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yep you teachers work a few years with the summers off, then retire and us taxpayers support you for the rest of your life on our dime. pretty sweet dont ya think.

12-18-2018 , 09:14 PM

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John Cole

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Originally Posted by Ray Zee

yep you teachers work a few years with the summers off, then retire and us taxpayers support you for the rest of your life on our dime. pretty sweet dont ya think.

I have it even better as a college professor. 30 weeks a year, three days a week. But I have a great deal of empathy for public school teachers who work much more, much harder, and have to meet with parents--if the kids even have parents to meet with or care.

12-20-2018 , 06:40 AM

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Zeno

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Twelve thousand pounds of horse meat for the twelfth day of Christmas.

12-20-2018 , 02:53 PM

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John Cole

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This time of year always causes me to remember, as I'm sure it does for most of us. Most of all, I think of my wife, try to hear her voice, picture her, and smile.

I recall an argument years ago. Jump to the middle:

Mary: "Your problem is you always need to be right.

Me: "But, Mary, it's Tuesday, not Wednesday."

Makes me smile still.

12-20-2018 , 10:32 PM

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Ray Zee

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R*R

did the storm get you at your place?

12-21-2018 , 01:11 AM

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Zeno

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I missed a bunch of posts somehow. John is retiring soon I see. Good decision and well done.

It is already winter in Sicily. I'll catch up when the new thread begins. And the mystery of the horse meat will be solved.

12-21-2018 , 01:30 AM

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John Cole

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Originally Posted by Zeno

Not retiring yet, Zeno. At least a year to go.

12-21-2018 , 02:37 AM

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Ray Zee

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john tomorrow, Friday is the day to change the threads. in some parts of the world it is already and you are behind. like almost where i am right now.

time for the winter thread. besides only 5 people have been posting in it lately.

i am officially boycotting posting until the new thread is up.

12-21-2018 , 02:46 AM

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Ray Zee

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https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/w...wxc/index.html

12-21-2018 , 03:52 AM

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Wetdog

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Finally the depth of winter.

12-21-2018 , 12:19 PM

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Gioco

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Winter begins (worldwide) at 22:23 UTC or 2:23 PM Pacific/5:23 PM Eastern. So, last in at 2:22 PST?

12-21-2018 , 04:55 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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Out of curiosity, do all Americans use "block" as a unit of distance, or is e.g. an East Coast thing?

12-21-2018 , 05:23 PM

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mrbaseball

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Out of curiosity, do all Americans use "block" as a unit of distance, or is e.g. an East Coast thing?

More of a city thing as rural areas don't really have blocks. But it is common in urban settings as a distance measurement.

12-21-2018 , 07:40 PM

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daveT

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I hope the winter thread is late so that Ray can be here on Christmas complaining about it.

For all you teachers out there, I know this is math:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wh...a-math-teacher

But I figured there has to be an equivalent to whatever you are teaching these days.

12-21-2018 , 07:45 PM

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daveT

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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie

Out of curiosity, do all Americans use "block" as a unit of distance, or is e.g. an East Coast thing?

It's more or less all Americans who live in a city or town, as said by mrbaseball.

In a rural area, there really aren't blocks, so the measurement is meaningless. They will say something like "drive about 10 miles until you get to the next major road" or some other landmark, like a Super 8 sign, gas station, red light, or other.

It's always fun to try and explain a "block" as a unit of distance to people who isn't familiar with it. A block is an arbitrary distance that doesn't have a good explanation, yet oddly, has the exact same meaning no matter where you are (or where I've been).

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