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>The videos and movies sure make it seem stylish! Not all of us live or pretend to live HollyWood lifestyles:-). Much available but too little time and not enough bucks. Time famine! For many of us our craft is the best fun also. Ahhhh - life in the hive - I could go on forever!
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I think you absolutely right - in my opininon - the main proble in the US is luck of time. I was living in Saint Louis in 2000 and my hostfamily showed me, how can American people relax without money :)

You can see it in my report:

http://chsnew.tripod.com/index2.htm

Thank you very much for interesting discussin and freshing my memory :)
Good luck!