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    My toe hurts a little bit.

    I saw a dead calf today, it was still hog tied.

    Guy at this farm installed all his porch lights upside down. There is another one to the left.


    I was telling my buddy today, wouldn't it be funny if after all the hoopla about my van, I started rocking this instead? A truck this size must be commercially insured, but my van already is anyway.

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    Contrary to popular theory, there are folks who join with interests other than having access to the TP but I was certainly curious. After being given access I admit I eagerly browsed the titles but the mystique faded rather quickly. I posted a WTB ad for a non firearm item because people seem to have bins of traded up/down gear they don't use anymore. Unfortunately even as surplus, they still don't want to part with it; guess having a spare, spare, spare set might be useful at some point. Regardless, I'd rather spend my $ locally with individuals whenever possible. Unlikely that would count as a contribution to the site as much as supporting the local community.

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    No join judgement here, just explaining how things came to be. A while ago I was posting about if local shops would take used gun stuff, like the thrift store, but it didn't sound like it so I just threw stuff away. Which reminds me, I need to throw away more stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    They're on a 4 day school week down here, started aug 8th, goes thru may. Reason being the schools are that old they have no AC so they end the school year before it gets hot.
    I came from 6 days/week elementary education. When my parents moved to CA public school program, I was on 5days/week. I really liked it. 4days/week is just too little. Average corporate employees put 55-70hr/week, and 4days ain't going to train our kids. Oh, startups are even worse. It is like 80+hr. lol

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    To be fair, I've taken exactly zero classes in all of my education to prepare me for the milking corporations do to employees. Home schooled kids probably spend WAY less time than that actually "in" school. It is a nuisance for parents trying not to pay for child care though. I've never even heard of this until now. What is the reason the districts are giving to going to such a schedule?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrPrena View Post
    I came from 6 days/week elementary education. When my parents moved to CA public school program, I was on 5days/week. I really liked it. 4days/week is just too little. Average corporate employees put 55-70hr/week, and 4days ain't going to train our kids. Oh, startups are even worse. It is like 80+hr. lol
    Well in the corporate world they have AC / climate controlled buildings. This part of the state they don't since the buildings are 20+ yrs old and it does tend to get up in the low 90's.

    They also are kept inside when it rains. AS the rain can go from a steady drizzle to flash flood withing seconds.
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    I am sure home school kids get more dense education relative to school. I've seen some study hard and play hard. Whereas school, even i was trying to find every single little opportunity to goof around and talk to other kids.

    They don't have enough $$$ to pay 20% more like next school district Adams12. So, teachers start to move to different school district.
    27J could not raise more bonds or other way to raise more $$$ to be competitive to other district's wage. So they made it 4days/week (basically Substitutiton effect) to attract more tachers.

    We actually live closer to adams12 schools than 27j schools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    Well in the corporate world they have AC / climate controlled buildings. This part of the state they don't since the buildings are 20+ yrs old and it does tend to get up in the low 90's.

    They also are kept inside when it rains. AS the rain can go from a steady drizzle to flash flood withing seconds.
    Even mid 80s, at least [public] school i've went to all had AC. Those buildings were at least 20years old at that time as well. However, I do agree with rain part. Those building sucks so much that rain use to sip into the classroom door and window. (at least in CA school during 80s and 90s).

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    Kinda has an M.C. Escher quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChickNorris View Post
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    Kinda has an M.C. Escher quality.
    If you took an M.C. Eshcer and put about 50 free range chickens all over the stairs, with hawks circling in the middle air space, it would have been perfect. I love inspecting farms.
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