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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 115703" data-attributes="member: 635">Several observations before I logout for the day...-- Technology has definitely NOT saved humanity any time, but as Old One noted, simply allowed us to cram more garbage into the same 24 hour day.  It's up to each one of us as individuals, to occasionally step away from all of life's irrelevant clutter and focus on friends, family, and the glorious wonder of life.-- Americans do know how to relax, but our society has an ass-backwards way of rationing work and pleasure.  Thus, we end up with very little time available for fun and games.  The Germans, Japanese, and others have it right -- very productive work cycles, with loads of vacation time each year.-- Part of your perception RW may be attributable to cabin fever.  The school year is drawing to a close; Spring has not yet fully sprung; Opening Day for baseball hasn't yet arrived <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />; and the Boards still don't have our avatars back up <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />.-- I don't care how dedicated to your career you may be, it's still just a vehicle for earning money.  Spend as much time with those you love as possible...it's doubtful you'll look back on your life and wish you'd have worked a few extra hours.-- God (or life) will never give you anything that can't be handled one day at a time.And to all of you fine parent-wannabes, GOOD LUCK!!!  My wife and I had our second baby six weeks ago, and let me tell you the fun never stops <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.</blockquote>

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