[at-l] Foolish Night Hike

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 06:51 AM 4/2/02 -0800, Paul Magnanti wrote:
>Been very luck in my life as far as friends go. I'll
>never be rich monetarily...but my life has been rich
>in other ways.

I've been thinking lately about how lucky I am.  No, I never even come 
close in the lottery or anything involving Lady Luck but I am lucky 
none-the-less.  I've had two employees just this week tell me about their 
health worries/problems.  One has 5 years to go before he qualifies for 
early retirement and wonders if he'll live that long.  No, it's not 
hypochondria.  He's had surgery twice for cancer, has diabetes, high blood 
pressure and heart problems.  The other is worried about a pain around his 
gall bladder.  He's only in his late twenties but there is a family history 
of gall bladder cancer and his mother died young of it.  I have at least 4 
other employees, all younger than I with chronic and/or life threatening 
heath problems.  As I look around at other parts of my agency I see the 
same pattern.  Yet here I am looking forward to retirement (current plan is 
for 4/3/03) with nothing more than a pair or slightly mangled knees from 
running/hiking and a family history of longevity.  If I live as long as my 
mother, my employer's retirement plan may go broke.  ;-) Yes, I am a lucky guy.

>Life is good.

I second that Mags.

sAunTerer