[arachne] Re: Off topic? Re: Re: How to fix this puter?

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On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:03:29 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

>> Anyone having an average IQ and average mechanical ability and
>> having reading skills up to 8th grade level can do it.

> Absolutely true.
> However, you left out one part:  A person has to have the motivation to
> do so.  Schools and jobs and families (sorry to say) these days give no
> encouragement and offer no rewards for "putting on your thinking cap"
> .... this is a disposable world with apparently disposable brains.

And the job of the schools is to teach the students how to pass exams
and get qualifications that can get them a job when they leave school.

> I got almost angry the other night watching the first part of Extreem
> Makeover Home Edition.  Single father, 3 teen sons, and the house had
> plumbing problems that had made upstairs bath unusable and almost as bad
> downstairs.  THESE WERE ALL REPAIRS THIS CRIPPLED 67YO FEMALE COULD HAVE
> DONE ... TAKE SOME TIME BUT THEY WOULD BE DONE!!!!!!!!

Egad! You would put a plumber out of work!

OTOH, so would I. The only time I call a plumber is when I absolutely
can't do the work myself.

> The house was so neglected that it became unusable.  I see no excuse for
> this. NONE.

It makes for a television program, and it keeps overpaid professionals
in work.

> step
> down
>    from
>       soapbox
>             now ....

Careful! Don't trip, like I usually do <GGGGG>


    
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