Ah, Maggie, it is quite pleasant now in the hour of crepescule, but the midday heat is still somewhat excessive. If it were not for my boundless fascination with the performance of low-power radio links in parking lots surrounded by huge hunks of steel (carii Americanii's natural epidermal layer and skeletal structure) I would have fled to the gentle shores of the blue Pacific, but it was not to be.

Much as I enjoy my work I would rather be paid well for gadding about. Unfortunately the well-paid gadabout has been a fading breed since the advent of the automatic transmission and the Internet.

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