Races, Pie and Final Exams

 

A little something to think about now that the election is a short month away.

Cuzzin Ricky went to the Silver Crown race at Terre Haute Sunday night. We stopped in at the Grand Traverse Pie Company like we usually do on our way into town for lunch and a piece of pie, only to find out they close at 3:00 on Sundays. Major disappointment there.

Races were good however - 100 lap feature but boy it was dusty! 

We went to Steak & Shake after the race like we normally do only to find ordering kiosks rather that servers waiting tables. No-one coming around to check on you or buss the tables. This 3rd World country thing is going to take some getting used to. 

Rick had booked us a nicer hotel than we normally stay at due having accumulated reward points, so we had a nice breakfast that was included with our room. And then we topped off the gas tank with reward points as well. With the rewards points they almost paid us to go racing - then we stopped and got some pie to go on the way out of town. That's always like the cherry on top.

Final night of class this evening - welding final rather than a paper final. Should go well. Since they no longer teach any sort of blueprint reading in high school in most places, some of them had a little trouble interpreting the print I handed out the other night of the required weldment. In addition to not being able to tell time on an analog clock, many of them are seriously deficient in the use of fractions. Not only in being able to add and subtract them, but they have no idea even what a 1/4" thick piece of steel looks like or what a 3/4" fillet weld should look like either. To paraphrase Thomas Sowell, it makes you wonder what they've been doing for the last 12 years before getting to college.

I'm off next week, then another eight-week session.