State of the Economy

[drwayne]

@boaterguy.
Hang in their dude.
Skool sucked for me too... I was not a footballer, nor alco, druggy, fuggy, fighter, snob, slob .. sorta an outsider.. .. so I read lots, studied more.. and when I left end Yr11 to join navy had a great foundation for the quals and skillset I have now.
Worked hard, learned and gained formal quals along the way... sob, still sorta an outsider... coz i dont look/act the part of the expected stereotypical overqualified penprotector wearing smartass !
Life aint ever easy.. those who climbed over everyone to the top are tumbling now things get unstable... and have no chance of survival without the very system they scorned.. welfare....
First time since 1920's there are more bankrupt US squillionnaires than new ones !

Be proud of who you are and make the most of every situation.

Build/buy a boat and get yourself to the pond and meet other addicts !
Friendships can start from the simplest of associations

You're half way there already.. show me your boat !

W

[Jacked1]

5'5" and 110 pounds. not fat, just no muscle. I've never really had a friend so I have nothing to do, and no, I'm not going to go out in public with my parents, that wont help much.
High school has changed so much since you guys have gone. you can't make a single mistake, dropping your pencil will bring you down a social level, it's stupid. I've been to four of five therapists and I tell them all the same thing, every time. They change the subject so I gave up. I spend my summer with my cousins and we are inside for maybe an hour a day, I may post 10 times all summer.

Hang in there Brydon, a lot of kids in high school are brutal these days. You seem very bright and intuitive from looking at your other posts and I was surprised to see you are only in 9th grade! You should be proud of that and think about how many other kids your age know what a hydroplane is, let alone build one from scratch. I hope you are planning on a career in engineering.

[Jacked1]

@boaterguy.
Hang in their dude.
Skool sucked for me too... I was not a footballer, nor alco, druggy, fuggy, fighter, snob, slob .. sorta an outsider.. .. so I read lots, studied more.. and when I left end Yr11 to join navy had a great foundation for the quals and skillset I have now.
Worked hard, learned and gained formal quals along the way... sob, still sorta an outsider... coz i dont look/act the part of the expected stereotypical overqualified penprotector wearing smartass !
Life aint ever easy.. those who climbed over everyone to the top are tumbling now things get unstable... and have no chance of survival without the very system they scorned.. welfare....
First time since 1920's there are more bankrupt US squillionnaires than new ones !

Be proud of who you are and make the most of every situation.

Build/buy a boat and get yourself to the pond and meet other addicts !
Friendships can start from the simplest of associations

You're half way there already.. show me your boat !

W

The first part of that sounds verrry familiar! I have a lot of respect for all those letters after your name, I will be senior in ME in the fall.

[ray schrauwen]

Brydon, you will do fine. Those that make life difficult for you will some day work for YOU if you just keep at it. You can do it!

Everyone made fun of my friend Andrew Walz (he was called Eugene all though HS and won more scholastic awards than any student in MM Robinson HS history) but, he went on in life to make many acomplishments and now he gets what he wants in life and guys like me work for him!!

I'd rather have his paycheque.

[ray schrauwen]

Andrew was in charge of the successful restoration of WWII Aircraft the Lancaster. http://avrolancasterfm104.com/restoration-3

He is also a pilot now and drive a restored 1970 Dodge Barracuda.

http://avrolancasterfm104.com/restoration-3

[Boaterguy]

thanks guys, I'm looking forward to a happy, problem free summer with my cousins (not really because two of them just went through breakups, ugh)
I'll come back with many injuries from all the stupid things we do, maybe it'll make me even specialer!!

[sailr]

Teachers aren't allowed to really teach anymore. They have to teach to the damned CAT tests. Teachers that can really teach are held back. If their students don't do well on those federally mandated (A Bush invention) then the teacher is let go. What crap!

[Boaterguy]

I agree, theres one or two that actually can teach, some that get hired because they have connections. we have a teacher who sells marijuana to the kids.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I agree, theres one or two that actually can teach, some that get hired because they have connections. we have a teacher who sells marijuana to the kids.

My son was telling me that he can buy marijuana at any time each school day. Not a fact I enjoy sharing.

