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Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 4:53 PM, Joe Monk <joemon...@gmail.com> wrote: NP. Just some things really stick in my craw. Sorry. Joe On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 3:36 PM Doug <d...@bkassociates.net> wrote: > Can we PLEASE move this topic off list? > If you are so inclined, look up Post Permian Mass Extinction and > contemplate it's implications. > > In the meantime, can we keep this off IBM-Main? > > Doug Fuerst > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Joe Monk" <joemon...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu > Sent: 19-Dec-21 15:34:56 > Subject: Re: The Great Resignation > > >"And as we are seeing, the baby boomers are much to blame for global > >warming, the results we are seeing in fires, floods, polar icecaps > melting, > >and yes, the recent record setting tornadoes in Kentucky, Tennessee, & > >other states." > > > >Jeez man, get a grip. > > > >The Earth has had a climate since it was formed. Climate change has been > >going on since day 1. Warming, Cooling, whatever. The climate always goes > >thru cycles. Boomers did not create the energy cycles necessary to > generate > >a tornado from the immense energy contained in clouds. Think about this, > >the adiabatic energy release of latent heat as moisture in the air is > >lifted, cools and sinks has a lot to do with it. This motion of parcels of > >air in the clouds is what creates a tornado. And yes, as I am a licensed > >pilot, with a degree in engineering, and a degree in aviation, I kinda > have > >a clue, having actually studied meteorology. > > > >Joe > > > >On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 4:50 PM Bill Johnson < > >00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > >> I doubt Jesus said a man unwilling or unable to work shouldn’t eat. > And, > >> I’m not surprised the low wage earners are unwilling to work for > $2.13/hour > >> (tipped wage) plus tips. The federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up in > over a > >> decade. If the minimum wage I worked for in 1975 had kept pace with > >> inflation, it would be over $20 an hour now. In most of Europe, > restaurant > >> workers make a living wage plus benefits. Tipping is optional. Plus, > their > >> health care is single payer and better/cheaper. Don’t get me started on > >> their fabulous infrastructure, mass transit, and education systems. > >> Factor in many don’t want to go back to work while a fourth wave of > covid > >> is raging. (Thanks to the GOP and trumpers pushing against public > health) > >> Then there are women who can’t afford child care because it eats up the > >> majority of their wages. Funny that the build back better legislation > >> intended to address that and provide child care help like most of the > rest > >> of the world provides. > >> My brother in law made a career out of the restaurant business. He’s > >> making 6 figures now as a regional director but works 70 hour weeks, > has > >> had 2 heart attacks, smokes like a chimney, and will never see > retirement > >> from the hamster wheel. > >> Younger Americans are not buying into the rat race. Conspicuous > >> consumption isn’t their religion. And as we are seeing, the baby > boomers > >> are much to blame for global warming, the results we are seeing in > fires, > >> floods, polar icecaps melting, and yes, the recent record setting > tornadoes > >> in Kentucky, Tennessee, & other states. > >> America is in decline when a two bit reality TV show host, who lies > >> incessantly, has molested 20+ women, cheats on his taxes, and tried to > >> overturn a free and fair election, can get 35% of the populace to > follow > >> him. > >> > >> > >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > >> > >> > >> On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 5:04 PM, Bob Bridges < > >> robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> A while ago on one of the forums I hang out at -- I think it was this > one > >> -- we talked about people dropping out of the work force and looking > for > >> something more rewarding. I'm all for people looking for work they > like > >> better, but one gathers that a lot of these folks are dropping out and > THEN > >> looking for something they like better, which strikes me as a > teenager's > >> way of doing it. > >> > >> I particularly remember an NPR report about an example of this, someone > >> who quit his job and wanted to get into the restaurant business. > (Don't > >> laugh; I thought seriously about making my career in food services, > too, > >> before I discovered computer programming.) The item finished by saying > >> that he was now applying for unemployment benefits. > >> > >> Partly but not entirely on the strength of this story, I suggested > without > >> a great deal of certainty that the COVID payments to all and sundry are > >> largely fueling this "Great Resignation" -- that lots of people are > finding > >> they can afford to take time off from work, get COVID payments and > >> unemployment benefits, and worry about working some time later. I > realized > >> that probably wasn't the whole story, but it sure sounded like it was a > >> significant part of it. As both a Christian and a political > conservative > >> (they're not entirely synonymous) I was raised on "if a man will not > work, > >> neither let him eat", so I was all prepared to wax indignant. > >> > >> Now I read an article ( > >> > https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/economy/labor-force-retirement-great-resignation/index.html > ) > >> that suggests I may (gasp of horror) have been wrong. > >> > >> "Instead, early retirement — whether forced by the pandemic or made > >> possible otherwise — is playing a big role in America's evolving labor > >> market....Last month, there were 3.6 million more Americans who had > left > >> the labor force and said they didn't want a job compared with November > >> 2019, says Aaron Sojourner, a labor economist and professor at the > >> University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Older > Americans, > >> age 55 and up, accounted for whopping 90% of that increase." > >> > >> Later it says "Nearly 70% of the 5 million people who left the labor > force > >> during the pandemic are older than 55, according to researchers from > >> Goldman Sachs, and many of them aren't looking to return." I don't > know > >> how 90% was knocked down to 70%. But anyway, it's another datum that > >> tempts me to reëvaluate. > >> > >> --- > >> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > >> > >> /* Because large flat areas of land are good for warfare many European > >> airports are built on the site of battles. 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