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<DIV>4) The Burnt-Out Occasional Participant: This good gentle is a rare sight,</DIV>
<DIV>coming to events only for special occasions. S/he used to be a Dedicated</DIV>
<DIV>Participant, but through politics or burn-out, has lost most of their</DIV>
<DIV>enthusiasm. Most often, s/he had attained high office and accrued many</DIV>
<DIV>awards proceeding the burn-out. We are diminished by their absence.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>This pretty much describes my lady wife and myself,</DIV>
<DIV>except for the last two sentences. To describe this situation,</DIV>
<DIV>I usually use a phrase I learned in software engineering:</DIV>
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<DIV> OBE -- Overcome By Events</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Alfredus Scurra</DIV>
<DIV>--- <A href="mailto:guojia@earthlink.net">guojia@earthlink.net</A></DIV>
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