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- From: mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
- Subject: Re: Zen and the art of refrig upkeep (Re: Living alone)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.021139.16967@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:11:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.225125.21606@csd.uwe.ac.uk> pm3_norr@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Paul Norris) writes:
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- >There's always time to cook and cat if you look for it.
-
- Absolutely no argument here. It's true.
- However, it's like Marcia was saying about having to give something up.
- I could find the time to cook if I really wanted to, but I find the
- satisfaction obtained from making time for the other things at the expense
- of taking the time to cook, is much greater than that derived from cooking.
-
- (Besides, I'm getting to like tv dinners. They're inexpensive, easy,
- fairly nutritionally sound, and just the right amount for me.)
-
- >How about opening the all the doors through to the stereo - hell *move*
- >the stereo into the kitchen, and dance/work out on the MWF while you get
- >on with the cooking. Five minutes to prepare the veg and chuck it in the
- >pan. Ten minutes dancing with the occasional stir or heat adjustment.
-
- This is a very good suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't have Trygve's
- dungeon and I can't afford nautilus equipment.
-
- I do avail of this sometimes. Dance is good aerobics. It's also a
- good heat source. It's cold. I'm always cold and so when I'm home
- and I get really cold, I put on Gloria Estefan's "Conga" and I get
- warm.
-
- And this goes along with the advantages of living alone and also of
- doing good things for yourself. If I want to get nekkid in the living room
- and do latin dance, I don't have to worry about interfering with someone
- else's tv time, or music selection, or reading time or whatever. I can do
- it anytime of the day or night that my little heart desires. Then I can
- treat myself to a luxurious tub of bubbles with Kermie and then cozy up
- and relax with a good book and read until 5 am if I want to.
-
- Mind you, these particular activities do lend themselves to small group
- participation. You could both get nekkid and dance together and then
- share the bubbles and well, ... cozy up to something else.
-
- >Mind you, you do need a fairly roomy kitchen....
-
- Got it. It's one of the best features of the place. It's actually
- the only space I have big enough to assemble full size quilts.
-