In article >,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "cathyxyz" > wrote:
>
> > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Do _you_ ever questioned how in the world you got into what you do for a
> > > living??? <sigh>
> >
> > Yeah, sometimes... but my job (was) kinda - ordinary - I suppose that's
> > the word. I was in IT. Had its stressful moments too. But look on the
> > bright side, Om. Your job might get you down sometimes but it's gotta
> > be better than being a garbage collector..... That's not the nicest job
> > in the world, but the rest of us are very grateful that *somebody else*
> > does it
>
>
> Being a garbage collector doesn't sound all that bad. I don't want to
> do it, but it wouldn't be that bad. I was in IT for 25 years, and got
> sick and tired of it. It wasn't that bad, I was just tired of it.

I understand that being a garbage collector pays VERY well, and working
for the city has good health and retirement benefits.

Plus you get first grabs at cool things you can sell on ebay that folks
throw out. ;-)
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson