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Old February 26th 05, 02:13 AM
Leon van Dommelen
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Grant Edwards > wrote:

>On 2005-02-25, gixer > wrote:
>
>> I trust your judgement on the health insurance Grant as we
>> have a very different system over here, & I don't think there
>> are many people that can afford to lose 2 weeks pay, me
>> included.

>
>I should add that I probably would choose to take time off and
>drive, but I can very easily imagine situations where somebody
>couldn't or wouldn't.
>
>I once drove my Alfa Spyder on a business trip from Minneapolis
>to Phoenix and back (about 4000 miles round-trip). I added two
>weeks of vacation to the trip and visited some friends and
>relatives along the way. My employer reimbursed me for the
>price of a round-trip airfare. It would have been cheaper to
>fly, but driving through the mountains was a lot of fun.
>Sometimes I miss the Alfa's bigger trunk and behind-seat
>storage (there wasn't a "shelf -- space behind the seats went
>all the way to the floor).
>
>It sure is a long way across Nebraska.


You needn't have gone over Nebraska. I recently found Kansas
is not that bad if you stay *far* away from the Interstate.

Leon

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