Orin's ramble

[Orin]

Thanks for the honour of being one of the Ramblers. I enjoy reading Morty’s Rambles and I’m sure I am going to enjoy these other Rambles through the lives of others.

I remember the time leading up to Max and his wife taking the little girl to foster and how concerned and anxious they were. I think it is a great thing to take a child, even so young, and help to raise it. I know it was difficult at the start but they kept at it. I count Max amongst my friends.

Before the 15th of October, I was told that the book would not be finished and that I still had a lot to do. When I mentioned that my notice was as of the 15th the editor suddenly exclaimed, “No, the 30th of October.� When I produced the memo he told me that that was a mistake and that I was to finish at the end of the month. In reality, even this will not be enough but since I have the UK trip booked, I’ll not be able to stay after this weekend. Here’s the truth about the company Max and I work(ed) for: The originator of the books became convinced that for our society to survive, we must know our roots. A society that does not know where it came from is bound to fall. Since the societies of Europe and North America come from Judao/Christian, it is important for us to know how we got to be what we are. The project depended upon donation and then was supposed to become self-supporting. That didn’t work. Max was laid off—someone cheaper came—he left after 3 days. The whole of the editorial department was laid off except for 3 of us at the moment. As of the end of the month we are gone! At the moment we have completed 5 volumes—one is almost finished and then there are another 6 to go (somewhen, somehow).

I am going to enjoy my time in Britain, even if my sciatic nerve tries to make if difficult. It sounds dumb giving the nerve a personality but it has a mind of its own. There seems to be no reason for the times when it is relaxed and the times when it is agonizing. I know that Iron knows exactly what this is like and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone (well, I wouldn’t wish it on most people). I shall be in London, Oxford, Cardiff, then London again and finally I’m going to stay at a Greek Orthodox monastery in Essex for about 10 days. The latter part will be restful, I hope.

I’m going to give my cell phone number to Mark before I go and hope that he’ll call me. It will be fun to talk to him. At some point I’ll get my computer microphone fixed up and use that skype program. I just have to have time to do that.

‘Till next time

[Maximal]

Originally Posted by Orin

I remember the time leading up to Max and his wife taking the little girl to foster and how concerned and anxious they were. I think it is a great thing to take a child, even so young, and help to raise it. I know it was difficult at the start but they kept at it.

Really the Whole Foster to adopt thing was becasue we wanted a little girl and we were not about to go through pregnancy and the whole 4 am feedings thing again ( and maybe end up with another boy). Plus the whole getting pregnant thing was a nightmare.
Going through a private agency would have cost us money but going through the Government is a no cost to us process. So even though we are doing something good it is all born out of selfishness

[CableMonkey]

Originally Posted by Maximal

the whole getting pregnant thing was a nightmare

Do you think SEX is ICKY?

Does your wife have COOTIES?

I am sure many of the MTW crowd would have stood in for you if you could not "Get the Job Done"

[Maximal]

I'm sure that any of the members (hehehe) would have stood in, however between her not making the eggs needed and my guys being extremely lazy, it just wasn't happening.

[Morty]

Practice makes perfect. I've been practicing for years

[CableMonkey]

Originally Posted by Morty

Practice makes perfect. I've been practicing for years

Solo does not count

[Morty]

True. But practice is practice, even if its just practicing the funny face I make when I release.

[Orin]

Originally Posted by Morty

True. But practice is practice, even if its just practicing the funny face I make when I release.

By release, you mean when you take your hand away.

[Morty]

That face too!

[sleonard]

Just be careful, they might not let you back in, after all you have been annoying them for 50 years