tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post8139832002331620869..comments2024-01-30T07:32:40.274-06:00Comments on Blue's Blog: Places lost...Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-15338658412165620082016-12-13T08:34:16.888-06:002016-12-13T08:34:16.888-06:00I felt the same way when I saw Pinder Barracks in ...I felt the same way when I saw Pinder Barracks in zirndorf, Germany being destroyed. it was a wonderful kasseren in a wonderful town outside of Nurnburg. (was there 88-90, and then in Baumholder 99-02). To add salt to the wound, a few months ago Zirndorf was one of the towns that terrorists planted bombs. benerval7https://www.blogger.com/profile/10691458796958305840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-22677467513148479442016-12-06T16:29:11.916-06:002016-12-06T16:29:11.916-06:00I used to haul meat into & out of Rath in the ...I used to haul meat into & out of Rath in the 70's & 80's. See those semi trailers backed up to the fence? Directly across from the gate was that little bar that's still in that picture. Used to eat lunch there. Washed our trailers out at Russ's truck wash. Hauled beer into Waterloo & Oelwein & Mason City. Good union driving job. Paid by the hour.<br />StBernardnotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-41269912895594989122016-12-05T09:06:02.271-06:002016-12-05T09:06:02.271-06:00If new unneeded schools were not built, then who c...If new unneeded schools were not built, then who could get a kickback?harp1034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-91415433801232919582016-12-03T16:29:28.160-06:002016-12-03T16:29:28.160-06:00RHT447... There is still an American presence in ...RHT447... There is still an American presence in Germany, but nothing compared to what it was when we were there. I'd do it again...<br /><br />Veeshir... Though I think the asteroid is a bit extreme, perhaps it is the answer ;)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-3407931141095043732016-12-02T20:40:38.813-06:002016-12-02T20:40:38.813-06:00Now they think that teaching serious career path c...<b> Now they think that teaching serious career path courses in High School might be a good idea. Our world is circular, ya know. It's all been done before.</b><br /><br />We've had 40 or so years of educrats who knew so much more than the people of the previous 1000 years so they instituted their pet theories and screwed up 40 years of education. I'm still furious they don't require memorizing the multiplication tables anymore. <br /><br />We're relearning lessons we'd learned hundreds of years ago. <br /> <br />Faugh. I'm still hoping for an asteroid. <br /><br /><br /><br />Veeshirhttp://www.doubleplusundead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-33439228109843991332016-12-02T20:38:43.562-06:002016-12-02T20:38:43.562-06:00Memories indeed. I joined in '74, wound up at ...Memories indeed. I joined in '74, wound up at Pinder Barracks in Zirndorf---156 Maint. Co., Small Arm Repair Shop. The Kasserne is gone now, converted to a commercial park, but they did keep two of the original buildings at the entry.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-73643268948131171362016-12-02T20:35:06.695-06:002016-12-02T20:35:06.695-06:00Wildflower... Good quality sarcasm is always welc...Wildflower... Good quality sarcasm is always welcome... ;)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-29220257445544023892016-12-02T20:33:43.844-06:002016-12-02T20:33:43.844-06:00xtron... Thank you for your comments. Times have...xtron... Thank you for your comments. Times have certainly changed. Government employee unions are, in my opinion, a bad thing. Government agencies always seem to take on a life of their own and quite often forget their original mission. I believe that often times government agencies are created simply to five people jobs, regardless of whether the agency is needed or not. Crazy.<br /><br />Wildflower... Thank you for sharing that. It never works out well when cities invoke eminent domain proceedings on behalf of a private developer. In my grandfather's case the city actually ended up buying all of the properties under the threat of condemnation proceedings and then sold the property to Deere at a profit. IBP came to town back in the 80s when Rath was going under. They demanded a lot of concessions from the city in order to locate here (I never understood that...). 2 of the concessions were free water and sewer for 10 years. A 3rd requirement was property tax abatement for 10 years. Remember, this is a huge corporation that has shit tons of money. Anyway, the city gave in to their demands on the condition that IBP hire XX number of people over the next 2 years. No problem... They got their concessions then hired newly arrived Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. Very few locals were hired. It is like that all over in the meat packing industry. Of course IBP is long gone. They sold out to Tyson. After the original 10 year sewer and water deal was up the went back to the city and worked a deal for 10 more years of free water and sewer. They are the biggest sewer user in the city and are responsible for causing the need for many millions of dollars of upgrades and repairs to our treatment facility. The taxpayers pick that bill up. Fuck corporations that demand concessions from governments and fuck the governments that give in to those demands. