> We say, workers, but who isn't a worker? It is a
social anathema to
say
> you don't work for a living. Sure we all work. But
none of us look
> like we stepped out of a Kathy Kolowitz drawing.
Who was it who wrote a book in the '60s or '70s that contained a simple test for being a worker that sticks in my mind? Roughly, it was as follows: just lie in bed all day for a month. If you are not very hungry at the end of that period, you are not a worker.
Very oversimplified, of course, but ...
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org *******************************************************
Then again, you could manage to sell your skills to an employer who in turn sells your skills to a John.
Mike B)
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