Re: Re:Childish things was Re: That Age Thing

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From: <devans@uneb.edu>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re:Childish things was Re: That Age Thing

>
> ***
> >to just a waste of time and space
>
>     That's something else I've noticed in this day and age:  The
downright
> hostility toward hobbies of anykind.	Gamers like ourselves, stamp
> collectors, models builders, amatuer historians, fly fishers, and
other
> esoteric pursuits have probably heard the phrase "get a life" more
than
> once.  Just what, pray tell, I am SUPPOSED to be doing when I'm not
> sleeping
> or working to fed, clothe, and shelter myself?
> ***
>
> Relax, Mark. I meant it when 'she had a point'. And, she's NEVER
actually
> called it a waste of time, just that she hates the clutter of my
> unorganized storage of games and materials takes up in 'her house'.
While
> some will recognize the refrain as being painfully close to home, I
think
> many would agree with her if they saw my 'mess'.

    Oh no, Dean.  I was talking about your SO in particular, I was
speaking
about people in general.
Later,
Mark A. Siefert

       "Live each day as if it were your last. It's an extremely
 stressful way to live, but it does motivate a person."

     --Michael J. Nelson
       "Life 101"

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