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  commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 16:16 -0700
    Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-20 16:26 -0700
      Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:41 -0700
        Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-21 17:37 -0700
    Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
      Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:46 -0700
        Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 18:37 -0700
    Re: commencement Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
      Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-20 17:27 -0700
        Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-20 23:00 -0400
          Re: commencement Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2017-05-21 13:00 -0400
            Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-21 16:56 -0400
            Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-21 14:53 -0700
              Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-21 22:35 -0700
                Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-22 07:15 -0700
                  Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-22 08:22 -0700
                  Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-22 12:15 -0400
      Re: commencement Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-22 00:55 -0700
        Re: commencement Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-22 17:33 +0800
    Re: commencement Martin Riddle <martin_rid@verizon.net> - 2017-05-20 22:00 -0400
    Re: commencement Retired <Retired@Retired.com> - 2017-05-21 08:22 -0700

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#461080 — commencement

Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
Greek Theater are blessedly awful.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG

Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.

This is better:

http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html

If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.


-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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#461082

On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 4:16:25 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
> from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
> what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
> Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
> 
> Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
> two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
> it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
> 
> This is better:
> 
> http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
> 
> If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
> politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
> beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
> serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.

Except for the Engineering Building (Cory Hall), which is really dated.  Some students prefer UCLA for newer and better buildings.

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#461090

On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:26:53 -0700 (PDT), edward.ming.lee@gmail.com
wrote:

>On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 4:16:25 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
>> Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>> from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>> what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>> Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>> 
>> Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>> two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>> it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>> 
>> This is better:
>> 
>> http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>> 
>> If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>> politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>> beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>> serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
>
>Except for the Engineering Building (Cory Hall), which is really dated.  Some students prefer UCLA for newer and better buildings.

That, and a couple of other modern buildings, are hideous. Just look
away.




-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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#461210

On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 5:41:47 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:26:53 -0700 (PDT), edward.ming.lee@gmail.com
> wrote:
> 
> >On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 4:16:25 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> >> Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
> >> from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
> >> what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
> >> Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
> >> 
> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
> >> 
> >> Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
> >> two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
> >> it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
> >> 
> >> This is better:
> >> 
> >> http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
> >> 
> >> If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
> >> politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
> >> beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
> >> serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
> >
> >Except for the Engineering Building (Cory Hall), which is really dated.  Some students prefer UCLA for newer and better buildings.
> 
> That, and a couple of other modern buildings, are hideous. Just look
> away.

Well, some can't.  If you are Engineering student, you pretty much live in that building half of the time.  At least one student i knew turns down UCB for UCLA.

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#461083

On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:16:15 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>
>
>Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>
>Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>
>This is better:
>
>http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>
>If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.

Please convey my congratulations to your daughter.  Perhaps you'll now
stop referring to her as the "brat" ?:-}

(I cut my ASU MSEE graduation... probably even hotter ;-)
		
                                        ...Jim Thompson
-- 
| James E.Thompson                                 |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations                               |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| STV, Queen Creek, AZ 85142    Skype: skypeanalog |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com |    1962     |

     Thinking outside the box... producing elegant solutions.

"It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that
is the secret of happiness."  -James Barrie

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#461091

On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:32:01 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:16:15 -0700, John Larkin
><jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>>from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>>what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>>Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>>
>>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>>
>>Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>>two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>>it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>>
>>This is better:
>>
>>http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>>
>>If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>>politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>>beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>>serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
>
>Please convey my congratulations to your daughter.  Perhaps you'll now
>stop referring to her as the "brat" ?:-}

I won't call her The Brat to her face, of course. She might fire me.

We're taking her and A Guy to Ruth's Chris Steak House shortly. The
meat is amazing.


-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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#461092

On Sat, 20 May 2017 17:46:44 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:32:01 -0700, Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:16:15 -0700, John Larkin
>><jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>>>from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>>>what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>>>Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>>>
>>>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>>>
>>>Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>>>two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>>>it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>>>
>>>This is better:
>>>
>>>http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>>>
>>>If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>>>politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>>>beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>>>serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
>>
>>Please convey my congratulations to your daughter.  Perhaps you'll now
>>stop referring to her as the "brat" ?:-}
>
>I won't call her The Brat to her face, of course. She might fire me.
>
>We're taking her and A Guy to Ruth's Chris Steak House shortly. The
>meat is amazing.

Yep.  Good place to celebrate!
		
                                        ...Jim Thompson
-- 
| James E.Thompson                                 |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations                               |     et      |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
| STV, Queen Creek, AZ 85142    Skype: skypeanalog |             |
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com |    1962     |

     Thinking outside the box... producing elegant solutions.

