On Jul 3, 3:55*pm, Michael Ash wrote:
In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:

[nice risk analysis snipped]

And what city do you live in? *Cleveland?

I live in Alexandria, Virginia. It's across the river from Washington, DC,
on the Potomac. I'm a short walk from three grocery stores, a movie
theater, the regular kind of theater, a bicycle shop, two post offices, a
whole bunch of good restaurants, and various other shops. I'm a short
bicycle ride away from Alexandria's Old Town, which is a really nice place
to visit, and from various trails and parks. I'm a slightly longer ride
from all the DC monuments and museums, and a lot of other nice commercial

Old Town is really nice indeed. I try to get over there when I'm in DC
or Herndon.

You seem to be in this sort of paradoxical situation where you need money
to be happy but are unwilling to make any changes to your life to achieve
it, because you're too afraid of losing what you have. Well, what's so
great about what you have?

Define Irony:

Having no money, living in Paris, where some rather nice looking women
can be seen now and then

And the Beatles tune "Can't Buy Me Love" comes on the radio.

You are by your own admission not happy, so
why is it worthwhile to keep things as they are?

The tune "King of Pain" by the Police comes to mind

I can't guarantee that you'll be happy if you change
but I can guarantee that you will continue to be *un*happy if you don't.

Something about being stuck on the fence...