Posts by HappyDad

What the hell? It's after 4 AM here in Minnesota and my brain just won't shut down. Of all things....in the middle of the night,algebra is bugging me. I haven't thought about algebra since 1960 when I was in ninth grade. For some reason, the school system felt that algebra was something that you had to learn in order to be useful in your later life. I never was able to grasp it. My teacher had another student tutor me in this archaic mathematical crap. It didn't work! I still could not understand it.

Years later, I learned that trigonometry and geometry was very easy for me to grasp. As a journeyman machinist, trig and geometry was something I used quite often. The trade is now dead thanks to computers that figure all calculations for any idiot who can touch a button.

I was able to make a decent living with benefits without having tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. I am now retired with a somewhat decent pension and social security that I paid into for my entire working career. Not an entitlement that liberals say, but what I actually earned.

My heart aches for young people today who have to be in debt for most of their lives paying student loans for a degree that will get them a job at a fast food restaurant.

My advice...……..get your damn hands dirty and shovel shit if you have to. You will be better off becoming a plumber, carpenter, electrician, or any number of craftsmen jobs rather than falling into the trap of the useless lazy ass academia people who tell you that a degree is everything. I say BULLSHIT! They need young people to fall for their marketing in order to sit back and receive their paycheck for screwing over you. Wake up!

Have you ever used algebra in your life?

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Anyone ever get blow back for owning and riding a motorcycle?

by JimmyYoung in

my wife's family rode motorcycles all their life.

her grandfather was an elder.

i was told by some dubbers that it was not christian to use a motorcycle.

HappyDad

Jimmy Young,

I wanted a Harley Davidson my entire life. As a kid, my neighbor had a 1961 Hi-Fi Purple Harley (pan head) with a white seat and bags. I was only 14 years old and loved the feel of riding. He would take me for a ride quite often. It was like having sex (which I didn't discover for another 5 years or so) I finally bought my first motorcycle in June of 2002 when I was 55 years old. It was a 1984 Harley FLTC. 680 pounds of muscle with the entire tour pack. Upper and lower fairings and the radio, tape deck, etc. Bought it from a local guy who had 2003 centennial Harley on order. I paid $6,000 for it. The guy who owned it had all the chrome custom engraved and repainted it with a Corvette red and white theme. It also had a Mikuni carburetor and the engine was rebuilt and bored ten thousandths oversize. It was the first year of the Evolution motor and the last year of the chain drive.

I was in my glory riding that bike. I have a picture of it somewhere, but not handy to post at this time.

My love affair was short-lived though! after my first months of riding it until winter came,

Then came spring of 2003. I had joined the local chapter of HOG ( Harley Owners Group) and rode with them for some unforgettable rides,

On Saturday, October 4th, 2003 it was raining in the morning and we had a ride planned from the Pittsburgh, PA area to the AMA Motorcycle Museum in Ohio on Sunday. About 1 o'clock PM the rain stopped and the sun came out. I went and got the bike and took a nice ride for a couple of hours. On my way home, I stopped to fill the gas tank so I could take the ride on Sunday. Three blocks from my home, I'm riding slowly down a residential street. I would be home in less than 5 minutes.

I never made it home with the motorcycle. An 86 year old man ran a stop sign and T-boned me. Thankfully, I saw him out of the corner of my eye and hit the front and back brake. The front brake grabbed better than the back brake and the momentum lifted my right foot from the foot pad. He hit square on from the lower fairing and crash bar to the foot pad. The foot pad was actually smashed into the transmission case. If my foot didn't swing back at that time, I might have lost it.

Anyhow, the ambulance came and I spent the night in the trauma unit of Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA for observation. Thankfully, nothing was broken or missing. Just a lot of black and blue and aches and pains from flying through the air and landing on the asphalt street. The bike was totaled and I haven't been on a motorized two wheeler since.

My fight with the insurance company was another one year ordeal and is a whole different story. But at least I came out of that with a smile.

Enjoy riding and be safe.

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Dumb things JWs believed

by JimmyYoung in

i am not talking about the usual crap from the cult writings, but rather things idiots believed on their own.

maybe even helped on by the cult but not directly taught.

i knew an old man now long gone kunde in michigan.

HappyDad

Jimmy Young.

Don't discount the benefits of cutting an onion and putting it on your nightstand while you sleep. There is more to this folk medicine than you know. All the rest about peeing.....well....I'll laugh at that one myself. But the onion works.

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Dissolved Congregations--Minneapolis--St. Paul.

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

we know all the dissolved congregations in minneapolis/st.

paul now:.

1. lake of the isles .

HappyDad

Right in my back yard! I moved to this area a year ago from Florida and love it here. JW's came to my door one time while my daughter was here. She wasn't very nice to them. lol

So happy I am free from all the BS.

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Congregations That May Dissolve Soon!!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

from a member of the board asking for this to be posted.. hi.

i'm pimo.

could you please let people know about this?

HappyDad

iwatoutnow: This Columbia Heights is a suburb of Minneapolis as are all the KH's that Atlantis listed.

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Congregations That May Dissolve Soon!!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

from a member of the board asking for this to be posted.. hi.

i'm pimo.

could you please let people know about this?

HappyDad

Atlantis: All of these KH's are around Minneapolis, Minnesota. I live east of Minneapolis.

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Hellooooo! 6 years since i posted

by Aussie Oz in

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friends

so... it has been six years since my last post.

i wonder who still remembers me?

a lot has changed and then again, a lot has not.... i'm still out of course as are my children who are doing very well.

HappyDad

Great to see you post again. I often wondered what happened to you.

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Amazing Read,Check this out!

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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friends

currently reading : 30 years a watchtower slave.

cannot put it down.. this book pre-dates ray franz book "crisis of conscience", written from early 20th century, shortly after the jehovah's witnesses were formed.

the author describes the original true background of the watchtower society as a multi-million dollar publishing company.

HappyDad

It was written by William Schnell.

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Amazon Foods

by Iamallcool in

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friends

there are so many kinds of foods on amazon.

i want to eat something different.

what do you like to order on amazon?

HappyDad

Had Amazon Pantry for a time. Went to Hello Fresh and absolutely love it. Much cheaper than eating out and even though you have to prep, there is no waste or wondering what to do. If you take advantage of their special offers, you can feed two people for $7.00 to $10.00 a day. And it is gourmet quality!