Why this week rocked!
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... this time, anyway. I got my dreaded annual prostate exam over with, I survived, all normal, and the doctor didn't have either hand on my shoulders. You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you! I got my passport back with a 5 year visa for Suriname. Looks like it will be an interesting adventure and I'm looking forward to it in about 2 weeks. I was notified that I got a fellowship that will pay for my tuition, fees and books for next year, so all I have to do now is pay living expenses. Along with study, pass tests, the qualifying exams, etc. In addition, the graduate adviser wants me to do research on exactly what I wanted to do. And he says there should be research money for it, too. We still have lots of fine tuning and details to work out, but the general idea has pretty much been determined. It'll be a challenge, but that's what I like. Ready or not, Suriname and grad school, here I come!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Coolness. I wish I was off to Suriname right now despite not knowing anything about it including where in the world it is. I'll feel much better when today is over though. Bon voyage!
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
this time, anyway
You are expecting to have a do over for this week? :confused:
Next week I'll decide if the new "this week" rocks or not. It may be much better, since there's no prostate exam scheduled! ;P
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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... this time, anyway. I got my dreaded annual prostate exam over with, I survived, all normal, and the doctor didn't have either hand on my shoulders. You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you! I got my passport back with a 5 year visa for Suriname. Looks like it will be an interesting adventure and I'm looking forward to it in about 2 weeks. I was notified that I got a fellowship that will pay for my tuition, fees and books for next year, so all I have to do now is pay living expenses. Along with study, pass tests, the qualifying exams, etc. In addition, the graduate adviser wants me to do research on exactly what I wanted to do. And he says there should be research money for it, too. We still have lots of fine tuning and details to work out, but the general idea has pretty much been determined. It'll be a challenge, but that's what I like. Ready or not, Suriname and grad school, here I come!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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... this time, anyway. I got my dreaded annual prostate exam over with, I survived, all normal, and the doctor didn't have either hand on my shoulders. You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you! I got my passport back with a 5 year visa for Suriname. Looks like it will be an interesting adventure and I'm looking forward to it in about 2 weeks. I was notified that I got a fellowship that will pay for my tuition, fees and books for next year, so all I have to do now is pay living expenses. Along with study, pass tests, the qualifying exams, etc. In addition, the graduate adviser wants me to do research on exactly what I wanted to do. And he says there should be research money for it, too. We still have lots of fine tuning and details to work out, but the general idea has pretty much been determined. It'll be a challenge, but that's what I like. Ready or not, Suriname and grad school, here I come!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you!
I'd once full physical exam by opposite sex doctor. I was soooooooooooo uncomfortable, but that was the only choice back then. :-O :-O :-O
Yusuf May I help you?
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I don't think I'll ever be a professor. I couldn't put up with students like me.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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... this time, anyway. I got my dreaded annual prostate exam over with, I survived, all normal, and the doctor didn't have either hand on my shoulders. You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you! I got my passport back with a 5 year visa for Suriname. Looks like it will be an interesting adventure and I'm looking forward to it in about 2 weeks. I was notified that I got a fellowship that will pay for my tuition, fees and books for next year, so all I have to do now is pay living expenses. Along with study, pass tests, the qualifying exams, etc. In addition, the graduate adviser wants me to do research on exactly what I wanted to do. And he says there should be research money for it, too. We still have lots of fine tuning and details to work out, but the general idea has pretty much been determined. It'll be a challenge, but that's what I like. Ready or not, Suriname and grad school, here I come!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Wait...prostate exam! Is it same thing what I am thinking it is?
Finally is not executed always. As told by Sir Pete and PeibaldConsult. Go figure.
I try not to think about it. Did you know that "digital" can have more than one meaning?
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I try not to think about it. Did you know that "digital" can have more than one meaning?
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
Did you know that "digital" can have more than one meaning?
I would never want to experience though.
Finally is not executed always. As told by Sir Pete and PiebaldConsult. Go figure.
Yeah, one would think that a "digital exam" would be easy! :((
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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... this time, anyway. I got my dreaded annual prostate exam over with, I survived, all normal, and the doctor didn't have either hand on my shoulders. You youngsters have no idea what humiliation is awaiting you! I got my passport back with a 5 year visa for Suriname. Looks like it will be an interesting adventure and I'm looking forward to it in about 2 weeks. I was notified that I got a fellowship that will pay for my tuition, fees and books for next year, so all I have to do now is pay living expenses. Along with study, pass tests, the qualifying exams, etc. In addition, the graduate adviser wants me to do research on exactly what I wanted to do. And he says there should be research money for it, too. We still have lots of fine tuning and details to work out, but the general idea has pretty much been determined. It'll be a challenge, but that's what I like. Ready or not, Suriname and grad school, here I come!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Bravo, Walt! I'm proud of you, and a bit jealous. I'll never get to attend grad school because my undergrad GPA was too low for admission to any of them. But I am enrolling in a horticulture class next semester, the first step towards a Master Gardener designation. Maybe I can be your gardener when you're rich and educated? :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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Bravo, Walt! I'm proud of you, and a bit jealous. I'll never get to attend grad school because my undergrad GPA was too low for admission to any of them. But I am enrolling in a horticulture class next semester, the first step towards a Master Gardener designation. Maybe I can be your gardener when you're rich and educated? :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
Thanks Roger! I've spent most of my life actively learning, just haven't gotten graded or tested, other than not getting fired. :) I'd probably enjoy a horticulture class, too. I used to always grow 2 gardens every year when I had a real job, one winter and one summer. The taste of home grown vegetables is hard to beat and I always wished I had time to do a little more than trial and error.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Thanks Roger! I've spent most of my life actively learning, just haven't gotten graded or tested, other than not getting fired. :) I'd probably enjoy a horticulture class, too. I used to always grow 2 gardens every year when I had a real job, one winter and one summer. The taste of home grown vegetables is hard to beat and I always wished I had time to do a little more than trial and error.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Hehehehe... I actually took a horticulture class in college. We only had two electives in five years, and I picked two I thought would be easy As. Woops. The horticulture class was a 3rd year core course for agriculture majors, and I spent as much time and effort on it as I did my four engineering courses! This one seems to cover most of the same material, and I'm looking forward to the refresher. I've tried to grow gardens here without success, and I'd certainly like to know what I'm doing wrong. What can you do when the temperature changes from frosty nights to 120°F over a span of two weeks? Maybe they can tell me how to get it right...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hehehehe... I actually took a horticulture class in college. We only had two electives in five years, and I picked two I thought would be easy As. Woops. The horticulture class was a 3rd year core course for agriculture majors, and I spent as much time and effort on it as I did my four engineering courses! This one seems to cover most of the same material, and I'm looking forward to the refresher. I've tried to grow gardens here without success, and I'd certainly like to know what I'm doing wrong. What can you do when the temperature changes from frosty nights to 120°F over a span of two weeks? Maybe they can tell me how to get it right...
