Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Tom's demons are strong today! Re: RE: Re: Higher Education Is Overrated Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 14:56:21 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <50l7djp70iih6u5ihjatud4tjn8a1jv95t@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:56:20 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6ef749369658860b025e1b304fbebd3f"; logging-data="178552"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199yrChOY2DHFtbqEYXAWqg" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:B4ZpgOBE50VGbADY27tEHiC0zZU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4405 On 12/14/2024 1:12 PM, Tom Kunich wrote: > On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:10:41 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: > >> On 12/8/2024 7:35 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 22:46:45 -0000 (UTC), Tom Kunich >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Tell us Liebermann, why did you spend 6 years in college to get a 4 >>>> year degree? You told us it was to get antidraft status. >>> >>> Close. It was to obtain a draft deferment. There's no such thing as >>> "antidraft" unless you're referring to someone opposed to the draft. >>> There were some other reasons why it took so long, but the deferment >>> was the major motivation. For example, I had a part time job for all >>> of the first 5 years and worked full time during two summers. There >>> was also a problem getting into classes required for graduation. The >>> colleges were overflowing with students doing the same thing. Seniors >>> had priority for obtaining seats. I had to take some unrelated classes >>> (i.e. tractor driving and tractor mechanics) in order to have enough >>> units to obtain a deferment and later try to catch up when seats in my >>> major became available. At one point, I was drafted and went as far as >>> getting a pre-induction physical, but was able to convince the draft >>> board that I should be allowed to stay in school. >>> >>>> So after all that time in school you learned nothing at all >>> >>> Who are you to judge what I've learned? You didn't graduate from high >>> school and therefore didn't have any college experience. By your own >>> criteria, you're not qualified to judge anything with which you haven't >>> personally experienced. >>> >>>> and exited it with nothing more than the analog radio knowledge you >>>> had before going to college from your interesst in citizen's band >>>> radios. >>> >>> Nice word salad. Impressing sounding terms, but nothing intelligible. >>> >>>> Bend over in front of Flunky and say "Please". >>> >>> You're probably expecting me to get angry and react to that comment. >>> Being angry makes you happy, so I'll have no part of that. >> >> I'll just note that Tom has been stuck in high rant mode for several >> days now. I wonder what's triggered him. Did another crank arm fall off? >> Did Janet Yellen refuse his phone consultation? Did Trump pass him over >> for a Cabinet position yet again? ;-) > > Poor little Frank, with Biden's inflation eating iunto his retirement he > finds himself not wanted at Youngstown. Too woke. The world changes but > not Krygowski. Socialism is out of fashion. You may be mistaken. In Mahoning county, 50636 voters or 44.9% voted for Ms Harris. That's slightly higher than Ohio overall but not by much. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971