17 Dec 11 21:18, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> One of the things I don't do when it's time to read is to pickup a   
    RW>> paper back novel. I'd much rather find something interesting to   
    RW>> learn, like technical material for the many interests I have.   
      
    MH> Same here.  On my rare "free time", I would rather read some of my   
    MH> "Network Rags" or learn something on cars, home improvement, or   
    MH> anything that involved fixing or tinkering with things.   
      
    MH> When I was in first grade, I took apart my clock radio just because I   
    MH> was dying to figure out how it "turned the numbers".  It was one of   
    MH> those old style ones that has the numbers flip.  I have this thing   
    MH> where I want to understand how everything works.   
      
   I took a clock apart once. It wasn't working and I wanted to know if I   
   could fix it. It ended up in the trash.   
      
   When I was about 10, I took the Bendix brakes apart on my bicycle and lost   
   track of where everything was supposed to go. My dad arrived home from   
   work while I was still at it and I asked him for help. He wanted to know   
   who took it apart and when I said that I did, he told me that I should   
   know how to put it back together again. I got it back together and working   
   properly, but I never asked him for help with anything mechanical again.   
      
   Ask me about my experiences with my 55 Crown Victoria sometime after the   
   new year.   
      
    RW>> there. Unfortunately, liberal politics and cost of living made me   
    RW>> look elsewhere and I moved one more time. It's easy to make a move   
    RW>> like that if you're not burdened with a lot of material things,   
    RW>> especially those things that women like to keep forever. Tools, cars   
    RW>> and parts go in the moving van first, furniture and antiques go in   
    RW>> last...pianos are donated to the Goodwill, etc..   
      
    MH> If it were not for family, we would be out of this liberal state too.   
    MH> I certainly don't live here for politics.   
      
   Fortunatly, we had family in Texas when we moved here. My oldest daughter   
   and her family live off to the east of here in Conroe. He's an aircraft   
   mechanic working for Contental Airlines in Houston and she's a Pharmacist   
   in Houston was well. Then there is Andrew, a nephew who moved here from   
   San Diego to take care of his grandfather, his mother's dad.   
      
    MH> Fortunately, I live in a county that is about 75% conservative.   
      
   This county is about 90% conservative, but Conroe isn't, nor is Houston.   
      
    RW>> Just saw an ad for a 71" HDTV on TV...tempting. A holodeck would be   
    RW>> an interesting toy, if it came with a time machine too.   
      
    MH> Holodeck with a time machine could be dangerous.  Lots of things I   
    MH> would like to go back and stop from happening.. :)   
      
   Lots of things I'd like to go back and collect...my 56 Chevy, when it was   
   brand new...gold when it was less than $40/oz, etc...   
      
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
      
     ,,,By the time you find greener pastures, you can't climb the fence!   
      
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