SailQwest
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I got my sweet Eleuke back (it's been on loan). We're playing at an upcoming party and it's an electric-type crowd. Still working on the set list...
I remember taking a standardized test in 7th grade that placed me in the 99th percentile in mathematics. The truth is, I was at best competent at math, but I was extremely good at the deductive reasoning that dominated standardized test back then (and maybe still today). As a result of that test, I was dubbed a math genius, and was put into an accelerated math program. I couldn't begin to keep up and stumbled around for two years, barely passing, until I asked to be put back into the normal math program. It was an awful experience, and I think affects my ability to comprehend more complex mathematics to this day.
This. I got skipped when we moved to a small school district and it was a horrible decision. Just horrible. I would never skip my kid.
I got the highest score on the ACT in my school (we don't take the SATs), but failed approx 50% of my classes and took summer school every freakin year. TELLING ME I WAS SMART DIDN'T HELP ME LEARN. And it sure didn't give me a work ethic.
I can't even answer that. What a bunch of crap.I think I posted this before, but here's a problem my son had in the second week of school (1st grade).
6+4=10
"What can you observe about the summative numbers when compared to the whole?"
He's six. He was about to cry from frustration and he almost never cries about anything. What kind of dumbass would word a problem like that for a kid that is supposed to be learning to read?
Why the "expert" the government paid gross amounts of money to develop tests, that's who!
Elaine just called, and has boarded her connecting flight in Chicago. She should be home in two hours, or so. It'll be nice. I miss her....
Elaine just called, and has boarded her connecting flight in Chicago. She should be home in two hours, or so. It'll be nice. I miss her....
Elaine just called, and has boarded her connecting flight in Chicago. She should be home in two hours, or so. It'll be nice. I miss her....
I don't think any of our discussion was pointed at you, at least it wasn't from me. You don't preach here.
...and thus ends the tale of Bachelor Don.
we probably wont be hearing from you for a while
My phone is 0G....
I'm sort of sad that the first batch of East-Start ukes that were received appear to have significant defects. As much as I understood the risks this group was taking by ordering direct from a factory, I sort of hoped against hope that they would get good instruments. The bridges I saw on the photos posted were egregious.
With that being said, many of the recipients are approaching it with a good attitude; they knew they were getting them cheap, they expected to have to make some upgrades and tweaks, and are still happy with the deal they got. I think those who thought they would get a Kamoa Evolve at less than half the price will be the most disappointed.
If anything, I think it makes it that much clearer what the middle men (the importers, the dealers, etc.) do to earn their keep, and why the extra dollars we pay for their services are more than worth it.
I know EXACTLY what you mean. I do have large hands, and working on cars has become almost impossible. The manufacturers have done this, at least in part, to make it so difficult that the car owner has to take the car to the dealer to be fixed.
That's the reason for the large plastic engine covers on modern cars. They serve no other purpose than to make getting at the engine difficult. I raised the hood on my step-daughter's car the other day, and could not even see, let alone access, the distributor. I gave up, rather than wrestle with that stupid engine cover....
Quick, hide the ukes!
Converting others is a core directive of many religions.
It's fine with me. Bachelorhood is over-rated, IMHO....
I doubt that. It's probably 2G at minimum, more likely 3G.
I know, but I still don't like it, especially when they won't take "no" for an answer. If they've made their first pitch, and the person they're talking to says they're not interested in hearing it, they need to STFU. I've run into many folks that JUST. WON'T. QUIT....
Any car recent enough to have a fancy plastic engine cover is also going to have an electronic, distributor-less ignition.