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   Message 371 of 1,128   
   Mike Powell to AUGUST ABOLINS   
   family day..   
   05 Mar 23 18:32:00   
   
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   >  WD> Ehr ... well ... doing all the maintenance on the three   
   >  WD> apartments which I, a son and a daughter occupy, run the   
   >  WD> finances connected to these dwellings, do all the food   
   >  WD> shopping for 2 families, all the food-prep, the cooking,   
   >  WD> everything involved with doing dishes, maintenance of 3   
   >  WD> cars (for as much as I can), laundry for 3  households,   
   >  WD> drying. folding ... I refuse to do the ironing.   
      
   > That's not work in the traditional sense of doing something to   
   > earn an income!  ;)  What you describe above are self-generated   
   > tasks for the self.   
      
   I disagree.  He does not get paid, presumably, but a lot of those tasks are   
   tasks that have to be done so I would not call them self-generated (like,   
   say, hobby activities), and they can be a lot of work, both mentally and   
   physically.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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