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Wow! That's a big increase. I think Terry, the county and Albany feel like I do when I go to buy a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle now. So you brought 3 dollars, you better get out that other 2 bucks or...."No Soup for You"!!!!

Truth! I stopped in tops Sunday, went to check out, there was like 10 ft between people. There were 3 people waiting for self check out, I was 4, I was like 6 to 8 feet up an aisle, like.....wtf? Get it together folks.

Soooo, who's opening the "What will Adam's wear on opening night" thread? :😱 😈

Wiscoy Falls, Alleghany County. A quiet small hamlet approx. 7 mi. East of Filmore, NY. 2 hr drive. Access to Wiscoy Falls, Wiscoy creek and the Genesee River. There are rentals in the area for overnight/multiple day stays, or, go for a day. Pet friendly. Simply a hidden gem.

I have nothing bad to say about KA. Hell, he even came in a full 4 minutes ahead of schedule on my door dash order, the pizza pucks were still hot.

I like KA, he has a plan, he has not deviated from the plan. The plan has improved the team. Don't alter the plan, the plan has washed away all that was, it has improved what is, it has set up the team nicely in to the foreseeable future. Be the plan.

They are past their prime, but Crosby, Malkin, Letang are still dangerous. Now add in this past decades Norris champion and they got better. Playoff noise making better? I don't know, but adding Karlson isn't a negative imo.

I thought Rutta was the Pens replacement for Letang? No?

Meh, he's not what he used to be.

Due to the 4th of July holiday and vacation time for some TAT's all of my interviews went to the 3rd stage of the process to 8 days ago Friday. This past week I have received 7 offer letters out of 9 of the employers I went to the 3rd interview stage with. I'll make my decision this weekend and hopefully all goes well. It's really a labor sellers market out there in my career field right now.

I concur with everything you said. LG, the people I work for/with, my family members, acquaintances/friends, and myself.....we aren't rocket scientists, as the old adage says. We are people from different backgrounds, different generations, yet, every one of them that I know in my life on those mentioned, over came the cost without loans. That was the intent of my response on the subject.

I don't agree with this as a foundational statement. I didn't start electrical work until I was 26, i spent 4 yrs in the svc and an additional 6 yrs exploring different jobs, does that mean I am 10 yrs behind on my retirement?

I don't take it the wrong way. The intent was to give insight as to what I've seem in personal experience. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. I'm merely human after all. As to the subject matter. My mentors journey to a Masters wasn't 25 years ago, he shared in the rising cost until completion a mere 7 years ago. And yes, I fully recognize costs have become ridiculous, but that's the point of why I even responded to begin with, even with those costs more than several in my life, in recent years, have found a way. There is a conversation to be had on costs and the effects it is having on the ability to afford higher education, but it wasn't my intent to agree or disagree on that, merely show that it can be done. As a matter of fact, one of the first things in my first comment was "patience, time invested" as a precurser to what I've seen others do.

We are going to need massive mathematicians. My daughter's and I sat and watched the UAP whistle-blower testimony before congress. 25 and 19 yrs old and they were amazed at the testimony. The future generations are going to be embarking on many great science and mathematical journey's. I was very happy to see my kids fascinated on the subject matter, even if they weren't directly involved in the fields of study for such.

Yes, this is how friends, family, peers in my life have done it.

I don't agree.

Ya, the wife and i saw the costs. It's her goal. I'll post when she graduates, it may be about the time Tage retires, hard to say really. It's on her to get it done if it's her goal is really all I got. So far, for the GER's, she's debt free.

For the first comment, I pointed out at the start my mentor did it, and it took him years. My family is hardly wealthy, loans aren't necessarily an option. I stated it can be done, and it can, unless your stating factually it can't, even though I've factually seen it done, through other avenues than debt. Is that what you are implying here? As for my youngest, she's grounded in reality, her mother and I taught her that. She's fully aware she won't see her degree, which is 6 yr minimum, until she's 30 to 32 yrs old. We sit down with our kids, speak with them, listen to them, and attempt to give options for their goals. Yes; she pays for her own vehicle maintenance, she bought her own car at 17. While I didn't agree with the vehicle choice, it was hers to make so I respect that.

She does door dash and works 4 days for 24 hrs at a local day care.

Well, they weren't my choices, I merely was a friend/peer/parent as they were made. I am baffled as to how you think my merely stating I've witnessed it being done is moral superiority. But, to each their own o guess.

If a simpleton such as myself can find away, others can as well. I happen to believe in the statement "where there's a will, there's a way". And to suggest my character is such that I enjoy others putting themselves in situations that they were not forced in to is pure gaslighting of the subject matter. My smirk isn't that they are in that position, my smirk is that I have witnessed 1st hand the sacrifices others have made around me to avoid the debt to begin with. It is possible, it's merely a matter of what the individual is willing to sacrifice. In each case I've seen, time via patience, sweat, toil and determination. To suggest I, in some way, take satisfaction in decisions of others that put them in a bad position is completely preposterous, otherwise why would I have guided my children to avoid such?

I have 4 children, 2 boys, ages 31, 29, 2 girls, ages 25, 19. 31 followed me in trade. 29 has a 2 yr degree via GI Bill, like myself. 25 is a self made entrepreneur locally, like her mother, 19 is currently 1 yr in to her quest to become a physicians assistant (PA). I know many of their friends, and your correct, I don't know their school debt status, at least, hardly any. I know of 2, maybe 3? That did what my kids did and pay as they went. I do think student loan debt scares them? I know it scares my youngest, the 2 girls.

I cannot disagree with you, merely speak on what I've seen around me. My Nephew, age 29, worked his way through Buf State, started at 18, got his 4 year degree in education at 28 yrs old. Worked various jobs paying his way. I'm not saying things haven't changed, I am saying it is possible. So far what I've noticed is the "time line" to achieve a degree without the loans can be lengthy, but possible.

My mentor got his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and never took out a loan, paid as he went. For context, my Mentor is my age, 52, we worked together for the first time on the Lakeside Power Plant, Levi, Utah. That was in 05. He was 2 yrs in to schooling when I met him. He finished up his Masters in 2016. Yes, 11 yrs, but we could make 100k+ a year with the hours and only work 8 to 10 months. I always smirk when I hear all the hoopla around student loans. I literally don't know anyone in my personal life who took out loans. Every one of them worked, banked, paid, rinse and repeat per semester. And I know many who have degrees.

I didn't deem any of the conversations as anti-age, more in line with an "are you physically capable" question. Many positions in my field expose you to a variety of physical requirements, working sustained in prolonged high heat exposure while on or inside of equipment as an example. I merely suspected the interviewers intentions of career longevity vs company desired employee given the tone of the conversation. I have thought about it. But I know so many that have done it, and that is nationwide as I traveled extensively for a couple of decades, so I have a great deal of peer networking and friendships. For every one I know of succeeding or holding their own currently, I know 6 or 7 for each one of them that didn't make it. Not that those numbers sway me heavily, but I'm in the last leg of my career run, I'm just not interested in my own show. Ohhhh if I had the experience and knowledge I have now 20 years ago.......