But then grades have always not been that great at predicting college performance and job performance. So.... chops may be something else like critical thinking and drive.

Awesome take, Karen. While my story is slightly different. I attended college on the GI Bill and working 20 - 30 hours a week while taking 14 - 18 hours a semester. I guarantee you that I deserved it. As a matter of fact, I have a deep feeling that I way overpaid in sweat equity what I was given.

In Houston, white people will not put their kids in lesser schools or live in those zip codes. It just plain looks bad.

I think it is called discovery. Something they get to do before heading to the courtroom.

So, they hurt your feet, require good ergonomics, require you to stretch and move during the day, and you recommend taking sitting breaks throughout the day...

Yeah, but inflation....

All the Masons and Greysons are growing up fast as well. Nearly 50% of all boys born in the last decade had one of these names.

They are in St Louis... NASCAR... racing in pickups.... kinda describes the mindset we are looking at.

True. And you don’t have to publicly respond to every opinion you hear.

Almost as fragile as a TV personality that takes anonymous criticism seriously enough to respond.

Boo hoo hoooo.

Ah, you live there? It used to be a cool little country town where you went to get good barbeque. It has now been absorbed by the retch that is Houston.

Yep. If you have spent anytime in Houston you immediately understand who you are dealing with just by looking at the photo of the street they lived on. Cookie-cutter McMansions that all look the same, Baptist, guns, Republican, white, bleach blonde, daughters named Taylor and Madison. Yep, we have all met these…

Based on my time in Texas, her pro-gun stance, and bleached hair, I could have guessed her daughters names were Madison and Taylor without being told.

Meh. This is some serious white people shit. Find an amazingly rare animal and then kill it so they can show their friends.

Similar situation with a Ford F150 from the same era. Exception if the total lift height of the bottle jack was N then the amount needed to get the space on was N+1. LIterally, the jack would not lift the front spindle high enough to get the spare on. And this was putting the jack right under the spindle such that the…

Attend any Cars & Coffee in any city and you will understand that quote.

“Go for skewers that have a flat blade”

I’m not making things up here - vis a vis TSA, private contractors who do the same work cost TSA less.

How would privatization result in less cost to us? Cost to us is determined by the market and the private company would be incentivized to charge as much as they can get. There is really no downward pressure on costs. Also, on failing audits, there is pressure on reducing operating costs in which the corporation will…