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I agree completely. Management usually requires different training than actually doing the job of the managed workers. That's why my niece with the expensive edumacation went right from college into a management trainee program.

I got a BS in biology and ended up writing software. Did I need the Biology degree? Not really, but then I always declined offers to join management. And there was a lot of synergy between the college work and what I was doing in medical research at the time.

I was headed for an art degree but I was really only interested in drugs, booze, and sex. There was construction or the citrus industry. Construction paid better. Beaches bitches and booze. A lot of LSD a lot of Boone's Farm Apple Wine and cheap Canadian whiskey. I chased women until I was tired of running from them and married a little cutie who is my best friend to this day, though we haven't been married for many many years.

I can't imagine anyone having more fun in their lifetime than I did.

Every day at work was an adventure and every night was a party. Weekends were on the lakes, out in the gulf, or over on the east coast

I took an early disability and retired at 55. I'm now 67.

Life is wonderful and I'm living the socialist dream. I get a monthly stipend that pays(most of) my bills, a roof over my head, and cheap healthcare. If I die tonight in my sleep it will be as a happy man with no regrets.

But I want to live a long time so I can see how this bizarre political situation works out over the next decade or two.

Wow, I am not sure about what to say! My main degree was in Philosophy. You know, something really useful! I did think about English but got in to a hassle with the professor and made a deal - I would pass if I would stop going to class. That one got so silly I just had to run my mouth. History was good, and also interesting but not precisely what I would call a money maker. I was able to do it all with the GI bill and summer savings.

My best shot was to go home and be friends with dad. That one worked out better than I had thought possible.

Making friends with Dad was not an option for me, him being imprisoned and all. I had to do it all on my own. Still, it was fun! Had some great encounters with the opposite sex, some nice drug experiences, and a decent career doing the STEM stuff I loved. Learned to snow ski despite living where it never snows. Hiked the Sierras. Took girls out to screw under the stars in the desert. Learned to scuba dive almost for free (college PE class). Sailed little boats for fun. Went to the Aleutian Islands on a Scripps research trip. Wrote a book that got published.

Now I'm just raising puppies and vegetables.

You seem to have been a REALLY romantic devil! <G>

Pretty much always had some sort of interactions with the fair sex. Not much time unattached at all. Back when I was driving up to Mammoth for the snow skiing, I would usually go there without a reservation and hook up with somebody just by yelling "SINGLE" at the first few ski lifts. You do kind of put yourself out there as available. If any lady was interested, she would yell "SINGLE" back and you pretty much had somebody to ski with all day and a place to sleep that night.

Of course, that was back when AIDS was unknown. I've been with my wife since about 1980!

Newlyweds! (We have been together since 1960 <G>)

I kept thinking about my claim. I think it was closer to 1962 or 1963. Our oldest will be 60 next year. Apologies..........

Steve Scalise Releases Doctored Video

House leadership is calling for his censure and resignation after he released a video that cut and pasted some audio to make it look like Joe Biden supported defunding police. What made it much worse, is the audio pasted in was from an interviewer with ALS that has to use a computerized speech generator. So you can't see his lips moving.

I think Scalise has just killed his own career in politics

I doubt a Trump-supporting Republican in a safe district could do anything, up to and including cannibalism, to ruin their career.

"Safe districts" are only safe because of low turnout. A lot of folks who never cared before have lost their jobs and been locked down. They just might want to vote this time. Especially if they get a ballot in the mail.