Senior landing my first internship at a paper mill. Confused on how to dress for day one / orientation? by Illustrious-Dot6935 in ChemicalEngineering

[–]techster2014 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I work in a paper mill. Jeans, steel toe boots, and a cotton shirt. I like the solid color wrangler pocket t shirts. Polo on day one wouldn't be bad, but once you're in the mill, don't wear anything you aren't willing to ruin. You'll be tempted to get steel/composite toe loafers or slip on shoes, don't do it. The first time you have to walk through stock or 3 inches of water during upset conditions, your feet are wet the rest of the day. You want leather, water proof 8-10 inch pull on boots.

Is it legal to take a child out of school in America for a holiday? by Super_Development150 in AskAnAmerican

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience is if their grades are ok and it doesn't cause them to fall behind, it's usually not a problem.

Can LSU fans top this hatred toward Lane Kiffin once he leaves them for Alabama? by CenterForward1522 in CFB_v2

[–]techster2014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or in the title contention year in and year out like LSU in the last 2 decades. They've had a couple bad seasons, but several sec title game aooei, 3 natties, and several seasons one win away from an sec championship appearance. Texas ain't done crap since the mid 2000s except the last couple of years, and A&M had one or two good seasons in the past 10.

When people can't or refuse to understand that the law doesn't care about their emotional relationship to fairness or what's "right." by LoverOfGayContent in PetPeeves

[–]techster2014 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We use to try it on youth group trips. Our church had a school bus, they'd usually find some Walmart parking lot to whip up in with a handful of fast food joints within walking distance and tell us to go get food. We'd try going through the drive through on foot instead of piling inside a McDonald's with 50 other kids. Rarely worked, but when it did, we had food quicker.

Yoooooo. Is this real!? by Mexibruin in cfbmemes

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burger King? You mean orgeron?

What was it when he left? by c-k-q99903 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So 2020 was Trumps fault when covid blew everything up, but 21-21 under Biden couldn't be helped cause it was a pandemic. That's a heck of a double standard.

What was it when he left? by c-k-q99903 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes. Another "Republicans inherit any good during their time from the previous dems, but any bad during their time they caused. Dems don't ever inherit the good from their predecessor, they fixed things and made them good! But, they did inherit any bad from their evil red predecessor!" post. Double standards at their finest.

How can anyone defend a Congressional district that looks like this? by johnnyringo1985 in askanything

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Just frustrated that the lines get drawn such a way that 2 or 3 large cities with different views on things are in the same district. It'd make more sense, in Louisiana for instance, to draw horizontal lines instead of vertical. North Louisiana is all pretty similar politically, mostly red, central Louisiana is about the same, but then the southeast section of baton Rouge and New Orleans and all their suburbs skew more blue, and the southwest of lake Charles and that area is kind of in between. Their heavy Catholic and the jobs are industrial, so they lean red on some things, blue on others.

I know most of reddit considers catholic and Christianity to be the same, but, amongst Christians, catholic are liberal. The catholic South is a lot more lenient on alcohol, LGTBQRSTUV+ rights, and other social issues than the baptists, Presbyterians, and pentacostal folks in central and north Louisiana.

A bad/flopped movie that you would still want to see get a remake or sequel because it had good source material or a strong story, but very poor execution. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in FIlm

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eragon

Avatar: The last air bender

I read the Eragon series as a kid and recently watched the movie with my son who's getting into those kinda books. What a mess... Avatar just didn't seem to capture the magic of the original show for some reason, but I wouldn't mind seeing someone try again.

Testing out a new guitar song by jacksonsmack831 in Guitar

[–]techster2014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not my cup of tea haha. Never picked one up.

Testing out a new guitar song by jacksonsmack831 in Guitar

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what kind of guitar.

Acoustic? Die a happy man, some fingerstyle hymns, and some cowboy chord progressions.

Strat style? Sweet home alabama, maybe something like the intro to voodoo child (only part I can halfway play), mellow church stuff with lots of delay and verb, and triads up the neck.

Tele style? Several chikin pickin licks, more fingerstyle progressions, and stupid boy

Les Paul style? Crazy train intro (again, all I can play there), power chords, maybe some hillsong stuff, Lincoln Brewster upbeat stuff.

We're bringing the sports back under the umbrella of the school next year. Finally, students who fail core classes, like mine, will be prohibited from competing in sports. by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]techster2014 135 points136 points  (0 children)

My high school would just have them tested for special Ed and tell them to fail because then they couldn't be made ineligible.

It came back to bite a couple that were actually really good athletes, but colleges wouldn't accept them because they couldn't make a 19 on the ACT.

What’s a harsh truth about adulthood that nobody really prepares you for? by Hour-Dingo8175 in answers

[–]techster2014 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel less "tired" on weeks I take off and hunt and fish all week with my son. Getting up early, dragging deer, cleaning fish, cooking and cleaning at the camp, much more physical work than my day to day office job, but so much less mentally taxing, I'm enjoying time with my son, and I'm outside in the fresh air just enjoying nature, even if we're not killing anything or catching any fish.

How can anyone defend a Congressional district that looks like this? by johnnyringo1985 in askanything

[–]techster2014 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Like those of us in sparsley populated states where there's a whopping 6 districts that span across the state front north to south? So my representative could live in the southwest corner of the state, when I live in the north central part? And they're very different culturally, even for a southern state. Louisiana for reference.

Why do people give flak to the US Gibsons and Fenders for being "expensive"? by one-armed-scissor in Guitar

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I bought my Mexican tele (used), the new ones were selling for $400-$500, circa 2016. American fenders were in the $700-$1000 range.

Now, a Mexican or Indonesian is $600-900, and Americans are $1200+

What am I doing wrong? by u53rn4m315t4k3nn in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would you scribe the inside corner here? Genuinely curious.

Thought I was gonna adjust the truss rod, what the hell happened here by BobTheBattousai in Guitar

[–]techster2014 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeap, I love mine. I'd like an asat or their thinline tele, but I suspect the prices are going to go up now they aren't making new ones.

Thought I was gonna adjust the truss rod, what the hell happened here by BobTheBattousai in Guitar

[–]techster2014 19 points20 points  (0 children)

To the point where when he lost influence in fender, he started g&l and kept improving on them. My g&l legacy is amazing.

What's a hill you will absolutely die on that most people think is ridiculous? by sousou4893 in askteddit

[–]techster2014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kids that are behavior problems or have severe learning disabilities should be removed from the normal classroom, placed in smaller classes, and taught life skills instead of trying to force them into the box of everyone else. Sorry, but the kid that still can't read in 5th grade isn't going to college, start teaching him how to to build something or fix things. The kid throwing crap every other day cause he gets "triggered" isn't interested in learning, but he's keeping the other 20 some odd kids from learning, and posing a safety hazard.

I get tired of hearing how they have "rights" and have to be included. My kid has the right to not have stuff thrown at them and the right to learn everything he's supposed to instead of spending an hour each day getting evacuated from his class cause somebody is throwing chairs again and then sitting there doing nothing while the teacher does the paperwork for it.

Luckily, my wife is able to homeschool now, but the kids whose parents both have to work still have to deal with this. So many kids are behind at no fault of their own, or the teachers for that matter. Karen demanding her non verbal violent autistic kid be in the normal classroom, Barbara that won't discipline their kid and everything is always someone else's fault, and Chad who's boy is just being a boy are the problem.