<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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But you acquired education finding that out, which can be applied to probably nothing else - ever. You might have guessed wrong on this one (maybe), but the next may pay off big time in unexpected ways.<br>
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Been there, am there, and will be there again tomorrow for as long as I'm able.<br>
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It's better to know something you don't need than to need something you don't know.<br>
Ron N<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br><div>I think you and my dad would have gotten along pretty well. I got that same kind of advice from him a number of times. He was always encouraging me to look through catalogs, saying, "You will learn <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">something</span> by looking. Even if you don't need it right now, you'll get an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">education</span> as to what's available." </div>
<div><br></div><div>I used to roll my eyes at that when I was younger and vastly more learned that I am now. <G> But the wisdom of it is more obvious in my now soon-to-be-approaching middle age.</div><div><br></div>
<div>My dad was always learning. He slept about five hours a night. He was constantly reading books after his work was done. From fiction to diesel technology, from Bach to the Bible, from pianos to pipe organs, etc. -- a wide range of interest. He had a brilliant mind. He thought his original college major of chemistry was much too boring ... so he changed to music. I remember asking him questions when I was taking college chemistry -- 20 years after he had done chemistry. He was still able to help. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I guess that's the difference when you really LEARN something. You never forget it.</div><div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>JF
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