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Education...
C'mon "buff" educate us...
C'mon "buff" educate us...
buff said:What you really hate most is when the forum starts hitting close to home.
I'm an X'er. Can you tell me how to be a real man, Treed?Treeinnovator said:the only thing Gen Xer's smell is the interior of the brand new Lexus mommy and daddy bought for them when they got a "c" average on their report card. every punk kid i dealt with from age 20 to 29 seriously believed that if they went to college, partied and took a few tests... they came out expecting...i mean OWED an $80,000 job from the 1st day. time to wake up. how's that house hunting going? i love hearing the stories about the gen Xer's not being able to afford a high priced house that all us REAL MEN had to earn.
buff said:SPACEMULE...You are asking for someone to tell you how to be a real man.
It may help if I tell you about my father who died in 1994. He was a real man. My father stayed on the same job for 39 years. I never knew him to take a sick day or day off for any other reason other than scheduled vacation time. When I was older I realized that my father had spent all of his money on his family and none on himself. I never saw him drunk and he never took drugs. He was married to my mother for 56 years before death separated them. My father never cursed in front of the family and I am pretty sure that he did not do it elsewhere either. He was an honest man with a kind of build in dignity that people recognized and respected.
I am sure that when I was young I must have disappointed my father from time to time. But my father never disappointed me. He was a real man.
Birdman, I get it now, Buff doesn't do drugs, he deals them, probably to kids.buff said:B1rdman......I never took drugs. I keep more cash in my sock drawer than you make in a year and I drive a Corvette.
buff said:I know you want me to say something but I do not know what to tell you. I am just not as unhappy with life as so many others here are. But in life, I will say that most of the problems we have are of our own making.
Some complain that their employer will not buy them work shoes and clothes. It sort of reminds me of that little creature in the Lord of the Rings who kept waiting for his master to give him clothes. Some want their employer to discover what movitaves them. House payments, utilities, grocery bills and car notes are all it takes to motivate most individuals. You have to understand that your employer is not running a twelve step program or frat house. Most people come to work with their own motivation. I never had an employer who seemed interested in my motivation, if I had any or if he could give me some of his. I am not sure that someone else can give it to you if you do not have some of your own. I read here also that some grown men complain that they have no education because their parents would not pay for it. I guess they are still waiting for someone to discover a motivation for them to pay for their own education.