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	Re: You have my sympathy
	Posted By: Ben A. Potter	Date: 7/30/02 7:52 p.m.
	In Response To: You have my sympathy (Steve Levinson) : Thank God my parents never put me through something like that. My parents : were the active vacation type - we never went to the same place twice and : every day was well-planned with things that I enjoyed, too. My wife and : I are the same way - in fact, our interest in travel is one of the things : that brought us together. The thought of spending even a few days in a : summerhouse makes me cringe. I was lucky, my parents always took us on motorhome trips - Maine, Appalachians, Alaska (all from Florida) - those were the good ol' days. : However . . . : If you end up like me, there will come a time when you have to make a very : difficult decision when you travel - take the laptop with you and keep up : on things, or leave it home and face a pile of accumulated work when you : get back. This is not a trivial choice. Either forego truly getting away, : or pay the price when you return. Enjoy your freedom, so to speak, while : you can. I've made it this far (7 years into my professional career) without having to buy a cellular phone or laptop (though I have had to carry satellite phones during some projects). I refuse to be tied - I like to be out of touch... : I have a suggestion for you. This may sound like something your parents would : tell you, but why don't you make productive use of the time. Take some : books with you by authors you like and read - God, I'd give my eye teeth, : literally, to have the time again to read more than a book or two a year. Great idea. I still wish I had read Gibbon all the way through when I was younger - I just don't have the time now. : Or write! Take paper and pen with you and write out everything you never : had time to think about before. Write up your ideas for new Marathon : scenarios and share the results with us when you get back. Or dream up : your own new universe to explore. I know it doesn't sound like much, but : it's fun - it's engrossing. You may actually hate coming back. : OK, maybe I'm being a bit idealistic, but you have to do something to make : the best of a bad situation. Ah, the summers of youth... Cheers, Ben

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	I really regret to inform you	Boomer	7/30/02 4:35 p.m.
	You have my sympathy	Steve Levinson	7/30/02 5:15 p.m.
	Re: You have my sympathy	Boomer	7/30/02 5:41 p.m.
	Re: You have my sympathy	Ben A. Potter	7/30/02 7:52 p.m.
	Re: I really regret to inform you	Yossarian	7/30/02 6:48 p.m.
	take care, Oh ye mighty weaponsmith *NM*	•M	7/30/02 11:38 p.m.
	Re: I really regret to inform you	D-M.A.	7/31/02 2:16 a.m.
	I know how you feel, Summer vacation sucks	Johannes Gunnar	7/31/02 5:20 a.m.
	You should buy Halo *NM*	M-Class	7/31/02 7:57 p.m.

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