Recruiting Forum Off Topic Thread III

[Devo182]

If the Bernman gets the nomination, and it is looking increasingly like he will, I would say there will be a huge vacuum created of people that can't stomach his socialist/communist platform but also can't pull the lever for Trump. If a third party like the libertarians ever had an opportunity to make itself relevant in a presidential election it looks like this is the year. IMO.

Maybe Zoltan will switch to independent. He's the David Ubben of presidential candidates.

 

[Devo182]

I got you. I do wish somebody would make a stand against the national debt. I hate it when the politicians say we have to raise the debt ceiling or we will default. No we won't. We just won't be able to spend more than we take in because the credit card will be maxed out. Our government is the only entity that I know of that can just up it's own credit limit and keep on spending. I could balance the budget tomorrow but lots of folks would be pissed because their toilet paper museum lost it's federal funding and they wouldn't be able to build that four lane highway into the middle of nowhere to service 200 residents of Jimstown, VA. So much corruption and pocket lining going on at the expense of the tax payer and future tax payers.

Have to cut into defense or health to really cut into the deficit. We could have cut out 100% of all non-military discretionary spending and still have run hundreds of billions in annual deficits in recent years.

But I agree it is an issue that should be taken more seriously. The more interest payments take up more and more of the budget, the less we have to spend on current items. At some point it becomes crippling.

 

[gainesvol82]

No recruitics in the polituiting forum.

 

[Devo182]

Why do old people wear long khaki pants and collared long sleeve shirts at the gym? Someone really old enlighten me

And wipe down every single inch of every got dang machine with sanitation wipes. Wth is that all about? I get wiping off sweat and maybe sani the handlebars or something you touched by hand. But they leave machines dripping wet in antibacterial, even the backrest and seats. Whyyy

 

[SweetasSoda]

A lot of trades are struggling to find young people to apprentice and learn. I have a friend whose son is studying to be a machinist. It might be a pie in the sky estimate but his school told them he could make up to 70K when he graduates.

That's my husband's field. He is tool and die. That's achievable especially with OT. And the older ones are retiring with few to replace them.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Lastly, don’t do accounting lmao. I majored in it for a semester at UT, it’s he hardest curriculum and one class (that’s almost impossible) requires a B-. The teacher told our class that 90% would change majors before the 2nd test.....he was right.


Just a forewarning, unless you’re just ridiculous at it. I also got A’s in both accounting classes at Pelli, granted community college is easier than HS.

Is that a standard line for accounting teachers? In the 80s my accounting teacher told us that half the class would drop out after the first test. They did. I really studied and got a 98 (only test score I remember lol), and she hated me the rest of the year. The only teacher that hated me. Y'all know how sweet I am.

 

[reVOLution33]

Lastly, don’t do accounting lmao. I majored in it for a semester at UT, it’s he hardest curriculum and one class (that’s almost impossible) requires a B-. The teacher told our class that 90% would change majors before the 2nd test.....he was right.


Just a forewarning, unless you’re just ridiculous at it. I also got A’s in both accounting classes at Pelli, granted community college is easier than HS.

Sister-in-law went to UT majored in accounting made straight A's lol. But she stayed in the books.

I believe the ACT requirement for an incoming freshman is either 24 or 26. As a transfer the requirements are completely different. My brother is at UT now but he made a 32 on the ACT so he didn't really need to know what the requirement was.

My wife went to UT and said she believes it is a 26 but she went to community college first because of ball then transferred so she isn't exactly sure either.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

A 4?

Yes. Believe it or not

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

I'm honestly more impressed with the score of 4 then I am the 36, like actually

Yes. It was a guy I was in high school with.

 

[Crazy Ivan]

you're not wrong. what's happening to the democrats is what happens when you manage by the exception....and if someone wises up and tries to do the "collective" thing, they find out pretty quick that don't work for this group or that group and so on and so on.....

s**t show. great for TV in this day and age of reality TV drama/chaos.

The problem the Democrat party has now is they have diversified themselves out of any sense of cohesion.

1. The established East Coast & West Coast elites/DNC/ (which has been controlled by the Clintons for some time), who are completely out of touch with middle American values.
2.Those who play identity politics and want to divide everyone into tribes so that their are established victims vs those who the victims are told are holding them down
3. Hardcore Marxists
4. Democratic Socialists - this is, of course, a term Bernie simply made up to try to convince people he is really a Populists, but a lot of the well off kids on college campuses who think the idea of socialism is cool because they really have no idea what the term actually means.
5. Those who have voted Democrat their entire life because their parents and grandparents did so they do.

Even if by some miracle the Democrats were to win the presidency this year, they would immediately turn on each other because these groups have noting in common. I really expect the Marxists and non-Marxists in the party to split away from each other following the 2020 election, so will be curious to see what comes out of it. But I expect a lot of the center left to move to the Republican party, at least for the short term, if what we have been seeing in Mississippi is any indication.

 

[3rdDegreeVol]

what is the minimum score needed? I know I scored a 26 all the way back in 1994. Is the test the same?

For the NCAA, the minimum test score required is on a sliding scale based on GPA in core classes. The higher the GPA the lower the test score required. The lower the GPA, the higher the test score.

