My High School Class Is Having A 5 Year Reunion

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76) 09/15/2016 at 22:27 • Filed to: None

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I’m not going, but I did get added to the Facebook group. Apparently I’m the only person out of a class of 297 that doesn’t work in a warehouse, food service, or as an RN. Also spent the day apartment hunting.

Nothing against any of those professions, they’re all needed to make society function.

Oh, that’s not my high school, that’s the apartment building I’m moving into. It was a high school, built in 1910. It’s pretty awesome.

Panhard 24 for your time (because you should dare to be different). I really want something so fantastically French in my life.

dogisbadob > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:30

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does the now apartment building still have the playground? :D

CB > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:31

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“...built in 1910.”

I might suggest being worried about asbestos and/or a nasty draft.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > dogisbadob 09/15/2016 at 22:33

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1910 High School, so no. It does have a brand new salt water pool though.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:34

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Apparently I’m the only person out of a class of 297 that doesn’t work in a warehouse, food service, or as an RN.

Not that there’s anything wrong with any of those positions.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > CB 09/15/2016 at 22:35

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Brick, brick, and more brick. No place for the asbestos. The windows are all new (low e) and well sealed.

atfsgeoff > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:35

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Was your apartment once a classroom? If so, do you know what was taught there?

Also fuck high school reunions. I didn’t like most of my class when I was in school, why would I want to see them again afterward?

CB > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:36

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Excellent. Other than the ghosts, you should be good.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > atfsgeoff 09/15/2016 at 22:37

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Yes, I don’t know what subject but the original glass front bookcases are still there, which is awesome.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:38

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Is the inside still vaguely recognizable in shape/layout? Because if so, that's awesome.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > CB 09/15/2016 at 22:39

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#2spooky

atfsgeoff > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:42

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I imagine a high school is particularly well suited for conversion into large-ish studio apartments. Super spacious hallways must make it pretty easy to move furniture.

The important question, however, is: Can you ride a scooter or bike in the hallways?!

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/15/2016 at 22:49

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Oh yeah, not vague at all, it’s very much a school. My door is a classroom door (safety glass window has been frosted) and the room still has a 1950's IBM (centralized system) clock.

RallyWrench > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:49

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Who the hell has 5 year reunions? I couldn’t be bothered to go to my 10, but I saw an “urgent!!” list looking for people that I and almost all the people I still talk to were on. I’m still local, so it was worth a laugh.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > atfsgeoff 09/15/2016 at 22:51

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Can... though I probably shouldn’t.

atfsgeoff > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:53

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Wheeled office chair?

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > RallyWrench 09/15/2016 at 22:54

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Pfft, the official alumni Facebook page doesn’t have me on the missing list, and I still wasn’t even invited to my 5 or 10 year reunions. It’s good to know reunions are full of the same people from high school who haven’t changed.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > RallyWrench 09/15/2016 at 22:55

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The people going were the people who never moved beyond high school. I’m of the “call me at 10 years, maybe I’ll care then” opinion.

Xyl0c41n3 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:56

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So.... All 297 of y’all are five years out of high school, meaning lots of people are either just a year out of college or still IN college, and still working the kinds of jobs available to people with little real life work experience or incomplete educations... And that’s somehow, what? Shameful? Not good enough?

Dude. I know you posted recently that you just graduated college AND landed a decent job (in engineering, if I’m not mistaken, right?) but are you not aware of how incredibly fortunate you are that that has happened? We have Oppos here who are still looking for engineering gigs, or other professional positions months and even years after completing their educations.

And for some of those people at your high school, working in a warehouse or food service is what they want to do. It’s pretty shitty to equate their hard work with “they’re all needed to make society function,” as if they’re in a class beneath you. And FTR, becoming an RN takes hard work. It requires a degree, and — at the low end of the scale — it pays in the high five figures. At the upper end of the scale, it pays six figures.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 22:57

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I sorta feel like if that’s what you think about your classmates, they probably won’t miss you...

dogisbadob > atfsgeoff 09/15/2016 at 22:57

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they’ll send him to the main office for that! :p

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > atfsgeoff 09/15/2016 at 22:57

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I have two roll-y-chairs... oh my god... I need 3 friends STAT!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 23:01

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Your apartment is a classroom. For some reason I find this terrific.

