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her knowledge with anyone who couldn't run away on time. Finally, she saw Laura's
car coming around the corner, Linda sitting right next to her. Quickly, Suzanne rushed
to the door to welcome her two friends.
“Suzanne, I wanted to ask you…,” started Laurawhile they enjoyed their first piece
of cheesecake. “I heard that you no longer get your newspaper delivered?” Suzanne
had to smile. That's Laura at her best! Always well informed about almost anything.
“Yeah, that's true,” she replied. “We realized that we readmost of the news that we are
interested in online anyway. So by the time we can read it in the newspaper, we could
have read it online already.” “What about local news?”, Linda asked getting curious.
“Can you get even those online?” “Sure, there are plenty of websites dedicated to all
varieties of news. I have even found a website providing news about gardening. You
know how much I like to rearrange my garden”, Suzanne replied and pointed out of
the window. “How do you find articles that are relevant within the masses of contents
published online though?”, Laura asked. Suzanne kept silent for a while. “That is
actually a hard task. Usually, I just browse the home page of a selection of news
portals until something catches my attention.” Laura raised her hand, indicating that
she wanted to say something after swallowing the piece of the cheesecake which she
had just lifted from her plate. “I prefer the old-fashioned newspaper,” she said after
her throat was empty again. “You get a piece of all categories of importance. You
do not miss any substantial story.” Linda nodded her head. “That may be true”, she
added, “but I could certainly relinquish reading all those sport and business related
articles.” “Think of all the trees that had been logged for nothing!” Suzanne argued,
causing her friends to roll their eyes in amusement. “I do prefer to have a newspaper
in my hands which I can flip myself” Laura mentioned. “With the current generation
of tablet computers you can almost get the same feeling. And you do consume less
paper.” Suzanne argued. “And you can actually search for terms and thus avoid to
parse the text manually.”
At this moment, the deafening noise of the teapot whistle interrupted their little
chat. Suzanne went to the kitchen and returned with three cups of tea. Laura was
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