[thesearethetimes...]

GREAT quote…
I thought it would be a Founding Father, perhaps Adams, or Washington, but seeing Plato, I remembered that they were all educated in the Classical sense.

And! It reminds me of my Dad, laughs, who over 50 years ago would grumble at a public service piece on TV - “Don’t help a good kid go bad. Lock your car doors.”. He responded with a disgusted tone, “A “good” kid would not try the door!”.
I miss you still Dad, but it is better that you are not here to see the state of the States…

Dear Lord, please guide and strengthen us.
Tatt

[Keflavik76]

We must have flipped to the evil alternate time line somewhere. Maybe 2012 was the end of the world or shortly after WW2?

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The world has totally lost its mind!

 

UNRWA and its head Philip Lazzarini, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the International Court of Justice are among the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024. The official announcement will take place next Friday, October 11, 2024

 

Amir Tsarfati

[thingumbob]

Your father sounds wonderful.

Amazing how Fathers can be their childs/childrens philosopher.

[Melian]

Your dad was wise!

[Publius]

...I remembered that they were all educated in the Classical sense.

They went to schools where the courses were based on what was called "the Great Books." Regrettably, there are no more than 5 or 10 colleges today that offer a similar curriculum.

[Uber-Eng]

“And! It reminds me of my Dad, laughs, who over 50 years ago would grumble at a public service piece on TV - “Don’t help a good kid go bad. Lock your car doors.”. He responded with a disgusted tone, “A “good” kid would not try the door!”.”

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Dadisms from my father:

“Come here, I’ll pick you up.”
“Did that hurt? I didn’t feel a thing!”
“Locks are for keeping honest people honest...”

You could probably count the number of times Dad attended church in his life on two hands, but that didn’t mean he didn’t believe in God. He rarely talked about it, but I have a feeling WWII left a mark on him as a kid.

It’s the weirdest thing, I feel like my parents & grandparents have a huge campfire going up in heaven. They’re sitting around in the camp chairs but looking down on this struggle and taking everything in. And every time I “hit a marker” with the path I’m on, they’re looking at each other saying “YES! He hit the next one. Toast!” and another shot of Jägermeister (German for “HuntMaster”) goes down.

They did their end as best they could, having lived through WWI & WWII in eastern Europe. They took care of their families, and got safely and legally to the US in the 50’s. Apparently it’s up to me to make sure their sacrifices weren’t in vain.

270 Mb of data and analysis on skool chuting is ready to be cut loose on some folks that shouldn’t have traumatized our kids. That’s just the opening salvo.

Carry on FreeQs, Uber out.