Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

69F partly cloudy sky for today low 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...not sure yet.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
cloudy this morning with thunderstorms this afternoon.

I know this sounds strange, but I never had a chance to become a plumber or an electrician.
Both parents were lawyers, business lawyers, not PI or criminal.
Was taught early that obeying the law was really important.
and that going to college was critical.
My dad went to Brown and became a lawyer.
My oldest brother went to Brown and became a lawyer.
I got into Brown only due to family history and I sure didn't want to be a lawyer.
pretty sure we can agree there are plenty of lawyers out there....

From early on I thought I would teach. Only teaching I wound up doing was teaching insurance at Education Center
at Travelers Ins in Hartford. Vietnam nixed that career choice, there were zero openings in 1971.
So you get a job and hope it's a good one. My first one, institutional food service, was a terrible 80 hour a week job.
I lasted one year and then took a job for half the money working for Travelers. Early lesson....the most money is not the best deal.

not having children has allowed me to try different things.
I think like some when you figure out your job, do it as well as you can, then sometimes you get bored and want more challenge.

now what would I have done differently?...

 

[daugen]

my father made enough money that he could not get scholarships for us kids. So he paid out of his pocket to send four kids to college, two to grad school, and also my cousin for four years of college when her father ran off and left the family.
My father was not a material person, so he didn't mind driving old beat up Chevy sedans to the train station.
But the cost of college really impacted our family, we were land rich and cash poor.

Bottom line in our family is that everyone worked (I'll give my sister a pass).
Hard working grandfather, hard working parents, hard working kids.
was told early on you had to be smarter and work harder to be successful.

but I really think I would have enjoyed being an electrician...

 

[Buppies]

67 this morning diarrhea from mid night on time to rest prayers for all our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

67 this morning diarrhea from mid night on time to rest prayers for all our Country

Feel better! STAY HYDRATED!!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

A lot of people say, find a job at what you enjoy doing.

Since I enjoyed doing lots of stuff, I got a job at what payed the best at what I enjoyed doing, and still got to do the other things I enjoy, like designing and building. I can even do plumbing and electrical work, but don’t enjoy it as well. I’ve even done masonry, drove dump trucks. I enjoy running equipment, that could have been my 3rd career choice.
I used to joke that I went to college because I grew up on a farm where you had to do real work.

 

[Popgadget]

Paul glad you get a opportunity to learn in shop class. I did not take shop as that was the dumping ground for the non-academics.

That’s the way it was when I was in high school as well. It was only the school’s poor planning and my taking advantage of the situation that enabled me to take two years of all shop courses.
The irony is that I ended up with a much better education in spite of the system, getting to actually apply some of the academics in practical situations.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 72˚F heading to 100˚ with clear skies no breeze. New kitty and I are on the back porch watching the dark sky turn orange.

The irrigation system is soaking down the golf course across from the backyard with, exempt from restrictions, reclaimed water of what they call "purple pipe water". The water restrictions have eased up a bit for half the town, my half, we are allowed one day to irrigate the other half is still on zero days.

Got some locks fixed at moms old house yesterday and some frogs out of the A/C drain pipe. Looks like a full time job of organizing stuff over there.

 

[Popgadget]

Kyle, I have always thought I would like add a small DoAll surface grinder to my shop. But never found one that fit my budget. Used one to make fixtures during my apprenticeship. I do have grinding attachment for my lathe. Have not used it in years.

The last time I used the tool post grinder was to to true a new chuck.
A surface grinder would be nice to have, but like Ron, I never found the right “deal”.

 

[wngsprd]

70 going to 90. Very foggy.

Buppies, hope you're doing better. Sounds like no fun.

A little nostalgia...

My dad and his brother were the first in his family to go to college...did it the way many did back then...joined the Army, then used the GI Bill for college, worked while in school, bought no car or other "luxuries." Graduated in 4 years (not 6, today's average), no debt, then worked two jobs. Seems like nowadays some folks want it handed to them on a silver platter.

Colleges back then focused on basics and were so much more affordable.

Remember when loans were hard to get? ...one needed to show a reliable, clear method of repayment...and most folks feared that missing a payment would tarnish or even ruin their credit record...and were proud when they made that final payment. Now having a lower credit score can actually get you a lowered mortgage rate.

Times are different now. Much all for the better. Some not.