Hey Sharon!

Sep 08 13:54 05, Sharon Coyne wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 SC>>> Oh I forgot. I'd get less money if you sent Canadian. Oh well.
 SC>>> :-( hehehe

 MK>> Errrrr ... sort of ... from your perspective it would be less, but
 MK>> from my perspective it would be more ... too much really.  ;-)

 SC> I guess that idea just went out of the window then, huh? :-)

I'd say that was a good idea gone bad.  If I had any extra I probably
wouldn't mind but don't hold your breath on it.

 SC> My oldest daughter has a digital camera and doesn't have a computer. 
 SC> She takes
 SC> her pics to one of those machines where you put the disk in and can 
 SC> print out
 SC> the pics. The ones I've seen turned out pretty good and didn't cost 
 SC> too much
 SC> either. I know that one way you would really lose if you had a lot of 
 SC> pics to
 SC> print is the ink. I don't even have ink here most of the time.

That is the big thing with those kind of things.  You end up spending more
on special ink cartridges and paper then the thing is worth.  I don't take
that many pictures these days to bother with that.  Besides there are
places that already can do it for me and also make different sizes.  For
what it is worth I think that is the way to go.

 MK>>   System, society, pot-eh-toe, pot-ah-toe.  No?

 SC> Not really, I was talking about people's attitudes about the divorced 
 SC> person,
 SC> not how the "system" handles things.

Ah!  Yeah all my married friends no longer are 'allowed' to hang out with
me.  I think their wives think it might be contagious.  :-)

Yeah things definetly change, some of them definetly not for the better,
once seperated/divorced.  Although it is tempting to blame someone else for
what happens after it really isn't fair.  Over time I got used to all the
bad stuff that goes along with not being paired off.  I guess neither of us
will make it to the Ark eh?

 SC> This is funny because most people I know, even getting half, doesn't 
 SC> get much
 SC> because I don't know any rich people.

I used to but I am not really sure they were really that much better off
given the higher maintenance it took to keep up with appearances and also
the divorces there were REALLY messy in comparison to those who never
really had anything to speak of.

 SC> My ex and I didn't even have 
 SC> anything to
 SC> split in half.

We did but handled it differently then most.  Possessions were sort of
obvious whose were whose due to differing interests and as far as property
went I signed it over to her and the kids since it was considered a family
thing.  I would have never bought into real estate, or at least not in
suburbia, had it not been for a family.  Later when she moved she sold it
and after all the legal mumbo-jumbo and real estate agent fees etc. there
wasn't much left anyhow but it helped out with the move so it all worked
out in the end ... sort of.  Best it could anyhow.

 SV> In fact, *I* was the one who got the debt because of 
 SC> my own
 SC> stupidity. We separated for a couple years at which time I put all 
 SC> the
 SC> utilities in my name. We got back together and I didn't see the point 
 SC> of
 SC> changing the bills back to his name. My dumb ass lawyer didn't tell 
 SC> me that I
 SC> could give him half of those bills to pay, and that could be done 
 SC> legally per
 SC> the gas and electric companies. It was too late though by the time I 
 SC> talked to
 SC> them.

I hear you.  That really sucks.  I feel for you.

 SC> My situation is the same as yours. Well, I wouldn't go back because 
 SC> of the
 SC> drinking, which although it drove me crazy living with him, doesn't 
 SC> bother me
 SC> now. He has a heart of gold and is a great father and grandfather.

Me too except I don't drink that much.  Not enough that it is a problem,
especially to anyone else.  It certainly wasn't a reason for either of us
splitting up.

 SC> I've always had more male friends than female ones, even as a kid. 

Depends what age, but as I got older female friends became fewer.  Not sure
why.  The ones I did have were excellent though, minus a few girlfriends
which is different.

 SC> Females have
 SC> a tendency to want "girl talk" about husbands, kids, how
to decorate 
 SC> the house,
 SC> etc.

Same with guys except the 'how' part tends to be a bit more technical then
the women's 'how'.

 SC> and although I love talking about the kids and grandkids, I'm 
 SC> just not
 SC> really into the other "girl talk".

Same with guys.  :-)

 SC> With all the friendships I've had 
 SC> over the
 SC> years with men, I don't understand why you think it is difficult.

Perhaps you and I would make great friends but you sound very much
different then most women I meet.

Life is good,
Maurice

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