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May 22, 2019 20:13:25   #
woodguru
 
Iliamna1 wrote:
I agree totally. Many children aren't gifted in math or literature, but they're very educable in laying carpet or putting up sheet rock. There are many trades that are begging for applicants that pay well. Teach them a good work ethic and a sk**l that gives them autonomy.


And actually many trades are paying entry level people fairly well, the problem being the numbers of contractors that don't increase pay nearly as much as it should be. Entry level labor pays $15 an hour, and a lot of highly sk**led tradesmen aren't making more than $20 an hour.

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May 22, 2019 20:38:12   #
Morgan
 
archie bunker wrote:
Tom is old. Sorry Tom.
When I started elementary school, the girls had to wear dresses, except on snow days. It didn't last long as I recall. But, then, I wasn't really paying attention. I was busy drawing dinosaur pictures on my Big Chief tablet.


Yep, I remember very cold knees. Dinosaurs huh, I always knew you were a Neanderthal LOL I bet you had your daughter watch the Land Before Time, One of my favorites for the kids. I never knew they kept those up for decades until I saw a title with some umpteenth number.

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May 22, 2019 21:29:34   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
Morgan wrote:
Yep, I remember very cold knees. Dinosaurs huh, I always knew you were a Neanderthal LOL I bet you had your daughter watch the Land Before Time, One of my favorites for the kids. I never knew they kept those up for decades until I saw a title with some umpteenth number.
Yep, I remember very cold knees. Dinosaurs huh, I ... (show quote)


I am a caveman. My kids tell me that frequently. So does my wife. She really likes it, I think. Well, except for the being clubbed on the head, and d**gged by the hair part. I'm working on refining that one.
And, I remember that show. Never made the kids watch it though. They had animals to take care of, and chores to do.
Did you have the Big Chief tablet that was for teaching you how to write?

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May 22, 2019 22:24:49   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Morgan wrote:
Wow Tom, where were you brought up, or did you go to a parochial school?


I graduated from Klamath Union High School-- The place had a moat around it for reals no kidding.

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May 23, 2019 06:55:52   #
Morgan
 
archie bunker wrote:
I am a caveman. My kids tell me that frequently. So does my wife. She really likes it, I think. Well, except for the being clubbed on the head, and d**gged by the hair part. I'm working on refining that one.
And, I remember that show. Never made the kids watch it though. They had animals to take care of, and chores to do.
Did you have the Big Chief tablet that was for teaching you how to write?
I am a caveman. My kids tell me that frequently. S... (show quote)


No, I'm not familiar with that. I'm only aware of your daughter what other Kids do you have?

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May 23, 2019 06:57:45   #
Morgan
 
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
I graduated from Klamath Union High School-- The place had a moat around it for reals no kidding.


Your kidding LOL So did they lower the bridge to let you guys out? That looks like beautiful God's country, you were lucky to be brought up there, at least by nature's standards, don't know about the rest.

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May 23, 2019 09:13:20   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
Morgan wrote:
No, I'm not familiar with that. I'm only aware of your daughter what other Kids do you have?


I also have a son. You would like him. He's a wind farmer.

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May 23, 2019 10:37:57   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Morgan wrote:
Your kidding LOL So did they lower the bridge to let you guys out? That looks like beautiful God's country, you were lucky to be brought up there, at least by nature's standards, don't know about the rest.


The moat was an irrigation canal that surrounds the school we had bridges. Klamath county where i grew up is a bit behind the times as far as the rest of the country. Old school still prevails there like every other rural area of Oregon.

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May 23, 2019 16:44:40   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
The moat was an irrigation canal that surrounds the school we had bridges. Klamath county where i grew up is a bit behind the times as far as the rest of the country. Old school still prevails there like every other rural area of Oregon.


Nothing wrong with old school.

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May 23, 2019 18:00:28   #
Morgan
 
archie bunker wrote:
I also have a son. You would like him. He's a wind farmer.


Ohh that's right, you have mentioned this, now I remember. He's a wind farmer huh, so does that mean you get along? Just kidding, I'm sure you do.

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May 23, 2019 18:11:40   #
Morgan
 
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
The moat was an irrigation canal that surrounds the school we had bridges. Klamath county where i grew up is a bit behind the times as far as the rest of the country. Old school still prevails there like every other rural area of Oregon.


Does that mean girls can still only wear pants when it's cold? I hope they've at least have gotten off their knees. Why did they build a moat and not simply a well? Interesting? At least they did let you leave when you wanted, now the schools are so fearful they're operated like a prison.

Funny story, once visiting another state, our hotel room looked out over the town and not too far away was a prison, but my husband didn't know it was a prison and assumed it was a high school and commented on the height of the fence. I laughed and said it's not a high school it's a prison, see the barbwire and the towers? LOL, it's just funny what things now don't register right away.

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May 23, 2019 18:59:12   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
Morgan wrote:
Ohh that's right, you have mentioned this, now I remember. He's a wind farmer huh, so does that mean you get along? Just kidding, I'm sure you do.


Of course we get along! He's a mini me!
He's actually more of a savage than I am. I've mellowed, and slowed down with age.

And, I can't be mad at him for farming air. It takes a man with balls to climb those things, and get the work done.
He has/is giving me grandkids, and my beautiful daughter in law makes him sammiches!

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May 23, 2019 22:04:37   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
archie bunker wrote:
Nothing wrong with old school.


Yep I grew up that way and I am that way. I dress in bib overalls and keep my hair cut short. I get dirty at work and I can drive a tractor a forklift --backhoe etc. I like beer and BBQ and home made liquor. . My cousin has a nice still and he uses our great grand pappys recipe--no kidding. My brother gave him 15 thousand pounds of sugar from a truck wreck he pulled in---- I should write a thread about my cousin Sam-- He was named after a civil war General according to him but I know he was named after his dads favorite horse--A horse I rode a lot.

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May 24, 2019 06:43:37   #
Morgan
 
archie bunker wrote:
Of course we get along! He's a mini me!
He's actually more of a savage than I am. I've mellowed, and slowed down with age.

And, I can't be mad at him for farming air. It takes a man with balls to climb those things, and get the work done.
He has/is giving me grandkids, and my beautiful daughter in law makes him sammiches!
Of course we get along! He's a mini me! img src="... (show quote)



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