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[VitaMan]

Spartan used to be better than Rigid if you got a big snake.

I was going to say something about a big rigid snake but I better not.

 

[PinkyNotTheBrain]

Spartan used to be better than Rigid if you got a big snake.

Still is i think. Definitely more torque. I prefer the solid cable and the drum on the 1065 instead of sections but its heavy. Sectionals and the rigid with a whip is easier to lug around for one guy

 

[Cerebral Goo]

Lookout! @Son of Hobbes, is drunk texting again...

 

[Rick Dirte']

Gonna chime in here because I'm a career counselor. Most trades are always in demand.

I'm going to compare 2 trajectories from a purely economic point of view:

University: 4 years for an entry wage. 6 years for a better one. The next 10 years you pay off student loans.

Trade school: 2 years, then you work as an apprentice. You are making money while you learn. School is paid for soon. After apprenticeship you make much more money. After red seal you can make excellent money all around the world.

So
4 years to make an entry-level wage and massive debt
or
4 years to excellent wagesn (typicaly much higher than 6 years of university)
And 2 of those years you earn entry level wages. Small debt is quickly paid.

Of course not everyone can do trades. They are physically demanding and require specific kinds of smarts. And people might have deep curiosities or like me a calling. It's not always about money.

I can't tell you how many people I've met who studied for a prestigious career that they end up hating. They (or their family) want to be a lawyer or engineer or doctor. (Dammit Mom, I always wanted to " × " )

Maybe retirement will be hard. I just put myself at work.

Class dimissed

The whole higher education system is out of whack here, especially pertaining to affordability. Working class people encourage their kids to get a higher education and it saddles them or their kids with years long debt.

My step daughter worked her way through college and wanted a masters. She continued school until she was 28 and got her masters.
9 years ago she got a good job at the AFB.
She makes good money relative to this area.
Hates her job and is still carrying quite a bit of student loan debt. Hate it for her.

 

[VitaMan]

The whole higher education system is out of whack here, especially pertaining to affordability. Working class people encourage their kids to get a higher education and it saddles them or their kids with years long debt.

My step daughter worked her way through college and wanted a masters. She continued school until she was 28 and got her masters.
9 years ago she got a good job at the AFB.
She makes good money relative to this area.
Hates her job and is still carrying quite a bit of student loan debt. Hate it for her.

Too bad. Sometimes the work sucks and sometimes the environment sucks. It's OK to change.

I know that things can come together in interesting ways. Various things that one has learned here and there over time, can combine organicaly into something new. In the end there is no wasted learning regardless of what they do with it.

 

[VitaMan]

 

[Mossy]

Feeling pretty spent these days...

Sorry I have not been here more often.... working on that

As and when @Mike20132 .. February is hibernation month....

 

[Mossy]

I was going to say something about a big rigid snake but I better not.

Yup.........I resisted it too...............for now........

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Fussy sativa is gonna be a glitter princess. That sparkly fan leaf at the bottom is a good omen.

 

[PinkyNotTheBrain]

Good afternoon @Mossy
Good morning everyone