Yeah. I went through the same thing. I told them I had back problems and the xrayed me. I got sent home and eventually was 4F. I lost 20 of my high school buddies in Vietnam and will never forget them. In 2010 I had back surgery and was in the hospital for a week That 4F dogged me for decades as I couldn't get a job as you had to declare your draft status.
I still have back problems but at least I'm alive. Vietnam was a joke. The French got creamed there and the Americans thought they could fix it.
I don't miss those years and feel sorry for all of the "cannon fodder" that got sent there. It was a mistake that we seemed to have not learned from. I love America but we made a lot of dumb decisions then and later about war.
I am lucky to still be alive and wish we could pick our wars more intelligently.
La Placita being gentrified? That brings back memories from the 70's when KRQQ was a great rock station and located there. I had to go over there a few times to pick up cheesy prizes. They had a "name that tune" thing early in the morning and I was able to beat others through the antiquated mechanical telephone network of the time to be first to name the tune. I may even still have one of the T-shirts but time has taken it's toll and it wouldn't fit any more. :-)
I attended the AMC 3 at La Placita a few times but can't even begin to remember when it was no longer a relevant place to go.
No amount of "pro-labor" executive orders will ever bring back the American factory labor. The real cause for the drop in people hours is automation. Most of the companies are automating because robots don't get sick, miss days of work, and can do the same repetitive job hundreds of thousands of times without making an error.
The skills needed today are the bright, educated people who build and maintain the technology. It's time everyone accepts that and improves the education system to create those skilled engineers and technicians.
Even China where labor is supposedly cheap is automating to a fantastic degree. That is why they are the world leader in manufacturing solar panels and other technologies.
Great, a 100 foot sign. Just what we need to block the views of the desert. If I had asked to build a drive-in movie theater and put up a bunch of 60 foot tall screens, the screaming from the nimbys and others would drown out any comment about increased revenue and taxes.
Movie theaters are rapidly becoming dinosaurs of the entertainment industry with people streaming movies and watching on their big screen TV's at home. Who can afford to spend $20 or more for one movie and a few snacks when we can watch the same thing at home for a couple of dollars?
Technology has nearly killed the print media and the movie theater is next on the endangered list. What will we use those huge empty buildings with their huge billboard signs for in twenty years?
Sorry guys, as a character from an old TV show would say, "This does not compute."
Reminds me of the times when I worked at St. Josephs Hospital when the patients would sneak out of the Alcohol Rehab Center to go across the parking lot to Hoolihans for a booster shot or two.
Someone once even figured out how to bypass the alarm switches on the doors so they could leave without setting off the alarm!
Perhaps he should try teaching a class or two with 27 or more students in it?
I do that as an adjunct every semester and it is hard. When you have a half dozen students that need one on one help, you have to ignore the rest of the class while you get them back on track. Everyone suffers as it cuts down on the amount of time you have to cover a topic.
In some classes in the past, we have had two instructors at half pay and it lets the primary instructor carry on with the lecture while the secondary instructor helps the struggling student(s). The whole class moves smoothly and everyone gets to stay on track.
I'm not suggesting that we cut teachers pay by 50% and have two for every class but in some situations it works. And how many teachers would want to teach for half of what they get now?
Miserable right wing a-hole? That's funny, most of the other folks always call him a left-wing liberal.
I don't agree with everything he says but at least it is interesting and fairly well researched.
The problem with most "news reporters" today is they are just a bunch of talking heads spouting off whatever is a quick soundbite.
I miss the days of folks like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, et al. They were newsmen and did a lot of research before making a statement in public, and tried to cover both sides of a story without prejudice.
In the meantime, at least what Tom says is entertaining.
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I still have back problems but at least I'm alive. Vietnam was a joke. The French got creamed there and the Americans thought they could fix it.
I don't miss those years and feel sorry for all of the "cannon fodder" that got sent there. It was a mistake that we seemed to have not learned from. I love America but we made a lot of dumb decisions then and later about war.
I am lucky to still be alive and wish we could pick our wars more intelligently.
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I attended the AMC 3 at La Placita a few times but can't even begin to remember when it was no longer a relevant place to go.
The skills needed today are the bright, educated people who build and maintain the technology. It's time everyone accepts that and improves the education system to create those skilled engineers and technicians.
Even China where labor is supposedly cheap is automating to a fantastic degree. That is why they are the world leader in manufacturing solar panels and other technologies.
Movie theaters are rapidly becoming dinosaurs of the entertainment industry with people streaming movies and watching on their big screen TV's at home. Who can afford to spend $20 or more for one movie and a few snacks when we can watch the same thing at home for a couple of dollars?
Technology has nearly killed the print media and the movie theater is next on the endangered list. What will we use those huge empty buildings with their huge billboard signs for in twenty years?
Sorry guys, as a character from an old TV show would say, "This does not compute."
Reminds me of the times when I worked at St. Josephs Hospital when the patients would sneak out of the Alcohol Rehab Center to go across the parking lot to Hoolihans for a booster shot or two.
Someone once even figured out how to bypass the alarm switches on the doors so they could leave without setting off the alarm!
I do that as an adjunct every semester and it is hard. When you have a half dozen students that need one on one help, you have to ignore the rest of the class while you get them back on track. Everyone suffers as it cuts down on the amount of time you have to cover a topic.
In some classes in the past, we have had two instructors at half pay and it lets the primary instructor carry on with the lecture while the secondary instructor helps the struggling student(s). The whole class moves smoothly and everyone gets to stay on track.
I'm not suggesting that we cut teachers pay by 50% and have two for every class but in some situations it works. And how many teachers would want to teach for half of what they get now?
I don't agree with everything he says but at least it is interesting and fairly well researched.
The problem with most "news reporters" today is they are just a bunch of talking heads spouting off whatever is a quick soundbite.
I miss the days of folks like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, et al. They were newsmen and did a lot of research before making a statement in public, and tried to cover both sides of a story without prejudice.
In the meantime, at least what Tom says is entertaining.