On to another subject - Tomorrow I begin my new occupation as a full time college student. My wife sez she hopes to play Mrs. Robinson with me doing my best Dustin Hoffman. The whole process is making realize how old I am - "In case of emergency" only has space for Mom (getting a bit dotey) and Dad (deceased) - I added a line to include the spouse (does that count for "Creative Writing"?) They need my immunization records and list vaccinces that have become mandatory for all students born after 1980 (That's when I was married and immunized against the powers of all other women ) Had to call the school nurse because I couldn't get the records before class started and she suggested I just call my pediatrician and he could fill out the form and mail it to her. I had to break the news that he died about 25 years ago. Can't wait to be called "Gramps" by one of my classmates....
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
Eric the Red
Good luck Mike, and don't worry about those young whipper-snappers calling you Gramps....
in no time at all they'll be seated around you soaking up all your sage wisdom !!
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
Eric the Red
A Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his, peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA
satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image& nbsp; has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks onamused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
" You're a U.S. Congressman", says the cowboy. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows...this is
a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."
Hehehe, I was born in 81 I remember you old-timers. Always working so hard, taking extensive notes, asking questions during class, just generally being a nuisance. No, I remember studying with the "returning students" a few times, as they were very focused and usually had a different take on things. Best of luck! And try to fit in: don't shower and arrive in your PJs. That way the kids will think you're cool!
I'm sitting here and they are all youger than my youngest...
But I can pass notes to you in class follow MINIacs
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
Eric the Red
Just a short interruption to thank my MINI for getting me not only first place in class for the 2006 autocross season, but also first place overall. The overall is for cumulative points for driving, meeting attendance, event chairing, etc. Also known as the "get a life" award.
Interestingly enough, I heard Mitt Romney twist that joke to include himself in the role of "the congressman", and Utah in the role of "Montana", when he spoke at Bentley's graduation in 2002. As one would expect, he didn't tell it as well as Ivan typed it.
Theo
"Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy." - former VP Dick Cheney
Jason - We need pics of you and your award for the 'frig!
Congrats - and I not so secretly admire your lack of life...
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
Eric the Red
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) Had to call the school nurse because I couldn't get the records before class started and she suggested I just call my pediatrician and he could fill out the form and mail it to her. I had to break the news that he died about 25 years ago. Can't wait to be called "Gramps" by one of my classmates.... 
That's brilliant..!! 
I remember you old-timers. Always working so hard, taking extensive notes, asking questions during class, just generally being a nuisance. No, I remember studying with the "returning students" a few times, as they were very focused and usually had a different take on things. Best of luck! And try to fit in: don't shower and arrive in your PJs. That way the kids will think you're cool!
