Ed wrote:
> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1113324799.554786.274810@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > declan_mur...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > > John W. wrote:
> > > > declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote:
> > > > > Prophet of the Way wrote:
> > > > > > Father spends the evening drinking or the weekend playing
golf.
> > > > > > He says it's a job.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can think of 3 people who spend the evenings drinking AND
the
> > > > > weekends playing golf. In each case they are definitely
working.
> > > > > Whether they are always enjoying their work isn't as
apparent.
> > > >
> > > > I guess a lot would depend on who is paying, but on a
fundamental
> > > level
> > > > it sounds very nice, particularly the weekends playing golf
part.
> > >
> > > I believe the bills are all business expenses, and even if I had
to
> > > deliberately lose every round ever played, it still sounds like
very
> > > nice work. I'm in the wrong business.
> >
> > While I don't know exactly what you do on a day-to-day basis, I'm
quite
> > envious of the traveling you get to do. The only time I travel in
my
> > job is when I decide to walk the steps to the bathroom upstairs.
>
> I'm not envious at all. Travelling in Japan seriously sucks. It's not
like
> there are regional differences so you can travel from one region to
the
> other and come upon differences. All you can find are different
barn-like
> structures, different specialty foods, different biting insects, and
the
> same crappy over-priced lodgings where you are lucky if you can
squeeze into
> the hotel room without rupturing something important.
> 
I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

John W.