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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
1/2/2023 4:59 pm
Abject failure


After we seen Max & Alex off safely JD & I went into a local restaurant for a fast GRAB & GO lunch This is pretty much the conversation;
Cashier; May I help you?

Me...Yes.. I'd like a half dozen nuggets, medium fries and a large chocolate shake.

Cashier; We only sell nuggets in 6* , 9* , and 12*

Me; ( I stood for a ,moment silent unable to honestly grasp the abject ignorance of the English language and lack of basic mathematics )
*SIX nuggets.....

JD just looked at me.... and placed his order.


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Our educational system is an Abject Failure ! We are turning out people who are not equipped to perform elementary business transactions. Gawd Help US!

>>> DOOM & GLOOM ! <<<


The Ice Storm is coming right at us!


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 5:05 pm

Cleaning up the left over junk food.... Buffalo wings, chips, cheese, and some sliced salami..... 32 F ... 0 C here very windy out of the NW


Steamboy_2472 64M
410 posts
1/2/2023 6:28 pm

😂😂😂😂😂😂
No comment


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 6:39 pm

    Quoting Steamboy_2472:
    😂😂😂😂😂😂
    No comment
There are times........ when silence is golden...........


StarCandy1 69F
1810 posts
1/2/2023 6:44 pm

Try teaching some of these idiots ! LOL The hiring has gone to he// and a hand basket.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
1/2/2023 7:01 pm

Maybe his/her brain just made a glitch....I know mine probably would after doing that excruciatingly, mind-numbingly boring job for hours.....days....months.....And who knows what else was going on in her/his life..........trying to make ends meet......and dealing with rude customers and emotional drama.....maybe she/he was trying to figure out how she/he could pay for Insulin and birth control pills or gas for getting to work this month....or emotional drama at home.....who knows.....


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 7:18 pm

    Quoting StarCandy1:
    Try teaching some of these idiots ! LOL The hiring has gone to he// and a hand basket.
I am lucky my man Martin was educated in Mexico.... His brain works bilingually and by far above the ordinary. I would probably have suggested she go back to school with an elementary Economics course.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 7:23 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    Maybe his/her brain just made a glitch....I know mine probably would after doing that excruciatingly, mind-numbingly boring job for hours.....days....months.....And who knows what else was going on in her/his life..........trying to make ends meet......and dealing with rude customers and emotional drama.....maybe she/he was trying to figure out how she/he could pay for Insulin and birth control pills or gas for getting to work this month....or emotional drama at home.....who knows.....
***Wisdom of Ages *** You are correct ... I am concerned as to just how she will manage the rest of her life >>> Paying the bills makes ends meet <<< Our schools have failed to prepare the next generation. My lifetime of paying the extra 10 % local property tax was for Naught.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
1/2/2023 7:23 pm

I hope that serious ice storm does not affect you too terribly, and your power stays on.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
1/2/2023 7:28 pm

I certainly agree with you on the fact that the educational system is turning out idiots whose only skill is knowing how to use a smart phone. I really feel sorry for the kids who lack the basic knowledge to survive in this cruel world.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
1/2/2023 7:32 pm

I'm tired tonight after spending hours in my shop wiring up 240V electric heaters for my neighbor who lost his furnace due to basement flooding. The village foreman still has no plan to deal with the leak that has now totally surrounded the school with ice covered water. I contacted the school division and advised them of the facts so they could inspect the school and see if it is safe to resume classes tomorrow.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 8:14 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I hope that serious ice storm does not affect you too terribly, and your power stays on.
I am in LOBBY chatting Roger as long as DSL remains up and running.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 8:17 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I certainly agree with you on the fact that the educational system is turning out idiots whose only skill is knowing how to use a smart phone. I really feel sorry for the kids who lack the basic knowledge to survive in this cruel world.
Roger they can easily be taken advantage of and cheated. Just paying their Taxes concerns me.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 8:22 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I'm tired tonight after spending hours in my shop wiring up 240V electric heaters for my neighbor who lost his furnace due to basement flooding. The village foreman still has no plan to deal with the leak that has now totally surrounded the school with ice covered water. I contacted the school division and advised them of the facts so they could inspect the school and see if it is safe to resume classes tomorrow.
WHAT A MESS Roger. How deep is the frostline up there??? we are 4' here in Iowa


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
1/2/2023 9:51 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    WHAT A MESS Roger. How deep is the frostline up there??? we are 4' here in Iowa
I don't know the frost depth here. No digging mhas taken place so we can find out. I a assuming it will only be about 2 to 3' because we had a lot of snow cover on unfrozen ground. The snow is now mostly evaporated, so the frost is going down. digging in frost won't be a problem. The big problem is locating and isolating the actual leak in the line. Water is coming to the surface over a couple block area. There is no definitive spot where it is shooting out of the ground. I think it is a relatively medium size leak that has been going on for a few months and had gradually totally saturated the ground, forcing water to surface everywhere.


trytwice2019 73M
72 posts
1/2/2023 10:05 pm

A man from Alabama enters a Pizzaria and orders a Pizza

Pizza guy behind the counter asks "Do you want me to cut it into 8 slices, or 12 slices?"

