Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!timeinc!greenber From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids? Message-ID: <331@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 09:34:25 EDT Article-I.D.: timeinc.331 Posted: Fri Jul 19 09:34:25 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jul-85 03:11:05 EDT References: <593@mtung.UUCP> <307@timeinc.UUCP> <148@dcc1.UUCP> <322@timeinc.UUCP> <5513@tektronix.UUCP> Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: Time, Inc. - New York Lines: 36 Summary: In article <5513@tektronix.UUCP> moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) writes: (Quoting me): >>But he was busy jet-setting from one aerospace firm to another trying >>to pay the bills -- so Mom wouldn't have to work. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH! Just WHAT THE H*LL do you think raising children and >keeping house is? Leisure time activities? Sheesh! > Of course not! Raising me was probably one of the hardest jobs in the world --- I know: I was there. We are talking REAL brat, here! :-) Yeah, I fell into a language trap here...sloppy thinking, or sloppy writing. Of course you knew what I meant though, didn't you?? Let me amend that, okay: >>But he was busy jet-setting from one aerospace firm to another trying >>to pay the bills -- so Mom wouldn't have to go somewhere to work. This >>work around the house was more than enough for one person --- and it >>didn't even pay well! Better??? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{vax135 | ihnp4}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. would make me their spokesperson. ---- "I was riding a wombat this morning, 'till it broke its leg. I had to shoot it" -- Ranger on Camel