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[quote=Indyone]
It’s bigoted loons like PT that make me question the wisdom of the 1st amendment.
My $$$ is on Starka...
[/quote]If it is not envy for the fact that I know my father, and that he's still married to my mother why do you suppose Starka is fixated on the issue?
Is what I say wrong, or is it the fact that I say it that is wrong?
Envy? You have nothing that I want or need, so why would I be envious?
As to the General (Dad), I mention it only to point out that the rest of us are sucessful without the help of a "connected" parent. You, on the other hand, are the one who mentioned that Daddy was a general...an admission or simply a slip of the lip?
Personally, I believe that your "major Wall Street firm" was about to cut you loose for one reason or another (probably lack of production or a compliance issue) and the firm "promoted" you to your present lofty clerkship, of of sight of clients, due to the General's (Daddy's) connections.
The truth does hurt, doesn't it ClerkBoy?
[quote=Starka]
Envy? You have nothing that I want or need, so why would I be envious?
As to the General (Dad), I mention it only to point out that the rest of us are sucessful without the help of a "connected" parent. You, on the other hand, are the one who mentioned that Daddy was a general...an admission or simply a slip of the lip?
Personally, I believe that your "major Wall Street firm" was about to cut you loose for one reason or another (probably lack of production or a compliance issue) and the firm "promoted" you to your present lofty clerkship, of of sight of clients, due to the General's (Daddy's) connections.
The truth does hurt, doesn't it ClerkBoy?
[/quote]I have no doubt that my success is linked to my status as a military brat--but it's not because of who my father knew. Instead it was because of the man I was becoming having had him for a role model.
Leadership, podium skills, willingness to relocate, knowing to stand up straight and look everybody in the eye.
I also have the experience of a long line of overachievers--my maternal grandfather sold his busiiness to Ralston Purina when he was only 42 and lived for thirty-five years in a place on the ocean side of A-1-A south of Daytona.
As successful as my father was, he was not as successful as me, my younger brother or his father-in-law.
Again, that all you know of your own father is that he passed through your mother's life for awhile before you were born is too bad. But it's not a reason to hate those of us who have fathers who we actually know--nor is it a reason to believe that you'd have been a success if you had known your father.
Why do you suppose that happens in "Da Cumminty" Starka? Why do the men not raise the kids so that the kids don't carry the snakes in their head that you have?
[quote=Starka]You’re the only snake that I’m aware of, ClerkBoy![/quote]
That I am a snake in your head is symptomatic of a lot of things. You should get your mental health checked out.
I’m just guy out here yet you’re fixated on me. It’s OK, I’m used
to having people gaze at me when I walk by, and especially when I’m at
a podium.
But nobody but you keeps mentioning my father–and it’s hardly a leap
to conclude that you’re suffering from a sad case of, "If I had only
known who my father was I too might have been able to make something of
myelf."
I’m sorry for you Starka, I really am. But we all play the hand
we’re dealt and you’re not doing a very good job at playing yours.
My father is a resident of Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. This, of course, is one of the many honors that will forever be denied to you.
[quote=Starka]
My father is a resident of
Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. This, of course, is one of the
many honors that will forever be denied to you.
Well my father is still alive but you can be assured that he has a place reserved in a similar cemetary–along with my mother.
Tell me Starka, did you know your father or have you been told that he’s buried there but never actually knew him.
Did he marry your mother?
[quote=Starka]
My father is a resident of
Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. This, of course, is one of the
many honors that will forever be denied to you.
What is the honor in being buried in an obscure national cemetary?
"What is the honor in being buried in an obscure national cemetary?"
---Put Traitor
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You have a lot of class, Put. And it's all low.
You are beneath contempt.
[quote=Phlyin’ Phule]
“What is the honor in being buried in an obscure national cemetary?”
&nbs p; &n bsp; ---Put Traitor
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You have a lot of class, Put. And it's all low.
You are beneath contempt.
[/quote]Give it a break. The national cemetaries are set up to take anybody who asks to be buried there as long as they were not dishonorably discharged.