RallyWrench > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 09/15/2016 at 23:01

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The insufferable ASB and pep rally people, basically. I don’t get the idea that high school is somehow your golden years, that seems shortsighted and depressing.

RallyWrench > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 23:07

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Yup, that’s how I am about 20. But it’s getting close and I still don’t really care.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 23:08

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I kind of want to go to my 5 year union to tell certain people to go to hell. I still have grudges with a few people I haven’t reconciled with.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Xyl0c41n3 09/15/2016 at 23:10

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Nonononono, I’m definitely not saying they’re beneath me. RNs are some of the hardest working people on the face of the earth. That job requires levels of patience, stomach (people are gross), concentration, and hustle that I do not possess. Warehouse and food service work are back-breaking and exhausting. Making society function is not intended as a shot against them, rather as an admission that they’re important components in society that are often overlooked.

I was more shocked by the lack of career diversity among my classmates.

I’m an Architect BTW

Xyl0c41n3 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 23:14

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They’re a year out of college, man. It’s not lack of career diversity as much as it’s them making their first steps into the work in world. The jobs they hold are totally normal.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/15/2016 at 23:15

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Apparently I'm the only person who didn't read that first bit in a negative light.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 09/15/2016 at 23:18

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32 of the 34 that’ll be there won’t, and I won’t miss them either.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Xyl0c41n3 09/15/2016 at 23:30

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Not a year out, few went to college at all (most that did partied too hard and dropped out). I’m still friends with classmates who did all of those options, and their happiness in their chosen path is all that really matters to me.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/15/2016 at 23:34

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There’s not, it’s just that there are literally 3 professions across nearly 300 people. (Fine... 4: my buddy is a nuclear submarine navigator)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 09/15/2016 at 23:36

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Yeah, that’s not gone well.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > RallyWrench 09/15/2016 at 23:39

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College was sooo much better, I made more/better friends due to similar passions/interests.

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 00:37

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We used to drag race roll-y-chairs through the aisles in the high school drafting room!

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 00:39

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You probably won’t. I sure as hell didn’t care at 15 years out. I don’t see that changing.

shop-teacher > RallyWrench 09/16/2016 at 00:40

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The people who peaked in high school are always the saddest SOBs.

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 00:41

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Niiiiice!

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 01:10

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Where I live there is no need for a HS reunion, you just go to the local bar a Friday or Saturday night and you’ll 90% of your class. I went to a small town highschool with maybe a class of 50. Most of them are: RN’s, PSW’s, work in the trades, or still working on their parents farms.

Svend > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 04:00

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This gives me a sad. My old high school (U.K. Secondary school) got turned into apartments.

How it used to look.

How it now looks.

xyzabc > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 05:56

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...here’s a couple things way more fantastically French.

XJDano > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 06:10

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You’d be surprised. The old schools are full of it. But since yours is already developed I bet they took out all the bathrooms & wet walls.

A lot of the old windows had lead paint, I’ve taken th out as well.

I bet it has hardwood floors throughout.

Roundbadge > RallyWrench 09/16/2016 at 07:57

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I got invited to my 10-year reunion, but I received the invitation 6 months late as I’d moved to the opposite corner of the state from the address they sent it to. I didn’t want to go anyway, so no big.

I refuse to do Facebook, so I haven’t been invited to the 15th or 20th reunions, and I won’t go to the 25th either. Except for 5 guys I hung out with then and still see a few times a year (just went camping with them last weekend), I actively avoid all the people I went to high school with. I guess it helps that I look completely different now, too...so they don’t recognize me when they see me.

Opposite Locksmith > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 09/16/2016 at 09:57

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Did you just call me a punk ass bitch