Re: cyclists attack auto driver

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:19:38 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 8/20/2024 12:59 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:33:06 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

...and many with a near, or even a totallly worthless degree.
https://www.universities.com/resources/most-useless-degrees

Music is not on the above list of useless degrees.

Such lists are useful for avoiding professions that don't pay well.
However, they are often interpreted as suggesting one should not take
any classes in the various listed "useless degree" fields.  While I
majored in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the next most USEFUL
classes I took were (in order starting with most useful):
- Economics
- Psychology
- Tractor driving and mechanics
- Computer programming
- Philosophy
None of these classes would have been useful had I not concentrated on
my chosen profession.  For example, I know engineers who dabble in
philosophy, but no psychologists or economists who know anything about
engineering.

:-)  When my wife returned to college, she and I took a Music
Appreciation course together. On the advice of a musician friend, we
took the more advanced version intended for music majors, not the
General Education version.
>
Anyway: The professor knew of my department. Several times, he make some
slightly disparaging cracks about a certain "engineer" who became a
music major.
>
I eventually pointed out to him (diplomatically) that the guy he called
an "engineer" was a guy who had actually dropped out of engineering. And
I also pointed out that I was voluntarily taking a course in his
program. He would never be able to take a course in mine.
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BTW, despite that last comment of mine, we still get along just fine. I
have several friends among Music faculty.

I took about two years of piano lessons when I was about 10 years old.
Everything else I learned from reading books and pounding on various
pianos.  My teacher gave up on me because I wouldn't practice.
Baseball was more fun.

I really don't know much about music beyond the basics.  Sight-reading
is difficult for me.  So, I play everything by ear.  A few people like
it but those with a musical background usually diplomatically suggest
that I give up before I break the piano. 

Most of these recordings are from 20 years ago:
<https://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/music/>
Please don't tell me that I play badly.  I already know that.  During
college, finding a piano or organ on which to practice was difficult.
When I bought a house, playing piano was deemed to be too noisy.  So,
I switched to a synthesizer and earphones:
<https://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/keyboards.jpg>
<https://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/>
When I moved the contents of my former office into the house, I
blocked access to the keyboards.  I'm currently clearing the area.  I
played last weekend for the first time since late 2020.  The keyboard
could use some contact cleaning and I could certainly use some
practice, but apparently I can still play.

To the best of my recollection, I never mixed engineering, work/jobs,
electronics, etc with music.  Engineering was my passion and music was
what I did to reduce stress. 

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