on a lighter note...

[rookhawk]

@rookhawk
I went to the school of HARD KOCKS and have a lot of degrees from Drs Google and YouTube.
It's got me thru life quite well.
Didn't make me rich but I'm not in the bones of my arse either.
Nowadays a lot of degrees aren't worth the paper they are written on. Plenty of book learning but no practical or life skills.
Bob

The smartest people I've ever known and many of the most successful didn't get advanced degrees. Probably more appropriate banter for the Politics thread, but I strongly encourage young people pursue absolute money and greed (e.g. opportunity to serve their fellow man and get rich) rather than pursue degrees of prestige. Debt is slavery and blue collar skilled trades are paying way better than ivy degrees at present. My wife is an Ivy grad and she is advising our sons to focus on maximum earnings with zero debt. (e.g. skilled trades)

It might be awkward a few times a year at a country club event when you explain you clean and deliver port-o-potties rather than work in finance, but the former can pay hundreds of thousands to millions just like the latter, although the former in higher statistical odds.

 

[yamoon]

Mike

 

[K-man]

The smartest people I've ever known and many of the most successful didn't get advanced degrees. Probably more appropriate banter for the Politics thread, but I strongly encourage young people pursue absolute money and greed (e.g. opportunity to serve their fellow man and get rich) rather than pursue degrees of prestige. Debt is slavery and blue collar skilled trades are paying way better than ivy degrees at present. My wife is an Ivy grad and she is advising our sons to focus on maximum earnings with zero debt. (e.g. skilled trades)

It might be awkward a few times a year at a country club event when you explain you clean and deliver port-o-potties rather than work in finance, but the former can pay hundreds of thousands to millions just like the latter, although the former in higher statistical odds.

Good advice. I go to area high schools through our local homebuilders group and explain to a student with no student debt, after about 2-3 years of apprenticeship, a trim carpenter can make $80 per hour. Electricians and plumbers can make $40-50 per hour and work a 40 hr week as long as they want to. That's $80K to $120 K a year with no student debt, and get paid to learn. Not everyone needs to go to 4 or more years of college, rack up $200K in debt, then start at an entry level job. Simple math.

 

[spike.t]

Wasn't sure where to put this...possibly a new thread needs starting on the perils of trying to use "old technology " by younger generations....... ...

Unfortunate Redditor Purchases Analog Camera But Doesn’t Know Film Must Be Developed

Tough lesson.

petapixel.com

 

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[Hogpatrol]

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tunnel vision?

 

[mdwest]

It might be awkward a few times a year at a country club event when you explain you clean and deliver port-o-potties rather than work in finance, but the former can pay hundreds of thousands to millions just like the latter, although the former in higher statistical odds.

I seriously considered buying a Porta-potty company in Colorado a few years ago… it was a “Boomer Business” and the owner was just ready to retire and had no kids to pass the business down to.. he was asking a very fair price based on his growth trajectory and his net earnings (didn’t get any further into due diligence then that)…

I only passed because… Colorado…

I didn’t want to deal with state labor laws and the other associated governmental mess in Co..

But, I have to admit, the guy was making a small fortune just leasing out ports potties to weekend events, job sites, concerts, and a couple of nearby military installations…

It’s a job no one else wants to do.. so he charged a lot, paid his people a lot, and made a lot long the way…

 

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[sgt_zim]

tunnel vision?

mocking people who assert light only behaves wave-like when you look at it, and particle-like when you don't.

 

[sgt_zim]

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[Ontario Hunter]

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Callander. Anyone who's made pasta would know what it is. Might also be used for making jam.

 

[Hogpatrol]

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collander. I recently bought a new one that a handle broke off. Mom strained a LOT of pasta with it.

 

[spike.t]

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Yup but ours aren't so artistic...just got plain holes in....