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It leans a little more toward academic than some of the others here, and spans a broader time span, but History of The World p1 is pretty good.
It leans a little more toward academic than some of the others here, and spans a broader time span, but History of The World p1 is pretty good.
You bastige. You fargin sneaky bastage. Why you miserable cork-soaker!
Watership Down.
Anything but grape. Apricot is a favorite.
I’m in the building sciences. The biggest unanswered question we come up against almost daily is “what the fuck was the last guy thinking?”. And we avoid, daily, admitting we were the last guy somewhere else.
It’s this exactly. The minute you stop learning, or think you know it all, is the minute you start declining. There is always something new to learn, some new innovation, a new system or procedure. I believe this is true for absolutely everything. I think it’s why older generations get bitchy about “these kids today” too. Shit changes and people stagnate because they know it all already.
But just keep a clear head, know that life is dynamic and try to find the joy in the process of getting better, don’t get hung up on the goal of doing it perfect or being the best. Anyone of value will recognize your effort to simply improve.
I’ve been a carpenter since I was 18 and a finish carpenter since i was 30. I’ll be 52 this year. So I’ve been doing this for 34 years. By all regards, I’m an expert in my field. My work has been on magazine covers, my work has won awards for architects and designers. I’m known by name by top builders and firms in my area. I now run jobs as a superintendent and/or project manager. I get calls to come work for other companies on the regular.
I still have zero idea why. Like, I just tell people what to do in an order that makes sense. And before that, I beat nails into wood. It wasn’t till about 3 or 4 years ago when my wife took me aside and explained to my face that, yeah, I’m really good at my job that I started to realize that, yeah, I’m pretty good at my job. But everyday, driving in, I’m still just a kid that’s in over his head. I don’t feel confident at work. I know on one level I’m doing OK, I mean I must be, right? But I just come in and do my best and hope it’s good enough. Turns out, that it usualy is good enough.
And I can tell you this. Anyone that walks around super confident in their work, usually sucks at their job. I’ve seen dozens of people claim that they’re the best around, only to get axed or laid off as soon as possible. Don’t bother being confident in your work, be confident that you’re doing the best that you can do and be confident that you have the ability to keep learning.
That’s a fun one. You get to see the same movie twice but it’s different both times.
Yeah, I watch that about once a year. It’s, I think, the only time travel story that actually follows it’s own rules. Have you seen Upstream Color? Same guy, really interesting story. It can lead into Blade Runner 2049 elements about consciousness and memory.
When all else fails, Audiobookbay and and Anonamouse are my go-to sites.
No. I think Bobs_monkey is right. I haven’t read the whole thing yet but wiki makes it seem like a game console from Nintendo.
Ha. Yeah, OK that’s stupid. I do work in the same kind of homes and have seen some janky shit too. Extension cord wire to run “just one more outlet”, J boxes filled with drywall mud and newspaper to “make it a safe” junction. We moved a fridge once and found they’d used a lamp cord as an extension cord. And don’t get me started on hvac guys and plumbers butchering joists.
If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid.
Not for along, long time. They went away before we were done with CRTs.
Yes. I think ours was a slider style switch. Maybe an extra switch that went from Channel 2 or 3?
Check out Smart Audiobook Player in the Gplay store. The free version is fab and the paid ads some bells and whistles.
I hear ya. Pay in the minimum. Bump it up asap though. I’m 51. I never paid into anything. I have to work for at least 20 more years because of it. Save now.
Make sure you’re adding (at least) the max they’ll match. I get paid hourly and they match up to 4%. I make them do the math so that no matter how many hours I work, it’s 4%. The office lady tried to make it easy and just calculate 4% on a 40hr week, but I work over 40s a fair bit. Nope, thanks, but I want all 4%. Will it mean early retirement? No. Does it matter in the least? No, I work hard for my money and I want it all. There’s never a reason to turn down free money from work.
Would You be Impressed by Streetlight Manifesto. https://youtu.be/A-UTPKL-UGY?si=Ikf6Ka8ML1tKkDSN
I was being silly.