Hello Bill All I got is  ?????????

I dont understand your post.

erudite,

thats my fault, I directed the term at Gordon, and it was meant as a genuine compliment as he caught an error I had made in a post.

I like to read Gordons posts. Hes a great fabricator and has a great sense of humor too! Gordons one of many great people, who like Bill Wolle and others TNTC (too numerous to count), make this site required reading for anyone serious about the industry.

This from Wikipedia:

"The word erudition came into Middle English from Latin. A scholar is erudite (Latin eruditus) when instruction and reading followed by digestion and contemplation have effaced all rudeness ("e- (ex-) + rudis"), that is to say smoothed away all raw, untrained incivility. Common usage has blurred the distinction from "learned".

Erudition is the depth, polish and breadth that is applied to education from further readings and understanding of literary works. The Latin word educare means to "lead out" from ignorance; hence an educated person has come to think critically and logically. An erudite person has both deep and broad familiarity with a certain subject, often gained through study and extensive reading of the subject's literature rather than formal scholarship.

For example, a jurist is learned, and knows the law intimately and thoroughly. A jurist who is also erudite may additionally know the history of the law in detail, as well as the laws of other cultures. Thus, an erudite jurist has both deep, specific knowledge of the law, and broad knowledge in the form of social and historical context of law.

Erudition is present in a literary work when its author incorporates general knowledge and insights spanning many different fields. When such universal scholars are also at the forefront of several fields, they are sometimes called "polyhistors", or "polymaths" if they demonstrate great wisdom or intelligence in addition to great knowledge (see polymath for further discussion).

The famous Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi was erudite: he read and studied the classics on his own, and was deeply influenced by many philosophers. Other examples of erudite writers include the Roman Marcus Terentius Varro, the English essayist Sir Thomas Browne, and the French essayist Michel de Montaigne."

Bill:

You've gotta use quotation marks or a bibliography or people may mistakenly attribute all that fancy thinkin' and writin' to you. I'm in college now and that's one of the first things they taught us and they're real sticklers about it.

Joe

Joe,

Youre back in college? Congratulations! Which one? Suddenly I have a great desire to further my education.  If I go back to school at your college, would you have any interest in starting a new frat?


I plan to disprove the common misconception some people espouse, that you cant work, attend school, maintain a B or Better average, and party like a maniac simultaneously.



Lenny

Jon...My opinion is for me...and I dont necessarily need an association...i just want to be a part of an association...however there are those that will constantly ask "well, whats it do for me?' if ya hafta ask that, then you probaly arent gonna get the thing that i Got from being a part of it....Its hard to put into words ..i also think if you can describe it into words its not what I got..

that weekend cost me alot...but i made that in one vanity profit...my new awarness and knowledge i got from the Thermoform Warriors was worth the cost times five...but thats for me...i love everything about this industry...the good and the bad...might not like it..but i love it

i just like talking and making friends....and fellow fabnetters...Jon let me wander all around the Sterling Shop with my camcorder and nobody even watching me...i was admiring the organization, the shipping and recieving...so when i grow into that size, i dont hafta waste money learning all that stuff...

If you want an association that all you expect is to take, take, take, and what do i get for 400 bux besides this sticker its kinda weird cause thats all you are probaly gonna get...but if give without the expectation of any kind  reward ....something happens beyond our realm that just spreads..

But again this is not to be mean and negative to non_members...if you want four hundred bux worth of stuff back...and thats it so you feel you at least got your investment back...well Im sure some ISSfA memeber can send you a half sheet when ya need it...

but heres the deal if you make more than your 400 bux...will you record that amount and maybe buy a plane ticket and hang out with us in a strange town at the next regional?...would you then give input on something else to benefit

but all in all, if a person cant find any reason to Join an association...then dont join...I would hate to be a part of an association that everyone hates toi be there anyway...thats like being in jailfor those of us that know what thats like