Clearly not. Youre book smart, but not street smart. Joe
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 7:01 PM Bill Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > I’m not your friend and I doubt you’ve read as much as I have regarding > climate change. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 7:58 PM, Joe Monk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've read more than you, my friend. I read it every time I go in the sky. > > Joe > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 5:48 PM Bill Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Read some climate science. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 4:53 PM, Joe Monk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > NP. Just some things really stick in my craw. Sorry. > > > > Joe > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 3:36 PM Doug <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > 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 < > > > >[email protected]> 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 < > > > >> [email protected]> 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, [email protected], 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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