08 Mar 12 10:24, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> This county (Comal) is conservative too. We're located adjacent to a   
    RW>> county (Bexar) that isn't though and they try to push their weight   
    RW>> around.   
    RW>> i.e. their water district is trying to get a foothold on our water   
    RW>> sources and the county adjacent to them (Guadalupe) is fighting them   
    RW>> off too.   
      
    MH> That is typically what happens.  The adjacent liberal areas will try   
    MH> and steal from the functional conservative locations.  I wouldn't   
    MH> mind if we built a wall to separate the two.  It wouldn't take long   
    MH> for them to go under.   
      
   They've already done that by building a freeway system that can't be   
   driven by normal people. Not to mention that a simple highway interchange   
   takes 4 years to build. And when it's finally opened, it can't be driven   
   by normal people either.   
      
    RW>> 24/7?   
      
    MH> Yes, 24/7 every day of the year.  It wouldn't be a good thing to have   
    MH> a hospitals closing after business hours.. :)   
      
   Ahhh, a hospital. I recall my sister (head-RN-surgery) being on-call and   
   sleeping on our parents couch. It snows in her neck of the woods and that   
   prevents her from driving 20 miles from home when she's on-call and they   
   need her NOW.   
      
    RW>> I used to take advantage of the 'laid off' time allocated to me by   
    RW>> some contract work. Then I went into business for myself and there   
    RW>> wasn't any PTO or days off for that matter.   
      
    MH> But you could plan your own schedule, which is nice.   
      
   I did that very well. I had one of my workers open the shop at 7am and   
   got things going, while I got there at 8am. No sense in 'management' being   
   there when the buyers and engineers working for my clients weren't at work   
   until 8am.   
      
    MH> I can do that to some effect, but not as much as if I worked for   
    MH> myself.   
      
   When you do, you'll find that you're the head cook, bottle washer and   
   broom pusher, all in one. Just like a woman's, your work never ends.   
      
      
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