>>>>>>True. Since I don't have the experience and qualifications to be a millionare playboy (which would be interesting to me) I'll have to stick with my programming interests ...haha
>>>>>
>>>>>Yeah, I haven't yet figured out how to get someone to pay me to sit around and read novels (the ones I'm interested in, only, of course) all day.
>>>>>
>>>>>One of my sons got close. He had a summer job watching videos of science fiction shows and capturing shots for trading cards. Watching all of Xena cured him of Xeno. <g>
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>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>I think the ideal job would be to work for a company like Sealy or Serta testing mattresses. I'd take the night shift, and try a different mattress each night. In the morning I'd write up my impressions on whether or not the mattress gave me a good night's sleep.
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>>>I once spent a long hot summer working in an Ice Cream factory.
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>>And finished the summer exactly how many kilos heavier?
>
>Worked as (part-time) waiter here in Cyprus long time ago, and my dream is
>to have enough money 2 open restaurant right on the beach.
>
>It seem I am gonna be taking 1-Oracle way very soon, and I am not to happy
>about it. Of course it will be VFP-C/S-Oracle at first, but eventually
>(since damage doing announcements were made!) I will end up
>with Oracle frontend, (yeeks!) and SQL/PL dummy/soul-less code constructs.
>
>Well, at least it is d-best database on the planet.
>It is soul damaging, but that is my *announcement price* to pay.
>
>Why don't I hv money for that restaurant ???
>

Simple. You probably spend your money on foolish things. Food, shelter, the odd book etc. Just think how much you'd have if you never bought food or paid for a house or apartment or whatever. ;)