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Hi !
There is someone who knows the answer to this question !
If you want me to put you in touch - please email me privately.

Take care

Brian


At 04:18 PM 99/08/26 -0400, you wrote:
>Subject: Paradox - Where are we headed?
>
>     The Paradox Of Our Time.
>     The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller
>     buildings,  but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower
>     viewpoints. We spend  more, but have less; We buy more, but enjoy
>     it less. We have bigger houses  and smaller families; more
>     conveniences, but less time; We have more  degrees, but less
>     sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts,  but more
>     problems; more medicine, but less wellness.  We drink too much,
>     smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too
>     fast,  get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too
>     tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
>     We have multiplied our  possessions, but reduced our values. We
>     talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.   We've
>     learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years
>     to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon
>     and back, but  have trouble crossing the street to meet the new
>     neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space. We've
>     done larger things, but not better  things.  We've cleaned up the
>     air, but polluted the soul. We've split the atom, but not our
>     prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but
>     accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait.  We
>     build more computers to hold more information to produce more
>     copies than ever, but have less communication. These are the
>     times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short
>     character; steep profits, and shallow  relationships. These are
>     the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but
>     less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.  These are days
>     of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken
>     homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
>     throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and
>     pills that do is much in the show window and nothing in the
>     stockroom; a time when technology  can bring this letter to you,
>     and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or
>     to just hit delete.
>
>
>     George Carlin
>
>
>
>--
>Jim and Bobbi Cordy
>of Merritt Island, Florida.
>
>Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
>Caribbean & Florida Shells
>
>Bobbi in Shell Creations
>
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