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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Oct 2012
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Do I need this?
"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...
On 8/23/13 11:26 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:42:18 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 8/22/13 10:01 PM, wrote:
Liability Insurance is just a way to make lawyers rich. It figures you
want more of it.
Maybe we should tell everyone who pays for liability insurance that
lawyers get a third to a half of all claims for basically doing
nothing but driving up the amount of the claim. That does not include
the money the insurance company lawyer gets, effectively making the
cost of the claim about 3-4 times as much as the injured party ends up
with.,
Now get out your checkbook and pay that insurance bill, sucker.
Uh huh. So I suppose you don't have liability insurance on your car or
homeowners insurance in case someone is injured on your property, right?
Yes I do and I understand it is mostly lawyer tax
Oh, I forgot. You don't like people who studied to get a professional
degree. Military trade school is good enough for everyone.
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As a beneficiary of both, I'll offer my opinion.
There's no question that in the civilian job market a college degree in
the technical disciplines opens many more doors and can lead to higher
incomes. However, some of the military technical schools, particularly
in the Navy (sorry Army dudes) are excellent. Some require higher SAT
and IQ levels than many colleges.
I think the best is having both. I can accurately state that in my case
I probably learned more practical applications from the Navy electronics
schools than in college, although I'll admit my degree was obtained in
bits and pieces over many years in many schools. The degree gave me
credentials in the civilian workforce. The Navy gave me the real
education that was useful.
Looking back now, if I were ever in a situation where my life depended
on the actions of a military trained vet and today's typical college
grad, I'd much rather have the vet watching my back.
I also have both military electronics school USAF and civilian electronics
school, NCR computers, and an EE university degree.i hired lots of Cal and
Stanford EEs over the years. Most have no practical knowledge. Were not
as good of engineers as those with practical training also. And Mr.
Luddite is correct. Navy techs were the best! Learned how to fix, and
just not swap parts.
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