Jon
July 3rd 08, 09:37 PM
On Jul 3, 3:55*pm, Michael Ash > wrote:
> In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic > wrote:
>
[nice risk analysis snipped]
> >
> > And what city do you live in? *Cleveland?
>
> I live in Alexandria, Virginia. It's across the river from Washington, DC,
> on the Potomac. I'm a short walk from three grocery stores, a movie
> theater, the regular kind of theater, a bicycle shop, two post offices, a
> whole bunch of good restaurants, and various other shops. I'm a short
> bicycle ride away from Alexandria's Old Town, which is a really nice place
> to visit, and from various trails and parks. I'm a slightly longer ride
> from all the DC monuments and museums, and a lot of other nice commercial
Old Town is really nice indeed. I try to get over there when I'm in DC
or Herndon.
> You seem to be in this sort of paradoxical situation where you need money
> to be happy but are unwilling to make any changes to your life to achieve
> it, because you're too afraid of losing what you have. Well, what's so
> great about what you have?
Define Irony:
Having no money, living in Paris, where some rather nice looking women
can be seen now and then ;)
And the Beatles tune "Can't Buy Me Love" comes on the radio.
> You are by your own admission not happy, so
> why is it worthwhile to keep things as they are?
The tune "King of Pain" by the Police comes to mind ;)
> I can't guarantee that you'll be happy if you change
> but I can guarantee that you will continue to be *un*happy if you don't.
Something about being stuck on the fence...
> In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic > wrote:
>
[nice risk analysis snipped]
> >
> > And what city do you live in? *Cleveland?
>
> I live in Alexandria, Virginia. It's across the river from Washington, DC,
> on the Potomac. I'm a short walk from three grocery stores, a movie
> theater, the regular kind of theater, a bicycle shop, two post offices, a
> whole bunch of good restaurants, and various other shops. I'm a short
> bicycle ride away from Alexandria's Old Town, which is a really nice place
> to visit, and from various trails and parks. I'm a slightly longer ride
> from all the DC monuments and museums, and a lot of other nice commercial
Old Town is really nice indeed. I try to get over there when I'm in DC
or Herndon.
> You seem to be in this sort of paradoxical situation where you need money
> to be happy but are unwilling to make any changes to your life to achieve
> it, because you're too afraid of losing what you have. Well, what's so
> great about what you have?
Define Irony:
Having no money, living in Paris, where some rather nice looking women
can be seen now and then ;)
And the Beatles tune "Can't Buy Me Love" comes on the radio.
> You are by your own admission not happy, so
> why is it worthwhile to keep things as they are?
The tune "King of Pain" by the Police comes to mind ;)
> I can't guarantee that you'll be happy if you change
> but I can guarantee that you will continue to be *un*happy if you don't.
Something about being stuck on the fence...