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Skriven 2008-03-30 14:02:08 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: chowhall
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Howdy Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> That would be a fun trip...Wyoming is another state that is
->  hn> very interesting to drive around and through!
-> 
-> I can imagine!  Is it beef country up there or what?
-> 
Beef mostly and some logging too  I think...sheep
and horses. Lots of space in Wyoming! and several
different mountain ranges as well! Devil's tower in 
the north eastern corner is absolutely AWESOME!

-> -> And the new Army sends its cooks to culinary competitions too. They 
have
-> -> one of their own called The Connolly Cup; I understand it's quite a
-> -> battle for it.  Of course the winning DFacs (small and large) get
-> -> bragging rights too.
-> 
->  hn> As opposed to the losers, who have "gagging" rights? (grin)
-> 
-> I guess so.  Wonder how many of them do an "Iron Chef" sort of
-> competition now.
-> 
Would be interested to see that competition..or see 
the "iron chef's" in a chowhall kitchen!

-> ->  hn> best student in those days. Didn't learn the
-> ->  hn> value of education till I was out of highschool
-> ->  hn> and in the navy...which makes it a good thing
-> ->  hn> that I went to college after the navy!
-> 
-> -> At least you did learn; some folks never do get the lesson.
-> 
->  hn> I barely graduated from highschool...just barely...not
->  hn> because I wasn't smart, I wasnt encouraged. I hardly
->  hn> ever did anymore than the minimum, even in subjects
->  hn> I liked like chem and biology. I could "get by" without
->  hn> trying or working hard...so that's what I did, for the
->  hn> most part I remained invisible in the school. Not bringing
->  hn> any undue attention either positive or negative, just
->  hn> floating in the current till graduation. Once I got into
-> 
-> It was harder to just be part of the wall paper in my school.  It was
-> small enough that we all knew everybody in the high school, a lot of the
-> middle school kids and even a number of elementary ones.  I  struggled
-> in math and Latin, did OK in science & history but best subject was
-> English. But, I did well enough to graduate #12 out of 63.  Didn't take
-> Home Ec after junior high but took the Betty Crocker Homemaker of
-> Tomorrow test (at the time for senior girls) and walked off with the
-> award.
-> 
My graduating class was almost 1000, it was easy to 
lay low and let things slip by. All I was interested in 
was keeping my grades up enough to not be a problem
and keep me on the sports teams. I was plenty smart
but it was easier to slide than excel. 

->  hn> the navy schools, where it was 8 hours of class and
->  hn> 8 hours of homework...all in one subject, and it was
->  hn> sink or swim....I learned to swim!!!(grin) When I
-> 
-> Sounds like Steve with language school. He did OK but it really
-> connected when he went TDY to Germany the year before we moved over
-> there.
-> 
->  hn> got out of the navy and went to college, my GPA
->  hn> was always 3.9+.
-> 
-> Mine wasn't that great but good enough that I got a BA.
-> 
When I went to college I felt like I was paying for it
and I wanted to get my money's worth! It would have 
been a whole different story if I had gone straight out 
of highschool with mom and dad paying the way. As it was,
six years in the navy and a wife gave me the maturity 
and drive I needed to push my hardest! 
Got two Bachelor's in 5 years, both with hard course loads.
chat with you soon
hap 
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