AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 979) [Davis Death Watch - 11 Days to Go!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | September 26, 2003 | All of Us

[lysie]

We've got a roping saddle in the garage sale tomorrow. ;>)

Do you have free shipping? :-)

Bit..John wins. It's a cross between an Arabian and Pinto.

BTW....your meal...makes me wish we were neighbors. I seem to be in a rut. I've lost all my low carb imagination. I think what is happening is that I'm bbq'd out and I want some hearty soup or stew....fall type foods.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

Take an evening to have what you want.

It's good for you.

[Mr. Mulliner]

[JRandomFreeper]

That's a pretty graphic, Kurt.

I'm glad you are around this afternoon. You will have some freep-mail in a minute.

/john

[LionsDaughter]

Actually, Mom, I'm beginning to agree with you on the major bit. Anyway, maybe a class that I am taking while completing my core will give me another idea. We'll see.

For anyone who is even remotely curious (and those of you who aren't but are reading this anyway for some odd reason : ) I must report to the band feild at 8:45 tomorrow morning. Practice starts at 9:00. Kickoff is at 4:00 in the afternoon. (read: I will be tethered to the school all day and will be incredibly lucky to be able to leave by 9:00 at night.) Sometimes band is a bit on the trying side, but it's worth it. G'night all.

[Mr. Mulliner]

you have mail

My daughter's high school started the football season by winning its first 4 games, the first time that has happened in just about everyone's memory. But tonight we just lost to a school that has never won a game before. They're only in their 2nd or 3rd year, but we were heavily favored and just blew it.

[Utah Girl]

I will be really glad to be in my own place next week. I spent my lunch hour today getting gas and electrical hookup appointments, getting a new phone number and choosing a long distance carrier. I just need to find out who the ISP is for the high speed Internet access, and I think I'll be set. It will also be nice to have a full range of cable TV channels. I'm tired of having just TNT and TBS and CNN and the local channels. And I'll have all my own stuff too. And a real oven.

[kayak]

I enjoy hearing about your band activities, LD, so please continue. I haven't been around much to chat lately but I do lurk and I read the entire thread every day.

As an English major (truth in advertising: I did not graduate but got 3 years towards my degree) who's two children both majored in English, I had to chuckle at the crack about English majors.

With my English studies, I became a devoted housewife (a term of which I am extremely proud!) and mother and finally got an associate degree in accounting .... and am now a janitor .... :-)

Daughter, like me, didn't graduate (but it took her 4 years to get her 3 years' worth of credit .... I got mine in 2 1/2) has been either a wife and mother or a very competent administrative assistant with quite a flair for computer applications.

Son graduated with honors in creative writing .... and has worked as a copy editor at a newspaper, as a web site designer, and as a computer guru for a company that does business nationwide.

English studies can lead to quite a diversity of 'careers' ..... :-)

Actually, it is the college experience that is most valuable .... and the college degree will open many doors.

Oh, hubby majored in math with a minor in physics ..... and spent over 25 years in management in the textile industry and has now moved up to janitor ...... LOL!

Jemian ~~~ love the pictures you posted! That koala is just tooooo cute!

At least it was other children commenting on your looks ..... my mother always told me I was the ugliest baby she ever saw and I hadn't improved much ..... *sigh*

[kayak]

I know you're excited about having your own place again! Gee, it's been nearly a year now, hasn't it? Hope the move goes smoothly ..... *hugs*

[Utah Girl]

I know that last year at this time, I was fussing about needing a change. Little did I know... It will be nice to feel settled again.

I do know that I will be glad to get off this dialup that I have to disconnect every 50 minutes so I don't get charged $6 an hour.

[kayak]

Yes, backtracking to dial-up once you're used to high-speed is definitely the pits. Sometimes when we go out of town I try checking in on FR on the laptop. I soon give up .... it's just too frustrating if the hotel doesn't have a high-speed connection. Of course, dial-up is better than nothing .... barely ..... LOL!

[Utah Girl]

Good comments on the majors and college educations. I majored in pre-med, and have worked on computers ever since. It's the education that is important, teaching us how to think.

[Utah Girl]

I'm off to bed. My fify mintues is up. Talk to you later.

[kayak]

Mega-dittos to that!!!

We are finding ourselves in a relatively mild dilemma at work. We have hired a young girl, just out of high school, to help out around the office 3 days a week. She is to answer the phone, do some filing, tend to laundry (we have a washer and dryer for doing mops and the towels we use in cleaning), and whatever other chores might come up. She has enrolled at our local community college and needs the money. She has our blessing to read, do homework, or whatever when we don't have something specific for her to do except wait for the phone to ring.

We are finding ourselves more appalled each day at her incompetence. I cringe when the phone rings because we have found out that her phone manners are atrocious. Today hubby overheard her telling a job applicant "well, that sucks!" when the lady mentioned that she had lost her full-time job. She can't file ..... she doesn't even do the laundry properly ...... those mops take a LOT of rinsing and she doesn't catch on. I have pulled more than one load out of the dryer and washed them some more.

She simply doesn't know how to think .... and I blame the school system more than I do this sweet young girl.

Our problem .... her mother is our very best supervisor and we don't know how she will react if we let her daughter go. But we think we're going to have to. She's just too unprofessional on the phone .... based on the things we have heard her say (for example, "who is this?" rather than "may I ask who is calling?") we don't even want to think about the things we may not have heard. She really needs the helping hand with the finances. I guess in ways we are too tender-hearted to be good business people ..... *sigh*

Gentle correction and instruction don't seem to help. We even have a video on proper phone behavior and viewing it didn't improve her telephone behavior one bit.

We've about decided that we simply must let her go but it's bothering both of us to do it. And it really disturbs me that someone could get a high school diploma and know so very few basic things about living in the adult world. It's really scary.

[kayak]

AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 978) [Davis Death Watch - 12 Days to Go!!]

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[kayak]

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Hoping you'll soon be back with us. We miss you and are keeping you in our prayers.

(((((kassie)))))

[LBKQ]

Good morning from yet another English major. (Taught for a few years and then stayed home to raise kidlets.) I have friends who majored in English who have some very interesting and well paying jobs. The major is very time consuming compared to other majors with all the reading and writing involved. I wish I would have majored in accounting or business.

Yes, we miss you, kassie. Hope all is well.

Understand the predicament with young employee, kay. Wish there was a way to shake her up. You and hubby have provided such a great opportunity for her.

[Miss Marple]

One time I had success explaining to my daughter (then in higih school) how themes and essays should read (and sound).

I told her they should sound like the news announcers on TV. For some reason, that did the trick. She was unable to understand the difference between formal and informal English, due to our esteemed and expensive suburban school system. Once she caught on, she did quite well and made excellent grades on her college papers.

Maybe that would help with your high-schooler. Tell her she doesn't sound "mature" in her phone manners, and point out to her how Diane Sawyer (yeah, I know) or someone on the local news sounds.

It's worth a try, anyway.