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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Owlman » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:05 pm

eCat wrote:you OK with that?
Definitely. We'll only have to come up with spending money. Plus, we're friends with the Dean of Engineering as well as a few other Professors that'll will be around (he's Computer Science)
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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Bklyn » Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:06 pm

One of my closest friends (and old roommate) is a professor of Engineering down there too. If you're down with the Dean, you should have a good support system and navigator for the things that can be frustrating about HU.
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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by eCat » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:21 am

Owlman wrote:
eCat wrote:you OK with that?
Definitely. We'll only have to come up with spending money. Plus, we're friends with the Dean of Engineering as well as a few other Professors that'll will be around (he's Computer Science)

well that's great then. I suspect he'll want bigger things in life after he graduates but if job hunting is a challenge, let me know. I might be able to help him out.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Gator by God's Grace » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:48 am

good news Stu: Californians have created pot-infused wine: http://now.msn.com/living/0415-wine-mar ... d=xnetr1-5

now if they can just figure out a way to also infuse the wine with greasy snacks, you'll be all set...

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Owlman » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:48 am

Thanks eCat.

Engineers and Computer Science. My wife graduates from high school (second in her class) and even before college she gets a job at Union Carbide at $8.00 per hour (the minimum wage was $2:15 back then). Biology/Pre-med majors? Bedpan changers. As an EE, she would call up a few companies and say she's looking at them for work and they'd fly her out for a visit. Now my son is applying for a summer clerkship with Google simply because he's going to major in computer science - no class (there was one, but it was taught by the baseball coach and my self-taught son knew more than the coach).


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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by eCat » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:42 am

Owlman wrote:Thanks eCat.

Engineers and Computer Science. My wife graduates from high school (second in her class) and even before college she gets a job at Union Carbide at $8.00 per hour (the minimum wage was $2:15 back then). Biology/Pre-med majors? Bedpan changers. As an EE, she would call up a few companies and say she's looking at them for work and they'd fly her out for a visit. Now my son is applying for a summer clerkship with Google simply because he's going to major in computer science - no class (there was one, but it was taught by the baseball coach and my self-taught son knew more than the coach).


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yea, thats the world I live in right now. If you have an engineering or science degree, are a recent graduate and you have a decent GPA, there is no unemployment issue.

I'm talking to kids that have 2 or 3 job offers in hand when they get to us.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by sardis » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:49 pm

My son in high school is talking about engineering. We're starting the where should he go process right now.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by billy bob bocephus » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:00 pm

good luck with that - all 3 of mine had the math and science skills to go into engineering, which I advocated .. so far I have one business degree, one geography degree and one psychology degree...sigh...what's a parent to do..

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Jungle Rat » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:48 pm

Hope they give you grandkids who are smarter?

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Gator by God's Grace » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:45 pm

I was pre-engineering back in the day.

But i quickly realized that sliding a wooden block down a wooden ramp in 7 a.m. physics lab in order to measure the co-efficient of friction was going to fuck up my sex life.

so I wised up and swapped engineering for literature.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Saint » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:05 am

Gator by God's Grace wrote:good news Stu: Californians have created pot-infused wine: http://now.msn.com/living/0415-wine-mar ... d=xnetr1-5

now if they can just figure out a way to also infuse the wine with greasy snacks, you'll be all set...
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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by eCat » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:08 am

Gator by God's Grace wrote:I was pre-engineering back in the day.

But i quickly realized that sliding a wooden block down a wooden ramp in 7 a.m. physics lab in order to measure the co-efficient of friction was going to fuck up my sex life.

so I wised up and swapped engineering for literature.

you know what 36 year old recently divorced soccer moms find sexy in a man?

job security
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Gator by God's Grace » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:51 am

but who on earth finds anything sexy in 36 year old recently divorced soccer moms?

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by eCat » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:10 am

Gator by God's Grace wrote:but who on earth finds anything sexy in 36 year old recently divorced soccer moms?
45 year old men
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Bklyn » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:19 am

According to Bill Simmons, that's all Orlando is. I think he affectionately calls it the Cougar Capital of the US.
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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Jungle Rat » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:20 pm

eCat wrote:
Gator by God's Grace wrote:but who on earth finds anything sexy in 36 year old recently divorced soccer moms?
45 year old men
Yep

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Saint » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:42 pm



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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Bklyn » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:43 pm

just put "chJNjZurNLw" in between the Youtube blocks...

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Saint » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:49 pm

thanks, but I'll forget again like I always do

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Re: Uncle Bud

Post by Jungle Rat » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:51 pm

Another fine example of the power of an education from North Carolina.

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