[Boaterguy]

Anybody can, I know at least 3 people I could get it from, and that's just marijuana, booze is easier.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to hide stuff from your rents. I would know, I hide half of my boat stuff :D

[T.S.Davis]

Bill Gates was awkward in his youth. Heck, he's still awkward. Wonder how many mister popular all that jock a'holes he puts up with now. ZIP! ZILTCH! NADDA! I doubt he even remembers who they were. Not sayiong he's my hero but you get my point.

Don't be afraid to be nerdy, or dorky, or a geek or what ever the label of the day is. You'll find that as you spend more time in school that like minded braniacs that actually give a crap will gravitate towards the same type classes. Kindered spirits so to speak. The lazies will take classes that read easiest on paper. You may also find that teachers get a little more excited about teaching when they think someone actually wants to learn something.

Nerdy is the common link between all of us boat turds too.

Somethings haven't changed either. At my school (back in the dark ages) we had a guy on the basketball team that was a coke dealer. He carried his 9mm into the locker room with him because he was afraid he would be shot coming out of the games. Nice neighborhood.

[Phaleronic]

Why has this thread veered towards some advice given to a highshooler? We're on the cusp of a national collapse (we can't fund the government and the only measures that will work are spending cuts and higher taxes). I already give $5300 to the feds per year, and I'm willing to give more if the wealthy and corporations are taxed at the same ratio of income to taxation.

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/gsp_newsrelease.htm

[drwayne]

Last year I forfeited 32K in tax. That wasnt given freely,, it was taken from me screaming & kicking.
Im entitled to a govt serviceman's pension(62k).. because I lost my left leg and a few inside parts ( later when not in navy ), but I cannot collect because I choose to work ( and 62K doesnt allow good wine ).
As a pension avoider I get no benefits, no medical discounts, no housing, no utilities.. I have to pay and pay and pay for everything I have out of my own pocket..including the 2k5 of meds each month... the prosthetics .. the wheelchair .. no sick pay, no paid holidays, nada, zip.. and the bastards bleed taxation from my weatherbeaten carcass to support those too lazy to get up and do something for themselves... including the bloody overpaid politicians who couldnt see facts even if their solar powered arses led the way... how dare you garner a pay rise when your words breed turds...

From the outside looking in, US must reign in the war machine to reduce endless budget over-runs.

Us few hardworking folks are paying for the mismanagement of our countries.

Doc W

[drwayne]

My son was telling me that he can buy marijuana at any time each school day. Not a fact I enjoy sharing.

Haha, omg.. (2006) my daughter told me she could buy really nice choc-chip cookies on fridays from a couple kids who normally aint that popular .. and they was really really really really tasty.. did I want one ?
No... so she ate the few, and went out to her gran's that night.
Never eaten choc-chip since..says the sugar rush damn near killed her.. have not suggested the secret ingredient got the better of her.

But what really peeves me.. is everywhere I look I see anti smoking legislation/posters/signs/packaging .. and broad media coverage that new age wonder medicines ( pills, potions, lotions, injections , surgery ) will cure us of everything from aids to zenophobia .....
And voila... this generation are horrified of smoking 'harmless' weed, but pop any pill knowing it will make them 'feel better' after their nip-tuck or botox shots.

sorry, a dad's rant, hey .

Anybody can, I know at least 3 people I could get it from, and that's just marijuana, booze is easier.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to hide stuff from your rents. I would know, I hide half of my boat stuff :D

haha I hide stuff from my daughter else she complains Im wasting her inheritance !

[Darin Jordan]

From the outside looking in, US must reign in the war machine to reduce endless budget over-runs.

From an insider, looking out... I don't completely disagree, HOWEVER... pay a little now, or a LOT later, is how that would work out.

Everyone want's the US to stand down... UNTIL their is a crisis or disaster in the world. Then, we're blamed for not doing enough.

The media here doesn't help. Things I hear in the media concerning our military drive me crazy, because I KNOW most of it isn't true, or is only a very small protion of what they do. The general public, and certainly the WORLD public, doesn't have any idea what the US military does on a dialy basis to help this world, and the vast majority of it doesn't involve guns or warfare.