Me Working on My Van

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 01/31/2018 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 13:35

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The tie is a nice touch.

And by nice, I mean crazy dangerous.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/31/2018 at 13:36

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Keepin’ it classy, Yo.

vicali > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 13:37

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also;

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 13:38

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Also, I suppose he’s wearing overalls, but I swear that looks like a smoking jacket. Now THAT is classy.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 13:44

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That’s really your van, or one very close, isn’t it? Put a pipe in the guy’s mouth and it would look like Hugh Hefner changing his oil.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 13:48

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Classy as fuck! You dapper sumbitch!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > vicali 01/31/2018 at 13:50

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YES!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 01/31/2018 at 13:50

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Only the finest.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/31/2018 at 13:53

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Yeah, that’s even a straight six engine in the sketch.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/31/2018 at 13:58

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I bought this manual at the swap meet on Sunday. My van is a ‘71 GMC, but the manual makes no mention of air conditioning. The GMC and the Chevy vans are identical vehicles except for the badging. This manual talks about air conditioning. My van has no A/C, but I hope it will at some point in the future and I want to see what it looked like when GM gave it A/C.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! 01/31/2018 at 14:02

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Hey: I have a reputation to establish.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 15:27

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Nice smoking jacket!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/31/2018 at 15:35

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Better than a smoking van!

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 01/31/2018 at 15:46

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True story:

At my last district, I got a hard-ass old school evaluator. He was a retired principal, who had a reputation as a straight shooter, although that was not my experience with him. He dinged me on my evaluation, because I didn’t wear a tie. This is the conversation we had, to the best of my memory. For context, I wore khaki pants and a polo shirt to school everyday.

AH: Your dress is unprofessional. You need to wear a tie.

Me: I teach shop, I cannot wear a tie. That would be wildly unsafe.

AH: Well, you need to at least wear a tie sometimes.

Me: I can’t wear a tie. I teach shop. It could get sucked into the machines and kill me.

AH: You need to wear a tie.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 15:47

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Definitely!

I think you’ll enjoy the story I just put in a reply to WilliamsSW.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher 01/31/2018 at 15:52

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“I’m sorry if you might die, but there are RULES”.

Sounds like a guy walking through life with blinders on...

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW 01/31/2018 at 15:55

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Pretty much, and the rules were whatever he said they were at that moment in time.

I remember telling my mentor at the time what had just gone down. He said, “Oh, I always used to wear a tie during shop class. I was very diligent about tucking it into my shirt, before using any machines ... until that one time where I didn’t, and it got sucked into the planer. Luckily there was a good kid standing right next to me, and he shut it off, because I was getting sucked in. I never wore a tie once after that day.”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/31/2018 at 16:37

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Me: talk to my union rep.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/31/2018 at 16:39

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And even though my union and I loathe each other, they’d be happy to be thrown such a juicy bone.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 17:36

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It’s been my observation, that unions either can’t or won’t help you until you’re tenured. I was a second year teacher at that point.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/31/2018 at 17:51

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Right. There’s that. So get a clip-on tie. Or a bow tie. But you’re tenured now, so, Me:

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/31/2018 at 18:25

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I just ignored him. I decided if they were going to fire me for that, they could get bent.

I am indeed tenured, but I escaped that craphole long ago. The superintendent from that place is currently under federal indictment.