On Wed, 11 May 2016 11:30:03 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2016 08:57:10 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


I met and dealt with hundreds if not thousands of people during my
working career. They typically ranged from entry level tradespeople to
scientists and/or management personal with multiple Phd's. I don't
think I ever met anyone as narrow and shallow minded as you present
yourself here Harry. "Critical thinking" is not your forte, as
evidenced by your comments to any discussion here.

Millions of people in the world, including many posters to rec.boats,
have or had highly successful careers, accomplishments and made
contributions to society without benefit of what you regard as a "formal
higher education". Based on what I have deduced from your contributions
here, many are far more educated in meaningful ways than the high regard
you hold for yourself.

The only people I've met who think and sound like you are those who
chose (or were forced) to remain in academia for all their working
years. Yes, they have an abundance of knowledge, but most of it useless
in the real world.


Poor life choices and poor employment choices has Harry still out
there grinding out a meager existence while most of us his age are
comfortably retired. He will die working for someone else.
He rationalizes it every morning when his alarm clock goes off by
saying he likes it. Who "likes" a 2+ hour commute, even if the job is
tolerable?


I like my engineering jobs. But retired when the last employer screwed up,
and pretty much folded. Looking at a 1.5 hour morning and evening commute
decided the retirement.

I left when IBM offered me a job over on that gold coast Harry is so
fond of (Miami Ft Lauderdale). They even offered to move me. (buy my
house and pay moving/living expenses) No thanks. The counter was I
could do that 4-5 hour "commute" on the clock and get paid expenses if
I stayed over. Again, no thanks.
I waited an extra year to get the west coast when I transferred here
from DC and I had no interest in being there 15 years later.
The idiot I was working for said I did not have a choice. I pointed
out I was eligible for full retirement in 8 days and I had my
inspector's license. I didn't bother to say I had already signed a
contract with the state but it was fun playing along. The guys in the
office talked me into staying another month to make a reasonable
transition but I did it for them, not IBM