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    Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —Dave Schuler
   (...) Maybe you just have overly expensive taste in groceries... Next time you come across such a cashier and your order is $7.78, give him $10.28 and watch his mind melt. (...) That is a fantastic observation! By the end of my fourth semester (my (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —David Eaton
   (...) I guess it also depends on what you're learning-- I get the sense (From other people I know in the field) that things like Biochemistry and Medicine are a little more fact-oriented than method-oriented. Unlike (in my case) computer (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —Dave Schuler
   (...) Here's a word of advice for anyone seeking a liberal arts education: DON'T And if someone tries to B-S you with some spiel about "it's best to have a broad base of education" I urge you to laugh in that person's face and tell him I told you (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —James Brown
     (...) A good friend of mine who went to some effort to acheive his PH.D. went immediately through a long-ish period of unemployment because he was "over-qualified" for most jobs he went hunting. He printed up some self-mocking business cards "Thomas (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —David Eaton
   (...) I suppose that depends on the person, too... My stepfather is miserable in his decision to become an actuary (he hates math and the like), but it's surely more lucrative than other professions he could've followed with a degree in history. In (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it! —Dave Schuler
   (...) "The skinny" indeed: (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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