Will Rogers never met me.
Yeah, I've lived down south all my life, mostly along the Gulf Coast, and most of the gardening books are for the northern climes. So, I always just made my best guess and it usually worked out fairly well, but not always. I wish we could grow some of the more tropical fruits, but we usually have one or two freezes every winter and they don't survive. I'm spoiled from living in Venezuela so long, where there's fresh fruits all year long. In Maracaibo there were so many mangoes that they lay on the ground rotting. My wife never bought mangoes because she could just pick them up off the ground. And all the fruit was ripened on the tree not picked early for shipping. On another gardening topic, this year was a good year for pecans. I have 3 old trees in the back yard and last year they didn't do too good with hurricane Ike and then the summer drought. This year we had no hurricane and normal rain all summer. We beat the squirrels and so far have picked up about 3 grocery bags full. Most we've given to friends and relatives, but I'll have to shell about 1 bag. Looks like pecan pie will be on the Thanksgiving menu! ;P :cool: On a sadder note, one of the pecan trees isn't doing too well and I'll likely have to take it down to make sure it doesn't fall on the house. It's probably about 60 years old. :sigh:
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yeah, I've lived down south all my life, mostly along the Gulf Coast, and most of the gardening books are for the northern climes. So, I always just made my best guess and it usually worked out fairly well, but not always. I wish we could grow some of the more tropical fruits, but we usually have one or two freezes every winter and they don't survive. I'm spoiled from living in Venezuela so long, where there's fresh fruits all year long. In Maracaibo there were so many mangoes that they lay on the ground rotting. My wife never bought mangoes because she could just pick them up off the ground. And all the fruit was ripened on the tree not picked early for shipping. On another gardening topic, this year was a good year for pecans. I have 3 old trees in the back yard and last year they didn't do too good with hurricane Ike and then the summer drought. This year we had no hurricane and normal rain all summer. We beat the squirrels and so far have picked up about 3 grocery bags full. Most we've given to friends and relatives, but I'll have to shell about 1 bag. Looks like pecan pie will be on the Thanksgiving menu! ;P :cool: On a sadder note, one of the pecan trees isn't doing too well and I'll likely have to take it down to make sure it doesn't fall on the house. It's probably about 60 years old. :sigh:
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
It's probably about 60 years old.
I can read about a train wreck without shedding a tear, but that makes me sad. I don't even like pecans, but the death of an old grandad tree like that gives me grief. I hope the other two thrive and prosper! I've got a nectarine going - my favorite fruit - but last week I found a patch where the bark had been gnawed off the trunk; it's the second tree I've found in that state. I first thought I had a rabbit, since the other one (a Golden Rain Tree) had the damage at about 8" height, but this one was 24" off the ground! As I bandaged the damage, I discovered a beetle on the opposite side of the trunk feasting on bark. I sprayed the bastard with tar bandage, and it dropped like a stone, but I have no idea what it was. I hope the little tree survives this ordeal, as I've never had an edible nectarine from the local stores in 18 years; I miss that wonderful flavor and texture!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
It's probably about 60 years old.
I can read about a train wreck without shedding a tear, but that makes me sad. I don't even like pecans, but the death of an old grandad tree like that gives me grief. I hope the other two thrive and prosper! I've got a nectarine going - my favorite fruit - but last week I found a patch where the bark had been gnawed off the trunk; it's the second tree I've found in that state. I first thought I had a rabbit, since the other one (a Golden Rain Tree) had the damage at about 8" height, but this one was 24" off the ground! As I bandaged the damage, I discovered a beetle on the opposite side of the trunk feasting on bark. I sprayed the bastard with tar bandage, and it dropped like a stone, but I have no idea what it was. I hope the little tree survives this ordeal, as I've never had an edible nectarine from the local stores in 18 years; I miss that wonderful flavor and texture!
Will Rogers never met me.
Don´t you find Fruit and Vegetables from the stores really poor on flavor? I thing the way the economy is going... we will soon need to start to grow our own stuff. Anywho, nectarine are very fragile trees, if should place a small mesh around the base.
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Don´t you find Fruit and Vegetables from the stores really poor on flavor? I thing the way the economy is going... we will soon need to start to grow our own stuff. Anywho, nectarine are very fragile trees, if should place a small mesh around the base.
Max Santos wrote:
Don´t you find Fruit and Vegetables from the stores really poor on flavor?
Yes, I do. Since I moved here about 18 years ago I haven't had a decent piece of fruit from any store. I definitely want to grow my own! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.