The three of them sat in front of the TV set in the living room.

     Cathy turned it on.

     What she expected to see was Technolica spouting off about one thing or another. That's what she usually got when she turned on the TV anymore.

     Instead, what she got was a game show.

     "It's like everything's gone back to the way it was five years ago," Cathy said.

     "Let's take a walk around the neighborhood," Abby said. "That should give us some idea what's going on." 

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