Did they have VCRs back then?
Sad news, DogPK passed away today after a brief illness. She had been with us a long time and will be missed.
Sorry to hear this OPK.
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'
My UVM kids love it. Coming from Boston, the winters don't bother them that much, but neither plan to stay after they finish school. Number 2 son loves the Lake Monsters and is a season ticket holder. Alas, Number 3 son will be applying to transfer after his sophomore year. He still wants to study things not offered at UVM, so he's taking his 3.85 GPA (got a B+ in poly sci) and trying again at schools that do offer everything. UVM has even cut the budget to their classics program for next year. I completely understand why, but it's not encouraging him to stay.
Sorry to hear about DogPK. Sending you my condolences, OPK.
Nah - the credit goes to them. They just happen to be passionate about things that are academic in nature. The two at UVM very much prefer college to high school though, where they can take the courses that interest them and skip the ones that don't. It's a lot easier to get an A when you love the subject. The economics major lucked into the class that satisfied his literature requirement. He took early British literature and they read the Canterbury Tales. He got to bring in his knowledge of medieval guilds when writing his essay on that. OMG, I have a kid who got fascinated by medieval guilds and set out to learn a lot about them. I've got one that's off to get a master's degree at Maryland in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science with the ultimate goal of working at the National Hurricane Center. And the one at UVM that wants to transfer is studying classics and linguistics and wants to add archeology and history of pre-Columbian civilizations to that mix. I've got weird kids. ;-) But they are fun to talk to when you get them going on the stuff they care about.
Sorry to hear, OPK. Sending all the good vibes your way.