I'm so old I Remember when:

[jxp]

It's what society wants you to believe. And as a cost now student debt is out of control like the government dept. I personally know a few that went to college and paying back student loans cause thier parents couldn't pay for it and not doing what they went for. The skilled trades are in high demand and people in those fields are making bank. Like electricians, welders, plumbers, ac people etc. and that's even if you can get someone to do a job much less show up when you need one. Those industries are hurting for qualified people while the college type industries are over saturated with people that college grads are having a hard time finding a job yet still gotta pay the loan back. And this forgiveness of student debt by the government is bullcrap I shouldn't have to pay for someone else's debt. That person chose to go into debt I should not be the one to pay it back. And yes my daughter went to college, incurred student debt and is paying it off on her own by working using what she went for. Thays how it's supposed to work

 

[notabitail]

That is exactly my thoughts.

 

[sdm111]

without going into too much detail I dropped out of high-school, at 18 joined a volunteer fire department then about a year later they wanted me full time but the offer was we'll hire you but you have to get your ged within 6 months. Well I just went and challenged the test cause I didn't want to have to study what I didn't need to. About 3 weeks later my ged arrived I passed the test first try.
Rose through the ranks, went to another department alot bigger ended up doing 12 years then went to a private firm as a life safety and property protection technician licensed by the state fire marshals office as a fire suppression system designer amongst a host of other things, did that for 13 years then went to work for a major hospital network in facilities management with a very strong backing in safety and working on my stationary engineering degree (industrial boilers and chillers specifically)I believe I'm doing pretty well financially even without a high school diploma. You don't need to get yourself into all kinds of dept to get a good job, it's how you choose to make your way through life. Each step a lil higher than the last. Also networking. Getting to know the right people that can help you along the way is alot better than trecking through alone.
I've done alot more between the lines but that's the bullet points, the new chapters if you will

 

[sdm111]

without going into too much detail I dropped out of high-school, at 18 joined a volunteer fire department then about a year later they wanted me full time but the offer was we'll hire you but you have to get your ged within 6 months. Well I just went and challenged the test cause I didn't want to have to study what I didn't need to. About 3 weeks later my ged arrived I passed the test first try.
Rose through the ranks, went to another department alot bigger ended up doing 12 years then went to a private firm as a life safety and property protection technician licensed by the state fire marshals office as a fire suppression system designer amongst a host of other things, did that for 13 years then went to work for a major hospital network in facilities management with a very strong backing in safety and working on my stationary engineering degree (industrial boilers and chillers specifically)I believe I'm doing pretty well financially even without a high school diploma. You don't need to get yourself into all kinds of dept to get a good job, it's how you choose to make your way through life. Each step a lil higher than the last. Also networking. Getting to know the right people that can help you along the way is alot better than trecking through alone.
I've done alot more between the lines but that's the bullet points, the new chapters if you will

It's been interesting and I don't regret any of it. Although I do think sometimes if I were to have stayed in the fire service I would have retired with 30 years in this year but still don't regret the ride, it was and still is pretty cool. I consider myself a self learner always reading and learning. That's what I used to tell people when I trained them, what will set you apart from the rest of the pack is knowledge, experience and integrity. At the end of the day That's something that can't be bought.

 

[jxp]

I refuse to use the self checkouts for this very reason.

I prefer self checkout. Even when there's 12 'regular' checkouts, there's never more than half staffed even on the busiest Saturday morning. Those that are staffed, there always needs to be a price check or someone who needs to chat with the cashier or the 3 people in front of you have overflowing carts, and on and on to make the wait longer than necessary. I just want to make my purchase and leave the store. The only time I go to the manned registered is if I have more than the "about 20" items in my cart.

 

[jxp]

Have a few of those still.

Is the rubber too hard to use by now?

 

[jxp]

No, but I remember the one that would give coffee/tea/chicken broth.

Oddly good chicken broth.

 

[jxp]

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Ugh. They never clung on to sneakers tight enough as I was skating and I'd always end up on the pavement with one of the bloody things clinging awkwardly to my ankle, while I'm picking debris out of my knees and hands. Then if I forgot to undo the other skate, forget about trying to stand up to hobble home for a wash up and a bandage.

 

[RoyalChick]

Are they to hard to use by now?

Mostly yes. Some of them are good under a hard outer layer but even for me, shaving old erasers is a recycling step too far!

 

[jxp]

I'm so old I remember when you could buy a bushel basket of fresh sweet corn for $3. I saw it a couple of days ago in a small town grocery store for $18 a dozen.

My local grocery has fresh sweet corn for 25¢ for the first 6 then 3/$1.00 after that.