How Many Times

How many times

- Have you just gone on and on in "Rainbow Six", and realised after somebody shot you that you haven't saved the game for last half an hour?

- Have you passes treacherous traps, ran along the walls, swung across ropes and poles, dodged blades and saw-wheels, only to encounter so many sand creatures that you cannot kill them and reach the savepoint it opens (thus wasting the effort of 3 hours if you quit in frustration)?

- Have you gone on a perfect sortie, sunk more tunnage than ever, put a fish amidships the destroyer without getting spotted... then you come to periscope depth and get sunk by hitherto unknown destroyer which just cropped up, thus turning the perfectly executed mission, to all hands lost, just because you forgot to save, pushing your luck?

- Have you said something like, "Ok, I just heard what I said, and that sounded so crazy/mad/something totally unlike me"

- Have you clicked the "Send" button, and then felt the courage of sending the mail drain away, giving way to doubt?

- Have you pushed disconnect button on your cellphone, and immediately realising that that wasn't right?

So, I guess we agree with Ethan, we need savepoints in life...

That said, I need a savepoint before this post, because...