Re: Overheard on the scanner

On  Thu, 8 May 2008 10:50 +0100 (BST) prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul
Dormer) carved the following into the hard stone of rec.arts.sf.fandom
>In article <0n42249u1ostoe9f9rhltjdk62kcp1h7fd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>penguin_boy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Douglas Berry) wrote:
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>> 
>> Yup. Kirsten and I have benefitted from not having kids in this
>> respect. Without those expenses, we've managed to live fairly
>> comfortably when we were broke, and now can afford some luxuries.
>
>I've often thought that if nobody anywhere ever had any more children,
>the world would be a lot better place.

Yeah, our "decision" was me nearly dying from Hodgkin's Lymphoma and
having to start chemo before the insurance agreed to pay for sperm
storage. By the time they agreed, it was too late.

This was NOT our decision. Cancer made it for us. We've had to settle
for being a great Uncle and Aunt.
--

Douglas E. Berry  Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail

"Where is the prince who can afford so to cover
his country with troops for its defense, as that
ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might 
not,in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief
before a force could be brought together to repel 
them?" - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-1784