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Posted on 07/01/2012 3:24:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
That’s a great idea. Do you have the vapor hoods for dealing with the solvents? How about industrial grade steel sinks? On-site waste treatment. (You aren’t going to flush the gunk down the toilet?!) Registered all of your chemicals and solvents with the fire department?
The guy up the block does a great job with small engine repair. He wanted to expand it and turn his garage into a full time shop. It was unbelievable the number of hoops they were going to make him jump through. So he just keeps it small. Although I imagine now that he is on their radar they will be watching him.
But a great skill for you to have, and come a certain time, the last thing they (or you) will be concerned about is some new EPA rule.
I had to log in just to tell you THANK YOU. I have never herd of such a site, and I am immensely grateful for you posting that. I have had a friend who has been asking me to help him understand economics for some time, but I’m not able to explain everything I know. Now he can watch the videos on that site and learn at his own pace! Thanks again.
(Ironically, he stopped going to College because he didn’t want to pay tens of thousands of dollars for that “increasingly worthless piece of paper.” I feel the same way, now, although years ago, I did get two of them, lol).
Contrary to what my username home page says I am not in Oz, I am in Alaska.
We have quite a bit more freedom up here as far as EPA laws.
My most important tool will be an industrial sized ultrasonic cleaner. I have a shop almost a long stone throw away that does powdercoating and cerakote, a process very popular lately. Actually last year I did a 1911 for a customer in a two tone silver graphite cerakote, its a baked on epoxy that is very durable.
I also did a Winchester model 70 that way, its now resistant to cold weather, and my lubricants are mostly synthetic or dry lubes.
Blueing can be an option but its actually not very popular, most new gun owners prefer a more rugged durable finish and or a specific color. And I can airbrush that cerakote into a camo design.
And since its Alaska word of mouth is the best form of advertisement.
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We do not (and have not ever) received one dime from subsidies, grants or any other form of free money from anyone.
So there are big opportunities at Chick fil A beyond your local store? I’m just not familiar with the corporate organization.
Keep a good GPA. Take the time to intern with a Big 4 if you have the opportunity. They pay interns pretty well and, if you do a good job, usually offer you a job before you start the masters program. Use the CPA study guide your employer offers for free or at a discount, if they do. If they don't, seriously consider purchasing one for yourself. I recommend Becker. And do every practice test and answer every question they have. Get the exam out of the way as early as you can, preferably while still in school (which, unfortuantely, means you can't wait for help from your employer for the study program). Work loads and responsibilities increase quickly, so not having to take the extra time needed for exam prep while working busy season hours is a good idea.
You chose a good major and, if you do the right thing in school, you will have companies looking for you instead of the other way around.
You're 100% correct. Without a Masters at the least a BA or BS degree in History is useless, except for hanging it on your wall to cover a hole.
Ditto for a BA in Psychology. A friend of our oldest daughter (whom we've known most of her life) has that and she works as a babysitter in a daycare center - until she gets fired for her 'lib know-it-all' attitude. She met her hubby in the same Psychology classes and he also has a BA in Psychology. He works in a Shoe Store. I call him: 'Al Bundy' ;-)
Personally I love History and now that I'm 'sorta retired' my kids say I should go to college and get a degree in History - but just for the fun of it.
Corrected for current times.
So does virtually any degree in the hard sciences (at least above the BS level). Major in a tech subject.....minor in history/sociology/("insert your favorite "soft subject" here).
A good friend of mine majored in chemistry and minored in English. He worked with me at a major chemical company for many years. He was a lousy chemist..no tech skills to speak of...he knew the subject, but couldn't handle/build experimental setups.
However, late in his career he got a "temporary" slot in the company's Patent Department. It turned out that that combination of needed skills (technology plus very skilled writing ability) was his absolute forte, he was superb at it. Retired (was still working in the Pat. Dept. at that time), became an independent Patent Agent and is still going strong. His success rate at getting patents allowed is far higher than most patent lawyers.
Universities market many useless degrees such as psych, history, and art, but they also market PC BS in the form of gay and lesbian and gender studies to gullible and unmotivated students. The easy degrees have few job prospects, while the academically challenging degrees that require you work very hard, often pay very well and have many good jobs available.
Young people, look for a vocational position in the Marcellus shale industry, in the gas fields of PA. Our governor just signed a bill to give tax credits to a big new project coming to our region.
Many of those who voted for Obama, including the university crowd, thought they were voting for others to be put in their place. I have zero doubt that was a major motivation for many on the left. It always is.
That said, I have no sympathy for those who voted for Obama thinking he was going to make things better for them while screwing someone else, only to find out that they wound up being hurt as well. There are tons of people out there who have worked hard their whole lives, scrapping together what they thought was going to see them into retirement, only to have their life savings and their plans decimated by the social engineering crowd.
In the American economy, when the tide is high all, or most boats float higher. When you try to selectively target the kinds of success you don’t like, in a hate-driven attempt at social engineering, you make the tide lower for everyone (except the political class - who are always impervious to reality). For all of those who wound up being ‘collateral damage’ because of their vote for this administration, blame yourselves.
This is why I’m glad I never bothered with a college degree. No idea what I’d want, wasn’t ready for it, and couldn’t handle it anyway. These dumb kids could laugh all they want at me, I’m laughing at them because I’m not tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
I’m one of those unlucky people that just can’t wrap their head around math. All throughout my schooling that was my worst subject and just got worse as the years went on.
I’m one of those unlucky people that just can’t wrap their head around math. All throughout my schooling that was my worst subject and just got worse as the years went on.
Give Kahn Academy.org a try. The problem with classrooms is that there is no pause/replay for a live lecture. With this, you can repeat material till you get it. Math is just language, very precise language that describes what happens in the world. It's worth the effort.
I, for one, welcome our new Cybernetic Overlords /.
What?? You mean those degrees in Eastern Philosophy just don’t cut it anymore?
Or for late bloomers like me who finished up a military career, got a job, and paying my own way through college. It means a lot of very late nights, no weekends with the grandkids, and one very testy wife. (She says the light in the dinning room keeps her awake at night). Math isn't my forte, but I've got six more upper level math classes to go for that EE degree. I keep listening to that Miley Cyrus song "The Climb" and think to myself; Yep, that's me.
They do that in the insurance/securities business, too. The insurance (life, property, casualty) business is NASTY and they are very cutthroat to the newcomers.
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