RB>         ù Quoting Bob Rudolph from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
 RB> BR> I don't think so at all.  There are no free lunches - I have 
accepted 
 RB> BR> that  working is a part of life - but I am not 'resigned' - and I am 
 RB> BR> not a slave to  anyone. If what I hear you saying is correct, yu are 
 RB> BR> looking for a free ride -  for you to do nothing and let someone 
else 
 RB> BR> do whatever doing is required so  you can do what pleases you.  
 RB> BR> There's a wrongness in that.
 RB> No, you aren't hearing me correctly, I don't think you *want* to hear 
me. 
I think it's you who wishes not to hear me.
 RB> No, I
 RB> don't want a free ride. I've never been a *slacker* or whatever you want 
 RB> to 
 RB> call it, I've always had at least one job and I am constantly doing 
other 
 RB> things besides just working. You have accepted that you must work your 
 RB> whole 
 RB> life because it is a "part of life" - but it isn't a part of everyone's 
 RB> life. 
It is a part of life if getting ahead is part of your game plan.  TANSTAAFL 
will always prevail.  To those who feel that work ought not to be a part of 
their life, I say 'have at it - but don't expect me to bail you out.
 RB> Have you accepted that if you have kids they won't get as good an 
 RB> education as 
 RB> someone else? Or that you can't provide for them as well? Or that you 
 RB> won't be 
 RB> able to be around as often as some other kids' parents? etc etc.
My kids'll have the education that they need - if that happens to be a trade 
school, it'll be a trade school; not everyone is equipped to be a scientist. 
What constitutes providing well or providing poorly anyhow?  Glittering 
generality and general vaguenes alert here....  I am around and available, 
and 
their mother has always been around and avaialbel, as we worked really hard 
to 
assure that she did not work when they were at home.
 
 RB>                                                                 It isn't 
 RB> just 
 RB> about having to go to work everyday, its about everything, its about 
 RB> MONEY. You
 RB> can't tell me that you love money, that whenever you are thinking about 
 RB> money, 
 RB> you are in a swell mood. Most people think about money and they get a 
 RB> heartache - because they never seem to have enough of it. 
CHOICES.  PRIORITIES.  I know plenty of people that can't afford health 
insurance but can afford projection TV's and full-boat cable, can afford to 
eat out regularly at places that I can't afford, drive BMW's (probably 
leased, but who cares?) and who vacation in Barbados - but they can't afford 
helath insurance. They've made their choices and set their priorities.
 RB> Now there is a wrongness in THAT.
There is no wrongness inherent in ROI - only in expectations.
I don't feel wronged because after paying what I have to spend I can't afford 
to head for Barbados - I feel I've made a good investment.  I sure don't 
think 
some other slob ought to pony up for that trip because I think I deserve it, 
but won't make the effort to pay for it.
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