In a message dated 6/8/00 1:53:33 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

> Yeah, but why ruin a perfectly good lunch by subjecting yourself to some
idiot's (or my) problems?  If they're paying, it's another matter.  But could
they possibly feed you well enough to make listening to their problems worth
ruining your lunch?

Ralph,

The extenuating circumstance is that I am more interested in people than I am
in old buildings, and as a writer, thoroughly enjoy hearing life stories,
when I can afford the time, which is why I work between lunches. For me most
of what goes on in histo presto is theater, for which I get paid to attend
and interpret. I have endured some horrendous project meetings, and life
scenarios, simply because I want to find out how the story turns out.

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