Alabama guy says "Better make it 8 , I am not hungry enough for 12 slices"


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 10:41 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I don't know the frost depth here. No digging mhas taken place so we can find out. I a assuming it will only be about 2 to 3' because we had a lot of snow cover on unfrozen ground. The snow is now mostly evaporated, so the frost is going down. digging in frost won't be a problem. The big problem is locating and isolating the actual leak in the line. Water is coming to the surface over a couple block area. There is no definitive spot where it is shooting out of the ground. I think it is a relatively medium size leak that has been going on for a few months and had gradually totally saturated the ground, forcing water to surface everywhere.
Roger sorry I missed you. I got sick and had to lay down. Ronnie & Rosie are staying close by. I am sleeping on the floor with pillow and blanket. You know I like opera. Today I heard a piece by Puccini.... Go here.

youtu.be/P-ZjOEk4-dI


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/2/2023 10:43 pm

    Quoting trytwice2019:
    A man from Alabama enters a Pizzaria and orders a Pizza

    Pizza guy behind the counter asks "Do you want me to cut it into 8 slices, or 12 slices?"

    Alabama guy says "Better make it 8 , I am not hungry enough for 12 slices"
yaaa know Pizza does sound good on a Icy windy night.


TwilightSpirit 56F
1248 posts
1/3/2023 7:33 am

I enjoyed this. I have been being trained in by these educated folks..... One night I broke and said "32 years of experience managing 120 bed units, overseeing and performing care and medications......I think I got this" I do love my job, much less stress.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/3/2023 7:51 am

    Quoting TwilightSpirit:
    I enjoyed this. I have been being trained in by these educated folks..... One night I broke and said "32 years of experience managing 120 bed units, overseeing and performing care and medications......I think I got this" I do love my job, much less stress.
We have a multi-million dollar operation. Every day is a challenge to just keep going. We have some dang good workers. With the ice this morning JD and I did the chores..... Our part of the state is shut down for travel. We can get the trucks on the road by Thursday... maybe to deliver product.


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
1/3/2023 9:48 am

LOL, don't get me started on the public school system, it stinks!! They give more and more money to public schools that not only produce poorly educated students, but future teachers to continue the dumbing down of the children. It's been going on for decades and the main reason my girls went to private schools. Bush started the "No child left behind" BS, now all our children are being left behind.

Temp is 64F right now and the storms missed me yesterday, just got a few sprinkles is all.


dusty17 73M
492 posts
1/3/2023 10:52 am

Speaking of abject failure ...

I remember when Michelle Obama tried to introduce healthy foods public education .... you know, HEALTHY FOOD THAT DOESN'T PUT YOU TO SLEEP WITH FAT AND CHOLESTEROL ............

Culture warriors said hell no ... she's Black

Abject failure ...


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/3/2023 4:09 pm

    Quoting Nileyears:
    LOL, don't get me started on the public school system, it stinks!! They give more and more money to public schools that not only produce poorly educated students, but future teachers to continue the dumbing down of the children. It's been going on for decades and the main reason my girls went to private schools. Bush started the "No child left behind" BS, now all our children are being left behind.

    Temp is 64F right now and the storms missed me yesterday, just got a few sprinkles is all.
We pay EXTRA on our state property tax, as well as, an additional penny on the sales tax for our G D schools. The janitor got a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee to drive! The Superintendent earns 3 X what I do and "F"s up the spending! If we ran our businesses like that we'd be broke in no time out on the street!


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/3/2023 4:12 pm

    Quoting dusty17:
    Speaking of abject failure ...

    I remember when Michelle Obama tried to introduce healthy foods public education .... you know, HEALTHY FOOD THAT DOESN'T PUT YOU TO SLEEP WITH FAT AND CHOLESTEROL ............

    Culture warriors said hell no ... she's Black

    Abject failure ...
Yaaaaaaa SLOP the kids won't eat. "N" FOOD ! Another thing that D B came up with from her boyfriend chef she drug into the Whitehouse for $140K a year so the fat cow could have her own personal pan pizzas!.


dusty17 73M
492 posts
1/3/2023 7:27 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    Yaaaaaaa SLOP the kids won't eat. "N" FOOD ! Another thing that D B came up with from her boyfriend chef she drug into the Whitehouse for $140K a year so the fat cow could have her own personal pan pizzas!.
And if Melania had done it you would have jacked off ...


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
1/3/2023 7:59 pm

    Quoting dusty17:
    And if Melania had done it you would have jacked off ...
I have JD and no need to jack off.... My sex life would be the envy of the site were I to pursue that venue. Sometime investigate Obama's eldest daughter close look alike with their Family Chef....