This. It amazes me how kids don't have chores. I try to think when this happened and if I had to guess, it would be the 90s when the push that "you must go to college or you will be nobody in life" ramped up, especially with the initial web boom in the late 90s. All of a sudden "good" jobs "required" a degree and the fear of being left out meant that kids had to devote 110% to school. It is laughable. I worked and went to school and somehow managed. The point of work at a young age is that you learn the basic skills. Like show up on time.
I heard something a few years ago that something like 50% of Gen X had a job in high school - even if it was just a summer job. Now it is less than half that. Looking back it is now clear that much of this was intentional, but that doesn't make the current situation something that is a lot of fun to deal with. We had a kid recently who was hired as a project coordinator (construction industry) who if he had done well, could have been promoted to project manager within 12-24 months and would be earning 6 figures. He up and quit last week and everyone was surprised because he had appeared to be happy. He wouldn't talk to anyone but sent a long text to the CFO about how things really needed to change, he was worried about what could happen to rhe company. Dude had been there 10 days. Um, if you just decided it wasn't for you, just say it. But what I think may have happened is he was afraid to fail. Which was a lesson we all need to learn at one point, but we really can't wait for you to be 35 before you do.
NBA should raise the basket height. In the 40s, the average height of a player was 6'2", and today it is 6'7". The basket is still 10 feet.. Raise the basket a foot to compensate. (I know people will say "boring," but I think it would make the game more interesting.)
Back in the day, my student ID card had my student ID number on it and could be used around town if you wrote checks - it was your SSN. I came across an old box of checks from that era and all the checks I wrote in town had my SSN on them. Kind of wild. But it wasn't a problem.
I don't remember this incident, but apparently it took place in September of 2014. If you do a quick search, this story is on multiple platforms today, but I went back to see what was happening at the time. Came across a year in review piece. No mention of it in the timeline at all. The only mention of anything in September is Eric Holder's resignation.
https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/04/us/2014-in-review-fast-facts/index.html
( how many 2014 incidents still are in the spotlight in one fashion or another.)
A very decorated K9...hmm....
There was an article a couple of days ago that to me seemed to be about comms - nor about caves, but how the earth's core is changing.
Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal outer core. For decades, planetary scientists suspected that the solid inner core deformed over time as it spun. Now, researchers have found the first evidence of changes taking place over the past 20 years in the shape of the inner core. Signs of the core’s deformation appeared in waves from earthquakes that were strong enough to reach Earth’s center.
The research team used that same earthquake data for a 2024 study to resolve a longstanding debate over the inner core’s rotation. They found that the inner core once spun faster than Earth itself. But beginning around 2010, the solid inner core’s spin slowed. It’s now revolving backward, relative to the rest of the planet.
Hmmmm....
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/science/earth-inner-core-changing-shape/index.html
A leap of faith is not easy. But I find myself more and more trying to do just that - best way for me is to tell a personal story.
I quit a very bad job last fall - just quit. Nothing lined up and we are not in any financial shape to weather something like that as CV hit us hard. The next day walking around the yard, I find a $20 bill next to my porch. I knew right then God was telling me "you are going to be OK." In three weeks, I started at my new position. I have never lined up a job that fast in my life.
I carry that in my wallet now wrapped with a bright pink post it note - to keep reminding me. And we aren't out of the woods yet, but I when share that story and it gives believers a smile and those on the fence a moment to pause.
I kinda felt embarrassed for them.
(Well, that lasted 17 seconds..😄)
Seriously, super cringe....and apparently that is where thw sign budget is now.