I was. Thinking I could live AND post regularly.
And then, my life got in the way.
Namely, one very pedantic Psychology instructor who (apparently) thinks her class is the only one I’m signed up for.
Also, this
A rather groggy woman in her pajamas on her way to the airport to pick someone up thought she could merge into my lane (@ 15mph) while I was already there (going 50mph).
Thankfully, I can Jedi, and didn’t release her from her mortal coil as her car struck my truck.
That is how high a Nissan Altima’s mirror is off the ground. The crease goes all the way back to the door. Now her insurance company is complaining because they say they were told there was no damage to my truck. USAA is on the case, but I have to do some running around.
Also, there was this
The box it slides under tests windows.
Apparently, glass cannot break into too small of pieces when it is struck with a 50lb bag of lead shot. This will catch the broken glass so that it can be examined, then be forklifted over a dumpster where they can lift the dump bed and empty it. All without making a huge mess when the window is struck.
I have approved all of the entries for the “Name Obama in a Song Title” post that were being held and will begin sorting them later today with the winner being announced sometime tonight or tomorrow.
We at RNS thank you for your patience.
Maybe just get the welding certs, and ignore the associated degree? Make vague promises to take the required but useless classes later?
Various arts requirements are added to vo-tech degrees to try to fund useless departments. Screw them, the certs are far more important than the sheepskin.
That all sounds good, but I have already paid for these classes. The other argument for the degree being that it gives me an automatic 2yrs welding “experience” in relation to things like qualifying for the Welding Inspector classes and testing, as well as the Welding Instructor quals.
So, while annoying, the benefit of the extra 6 months “experience is worth it, in my mind.
In the woman’s defense I will say that as I get older I find myself hating silver/grey/weathered asphalt colored vehicles more and more.
The old autopilot just doesn’t work as well as it once did and inadvertent urban camo on a moving vehicle really does start to blend into the background.
On the welding front you seem to have lucked into the perfect local contract – “Hey can you weld up some crazy sh!t for me? I’ll pay!”