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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tara Maya via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] where is my housekeeping robot?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Sorry for grumping, but it's two days to Easter, I'm going to have a house full of kids high on sugar, and my house looks like it's in Kiev…<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tara Maya<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tara,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do sincerely hope this take will help improve your morale. There are acceptable sugar-free Easter treats now. I can’t tell the difference between them and the sugar kind, other than the after-effects. Much of the stimulant effect is not just the sugar, but the caffeine in chocolate. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The mom is the final authority in most homes. If the childring get carob or cocao flavored almond butter, the worst likely outcome is they will post on their face book page what their mean mom did to them. Then when they are the age you are now with your grandchildren the age they are now, they will post on their face book page what a wonderful marvelous mom they had and how they do all the same things to their children that you did to them, for all the same reasons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then you will fondly remember the days when you had a houseful of children bouncing off the damn walls, driving you to the brink of insanity, to the point where you sometimes had to ponder the meaning of life, at times even ponder the meaning of “life” in the context of the courtroom.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regarding your last point: I have a good friend whose elderly mother lives in a house that looks like it is in Kiev, because it is.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Perspective is everything pal. We are cheering for ya and hoping for the best always.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>