Are You The Dumbest?

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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #1

    Are You The Dumbest?

    If you are in your late 40s or early 50's, this column says you are:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...120502601.html

    Obviously, this is not representative of the fine upstanding folks we have here on BT3Central.
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
  • Knottscott
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2004
    • 3815
    • Rochester, NY.
    • 2008 Shop Fox W1677

    #2
    ...I don't understand the question...








    Last edited by Knottscott; 12-09-2008, 06:47 PM.
    Happiness is sort of like wetting your pants....everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.

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    • cabinetman
      Gone but not Forgotten RIP
      • Jun 2006
      • 15216
      • So. Florida
      • Delta

      #3
      Originally posted by Knottscott
      ...I don't understand the question...

      That makes two of us.
      .

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      • jackellis
        Veteran Member
        • Nov 2003
        • 2638
        • Tahoe City, CA, USA.
        • BT3100

        #4
        Based on a very fast read of the article, I think they're full of ... (can I say crap?) CRAP!

        That said, one of my pet peeves with respect to my peers is their ineptitude when it comes to writing. It seems that skill is slowly being lost.

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        • Adele
          Established Member
          • Nov 2003
          • 391
          • Midway, KY, USA.

          #5
          Hey at least now I have an excuse.

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          • crokett
            The Full Monte
            • Jan 2003
            • 10627
            • Mebane, NC, USA.
            • Ryobi BT3000

            #6
            Originally posted by jackellis
            That said, one of my pet peeves with respect to my peers is their ineptitude when it comes to writing. It seems that skill is slowly being lost.
            Believe me, my peers don't have that skill either. I mourn for losing my writing skills - 10 years of updating trouble tickets, defects, etc and having to be as brief as possible as definitely taken a toll on my writing.
            David

            The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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            • Uncle Cracker
              The Full Monte
              • May 2007
              • 7091
              • Sunshine State
              • BT3000

              #7
              I hate being categorized as dumb because of when I was born... Now, where I was born is another matter entirely...

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              • Ed62
                The Full Monte
                • Oct 2006
                • 6021
                • NW Indiana
                • BT3K

                #8
                Dumber maybe, but not the dumbest. I guess that means I'm the dumber of all of us.

                Ed
                Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                • Knottscott
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                  • Dec 2004
                  • 3815
                  • Rochester, NY.
                  • 2008 Shop Fox W1677

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ed62
                  Dumber maybe, but not the dumbest. I guess that means I'm the dumber of all of us.

                  Ed
                  Sounds like a good movie title! Maybe between us all we could muster the brain power to come up with a plot.
                  Happiness is sort of like wetting your pants....everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.

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                  • crokett
                    The Full Monte
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 10627
                    • Mebane, NC, USA.
                    • Ryobi BT3000

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Knottscott
                    Sounds like a good movie title! Maybe between us all we could muster the brain power to come up with a plot.
                    Already been done....
                    David

                    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                    • RodKirby
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                      • Dec 2002
                      • 3136
                      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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                      #11
                      The older I get, the better I was (@ 66 I'm in the clear )
                      Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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                      • billwmeyer
                        Veteran Member
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 1858
                        • Weir, Ks, USA.
                        • BT3000

                        #12
                        Isn't that the disco generation? Enough said.

                        Bill
                        "I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in."-Kenny Rogers

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                        • TB Roye
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                          • Jan 2004
                          • 2969
                          • Sacramento, CA, USA.
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                          #13
                          Hey Rod as a 66 year old also, I can say I don't understand the younger generations. Now I sound like my Parents and their generation. I to used to be able to write well, but with the computer you don't have to. Never could spell but I could write and have some else correct the spelling. Now I have spell check and can't write.

                          Tom

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