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Saturday, October 31, 2015

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This week 11-03-15 Change When I taught Jr Hi I learned that there are great teachers and then there are teachers like me. Great teachers don't care about anything but learning. They don't care if a kid is on the football team or has a job after school or if their mother is coming to pick them up or anything. They only care about learning, everything else is just in the way. There was a math teacher at Cypress Jr High (where I taught) who was a great teacher. We had kids on the foot... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 31, 2015

Saturday, October 24, 2015

This Week

This week 10-27-15 Halloween II There was a time when I ran out of gas way more often than I should. Mostly I ran out of money. I was in High school  and driving mine and my brothers red 65 Ford Falcon. I think I was on Summer Ave way out in the sticks. There were no street lights, just a 2 lane road at midnight when I coasted to a stop. I tried to start it again but it was dry. I was trying to coast in to a closed gas station but I ended up about 150 feet from the pump. I thoug... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 24, 2015

Saturday, October 17, 2015

This Week

This week 10-20-15 Vise Grips I use to have a 65 VW bus/camper. It didn't have the pop-up top, but it did have the bed in the back and all the crank side windows. I loved it, it was fun, BUT!!!! .. it was hard to keep running. I thought it would be a great thing for weekend camping trips. I put a big stereo in it and painted most of the outside. It looked good and  sounded good. Problems: It was a VW so it was air cooled, no water. When you turned on the heat, engine fumes came... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 17, 2015

Saturday, October 10, 2015

This Week

This week 10-13-15 Want to learn to think? Want to learn to learn? I get 3 different newspapers, The Commercial Appeal, The New York Times and The Washington Post. I love reading the paper. Even when I'm on vacation out of town, the first thing I do in the morning is fine a local newspaper. There's just something great and American about eating breakfast and reading the paper. I have all three of my papers on my tablet, but I really love to have a real folding-up, black ink, new... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 10, 2015