I'd just like to say that I love that there is no practical limit on post length in 10Centuries.
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@kdfrawg Same here. Tried grad school and hated it. I loved being an undergrad and going to fascinating lectures, but endless speed reading for seminars was just drudgery.
// @matigo
@matigo There's an L. Sprague de Camp novel called "The Wheels Of If" in which he postulates an alternate present in which North America was settled by Norsemen. There's a point at which one of the characters complains about the kids today with their crazy clothing playing their flugelhorns too loud. Generational misunderstanding would seem to be a universal constant. :-)
// @kdfrawg
@kdfrawg When I arrived at UC Santa Barbara as an upper-division student, having done all my lower-division work at the local community college, I was informed that as I had met all the UC general requirements, I should take a certain number of classes in the History Department and otherwise take whatever I liked. It was two of the most fascinating and enjoyable years of my life.
// @matigo
@matigo I was strongly encouraged to pursue a traditional degree. After messing around with restaurant management for 15 years, I eventually did so (history). I've never actually used it, except insofar as the writing skills I acquired in the process qualified me to do proofreading/copy editing.
// @kdfrawg
@kdfrawg My dad was an absolute car nut. His first job was with Stewart-Warner. Had a fascination with oddball European stuff that I inherited--he drove a Renault 4CV almost to the end of his life. He also built model cars, and the first movie he took me to see was--wait for it--The Love Bug. Probably also explains why my first real word was "Mustang." :-)
@kdfrawg Inherited from my dad. Also have a sales brochure and manual for the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and Bentley S3, which he somehow convinced Rolls-Royce to send him for reasons that are lost in the mists of time.
@matigo Also remember that in 1900 the British PM was a hereditary peer (Lord Salisbury). A different world.