artie_fufkin wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

We have no debt and if I were a betting man I would guess I make less then all the poster here by a good bit.

I won't go into specifics, but I still live at home and I'm approaching my mid-20s. People ask if I'm tired of it, but it's what I have to deal with in exchange for having gone to an expensive private college. I'm still young and naive enough to believe that hard work pays off at some point in your life.

Hang in there, TK. Someone with your intellect will eventually end up on the plus side of life's ledger.
If I had the temerity to give you some advice, I would tell you to do and see as much as you can while you can. Once you hit a certain point, time starts to go faster. I wouldn't trade a day of my life for the past 10 years for anyone else's (OK, maybe I'd go back in time and buy a winning lottery ticket), but there's something to be said for the ability to say "Sure, I'll go ..." without having to think twice about it.

Ain't that the truth.  I was actually pretty lucky.  My wife put up with quite a bit before we had kids.  I'd take "guy trips" to Spring Training or Vegas or a Cardinal road trip without catching much grief. 

Kids completely change the game.  But I have to admit, it's pretty cool to be my age and to get to experience things through the eyes of a 10 & 7 year old.

windwalker wrote:

That said, I think its BS that someone doing the same job makes nearly three times what she does just because they've had their tenured butt in the chair for 30 years, to say NOTHING of what top administrators make in large school districts. The Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent makes over $400K per year, and some of their TEACHERS are barely literate. The idiots protesting the enforcement of immigration laws ought to take to the streets over that instead.

Gotta figure out a way bring merit into the picture somehow. Teddy & Dub's No Child Left Behind act was an imperfect step in the right direction. Wish I had the answer to this one. If I did i wouldnt be pushing numbers for a living

Harrumph. A Mel Brooks "I-agree-with-you-completely" harrumph. Not a Cinderella's wicked stepmother "The-very-idea-the-glass-slipper-might-fit-her ..." harrumph.

APRTW wrote:

tkihshbt wrote:

We have no debt and if I were a betting man I would guess I make less then all the poster here by a good bit.

I won't go into specifics, but I still live at home and I'm approaching my mid-20s. People ask if I'm tired of it, but it's what I have to deal with in exchange for having gone to an expensive private college. I'm still young and naive enough to believe that hard work pays off at some point in your life.

I lived at home till I was 22 but I already had 4 years of fulltime work under my belt saving every penny I could.  That move put we in the position I am in now.  I also gave up alot because when my friends were puking in parking lots I was finishing a double shift.  Plus I only have a 2 year degree.  Dont take my rant as patting myself on the back.  And not that anyone did it here but I have grown very tired of people making selfish decisions in life and claiming that you have to do that to make it.

One isn't necessarily exclusive of the other, AP. I got a job at 16 working at a gas station, and the older guys there bought beer for me. So I learned the value of hard work and puked in the parking lot afterwards.

artie_fufkin wrote:

One isn't necessarily exclusive of the other, AP. I got a job at 16 working at a gas station, and the older guys there bought beer for me. So I learned the value of hard work and puked in the parking lot afterwards.

I tried to stay sober at work because anyone one of the machines I ran could have ripped off an arm.  Plus starting work at 5am on Saturday ment very little drinking friday night.

tkihshbt wrote:

I've been working for a newspaper since I was 16. The biggest injury risk I've had is carpal tunnel.

I have the same risk but for different reasons.

APRTW wrote:

I have the same risk but for different reasons.

Check out these Muslim terrorists trying to subvert America's ability to defend itself by spreading carpal tunnel syndrome:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbrsjf_sexy-indo-calendar-girls_travel

I'll risk one more.

On the subject of cost of living, I'd like to share the following:

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-affordable-cities.html


The article is particularly interesting to me for several reasons.  I lived in Oklahoma City for 2 years in the mid-seventies and what the story says about it was true then as well.  But it seemed culturally bankrupt.  Not that I was that much of a patron.  But the local newspapers and television stations were a big drop off what we had previously enjoyed in Watertown, Mass.  Even the now-defunct Arkansas Gazette was much better than the two papers that they had in OKC.  And the main selling point for the t.v. stations was which one had been the first to break the latest tornado warnings.  Fortunately, we had only 1 very small dog at the time.  My wife, 2 year old daughter, the dog, and I spent many hours huddled in the hallway of our apartment with good reason.  Though we weren't in a position to buy something at the time, the housing costs were about 1/3 of what we had seen in the Boston area and I have no doubt the gap has widened.

Mags wrote:

All of which makes me wonder why either of us would spend so much time on the keyboards for recreation.  My suspicion is that I have to be at the computer for most of my work and it is hard to resist the temptation to avoid it by offering boring comments about baseball and writing email to friends.

p.s.  I wish I knew how many more posts I have left before I have to give up my "Adam Kennedy status."

I think 150 is when it changes.

I'm the same way. I'm stuck in front of a computer eight hours every day and then I waste time at home for another three hours when I get home. I don't think I even have good typing form. My keyboard teacher taught us to type with our wrists up, but mine are always on the desk.

What's the latest news on Wainwright?

APRTW wrote:

Mags wrote:

What's the latest news on Wainwright?

He is a stud.  The TJ surgery thing was a a JS Live midnight news deadline.

I was just being a wise ass.  It's amazing how many different subjects this thread has morphed into.

tkihshbt wrote:

Strauss is being a vague dumbass, but from his tweets it sounds like Wainwright is headed to the shelf for 2011.

Just saw this.  Restokes my curiosity as to how much was known back in September/October 2010.