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Subject: [Spridgets] Obama Genius, Etc
From: grunthaner at gmail.com (Linda Grunthaner)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:47:33 -0400
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To me Chuck this statement you made "but I can rebuild a motorcycle in my
living room and do a spridget engine on my desk" is worth all the degrees on
the planet ; )
Lin

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:49 AM, charles christ <crusaderchuck at 
yahoo.com>wrote:

> this is all very true.   in my family i'm the "black sheep" getting dirty
> working on cars.   family members included college math professor , high
> school
> teacher with three degrees , elementry library head for a large
> (multiple
> schools) district , 4th grade nstructor , high school chemestry
> instructor and a
> few engineers(not the rail road type!).   family gatherings
> were on a very
> unusual level of conversation that i really never "got".
> but the point to be
> made is the concentration on higher level jobs or people
> with "genius" status
> seems to be that the concentration or focus or direction
> is so intense that
> everything else falls into a severe background
> priority.   my aunt purchased
> all her clother in tones of one color as she
> could not decide what to wear , and
> simple tasks like cleaning house was just
> impossible to do.   i've seen pretty
> much "all" in the oddities in  smart
> people.   but the hardest part is not
> picking up after them!  it's existing
> with them!   since childhood i've been
> told i'm not applying myself.   that
> came from my family members.    because i
> did not function on their expected
> level i was frequetly chastised by them.
> watch , learn and live! yeah i
> have crappy speling and cannot find the darn
> "caps lock" fer the life of me
> but i can rebuild a motorcycle in my livingroom
> and do a spridget engine on
> my desk.  (did both at difrent times in my life.
> now all deligated to the
> shop......gives way to harmony in the home....see i
> learned something!)
> :)
>
> chuck.
> off to small engine repair world for fun and profit!
> and why did
> my college pschyc. prof always smell like pot.........?  nawwww , he
> could
> not have ...he's the instructor...right?
> ________________________________
> From: Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> To: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
> Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue,
> June 7, 2011 6:25:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Obama Genius, Etc
>
> I was
> horrified when I finally got back to college (at 27 years old) that my
> professors did not even have one teaching class, nor was it required. Hummm
> maybe that is why I had difficulty figuring out what they were trying to
> explain ; ) I wish all students were notified of that when they started
> college so they don't beat up on themselves when they drop out.
> Lin
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