>True, but that is the case if you don't have a big yacht and are only riding the tube between one slum and another. On balance, self-loathing is probably more bearable on the deck of a 200 ft yacht surrounded by girls who are extremely tolerant of personality deficiencies as long as the coke holds out <g>

Wasn't it Ella Fitzgerald that said "I've been rich and I've been poor and rich is better."