sorry to insist but



what i don't understand here is how come you went to college 3-1/2 years without any debt, and one semester to finish would have burdened you with immense loans?

wonderful
we laid out by my pool and jammed some mozart
drank a glass of wine
going to dinner in a few

not at all! i need all the encouragement i can get just to get through this semester.

I had some savings and went to a cheap school. I wasn't referring to my personal situation.
I was speaking in the general sense regarding debt, as most college-bound folks seem to incur quite the mountain of debt in the present climate.
Yes, statistically the odds are in your favor with the degree; all I am saying is that there are nuances within that statistical construct and nothing is guaranteed.

Do you mean you sang Happy Bithday in a Latin lesson, or that you sang a Latin translation of Happy Birthday?

If it's the second, what is the Latin translation of the song?

of course nothing is ever guaranteed-- in that vein i could say you shouldn't buy a house cos maybe a volcano will erupt right underneath.

with val already having invested 5 years of his life into this, to throw it all away so close to the goal would be a total waste.

that's the reason i asked him how far he was into it. had he been in his sophomore year i might have recommended otherwise.

at this point, a degree (ANY degree) will serve him better than "a bunch of courses".

fact is, often recruiters will regard your degree simply as your ability to finish what you've started. unfinished studies will peg you as a "quitter" whether you actually are or not. a recruiter doesn't have time to know you personally, so they have to make quick judgments. degree > no degree. (i should know what im saying, i didnt finish my phd). a b.a. functions as a credential, nothing more-- but it's an important one.

Now you're just being silly.
A bombing is far more likely.

or godzilla could come out of one of the 10,000 lakes :D

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val -- here's another option for you. after 5 years you're probably fucking fed up from that shit. so instead of throwing it all away consider taking a leave of absence. tell them that you need to get a job or something, i don't know. then after you're done curing your book fatigue, you can go back & finish your courses.

see there's a reason this shit is meant to last 4 years. it gets fucking BORING after a while. but whatever you do, try not to blow it impulsively, or it will cost you more in the long run.

I hope I don't get that frustrated. I do want to finish college.

at this point i must withdraw momentarily from the board as i have been a total slacker for the whole day.

the risk of returning is quite high but i should at least try.

My day was excellent. Very nice indeed.

started well, got worse as the sun went away, like most of them

don't be ridiculous, godzilla comes out of the sea




anyway, my experience of university has lead me to believe it is ultimately a waste of time unless you plan on working in a field that requires a certain degree. i'm thinking about becoming a plumber.

I know a few plumbers who make a decent amount of money.

Though they are also drunks.

The Audacity that you have to say such comments. Are you saying Toilet isn't a alcoholic.

I suppose I was saying, he'd be a better alcoholic if he were a plumber. And he'd have gobs of money. People like this always make the best drunks.

Aim high, comrade.

as a future plumber you need to be acquainted with the existence of underground rivers





these are the highways of the acquatic monster world.

how do you think the loch ness monster hides so well? he actually vacations in tahiti.

Nessy doesn't hide at all!

Don't be lying, we all know tahiti doesn't exist.

he keeps a summer residence in atlantis then?