 

[jason3713]

Back in the day you had to have an 18 on the ACT and 2.0 core GPA or you would be a prop 48 and no ineligible the first year. I had a 26 on the ATC and a 2.1 GPA. Was hard to keep my attention off the football field. Lol

 

[GojiraVol17]

A lot of trades are struggling to find young people to apprentice and learn. I have a friend whose son is studying to be a machinist. It might be a pie in the sky estimate but his school told them he could make up to 70K when he graduates.

I’ve been driving a truck for going on nearly 7 years now and I’m 30. I’ve done lots of other jobs like running surface mining equipment, drink delivery driver at Pepsi, even worked in law enforcement for 2 years. Skilled trades are a dying art and talent is hard to find. You’ve got so many that just think college is the only avenue to a respectable paycheck. My wife and I as a household earn nearly $130k a year and she’s a high school teacher, albeit she’s about to finish her doctorate soon and that’s helped raise her salary. Not doing too badly for ourselves for some 30 year olds with very little debt & we’ve earned it. I wish the generation underneath me could undergo cranial rectal removal surgery and have some better role models to actually follow.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

The problem the Democrat party has now is they have diversified themselves out of any sense of cohesion.

1. The established East Coast & West Coast elites/DNC/ (which has been controlled by the Clintons for some time), who are completely out of touch with middle American values.
2.Those who play identity politics and want to divide everyone into tribes so that their are established victims vs those who the victims are told are holding them down
3. Hardcore Marxists
4. Democratic Socialists - this is, of course, a term Bernie simply made up to try to convince people he is really a Populists, but a lot of the well off kids on college campuses who think the idea of socialism is cool because they really have no idea what the term actually means.
5. Those who have voted Democrat their entire life because their parents and grandparents did so they do.

Even if by some miracle the Democrats were to win the presidency this year, they would immediately turn on each other because these groups have noting in common. I really expect the Marxists and non-Marxists in the party to split away from each other following the 2020 election, so will be curious to see what comes out of it. But I expect a lot of the center left to move to the Republican party, at least for the short term, if what we have been seeing in Mississippi is any indication.

Mississippi isn't generally a bellwether for national political trends of any kind. The deep south may as well be its own country.

 

[Wormwood]

The “old-fashioned” flu has already killed 14,000 Americans this year alone. Nothing to sneeze at.

And the fear attached to coronavirus is simply the unknown. It hasn’t been around and studied for years and years like the flu.

As for your other point - you been listening to too much Limbaugh. Take off the tin foil hat.

I didn’t say I believed the theory, just that it’s out there.

But let me guess, Russia? Amirite?

 

[Wormwood]

Part of the problem is Flu viruses can only live for several hours on an inert surface. If it is true that CoVid can survive without a human host for up to 9 days - that is a real problem in containing it.

I don’t want the Coronavirus by any means, just like I don’t want flu or a cold. But the zeitgeist behind it making it seem like the zombie apocalypse is ridiculous. The media uses fear as click bait. Surely no one regardless of political side would disagree?

 

[Geaux_Vols]

I don’t want the Coronavirus by any means, just like I don’t want flu or a cold. But the zeitgeist behind it making it seem like the zombie apocalypse is ridiculous. The media uses fear as click bait. Surely no one regardless of political side would disagree?

questionable media practices aside, a virus that has spread across 6 continents with 80k confirmed cases in a month isn't anything to take lightly, especially when CDC funding and disease security programs have been recently cut.

 

[Devo182]

Is that a standard line for accounting teachers? In the 80s my accounting teacher told us that half the class would drop out after the first test. They did. I really studied and got a 98 (only test score I remember lol), and she hated me the rest of the year. The only teacher that hated me. Y'all know how sweet I am.

I heard the same thing from a UT student. It must be. Then again, I can see why people drop it. It's not entirely intuitive. Even most business majors hate it. It always made sense to me though. It is very logical.

 

[MarcoVol]

I didn’t say I believed the theory, just that it’s out there.

But let me guess, Russia? Amirite?

 

[Glitch]

Trippie Redd for president

I’ll make marajuanas 1.5 and above illegal. (I want @nicksjuzunk vote the most)

You'll kill us all with you marijuanas policy.

 

[Glitch]

Why do old people wear long khaki pants and collared long sleeve shirts at the gym? Someone really old enlighten me

Paging @InVOLuntary or @BaldBiker

 

[Jackcrevol]

I'm not Dem or Republican. Morally lean right and socially lean left. That said, it is pathetic that a better candidate than Bernie can't be produced to beat Trump.

If our current presidentail options are the best we can do then the system is shite. How freaking hard is it to find an ethical, likeable person that is in the middle?

is ... is it safe? just wondering...dont need ze ban hammers.

 

[Glitch]

Have to cut into defense or health to really cut into the deficit. We could have cut out 100% of all non-military discretionary spending and still have run hundreds of billions in annual deficits in recent years.

But I agree it is an issue that should be taken more seriously. The more interest payments take up more and more of the budget, the less we have to spend on current items. At some point it becomes crippling.

There is room in the Defense budget for cuts. That is coming from the perspective of someone that was in the weeds spending the money. I saw hundreds of thousands spent that didn't really need to be spent, but if you don't spend it this year you won't get it next year. There is no incentive to being good stewards of your budget. You are only measured on your execution rate. If they give you $1M you spend $1M and then ask for more so you can justify asking for $1.5M next year. It is broke.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Paging @InVOLuntary or @BaldBiker

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Paging @InVOLuntary or @BaldBiker

Maybe the long pants are due to Saggy Balls