View Full Version : canada's youth in really bad shape
n6hcm
10-06-2010, 04:15 AM
clicky (http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1204856.html)
maybe this explains all the saggy pants ...
kc7jty
10-06-2010, 04:46 AM
Not to worry, there is a continuous stream of Mexicans willing to do it all for us.
KA5PIU
10-06-2010, 10:05 AM
Hello.
As was pointed out, kids now have other skill sets, including the computer.
I did not know how to tie a shoe until after I was brought back from Saudi Arabia and have still not mastered the necktie.
Yet I can field strip the AK47/AK74/M16/Uzi with my eyes closed.
I can troubleshoot and repair electronic devices to component level.
Operating a motor grader is something I am very good at.
And I was able to do all of this in grade school.
Things like lawn care are no longer expected of kids, leave alone operating a large tractor, this is all now done by the "Mexicans", relegated to a lower class of people.
PA5COR
10-06-2010, 10:20 AM
Our son had to do all the household chores on equal basis with us as parents, from dishwashing to cleaning the toilet and bathroom, clean up his own room and shopping.
Including sorting the dirty laundry and learn how the washing machine works as dryer including cooking his own meal etc.
Will servee him well the rest of his life.
KG4CGC
10-06-2010, 10:26 AM
Simple: We were supposed to have The Jetson's lifestyle by 1990 and it never happened. Now people are trying to cope.
KC2UGV
10-06-2010, 10:49 AM
Simple: We were supposed to have The Jetson's lifestyle by 1990 and it never happened. Now people are trying to cope.
That's because everyone expected a nuclear holocaust in 1998, that was foretold by a robot from the future :)
KG4CGC
10-06-2010, 11:00 AM
That's because everyone expected a nuclear holocaust in 1998, that was foretold by a robot from the future :)
As well as the 50's and 60's, most of the 70's, 1984, 1988, Y2K, 2003 2005/6 and now everyone is holding their marbles waiting on 2012.
It's been real hard for The Righteous. They've been trying to keep the Apocalypse on schedule and by golly, they ain't gonna miss this next opportunity!
N2CHX
10-06-2010, 11:02 AM
That's because everyone expected a nuclear holocaust in 1998, that was foretold by a robot from the future :)
Nah, you mean Jesus was supposed to come back by then. 1989, according to the pastor who ran the home for effed up kids where I lived when I was 15.
Problem is, they know the year, but not the correct calendar to use.
I hear that he's due back in 6000. Since it's only 5771, one must be patient.
w3bny
10-06-2010, 11:40 AM
Not to worry, there is a continuous stream of Mexicans willing to do it all for us.
And we are waiting at the Home Depot...Bring cash!
Problem is, they know the year, but not the correct calendar to use.
I hear that he's due back in 6000. Since it's only 5771, one must be patient.
Had to look it up to see what calendar. Had a good idea and was correct for a change. Thought the Temple had to be rebuilt first.
KG4CGC
10-06-2010, 11:40 AM
In China, the year is 4000-something.
KA5PIU
10-06-2010, 11:54 AM
Hello.
Islamic, 26 Shawwal 1431
Jewish, 28th of Tishrei, 5771
Julian, 2455476
Mayan: baktun 12 katun 19 tun 17 uinal 13 kin 13
kc7jty
10-06-2010, 12:25 PM
a robot from the future :)
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/b9_lostinspace.jpg
a droid for every man, woman, and child is soon to be yours...
Had to look it up to see what calendar. Had a good idea and was correct for a change. Thought the Temple had to be rebuilt first.
We have just shy of 229 years. Plenty of time.
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/b9_lostinspace.jpg
a droid for every man, woman, and child is soon to be yours...Danger, Will Robinson!
n2ize
10-06-2010, 02:16 PM
You can pee in your pants and we’ll take care of it for you!"
When I read this line I nearly spit coffee across the room. :lol::lol:
n2ize
10-06-2010, 02:23 PM
All in all I am not entirely in agreement with the contents of the article. It's not nearly as bad as they are trying to make it sound. Yeah, there are some skills that are less important today than 100 years ago. But the same is true of every era. At one time you needed to know how to properly fill your oil lamps, trim the wicks, etc. These days that is no longer a necessity. At one time you needed to shake out the ashes, dislodge the klinkers, and stoke the furnace with coal or your house went cold. These days you simply adjust the thermostat.
ki4itv
10-06-2010, 02:55 PM
All in all I am not entirely in agreement with the contents of the article. It's not nearly as bad as they are trying to make it sound. Yeah, there are some skills that are less important today than 100 years ago. But the same is true of every era. At one time you needed to know how to properly fill your oil lamps, trim the wicks, etc. These days that is no longer a necessity. At one time you needed to shake out the ashes, dislodge the klinkers, and stoke the furnace with coal or your house went cold. These days you simply adjust the thermostat.
