Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Humor

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hey Mike -
   Those are great Mike - unfortunately, it shows the state of our 
"free" education system.
As they say, there's no free lunch.  This shows the results of how 
the  3 R's were outdated
and needed to be changed.  Now we crank out HS grads who did not 
come close to
mastering any of the R's.   I witnessed the decline in reading 1st 
hand when I was about 12
or 13.  I had just transferred from SC to Va. into the 6th grade.  I 
had been taught to
read using the Phonics method and the kids in Va appeared to try to 
read using the
memorization method.  If they'd never seen and memorized the word 
before they were
lost when it showed up.  It was positively heartbreaking to hear 
those kids *trying* to read
outloud before the class.  They were obviously embarrassed by their 
difficulty.  Now we have
at least 1 and maybe 2 generations who dislike reading because they 
never mastered it.  I hope other
states didn't try this experiment.

   Personally, I cant imagine reading at a 6th grade level the rest 
of my life but I continued thru the 12th
grades with many of those same kids and their reading never improved 
beyond that level.  It has
probably been a disability their whole lives. Sad when people meddle 
with what works and
children are forever scarred with a difficulty reading.

   Loved those stories though - sad and funny at the same time.

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Fleischer" <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Humor


>                           Be Careful Out There:
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING:
>
>    We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman 
> told us
>     that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' 
> enough
>   motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we 
> had the
>    largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook 
> his
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> that 1/2
>     was larger than 1/4. He said, 'NO, it's not.' Four is larger 
> than
>                                 two..'
>                    We haven't used Sears repair since.
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING:
>
>    My daughter and I went through the McDonald 's take-out window 
> and I
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> her a
>   quarter. She said, 'you gave me too much money.' I said, 'Yes I 
> know,
>   but this way you can just give me a dollar bill back.'  She 
> sighed and
>    went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I 
> did so,
>     and he handed me back the quarter, a nd said 'We're sorry but 
> they
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> give me
>                     back $1 and 75 cents in change..
>
>                    Do not confuse the clerks at McD's.
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING :
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> call the
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> them
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>                           >From Kingman , KS .
>
>
>                      IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE :
>    My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She 
> asked
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> was
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>                             From Kansas City
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING:
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> employee
>        asked, 'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without 
> your
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>                       Happened in Birmingham , Ala.
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING :
>   The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the 
> street.
>   I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of 
> mine. She
>    asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it 
> signals
>   blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, 
> 'What on
>                  earth are blind people doing driving?!'
>              She was a probation officer in Wichita , KS
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING :
>    At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker. She was 
> leaving
>     the company due to 'downsizing.' Our manager commented 
> cheerfully,
>     'This is fun. We should do this more often.' Not another word 
> was
>             spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
>                       deer-in-the-headlights stare.
>                  This was a lunch at Texas Instruments
>
>                              IDIOT SIGHTING :
>   I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into 
> itself
>   and for the sake of her life, couldn't understand why her system 
> would
>                                not turn on.
>        A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office, no less.
>
>                               IDIOT SIGHTING
>
>    When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to 
> pick up
>   our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it.  We went 
> to the
>    service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to 
> unlock
>       the driver side door.  As I watched from the passenger side, 
> I
>       instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it 
> was
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> His
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>   This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, MS
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