What we think about when we are NOT work ing..

“What we think about when we are NOT working.. but are at work.. ?”

“I think about how I can get more time off to go hiking. I've gat a Smokies trail map on my wall and I plan trips.”

“I think about the lucky few
that do the things I don`t get to do
those that can take off and go, just because they can
and I wish I could be more like that and not a working man
I wish I could be climbing a mountain and not rigging steel
I thought that would be the life for me, if I could cut a deal
I have learned better now to watch what I have wished away
I`m here writing, but I would have loved to gone to work today”

“Who thinks at work?”

“Trampolines and watermelons.”

“The origins of human societies, how they developed, and the reasons why some became more advanced than others.”

“beer.”

“I plan trips, make lists of places I want to go, research them, make reservations. I have maps on the walls at work as well. We may end up with some extra time off over the next two years, so I can plan more trips.”

“The tranquility of a high mountain meadow blanketed with a fresh fallen snow.”

“Who works?”

“ONE MORE BEER!!!!”

“Hitting the Lotto so I can hike professionally. And planning trips.”

“where should I go this weekend? or what else do I have to do to get ready for this weekend”

“Planning hiking trips. I believe that I am a list junkie. What to bring, what not to bring, where to go tomorrow, where to go over the next year, what to eat.
Thats what I do at work.”

“What part of the river I will be fishiing this week end?”

“Hoping Max hits the lotto so we can hike professionally and planning trips!”

“uhhhh, and beer.”

“How in the h_ll did I get here? I was on my fourth beer or was that my sixth. How could my head hurt so much. If I go one one more smelly medical run I think I will lose my lunch. How the h_ll did I get here.”

“Why did I wait so long to return to backpacking?

What was I thinking when I had that second kid??

Why does my peanut butter cracker always fall peanut butter side down?

How can I swing a business trip next to the area I want to hike?

Just a few for starters.. ;-)”

“My daughter, school, my checkbook, that weirdo that I sit next to in Ethics, Snickers bars, what is up on TT, that cute Spanish boy I once met, the book I'm currently reading, X-mas gifts, etc. I basically think about it in that order and let it revolve around about 80 times w/ the same basic themes. The candy brand might change, the cute boy might change, the holiday gift might change . . . but that is the thought process.”

“i think about hitting the trail and why i have never enough money... and then i realize i dont have money because outdoor recreation is a sneaky way for DEEP DARK EVIL GOVERNMENT to keep us down and poor...LOL”

“just kidding...i think”

“sex?”

“YEAH you got it on the nose rockbuck”

“Oh yea that too.”

“RB has sex on his nose??”

“Sex, work, sex, play, sex, beer, sex, football, did I leave anything out?”

“food”

“Sometimes...but we don't need to go there...”

“Hmmmm”

“Hiking

TX, the bread falls peanut butter side down due the added weight?”

“Hmmm..so you are saying that gravity loves peanut butter??

Sounds plausible, I guess..”

“Majjhima Patipada 'the Middle Path'

Bodhisatta, the wisdom being

and nature

Hey, you asked.”

“You forgot the Diamond Sutra, Bizzy.”

“Thinking is overated anyway.”

“Taking over the earth with giant atomic supermen.”

“Think, thats what I forgot, I need to think. If people only knew that they entrust me with their lives and depend on me to save the family pet. Think about that.”

“I get A's but I don't do sh!t so I guess I can't post on this thread”

“Usually i dont think much when i dont have to.”

“I listen to all the great music i downloaded from napster to keep me from thinking -that the universe is unfolding while i am cooped up inside a lab with no windows for 8 hours a day.......

i paste pictures from backpacking trips in my office and work areas so everywhere i look i see evidence that i am lucky to have work that i enjoy and have lots of vacation time on the books so i can get "out there" a lot.

then there are the occasional fantasies most of us humanoids have while we are not asleep.....|)”

“No windows I-am-OM?

While at work, I always think about backpacking. But not once while I was backpacking did I think about WORK”

“Well I have thought about work while out backpacking.”