"It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that
is the secret of happiness."  -James Barrie

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#461084

On 2017-05-20 16:16, John Larkin wrote:
>
>
> Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
> from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
> what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
> Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>
> Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
> two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
> it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>
> This is better:
>
> http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>
> If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
> politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
> beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
> serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
>

After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff. 
I received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling 
paper, that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the 
so-and-so building. Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in 
postage. Well, that way the mail man knew I had my degree.

Our "commencement" was self-organized. We rented a place called "Motor 
Bar", all of it, then had one wild party there. To this day I do not 
remember how I got home on my road bike but I did (even crossing a 
border that still existed back then).

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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#461089

On 5/20/2017 4:32 PM, Joerg wrote:
> After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff. I
> received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling paper,
> that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the so-and-so building.
> Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in postage. Well, that way the
> mail man knew I had my degree.

My best friend in school opted to NOT pick up his diploma, in person.

It arrived in a 6x9" manilla envelope -- neatly CREASED in half!  :>

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#461097

On Sat, 20 May 2017 17:27:18 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

>On 5/20/2017 4:32 PM, Joerg wrote:
>> After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff. I
>> received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling paper,
>> that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the so-and-so building.
>> Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in postage. Well, that way the
>> mail man knew I had my degree.

I cut town.  I gave my mother and in-laws the excuse that I had to
show up for work before the commencement so we left a few days before.
There was no way I was going.  They didn't even call the names of
engineering students (too many), not that it would have mattered.

>My best friend in school opted to NOT pick up his diploma, in person.

No one got their diploma at commencement.  They were all mailed a
couple of months later.

>It arrived in a 6x9" manilla envelope -- neatly CREASED in half!  :>

Ours were in a better grade of envelope.  ;-)  I have no idea where it
is, though.  I don't think I've seen it in over 25 years.

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#461139

On 5/20/2017 11:00 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
...

> No one got their diploma at commencement.  They were all mailed a
> couple of months later.
> ...

That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.

I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity 
stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on 
endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.

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#461184

On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
<BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:

>On 5/20/2017 11:00 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>...
>
>> No one got their diploma at commencement.  They were all mailed a
>> couple of months later.
>> ...
>
>That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.

My point was that even those in attendance received their diplomas a
few months later.  

>I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity 
>stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on 
>endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.

They're pointless.  I guess if you've forked out a quarter of a
million for a degree in * Studies, the pain of some Whitehouse[*] dude
droning on for an hour is insignificant.

[*] Why did my speel czecher suggest "whorehouse"?

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#461192

On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
<BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:

>On 5/20/2017 11:00 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
>...
>
>> No one got their diploma at commencement.  They were all mailed a
>> couple of months later.
>> ...
>
>That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>
>I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity 
>stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on 
>endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.

I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.


-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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#461218

On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:

>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>
>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity
>> stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on
>> endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>
> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.

Huh?  I don't understand this "requirement".

(College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office.  If you weren't in
town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.

I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
are folks who did!  It always seemed artificial, to me:  do you have
a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
("Yay!  I mowed the lawn!  Let's all get together and celebrate!!")

My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
of thick cardboard).  Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage!  :>

No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma.  I can't recall ever
picking it up *or* having it handed to me  (OhMiGosh!)

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#461252

On Sun, 21 May 2017 22:35:49 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

>On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
>> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>>
>>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity
>>> stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on
>>> endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>>
>> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
>> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.
>
>Huh?  I don't understand this "requirement".
>
>(College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
>our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office.  If you weren't in
>town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.

It was mandatory to attend the ceremony, in those days, at Tulane.
There were 12 guys in my graduating EE class, and it would have looked
silly if, say, three of them had shown up.

>
>I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
>are folks who did!  It always seemed artificial, to me:  do you have
>a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
>("Yay!  I mowed the lawn!  Let's all get together and celebrate!!")
>
>My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
>book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
>of thick cardboard).  Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
>paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
>diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage!  :>
>
>No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma.  I can't recall ever
>picking it up *or* having it handed to me  (OhMiGosh!)

Parents like to see their brats graduate.


-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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#461260

On 5/22/2017 7:15 AM, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2017 22:35:49 -0700, Don Y
> <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
>>> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>>>
>>>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity
>>>> stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on
>>>> endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>>>
>>> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
>>> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.
>>
>> Huh?  I don't understand this "requirement".
>>
>> (College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
>> our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office.  If you weren't in
>> town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.
>
> It was mandatory to attend the ceremony, in those days, at Tulane.
> There were 12 guys in my graduating EE class, and it would have looked
> silly if, say, three of them had shown up.

Having attended an Engineering college, there'd not have been a
lack of representation in any of the engineering schools!  :>
(well, maybe *math*)

>> I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
>> are folks who did!  It always seemed artificial, to me:  do you have
>> a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
>> ("Yay!  I mowed the lawn!  Let's all get together and celebrate!!")
>>
>> My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
>> book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
>> of thick cardboard).  Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
>> paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
>> diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage!  :>
>>
>> No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma.  I can't recall ever
>> picking it up *or* having it handed to me  (OhMiGosh!)
>
> Parents like to see their brats graduate.

