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Question and Answers
Copyright (c) 1993, Joe DeRouen
All rights reserved
Each month, we'll ask a (hopefully) interesting question to users on
various nets and BBS's across the world and include the best answers
we get in this column.
The question we asked for this month was: "What are you thankful
for, and why?"
This seemed like the perfect question to ask for the November issue,
with Thanksgiving and all. :)
The original message and responses are reproduced here in their entirety,
with the permission of the people involved.
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Number : 46 of 50 Date : 10/06/93 22:27
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Joe Derouen
To : All
Subject : Question and Answers..
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"What do you have to be most thankful for in your life?"
That's the question we're asking in the Nov. issue of STTS Magazine.
(It seems appropriate since this is the month of Thanksgiving)
Those who reply give their implied permission to have their message, in
it's entirety, reproduced in the Nov. issue of STTS Magazine.
As always, we'll publish the most interesting replies.
Thanks,
Joe
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Number : 47 of 50 Date : 10/07/93 18:16
Reply To: 46
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Don Bird
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : Question and Answers..
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JD> "What do you have to be most thankful for in your life?"
Easy one....God, My Family, My Country....In that order....What about
YOU?
Have a Great Day,
-=DON=-
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Number : 48 of 50 Date : 10/08/93 07:13
Reply To: 46
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Grant Guenther
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : Question and Answers..
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What I'm most thankful for? Well, certainly not Calculus...
But seriously, I'm most thankful for having free thought and being born
in a country that not only allows people to express it but sometimes
cherish it.
And Poptarts aren't all that bad, either...
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Number : 49 of 50 Date : 10/14/93 21:46
Reply To: 46
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Shawn Aiken
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : Question and Answers..
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Joe,
What do I have to be most thankful for in my life? That's an easy one.
My mother. Who else would have brought me up in the way that she did,
and who else would be helping to support my writing career? Not many.
Probably no one. No one except ner. And that is what I have to be
most thankful for. Sappy, aint it.<G>
Shawn
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Number : 50 of 50 Date : 10-16-93 20:45
Reply To: 46
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Robert Mckay
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : Question and Answers..
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JD>"What do you have to be most thankful for in your life?"
JD>That's the question we're asking in the Nov. issue of STTS Magazine.
JD>(It seems appropriate since this is the month of Thanksgiving)
JD>Those who reply give their implied permission to have their message, in
JD>it's entirety, reproduced in the Nov. issue of STTS Magazine.
JD>As always, we'll publish the most interesting replies.
My faith, my family, my health, my writing talent. I believe that sums
up the things I am most thankful for.
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■ QMPro 1.01 11-1111 ■ Only made it out to Needles. --Three Dog Night
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Many thanks to the people that took the time to read and answer the
message. As usual, I'll now attempt to answer my own question.
What am I most thankful for? Why, life of course. I've always been a bit
of a pessimist (just ask my wife!) but there really ARE a lot of things
out there to be thankful for, if you just open up your eyes and look. As
for myself, I have a wonderful wife who loves me, 5 fine (if
occasionally annoying) cats, several great friends, and I'm getting to
do one of the things I enjoy the most: write! Who could ask for more?
Oh, I could. My wife's sick, and I want her to be well. I'm
middle-class, and I really wouldn't mind being wealthy. I've yet to sell
a novel, and I'd really like to.
You have to live with what you're dealt, though, to mix metaphors. My
wife's sick, yes, but she'll get better. Of this I have no doubt. I'm
not wealthy, but I manage to get by. And I WILL sell that novel, given
time. <grin> I have a talent for writing, and of this I'll always be
grateful to whatever mix of genes or deity decision made it so.
All in all, I have a lot to be thankful for.
Thanks for reading THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS SESSION!