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-28796838689397073402016-12-02T20:16:48.291-06:002016-12-02T20:16:48.291-06:00Sue Keslo lived with her stone mason husband in a ...Sue Keslo lived with her stone mason husband in a two story house in Fort Trumbull area of New London, Ct.<br /><br />the city bozos gave the power of eminent domain to a private group to condem the whole neighborhood to build a fancy resort style zone with a new marina, condos, health clubs and whatever else<br /><br />Keslo was one successful holdout that the city paid out to move her home elsewhere along with a heafty settlement<br /><br />after most structures were destroyed the property that once was filled with homes, stores, shops, and a metal scrap yards now sits empty to this very day<br /><br />Sue and twenty plus more were friends of mine<br /><br />me live less than two thousand yards south<br /><br />ever wonder why have a sarcastic humor?<br /><br />Wildflower<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-79828234236880053982016-12-02T19:45:14.688-06:002016-12-02T19:45:14.688-06:00what's wrong with education today??
1) the adm...what's wrong with education today??<br />1) the administration monster. when you and I went to school, there were teachers and there was a principal, a superintendant, a couple of secretaries, and a couple of janitors. an in many schools the principal taught a couplke of classes a day.<br />today there are more "administrators" than teachers...and they all make more $$$ than teachers.<br />2)parents. parents today do not parent. they send their kids to school and expect the teachers to do all the teaching. the parents do not read to the kids, they do not help with homework, they do not discipline, and they refuse the schools the ability to discipline their special snowflakes. parents today, especially those on welfare, spend the kids lunch money, supply money, clothes money, shoe money, and activity money on cigaretts, booze, and drugs, then demand the schools feed their poor, malnourished,underprivileged babies.<br />3)the NEA, and teachers unions. they ate only interested in increasing the union coffers thru more union dues. and they don't care if there are more teachers paying dues, the teachers are making more, so paying more dues, and preferably both. so smaller class size means more teachers. teachers aids means more dues. and of course, every time a contract is due, there is a strike so the union leaders can get richer, and our kids get dumber.<br />4)main streaming. there are a lot of kids with learning disabilities who should not be in the classroom. all they are doing is taking up resourses that could be better used elsewhere, and disrupting the classroom to the detriment of all the other students. not all kids with learning disabilities, just the ones who will never ever be able to learn to even the first grade level, who will never be able to talk, will never be able to use the bathroom by themselves, and will always require constant assistance and supervision. yet some well meaning judge has ordered these unfortunate kids to be included in every class, whether it will benefit them or will disrupt the rest of the class.<br />5) the federal government hostage taking administration. befor the feds took over the education system via the department of "education", the states educated their children just fine, by many standards, better than today. but if you say the department of education should be abolished, all you will hear is that "we cannot educate the kids without federal money" yep, the feds have brainwashed most of the graduates of their schools.<br /><br />there's more, but i'm too riled up to continue. xtronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-8529260142159013252016-12-02T19:16:22.608-06:002016-12-02T19:16:22.608-06:00Ken... yes, times have definitely changed. But, ...Ken... yes, times have definitely changed. But, life goes on ;)<br />Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-45894274629478151892016-12-02T17:44:45.166-06:002016-12-02T17:44:45.166-06:00...thanx for sharing brother, times have changed h......thanx for sharing brother, times have changed huh ?...Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559414057439356066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-72047087506736227772016-12-02T14:31:52.853-06:002016-12-02T14:31:52.853-06:00Help me out, please... Sue Keslo. I know that na...Help me out, please... Sue Keslo. I know that name. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-41553744782908586752016-12-02T14:19:45.986-06:002016-12-02T14:19:45.986-06:00the old world has vanished into a nightmare of was...the old world has vanished into a nightmare of wasted spaces and a mindless population<br /><br />seen that with Sue Keslo's home and neighborhood<br /><br />WildflowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com