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Default Homemade peanut butter

In article >,
tmclone > wrote:
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>I'm self-employed and I work at home, so I am ALWAYS at work.I work
>about 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week and haven't taken a vacation in
>8 years. Couldn't possibly afford it. The crappy economy has pretty
>much destroyed what little free time I had, so yes, for me, time IS
>money. As long as I am working non-stop, the bills get paid. I am
>either working, doing those domestic chores which must be performed
>(laundry, litter boxes, cleaning the bathroom, etc.) or sleeping.


Out of curiosity, what type of work do you do that requires this
workload?

>****ing away an hour to make peanut butter to save a buck is SO not
>going to happen. I'm glad the economy is treating all of you so well
>that you actually have free time. I remember free time fondly, like I
>remember the economic bounty this country had under Clinton. Come to
>think of it, the Clinton Administration was the last time I had free
>time. Or money. Or health insurance. Or, well, pretty much anything
>besides work.


Thank Reagan, he got it going; Clinton just rode the wave, and the interns.


Gary

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