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MouseDreaming

MouseDreaming

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donaldtoo said:
Agree with much of this, regarding present times.
But, I was more than able to read, process, write, and speak actual sentences long before I graduated from HS.
As far as real-world experience goes, I’ve already posted about how we were already earning money for our drafting class competition trips by drafting actual, buildable construction documents for a local builder when I was still in my junior year of HS.
I believe most college is more of a business than actual value for what it’s worth these days. Vocational HS education, as it existed back in my day, has been supplanted by the “everyone needs a college degree!!!” Bravo Sierra. Life isn’t that simple for everyone in a dynamic society...that needs plumbers, A/C techs, electricians, etc.
I’ve worked with sooo many, as I refer to them, “Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.s” fresh out of college over the years that were gone in a few weeks or less from the firm that I can’t even remember them all. Somehow, they thought they were gonna’ teach us all what was what when we’d already been in the “actual” business for years.
Some tenured college architecture prof that has never designed anything that was actually built in real life, messed ‘em up.
I’m not necessarily saying college is a bad thing, but, so much of it is prerequisite this, and prerequisite that, and your required to take this and that’ll be another $$$. Just, buyer beware, for what education your gonna’ get.
Again, I’m the only person out of 30 people in my firm that doesn’t have a college degree of any kind (not even a crayon one I tried to write up myself 🤪;)
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Times were different. Now a college degree is often a step to getting an interview. I also see people my age, trying to go back to school, to get the degree they never started, or completed, so they can get a promotion or raise. Honestly, I think in a lot of cases, that is strange. One case is a guy who has been working at the company for well over ten years, and knows their operation inside and out. He is currently enrolled in classes working towards an associate degree, to move to a bachelors degree. I am sure he will be a much better worker for them, once he finishes his history class.
And, FWIW, my HS district does offer dual credit classes in association with the local community college in skilled trades. The idea is coming back.
 
MouseDreaming

MouseDreaming

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ajrwdwgirl said:
I ate at Wahlburgers a couple months ago at the Mall of America and it was fine. We enjoyed our meal and burgers but Five Guys is better. Actually our local bar has better burgers.
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Rista1313 said:
Am I the only one in the world who doesn't love Five Guys and thinks it's over priced?
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You aren't the only one. I have been to 5 Guys twice, and the second time was because we were at a dance comp. and that was the nearest thing open on a Sunday evening.

I have a feeling that the Wahlburgers will be popular there, not because of the food, but because people will hope they can catch him dropping in. Donnie lives in St Charles. Otherwise, it is kind of a strange place to open one.

And while I am thinking about it, @Rista1313 you will be by my favorite Italian beef place, Beef Shack. They used to be down the street from me, but the location was small, and the parking lot hard to access. Fresh cut fries. Miss those the most.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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So I apparently have a guardian angel. DD's friend's birthday was yesterday, and she invited DD over today to celebrate, but DD forgot to mention it and didn't have a gift. She had musical theater last night, so I whipped up some earrings really quickly, but she also wanted to give this girl a gift certificate for books, because she loves to read. So I went to work last night, and there was this guy who I was ticked at because he spent 45 minutes in the bathroom on his phone (we aren't allowed to have our phones on the work floor), which meant that we didn't get everything done on time. We were only 10 minutes late, but on Friday night, everyone just wants to start their weekend.

So I called DH to say we were done and ask him to come pick me up. Well I can thank Mr. Phone man, because when DH picked me up, he asked me if I had any cash to give DD to buy the gift certificate, and I said I didn't think so. So he said he needed to get cash to buy cake to take to work (tradition here to get some sort of treat to share at work, etc on your birthday), and we should stop by the ATM on our way home. The ATM is in this little brick building next to the Albert Heijn and Aldi....it's a little strip mall with a drug store and bakery and the 2 grocery stores. The little building has the ATM and then a transformer thing for electricity.

So we got to the intersection by the stores, which are just around the corner from our house. Just as we were getting to the intersection, an ambulance went rushing by, lights flashing. We turned into the parking lot and found a bunch of people standing there, police, fire trucks, ambulance, the ATM building is reduced to a smoking rubble. Some idiots tried to break in to steal money by using a gasoline bomb and blew up the entire building. No cash withdrawl for us. Then of course, they were looking for the idiots who did it, so there were police helicopters circling over our house half the night so I couldn't sleep. No one was injured in the explosion, but if I hadn't been 10 minutes late getting out of work, we would have been right there when it exploded. My neighbor was walking past....he was only about 40 feet from it when it blew. He saw 2 young guys flee on a scooter, so those were probably the morons who did it...they probably had no idea how big the explosion would be. Apparently it could be heard all over town...I'm surprised I didn't hear anything, but my work is on the outskirts of town.

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They had the whole area taped off and guarded this morning when I went to work.
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They were cleaning up, but then they thought there might be more explosive material in the area, so they ended up evacuating all the stores there...no grocery shopping, and no grand re-opening of the Aldi today as planned. Its windows were broken in the explosion and now they have to reschedule the opening for after they get that all fixed.

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Only the last two pictures are mine...the first ones were ones I found on a news site. I couldn't get up close to take any pictures since it was all taped off. The closer up one I took I just zoomed in, so it's not the greatest picture, but you can see the window of the Aldi there is smashed. I can't get around to the other side to see if the front windows were broken as well, but if it smashed that side window, I'm betting the front doors, which are only feet from the ATM, were toast.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Songbird76 said:
Keep an eye on that sky!! That's the color the sky turns before a tornado!
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It turns out the color was brownish because of dust storm from Texas that got stirred up into the storm that pushed up in our direction. That’s what the weather people said and I can see the dust that settles on the snow here too. Strange day.

Speaking of tornadoes, yesterday was supposed to be the statewide tornado drill but it was cancelled because of the snowstorm.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Goofyernmost said:
That was pretty common when I was growing up. They don't take up much room and they will hold a surprising amount of things. I have one myself with an assortment of small items that I have found worthy of keeping. I think it was a bad idea to bring up this thing because It tempted me to look in that cardboard White Owl cigar box and now I am happy and sad all at the same time. I didn't really remember what I had thrust into that box, but, it was emotionally terrible. I had kept cards. One from my wife when things were good, a few from my daughters with handwritten notes expressing their love for me (mostly given just after the divorce) and now I have tears running out of my eyes and dripping on my old man reading glasses.

I even found a picture of someone that I don't remember at all from basic training. I think that I thought it was me when I was young, but, as I looked closer, I honestly have no recollection of who the guy was or why I even had a picture of him. I'm serious. I do not have a clue who it was so it has left the cigar box and found the trash. On the good side I remembered some programs from my grandchildren. One when he made Eagle Scout and my other grandson when he was inducted into the National Honor Society. Those are joining the box.
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Even if it made you a bit sad, it was part of your life...good to have the memories.
 

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