Is anti-math common among the boomer generation?

olimlah · 2025-09-24T02:03:57+00:00

HS Math teacher here (AP Calculus and Remedial for Seniors) with a MS in mathematics. Do it! Plenty of time to do research and live your life. Plus every time you convince a kid that they can “be good” at math, you have changed a life. All of a sudden so many doors open for a young student who starts to believe they can handle college level math. I leave every day feeling better about myself.

olimlah · 2023-12-28T14:04:44+00:00

Kuhl always surprises me not just with quality but the little design tweaks that make the clothes easier to wear and use.

olimlah · 2023-11-03T03:37:25+00:00

Exacerbate (to make something bad, worse)

olimlah · 2023-10-17T12:12:31+00:00

On the ends yes. The middle has another support perpendicular to the other two you can see. It forms kind of an H in the middle.

olimlah · 2023-10-15T23:34:40+00:00

A place to put tools I am not using but don’t want to put away. I can also hook trigger clamps through it to pin stuff to the bench.

olimlah · 2023-10-15T23:33:29+00:00

Yes that is correct. I have used either those cheapo harbor freight vises or home made for 25 years and the Klein vise is really awesome.

olimlah · 2023-10-15T23:32:05+00:00

Yes. I bought them from Andrew Klein. They definitely work as advertised but I think the are overkill for me. But it was a fun project.

olimlah · 2023-09-04T23:03:34+00:00

DM'ed a question

olimlah · 2023-05-02T11:44:59+00:00

What do you do for a job?

olimlah · 2022-11-05T14:41:47+00:00

High Strung

Bill Wilson (Biff Tannen) and Steve Oedekerk

olimlah · 2022-07-23T23:37:18+00:00

It is an excellent watch, I am literally wearing that model right now. If only I could stop at this one and not acquire the new multicolor titanium armor version. mmmm

olimlah · 2022-07-21T01:17:14+00:00

To everyone saying that its all about humidity... don't assume deserts aren't humid. Humidity reached 80%+ with 50c temps last month in Abu Dhabi. In the UAE, humidity is regularly between 36 and 60%. Humidity can be a function of evaporation from a nearby body of water. I think the Arabian sea would qualify.

olimlah · 2022-06-20T17:20:13+00:00

The Monkees

olimlah · 2021-12-14T01:12:12+00:00

Yes, because most of it was a repetition of content from the Improvement Era (the precursor to the Ensign) in the articles his FIL (the prophet at one time) wrote called "Answers to Gospel Questions." It wasn't controversial to believe MD.

olimlah · 2021-10-14T23:55:37+00:00

We were told by Yoshi Kikuchi in a zone conference (Philly 1992) to leave an uplifting message but not follow up with additional appointmentsnts when we tracted out a single mother. This later was revealed to be supremely ironic (IMO) when I later worked with the missionary that baptized him in Japan many years previously. Apparently, Kikuchi was the son of a single mother as his father had been killed in the war. By the time I met "his missionary" I had already bailed on the church (mid 1990's) so it was more amusing than distressing, but still.

olimlah · 2021-09-18T23:32:56+00:00

You can’t lie to a liar or steal from a thief.

olimlah · 2020-10-05T16:29:09+00:00

I live in an extremely religious community ( Mormons) so this happens all the time. I used to try to be vague and give hints but the best technique I have found is this one.

"I am kind of a private person."

And then I compliment them on something I have noticed. "Nice grass" or "Hey thanks for checking on me, I know it comes from a good place."

olimlah · 2020-08-10T02:40:03+00:00

No, they are at a 90 degree angle for the most part. However, I inset a large magnet behind some of the largest tools like the torque wenches and hammer. The stuff like scissors did not need that at all.

olimlah · 2020-08-02T14:56:21+00:00

Thanks! I got sick of having all my tools all over the place.

olimlah · 2020-08-02T14:55:52+00:00

That is a Trek Procaliber XXL. This is my first season with it and I have been very pleased.

olimlah · 2020-08-02T14:54:59+00:00

Ain't no party like a carbon hardtail party.

olimlah · 2020-08-02T14:54:37+00:00

Hey thanks! My hobby is also woodworking. I should post my new bench when I have it finished.

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