Recent Posts
Chris, they let you wear a watch? Watches, rings, etc., etc., do not do well around rapidly spinny thingies...
A kid I know managed to acquire a degloving about a year ago...
The Marshall Project reported that 31 percent of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. failed to report crime data to the FBI’s national database after transitioning to a new data collection system, according to the latest statistics from the FBI. That’s a slight improvement from 2021, when 40 percent of law enforcement agencies didn’t report crime data. Still, it’s a glaring blind spot, especially when that data is missing from some of the largest metro areas dealing with rampant, out-of-control crime.
My ex-wife was a high school English teacher. The town she taught in wasn't exactly an inner-city ghetto, but at the same time that town's high school was best known for its football team, not for academic excellence. My ex- was a couple of tiers down in seniority within the English department, so she didn't get (shall we say) the star pupils. One evening she was moaning about how hard it was to get any of her students to read anything, or to write anything.
For reading, I suggested she skip the classics like Wuthering Heights and have her kids read science fiction, such as Edgar Rice Burroughs. His books are written in good English, they're easy to read, and not difficult to follow.
For writing -- on a few occasions she drove my car to work. My car at the time was an autocross-prepped AMC Javelin, i.e. a race car. Most of her male students were gearheads, and most of her female students hung out with the male gearheads. So I suggested that, rather than assign her students to write about something that they didn't care about, she assign the boys to write something automotive. I don't remember what we came up with for the girls, but something related. And the deal was that my ex- wouldn't grade the automotive essays, I would.
The experiment was a success. Kids who didn't know they could write found out that, by golly, they could write. They just needed to be interested in the subject.
My ex-wife was a high school English teacher. The town she taught in wasn't exactly an inner-city ghetto, but at the same time that town's high school was best known for its football team, not for academic excellence. My ex- was a couple of tiers down in seniority within the English department, so she didn't get (shall we say) the star pupils. One evening she was moaning about how hard it was to get any of her students to read anything, or to write anything.Perhaps you're already aware of this exchange between a student and ERB.
For reading, I suggested she skip the classics like Wuthering Heights and have her kids read science fiction, such as Edgar Rice Burroughs. His books are written in good English, they're easy to read, and not difficult to follow.
For writing -- on a few occasions she drove my car to work. My car at the time was an autocross-prepped AMC Javelin, i.e. a race car. Most of her male students were gearheads, and most of her female students hung out with the male gearheads. So I suggested that, rather than assign her students to write about something that they didn't care about, she assign the boys to write something automotive. I don't remember what we came up with for the girls, but something related. And the deal was that my ex- wouldn't grade the automotive essays, I would.
The experiment was a success. Kids who didn't know they could write found out that, by golly, they could write. They just needed to be interested in the subject.
Of course, at some point in the last year or two, the Govt of Mexico decided to take over the site and kicked my employer out.
. . . Of course, at some point in the last year or two, the Govt of Mexico decided to take over the site and kicked my employer out.I suppose it's too much to hope that they reduced the plant to rubble as the Govt of Mexico's goons were coming in the front door . . .
I bought the G-Shock Rangeman on layaway because the folks at the watch store are really nice.
The man of the man and wife team told me about being lost in a humvee, in Iraq, close to the enemy ... during a sandstorm.
The compass on the watch got them going in the correct direction.
it has a thermometer./altimeter/barometer/compass and a bunch of other stuff. ... that I thought I would need, thought I would use.
I keep acting like I am in the wilderness even tho I am just south of Reno.
I also noticed that I am more aware of the time with an analogue watch than I am with a digital - the movement of the hands is what I grew up with and I find it easier to really guage how much time I have left to make it to work ETC
I really want that Mudmaster , but I generally am not outside in inclement weather any more and spend ten hours a day in a metal fab shop.
The Casio Duro is fine for inclement weather .
My next watch I think will be an Orient Bambino, which will be my "go to Church" or dress watch
