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Post by handyman2 on Jan 9, 2011 16:00:32 GMT -5
Well I am old school I guess. I would attempt to save my wife and child first. I would give up my place to them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 16:52:28 GMT -5
I'm part of that generation, and I sure as hell never over-extended myself or any of this stuff. How can anyone lump an entire GENERATION into a generalization such as this?
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 18:04:26 GMT -5
Well I am old school I guess. I would attempt to save my wife and child first. I would give up my place to them. That was not allowed. You have to save yourself and one other person. |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 18:05:22 GMT -5
I'm part of that generation, and I sure as hell never over-extended myself or any of this stuff. How can anyone lump an entire GENERATION into a generalization such as this? He didn't. |
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Post by handyman2 on Jan 9, 2011 20:03:27 GMT -5
Sorry Tre: That would have ment I would have failed the course. But I understand the premise of the question. If forced to make the choice as the question is phrased I would save the child. You know what the wife and mother have accomplished in life. But the child may as yet unknown make a major contribution to society. HAPPY NOW? he he
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 20:13:13 GMT -5
Sorry Tre: That would have ment I would have failed the course. But I understand the premise of the question. If forced to make the choice as the question is phrased I would save the child. You know what the wife and mother have accomplished in life. But the child may as yet unknown make a major contribution to society. HAPPY NOW? he he Hey, blame Dr. White! ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 20:52:49 GMT -5
To quote Office Space, "that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars. "
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:14:50 GMT -5
To quote Office Space, "that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars. " Coming from someone who's obviously not an engineer. LOL Engineering teaches one how to analyze a complex problem set without emotions. The point, for example, of taking 30 credits in mathematics was not rote memorization. It is ingraining an analytical mindset in the student. That question has stuck with me for years because it is oftentimes necessary to make tough decisions in order to craft solutions. The state of affairs in this country will require such a decision at some point in time. To deny it is to deny reality. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:16:49 GMT -5
To quote Office Space, "that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars. " Coming from someone who's obviously not an engineer. LOL I am definitely not an engineer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:18:37 GMT -5
Definitely don't save Mom, because she is a lousy baby boomer. Sarcasm (and emotional kneejerk) aside, you save your child because they present the best opportunity to continue your DNA. Or expand it out to say that futurity presents us with the best opportunity to save the country, species, whatever. If the goal of life is simply to continue your DNA, I would expect engineers to be having tons of babies with multiple women. Is that the case? |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:19:45 GMT -5
I am definitely not an engineer. No offense Arch, but I gathered as much. |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:20:24 GMT -5
If the goal of life is simply to continue your DNA, I would expect engineers to be having tons of babies with multiple women. Is that the case? You missed the entire point of the question. Don't worry about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:20:48 GMT -5
I am definitely not an engineer. No offense Arch, but I gathered as much. I take that as a compliment. I have one good friend who is an engineer and he drives me nuts. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:21:48 GMT -5
If the goal of life is simply to continue your DNA, I would expect engineers to be having tons of babies with multiple women. Is that the case? You missed the entire point of the question. Don't worry about it. A question like that does not have a correct answer. So therefore, stating it does makes it a bullshit question. |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:25:50 GMT -5
I take that as a compliment. I have one good friend who is an engineer and he drives me nuts. It was meant to be neither a compliment nor a cutdown. However, without engineers your life would be much simpler and not in a good way. |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:27:43 GMT -5
A question like that does not have a correct answer. So therefore, stating it does makes it a bullshit question. To an engineer it has a definite answer. Like I said, don't worry about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:34:07 GMT -5
I take that as a compliment. I have one good friend who is an engineer and he drives me nuts. It was meant to be neither a compliment nor a cutdown. However, without engineers your life would be much simpler and not in a good way. To non engineers, starting a sentence with "no offense" means that that an offense is coming. |
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Post by traelin0 on Jan 9, 2011 21:38:51 GMT -5
To non engineers, starting a sentence with "no offense" means that that an offense is coming. LOL OK man. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 21:42:06 GMT -5
What is this thread about again? LOL.
Have a good one. I am out for the night.
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Post by stayput on Jan 9, 2011 23:12:12 GMT -5
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Post by ronbuck on Jan 10, 2011 16:24:00 GMT -5
Gosh,
Maybe the writer of the article just hangs out with the wrong crowd. The boomers I know are like me. We spent our lives working hard while raising kids, coaching little league and volunteering. Maybe I am just unusually blessed with friends who are good people and good citizens.
I do think that a sense of entitlement can result in a lot of narcissistic behavior, but I don't necessarily see that as a generational thing except insofar as it seems more people feel entitled now than did 50 years ago. More a matter of expectations changing as society has changed.
I do expect, while maybe not in my lifetime, that expectations of entitlements will eventually decrease simply because government will be unable to give folks what they have been promised. Kind of like what we are starting to see in Europe. Then again, maybe people will still feel entitled even if they aren't going to get it.
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Post by bimetalaupt on Jan 10, 2011 16:49:16 GMT -5
Gosh, Maybe the writer of the article just hangs out with the wrong crowd. The boomers I know are like me. We spent our lives working hard while raising kids, coaching little league and volunteering. Maybe I am just unusually blessed with friends who are good people and good citizens. I do think that a sense of entitlement can result in a lot of narcissistic behavior, but I don't necessarily see that as a generational thing except insofar as it seems more people feel entitled now than did 50 years ago. More a matter of expectations changing as society has changed. I do expect, while maybe not in my lifetime, that expectations of entitlements will eventually decrease simply because government will be unable to give folks what they have been promised. Kind of like what we are starting to see in Europe. Then again, maybe people will still feel entitled even if they aren't going to get it. Entitlement are interesting esp in Germany where the Social Program has been around for over one hundred years and pays about 70% replacement income. Now we are seeing longer life spans due in part to the entitlement programs and better paid health care programs. Most of the European are true pay-go where our SS started out as one huge trust fund that did not pay anything out and bought only zero paying Federal Bonds. So the point of care is we have paid all our lives for insurance that pays less then the older life insurance did from the early part of last century.. Several Paternal organisations wrote much better retirement insurance until SS took over and the tax law changed. These had been very popular in Europe before WWII. Just a thought, Bi Metal Au Pt |
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