Those places are not like Arlington, or one of the cemtaries overseas. They're all over the country and about as selective as a homeowner's association.
So I ask again, what is the honor of being buried in a public cemetary--that you were not dishonorably discharged?
Isn't that a lot like somebody bragging they're a good guy because they don't rape women?
yeah i'll say but Put is really showing his true colors.
The fact that I only really had 2 jobs (one being the typical 16 year old starting job) yet im a job to job drifting slacker.
See what he failed to understand is that in my free time I used to help others race - you know giving freely of myself to help out - why I love it. I picked up quite a bit that I contemplated turning a hobby into my career.
He looks as me as some putz - well boy you asked why I had an econ degree - hmm look at what job im applying for. Like i said I never gave this career field much thought before but being one class short of a financial minor does not mean I have no experience with this field.
You assume - you always will. That is your downfall. Do the world a favor and just go away.
To everyone else who had helpful info for me - big thanks.
Put - get a clue.
You're not bright enough to even get it--wander on down the road and tune up a car.
hmmmm - how about this - how about i make it so none of your cars ever run?
[quote=Juiced6]
yeah i’ll say but Put is really showing his true colors.
The fact that I only really had 2 jobs (one being the typical 16 year old starting job) yet im a job to job drifting slacker.
See what he failed to understand is that in my free time I used to help others race - you know giving freely of myself to help out - why I love it. I picked up quite a bit that I contemplated turning a hobby into my career.
He looks as me as some putz - well boy you asked why I had an econ degree - hmm look at what job im applying for. Like i said I never gave this career field much thought before but being one class short of a financial minor does not mean I have no experience with this field.
You assume - you always will. That is your downfall. Do the world a favor and just go away.
To everyone else who had helpful info for me - big thanks.
Put - get a clue.
[/quote]I did not ask why you got a degree in economics, what I asked was how an econ degree fits into the world of tuning up engines.
What I also said was that the world needs people who tune up engines and there is nothing wrong with spending your life tinkering with fuel injectors if that's what you love.
Just don't show up on a financial professional's forum and announce, "I'm thinking of doing what you do for a few months then I think I'll quit and tune up cars."
Next you whined, several times, about working hard. To this veteran you appear to be willing to make a few calls in return for a steady check for a couple of months--but you sure don't want to have to get up before noon, or work too hard.
As for your inflated view of the sophistication of tuning up cars. You suggested that I should get a book and look at the twelve--as in ten, eleven, twelve--formulas used to determine the proper mix of fuel and air (or whatever it was.)
The reason morons can qualify for jobs tuning up cars is because there are only twelve things to know. Hell, being a guy who plants trees in people's back yards is more complex--you have to know about shade versus full sun, lots of water versus very little water. Lot's more than twelve things have to be known--it's like really hard.
Are you aware that the first thing that would happen to you if somebody makes a mistake and hires you is that you'll be given a set of textbooks that are 1,000 pages thick and told that you'll have to pass an exam that starts very early in the morning--goes for hours, takes a break, and continues again for hours.
It's like--I mean--a real drag, dude.
[quote=Juiced6]
Put - cars are over your head - keep your trap shut.
[/quote]Over my head? All I need to know is that people who work on them
are not formally educated, which is why they work on cars instead of
arguing cases in court, or auditing books, or sewing a vein, or
advising people regarding their insurance and investments.
Tell me Juice, are your parents proud of you and your lack of focus and ambition?
[quote=Put Trader] [quote=Starka]
My father is a resident of Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. This, of course, is one of the many honors that will forever be denied to you.
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What is the honor in being buried in an obscure national cemetary?
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'Tis a shame that PT isn't within bitchslap range....
[quote=stanwbrown][quote=Put Trader] [quote=Starka]
My father is a resident of Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. This, of course, is one of the many honors that will forever be denied to you.
[/quote]
What is the honor in being buried in an obscure national cemetary?
[/quote]
'Tis a shame that PT isn't within bitchslap range....
[/quote]Tell me why most people buried in a national cemetary are worthy of any more honor than those who buried in any other cemetary?