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"
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----- 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"
>