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Date:         Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:13:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: no direct van content - school of life advice sought
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David Beierl wrote: "Wherever it came from it has seemed in my limited experience to be correct: "In any situation involving [tangled emotions?] the most difficult course of action is probably the correct one.""

... in my experience/vernacular, I call this "suffering" and it's not a bad thing, just difficult to have patience and persistence with, virtues I have little of... ... but, I do have nice mosquito screens on my van (RVC).

Bob Stevens '87 Syncro Westy "mosquitoless" http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:12 PM Subject: Re: no direct van content - school of life advice sought

> At 08:49 PM 11/13/2003, Daniel Brideau wrote: > >written. Many use propper grammar and punctuation! > > Sorry, I couldn't resist -- the Propper company ( > http://www.proppermfg.com/ ) make medical equipment -- so far as I know > they don't have a unique way of employing the language. <grinning, > ducking, > running> > > >What's the easiest way to leave your girlfriend? > > Easiest? Hoo boy. If "Fifty Ways" doesn't do it you'll have to define > your goals and situation a lot better than that. And you still won't get > an answer that makes sense, I bet. > > However, on the assumption that you're a decent person and that "ease" > includes keeping your self-respect, I'll loosely quote something that I > think Heinlein put into one of his lists of aphorisms -- maybe not, I > can't > seem to find it. Wherever it came from it has seemed in my limited > experience to be correct: "In any situation involving [tangled emotions?] > the most difficult course of action is probably the correct one." > > Good luck, and tread lightly. > > d > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" >


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