Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc1.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-12!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Daniel Morgan Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Attention Experienced Professionals Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:09:21 -0700 Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Message-ID: <1097802648.153967@yasure> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2so8jaF1njtukU1@uni-berlin.de> <18c7b3c2.0410090721.234e5fec@posting.google.com> <1097466882.758451@yasure> <1097550355.850993@yasure> <1097719587.200523@yasure> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cache-Post-Path: yasure!unknown@oracle.advtechserv.com X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b5 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 40 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:26852 Kenneth Downs wrote: > Laconic2 wrote: > > >>"Daniel Morgan" wrote in message >>news:1097719587.200523@yasure... >> >> >>>There is little I enjoy so much as sitting on a friend's 50 foot yacht, >>>after arriving at the marina in their Benz from their 7500 sq. ft. house >>>and listening to them complain about how tight things are and how the >>>government is taxing them into poverty. >>> >> >>I left that world behind a long time ago. If the only way they can be >>truly >>happy is to complain, then let them be. >> >>Me, I enjoy doing a one week mission in Latin America, and enjoying how >>generous the really poor people of the world are, with what little they >>have. I enjoy sitting in somebody's patio, drinking a cup of coffee, and >>hear that person say how good God is. I would be miserable in the company >>you describe. >> >> > > > You can sit on my patio any time and tell me so, and I'll agree. > If you want to sit on my patio we'll be drinking Scotch. On my boat rum. And the conversation ... anything but politics, religion, or programming. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)