[geeks] Discuss this quote...
Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Aug 27 12:09:40 CDT 2007
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:53:46PM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> "I regularly advocate Mensans to forget about college, take up
> welding, and thus get the world by the short hairs. If its money
> that matters in the USA (Randy Newman), a trade is the quickest,
> most certain, and most independent way to get there. You can read
> Kant and Nietzsche very well on your own without a Philosophy prof
> making ludicrous suggestions all the time."
I"ve often said that if I ever win the lottery and no longer have to
work for a living, I'd love to do some apprenticeships in "trade skills";
stuff like woodworking, welding, rebuilding car engines, etc.
BIll
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Bill Bradford
Houston, Texas
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