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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Shawn Wilson <shawn -dot- wilson -at- IDSNET -dot- COM> wrote:
>I also have a question about working at home.
>What if you don't have a family at home? How do you handle the solitude,
>especially considering that you probably don't see your friends during the
>week?
Chatter at Dad on the phone, call and compare notes with the boss, jaw with
the hobby shop guy at "lunch," or talk to the cat after the sun passes by
his window and he comes and lays on my feet under the desk...
But yeah, it can get pretty lonely sometimes (that's when Brother Plato's
"Sack full of drugs" comes in handy ;-) .
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