[Vor Lady]

Did you see the story yesterday of the US postal worker who claimed he was beaten and mugged outside the post office because he wanted to get away from everything for a day or two? Security cams can be a b.....

[muawiyah]

Yeah, I caught that. Years ago when there were still a lot of state hospitals for the insane up and running I read a study that had found that MANY PEOPLE ~ not a majority of the patients but a good percentage ~ regularly chose to GO INSANE so they could have a vacation in a mental hospital.

There was chow, recreation, place to sleep, warm in winter, well ventilated in summer, and so on.

They were considered "resorts" by a certain class of folks ~ mostly friends and family of folks who'd been committed for good reasons.