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Profitable protection

HATS made from tinfoil have become a synonym for paranoia about electromagnetic radiation, spies implanting voices into victim’s brains, and all that. Their linguistic usefulness, however, is not matched by economic potential, because of the ease of making one for yourself. In the UK you can purchase enough aluminium kitchen foil for 30 hats for a mere £1.50.

Feedback is delighted, then, to be alerted by Terry Arnold to www.quwave.com which asks: “Are you constantly being: treated like a…

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