the unknowns were too great so we've decided to stay where we are and spend some money on our current place. This will not stop us having a good old clear-out of ten years worth of accumulated junk. It will be like having a new house all over again without the hassle of moving .
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Decisions, decisions
Posted Aug 30, 2000
We're thinking of moving house. The only problem is that we'd be moving from an Edwardian end of terrace with big rooms to a newly build semi with small rooms. Sure, we get a village location, en-suite bathroom, garage, off street parking and a brand new kitchen, but we loose a lot of space and double our mortgage. If we're going to do it we have to exchange contracts in 28 days. I'll let you know.
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