On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:45:58 -0400, X ` Man wrote:

...who weren't fortunate enough to be able to go to college. There are
plenty of self-taught, very smart people in this world. But we do have a
few real morons in rec.boats who didn't go to college and who express
their disdain for higher education every chance they get. Their jealousy
boils up in their throat.

I'm grateful for my liberal arts education and I often think about the
wisdom of my dad, who urged me to avoid "trade school" college courses
that he said would become obsolete in my lifetime. He was a first
generation American whose parents sacrificed mightily to help him get
through college, where he majored in the liberal arts.

Quite a pitiful attempt to remove your foot from your mouth, Krause.