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His contacts are so diverse in large part  because  he is offline.At age 52,he's  never  sent an email,surfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile email system to  divide  his attention when he is shopping,he is  likely  to make a friend or two before  checking out  .Without Web pages to instruct him on his latest project--how to build a cow fence or how to fix a woodburning stove--he seeks out the help of neighbours who have done it and follows their  advice  ,and during beerdrinking time afterwards he listens carefully to their  talk  of health problems,banking habits and newcar  [MASK]  .