Random Facts About You #55

it looks fairly easy but i suppose like most tools you first need to make one and use it to find its flaws then build another better one and another even better one until it works best

 

I think the trick is establishing the baseline. You have to get that first or second cut straight.

 

That is interesting. Glad I noticed you sharing that! I miss half the stuff in threads like these

Some schools are skipping cursive writing here too and also (just like there I reckon) some are doing everything on a tablet now... Those are still exceptions though. Tablets are used in lot of schools in the netherlands now, just not all the time.

 

I better get outside before it gets too hot

 

^^^ Ditto

 

Around here they aren't teaching cursive anymore either. Judging by how they print, I'm not sure they are teaching penmanship whatsoever. :-( About 5 years ago, I worked with a girl that had just graduated high school. She was a waitress and I would have to read her orders. GODALMIGHTY I thought I was going to lose my mind...I promise on all good things I could write better than her when I was in the 2nd grade. My son could write better than her by the time he finished 1st grade.

I guess they think between computers and spell check, that's all anybody will ever need...and then you have texting language, which certainly doesn't encourage anybody to learn how to spell anything.

Somehow I'm doubting colleges are going to be so lax with the spelling and punctuation; but, then perhaps those that will go to college will have the desire to at least spell correctly, write in complete sentences and punctuate.

 

typing skills are far more important these days than cursive........



the job interview

''can you enter data on a computer''

''no but I can write it all down for you if you speak slow enough''

''can you sling a mop?''

''yes''

''you can have the janitor job...we wil hire a typer for the 70 thousand a year typing needed job''

 

The young people I know that can barely write also use the good old hen-pecking method for typing.

Those that I know that can actually type ALSO can print and even write in cursive. WOW!

However, let it be noted that if ANYBODY gets busted for even simple possession in SC they can hang up getting that job where typing up to 75 wpm counts...I know.

 

the geese are starting to move south

 

The trees are starting to turn and some are dropping their leaves.

That time again.

 

got into a crazy confrontation with some crazy lady this morning behind me in a car as I was behind the school bus and wouldnt go around it
told her Id bust her windshield out because its obviously blocking her view of the bright yellow thing with flashing lights

 

had similar incident last year with some goof that didnt see the large "no right turns on red" sign and kept honking for me to go

 

yeah she was honkin the horn like crazy finally i got out and went to see what her problem was
after the confrontation the parents on the street gave me an ovation of clapping hands and woop woop

 

another time i was backing out of a parking space and an old lady blasts into the parking lot like a maniac and blocks me halfway out just laying on her horn for me to move out of her way

i got out and got right in her face and used up about 10 years worth of curse words nice and quietly so the people around didnt hear much

she was terrified and stunned but that bitch really deserved it

i actually expected police to track me down because i used the "dont piss me off because i have no family no kids and nothing to lose " line which is kind of a death threat the way i said it

 

lol

 

"simple oil change " he says..."i even have the filter and oil"....

(i usually avoid them because they are never simple)

and of course dude shows up and has a trans line leaking like a sieve

then when everything is done and fixed he wants me to grease everything ffs

 

guy came back with his second car (a avan) and this time it was just a smooth simple oil change

 

what is a avan ?? you mean just/ van ..

 

yeah just a minivan typo

 

Gonna watch Foyle's war in about half an hour.