It wouldn't take much for those antiquated skill sets to become highly prized assets in our world. We're only one well aimed CME from losing almost everything we've designed our lives around. Something worth thinking about
KA5PIU
10-06-2010, 11:37 PM
Hello.
What if we had a major solar event?
Satellites would fail, no ifs or butts about it.
Now, been to a gas station lately? or WalMart? all have a dish on the roof used for everything from in store music to transactions.
Even the cellphone towers have 2 antennas and a dish pointed skyward.
All of a sudden commerce and communications come to a standstill.
Within a few hours nearly everything will quit.
All without a shot being fired, a natural event that just a few years ago would have been a minor problem.
Yes, a CME would ruin everyones day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm
W4RLR
10-07-2010, 09:41 PM
Problem is, they know the year, but not the correct calendar to use.
I hear that he's due back in 6000. Since it's only 5771, one must be patient. I like. It seems that there are a few people who know the Jewish calendar on this forum.
Once of these days I'll have to take a flight to Israel and visit my tree.
kd8dey
10-07-2010, 11:15 PM
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee58/bubbathegimp/GenerationY.jpg
ki4itv
10-08-2010, 01:05 AM
Y indeed.:wtf:
Don't come into my business wanting a job if one of your hands already has the job of holding up your drawers.
I'd need both your damn hands, shiny, GTFO and GTFaway.
KC2UGV
10-08-2010, 06:41 AM
Y indeed.:wtf:
Don't come into my business wanting a job if one of your hands already has the job of holding up your drawers.
I'd need both your damn hands, shiny, GTFO and GTFaway.
Meh, I prefer employees who can do the job... I don't really care too much how they dress, how many tattoos they have, or how many body parts are pieced. Just be competent, and able to work well with others.
W1GUH
10-08-2010, 08:23 AM
I blame soccer moms...the ones driving their big-ass SUV's while yakking on their cell phones and drinking the burnt crap from Tarbutts.
From the link:
Susan Maushart, a mother of three, says her teenage daughter "literally does not know how to use a can opener. Most cans come with pull-tops these days. I see her reaching for a can that requires a can opener, and her shoulders slump and she goes for something else."
Yo....stupid bitch it's YOUR fault...but you probably believe you fart rose petals and your shit don't stink. Fugedabbout it. YOU'RE the reason your kids are clueless!!!
W1GUH
10-08-2010, 08:24 AM
When I read this line I nearly spit coffee across the room. :lol::lol:
I literally saw a mother teaching her 3 yr old, or thereabouts, how to pee in the gutter. No kiddin'!
KC2UGV
10-08-2010, 09:20 AM
I literally saw a mother teaching her 3 yr old, or thereabouts, how to pee in the gutter. No kiddin'!
That's a valuable life skill... Seriously.
PS
I was looking for a semi-tasteful of a woman peeing in the wilderness... You don't want to know the Google Image Search results for "peeing in the woods"...
ki4itv
10-08-2010, 10:09 AM
... You don't want to know the Google Image Search results for "peeing in the woods"...
Certainly not a trick I'm going to try at work.:lol::lol:
KC2UGV
10-08-2010, 10:52 AM
Certainly not a trick I'm going to try at work.:lol::lol:
No shit. I wasn't joking. You really DO NOT WANT.
http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/do-not-want-dog.jpg
I was looking for a semi-tasteful of a woman peeing in the wilderness... You don't want to know the Google Image Search results for "peeing in the woods"...
Most assuredly NSFW. Or anything else.
http://free-girls-peeing.biz/
I am not responsible for anything you may catch there. Make sure your AV software is up to date.
W1GUH
10-08-2010, 02:48 PM
There is only one robot worth mentioning...
http://lemonodor.com/images/forbidden-planet.jpg
W1GUH
10-08-2010, 02:49 PM
Speaking of cows and milk, in college I told a date that my summer job was on a farm and I had to get up at 4:00 AM and milk 100 head of cattle everyday. She replied to that by saying, "I don't believe you. They have machines to do that now!"
W1GUH
10-08-2010, 02:58 PM
In Rent Boy's words, while walking (underage) Diane to school...
Renton paces briskly down the street, followed by Diane.
DIANE
I don't see why not.
RENTON
Because it's illegal.
DIANE
Holding hands?
RENTON
No, not holding hands.
DIANE
In that case you can do it. You were quite happy to do a lot more last night.
RENTON
And that's what's illegal. Do you know what they do to people like me inside? They'd cut my [testicles] off and flush them down the [friggin'] toilet.
Trainspotting script. (http://www.pg.ru/scripts/trainspotting.html)
There is only one robot worth mentioning...
Huh? There was a robot in that photo?
KA5PIU
10-08-2010, 03:14 PM
Huh? There was a robot in that photo?
Hello.
Republican!
W1GUH
10-09-2010, 04:36 AM
Huh? There was a robot in that photo?
Huh? There was anybody but her in the movie?
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