Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: Leica Monochrome
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 15:13:44 -0400
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Thanks Tim!

Phil Forrest


On Sat, 12 May 2012 14:47:35 -0400
Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote:

> On May 12, 2012 at 03:21 AM -0400, Phil Forrest wrote:
> >I get more grandiose, big picture "solutions" for my current
> >situation than I do advice on what to do next week.
> 
> Don't you get it Phil?  It's your fault.  If only you tried harder.
> 
> Times have changed, and some people just don't get it.  They were
> able to do something 30 years ago, so we should be able to as well.
> 
> For example, right on Ohio State University's info page about costs,
> it says, "Students should plan for a 5 to 10% annual increase for all 
> costs."  I'm sure the pay that an 18 yr old gets keeps up with that.  
> Right.  Heck, I'm sure the pay an average middle class worker doesn't 
> keep pace with that increase.  As it stands now, a student couldn't
> work full time, 40 hrs/week, at min wage and have enough to attend
> the school.  Never mind that they probably wouldn't be able to attend 
> classes.
> 
> So the solution for many is to go in debt, go part time, or don't
> go. Currently, student loans in the US total to over $1 trillion
> dollars.
> 
> This is just one example.  There are plenty of others.
> 
> So the message is, 'You aren't trying hard enough Phil!'  Never mind 
> that you are competing with out of work lawyers, out of work Ph.D.'s, 
> out of work 50 yr olds with a lifetime of experience, etc.  "Just
> keep looking.  I looked 10 yrs before I found a steady job.  You just
> need to keep looking!"  You'll have to eat shoe leather of course,
> for 10 years, because 'not having a steady job' is a lot different
> from 'not having A job'.  Stop expecting things to be handed to you!
> 
> Fuck that.  I don't expect things to be handed to me, and I know Phil 
> doesn't either.  Phil's willing to bust his ass to provide for
> himself. No one will let him.
> 
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