[SEL] Are we all insane??

[Kelley Garcia]

Now you all know what  I'm up against...

[sigh]
-- 
Kelley Garcia
La Habra, Ka.
USA



On 7/25/05 8:53 AM, "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com> wrote:

>> Hi List,
>> Are we all insane or is it just me ??
> 
> 
> Yes Jerry,
> We are conquistadors of the useless, compulsive addicts of the absurd.
> 
> With engines, there is the expenditure of precious time, marital harmony,
> financial stability,  set against the transitory pleasure of the reanimation
> of
> a useless object, the thrill of the first "chuff," the fleeting satiation of
> an
> irrational desire. The fact that there will always be a bigger or rarer engine
> guarantees the desire can never be fully gratified.  This is the addiction.
> Perhaps the desire is deeply rooted in the very absurdity of the undertaking.
> It
> is so wonderfully pointless and meaningless that it has to be done.
> 
> Rob "Don't Call Me Simpson" Skinner
> 
> 
> 
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