Parents like to see *lots* of things...

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#461267

On Mon, 22 May 2017 07:15:28 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 21 May 2017 22:35:49 -0700, Don Y
><blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
>>> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>>>
>>>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity
>>>> stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on
>>>> endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>>>
>>> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
>>> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.
>>
>>Huh?  I don't understand this "requirement".
>>
>>(College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
>>our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office.  If you weren't in
>>town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.
>
>It was mandatory to attend the ceremony, in those days, at Tulane.
>There were 12 guys in my graduating EE class, and it would have looked
>silly if, say, three of them had shown up.

My brother had the same issue, though they told him that the only
excuse for not showing up was a death in the family and it had better
be his.  There were 425 in my graduating EE class.  No one would be
missed and the extra space at commencement was likely appreciated.
>
>>
>>I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
>>are folks who did!  It always seemed artificial, to me:  do you have
>>a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
>>("Yay!  I mowed the lawn!  Let's all get together and celebrate!!")
>>
>>My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
>>book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
>>of thick cardboard).  Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
>>paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
>>diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage!  :>
>>
>>No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma.  I can't recall ever
>>picking it up *or* having it handed to me  (OhMiGosh!)
>
>Parents like to see their brats graduate.

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#461228

On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 1:32:39 AM UTC+2, Joerg wrote:
> On 2017-05-20 16:16, John Larkin wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
> > from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
> > what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
> > Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
> >
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
> >
> > Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
> > two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
> > it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
> >
> > This is better:
> >
> > http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
> >
> > If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
> > politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
> > beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
> > serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
> >
> 
> After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff. 
> I received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling 
> paper, that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the 
> so-and-so building. Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in 
> postage. Well, that way the mail man knew I had my degree.
> 
> Our "commencement" was self-organized. We rented a place called "Motor 
> Bar", all of it, then had one wild party there. To this day I do not 
> remember how I got home on my road bike but I did (even crossing a 
> border that still existed back then).
> 
Yes, seems the Americans likes to celibrate, what ever they can :-)

In Denmark, where I live, When I received my diploma, we just went out and got drunk (that's what the Danes exceed at)

Cheers

Klaus

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#461233

AT Monday 22 May 2017 15:55, Klaus Kragelund wrote:

> On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 1:32:39 AM UTC+2, Joerg wrote:
>> On 2017-05-20 16:16, John Larkin wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>> > from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>> > what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>> > Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>> >
>> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>> >
>> > Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>> > two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>> > it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>> >
>> > This is better:
>> >
>> > http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>> >
>> > If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>> > politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>> > beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>> > serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.
>> >
>> 
>> After I got my masters degree there was none of this celebration stuff.
>> I received a simple post card in the mail, gray, post-consumer recycling
>> paper, that my degree was ready to be picked up at room 121 at the
>> so-and-so building. Not even a letter which would have cost 5c more in
>> postage. Well, that way the mail man knew I had my degree.
>> 
>> Our "commencement" was self-organized. We rented a place called "Motor
>> Bar", all of it, then had one wild party there. To this day I do not
>> remember how I got home on my road bike but I did (even crossing a
>> border that still existed back then).
>> 
> Yes, seems the Americans likes to celibrate, what ever they can :-)
> 
> In Denmark, where I live, When I received my diploma, we just went out and
> got drunk (that's what the Danes exceed at)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Klaus

Same in Germany. No official celebration but we also know how to drink...
That reminds me that this happened looong ago, I'm getting old.

-- 
Reinhardt

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#461094

On Sat, 20 May 2017 16:16:15 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>
>
>Yesterday we enjoyed but mostly endured The Brat's commencement, MBA
>from UC Berkeley. I work for her now. The commencement speech was,
>what we could make out of it, perfectly dreadful. The acoustics in the
>Greek Theater are blessedly awful.
>
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/SF/Greek_Grad.JPG
>
>Imagine sitting in the sun in a black robe, listening to drivel for
>two hours. Two people passed out. I cut my Tulane graduation, because
>it would have been even longer and way, way hotter.
>
>This is better:
>
>http://www.cua.edu/speeches-and-homilies/2017/commencement-2017.html
>
>If you are ever in Berkeley, no matter how you feel about the
>politics, stroll around the campus. It's stunningly beautiful. Have a
>beer at the Faculty Club (which is now a public bar and restaurant), a
>serene and beautiful place. The seasonal beer was Purple Haze on tap.

Congratulations, I guess now she can officially play the role of bean
counter. You better show some progress from all those paper
scribblings with no component values ;)


Cheers

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