Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Joerg Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Gone awfully quiet! Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:40:53 -0700 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <6k85ekhb58ummrpfsg8scf61l1d8adcbr9@4ax.com> <10cop2t$3rvuo$1@ehsjr.eternal-september.org> <10cu4ec$3rvup$1@ehsjr.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 0AdJIbMUjXoHE3a+fbyGawZQRpzZrrvjz+bYO+m42B76TxDePV Cancel-Lock: sha1:h+V206aSFfg/11Lpn1dU2DmaU8o= sha256:a5d8eJz5rruvAxk9XkhPSipTfbkgF5mqrpo3fuspvpo= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.1 In-Reply-To: <10cu4ec$3rvup$1@ehsjr.eternal-september.org> Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:736891 On 10/17/25 12:12 PM, ehsjr wrote: > On 10/17/2025 12:21 PM, Joerg wrote: >> On 10/15/25 11:27 AM, ehsjr wrote: >>> On 10/15/2025 10:33 AM, john larkin wrote: >>>> and make a lot more money. >>> >>> Per unit time. >>> >> >> And that's the beauty. They don't suck you into endless boring >> meetings because the "taxi meter" would keep ticking during those. >> Meaning you can work on other client's stuff that time. Or do a >> mountain bike trip. >> > > Yup!  Sometimes the value of that mountain bike trip far exceeds > any reasonable dollar amount - maybe even any dollar amount. > I volunteer a bit in care homes, visiting people who are lonely. Sometimes folks work and work and work, well past retirement age. Then one day the usually sedentary lifestyle that comes with it takes revenge. They have accrued a ton of money but by then some important parts of their body have given out. No more fun, just waiting for the end. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/