Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:29:02 -0700
From: ann klefstad <klefkal-AT-cpinternet.com>
Subject: Re: my karma


There is no message than can help. Give him a tent and a bicycle.
They've served me well in similar spots.

AK

Bill Spornitz wrote:

> It is my unfortunate pleasure to have to evict an old friend. I can
> no longer afford to wait for his rent.
>
> Let me say first and foremost that he is worthy of my continued
> support. He is an itinerant country-western guitarist, (a good one)
> but, the c&w market isn't what it used to be - back in the day you
> could tour the province playing Waylon and Willie and raking in the
> cash, but times and tastes have changed. When he puts his glasses on
> (women's glasses he got at the Sally Ann) he almost looks like an
> artist, or even an intellectual. He recently suffered a year at a
> second rate *Multimedia* college, then emerged jobless and
> debt-ridden. If only I could claim him as a dependent for
> tax-purposes, but my children are so expensive already, and...
>
> I have enjoyed his company for several years, and welcome the light
> it shines on this wretched life.  I fear I will also have to pay his
> heating bill as well.
>
> How can I possibly break this to him? Please help me by suggesting a
> passage that I can include in the eviction notice - maybe some kind
> of *soldier-on* crapola from Kipling, or other;  maybe some Goethe?
>
> we both thank you
> b
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