Red_Dragon wrote:
😀 accurate 

I am "well educated" as well whatever that means so I had to break free of my hubris

 Steely_D wrote: 
Do you?  Are you? My work here is done. I am obviously not going to get an apology so your anger will have to do.

We get it. You’re miserable and angry.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

 Isabeau wrote:
RP's avatar function is broken and animated ones no longer work. I tried to make him festive around Christmastime or something, maybe St. Patrick's, but it didn't work. So I went with the suave and debonair Spalding cat aka Dinger. (pre-existing animated gifs still work, I think. If ptooey changes his pickle, he can't change it back.)

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Inquiring minds want to know why you replaced your smoking cat avey with a licking one?  

Anybody have experience with Udemy courses? I'm looking at about half a dozen that I could use but don't want to waste the company's money.

 islander wrote:
 
It is an interesting contrast, seeing how America views the trades vs. Australia. The respect for trades here is probably largely due to one of the 2 major parties being the Labor Party, having its roots in the union movement. That and the relative success of the unions so that tradies can earn a really good living. As a comedian said, "I want my children to have jobs with status - something in Hi-Viz."

The converse side is that the other major party gets in power and then cuts funding for trade schools. That and unions having too much influence over areas of policy where they don't belong. My Labor Premier gave paid firefighters power over the large, strong, capable, volunteer firefighting force. We depend on the volunteers in rural areas and lost a lot because of this, not to mention it is expensive. Too few people and too many trees to do it without volunteers.