Extinct Jobs

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  1. Patsy Faye

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    @Thomas Stearn - Its just voice overs now to tell you what's coming on
     
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    No , not TV announcers per se... just voice over artists... the only ''live '' presenters now are newscasters,... and the ''live show presenters'....
     
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    This one....

     
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    Haha - yea, would have loved that job too if, I was working alongside Lucy :p
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    @Patsy Faye
    We still have a town crier where I live and in other towns that surround my location
    it’s in tradition of keeping the areas Cornish history alive
     
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    @Kate Ellery - that's right, still going strong - as you say its 'tradition'
    If I lived in beautiful Cornwall, I think I could put up with them :)
     
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    I read months ago about all the jobs that will longer be around in next ten years. All to be replaced by robots. Ain't that special:oops:
     
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    One would think humans would not have been so short sighted to invent themselves out of so many jobs.
     
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    I guess there will be a rise in robotic technicians. :D
     
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    The Japanese kid robots are creepy........
    images - 2019-10-31T183915.412.jpeg
     
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    @Beth Gallagher Delivery and all the OTHER people who work in the newspaper industry. It's a dying business.
     
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