CS>> electrical engineer, he got one at a gas station as a
 CS>> mechanic then moved up

bk>>  That was what I was thinking. Came here a qualified engineer,
bk>>  started low then moved back up.

 CS> Pretty much.  Thats how it seemed to me as a kid at least.

 CS>> The culture of later years where 'we speak spanish so deal
 CS>> with it' had not developed.

bk>>  Yeah. And it should not be tolerated now. Just my opinion.

 CS> I agree.  Having a second language is great but the primary
 CS> one of the land you
 CS> live in shouldnt be optional for citizenship.

 Two of my children are bi-lingual, the third will be if she
 keeps working at it. English is still the primary language.

 ...

bk>>  He became a private pilot, but the US military was not going to
bk>>  make him a military pilot.

 CS> Clearances would make that a little problematic.  Aso,
 CS> Officers have to be US citizens so if he wasnt yet, he'd
 CS> not be eligible to join.

 Reminds me of the USAF pilot wrote an article in the Air Force
 magazine, when I was in back in the late '60s. He gave a talk to
 a group of German ground crew and support staff in Germany. In
 the middle of it he realized he was talking to a bunch of old
 WW2 combat pilots.

 CS>>> Rant off i guess.

bk>>  I was wondering, because I have heard a lot of complaints about
bk>>  all the assistance cuban imigrants got, but poor americans got
bk>>  sink or swim. I didn't know it was true until now.

 CS> It was a 'sink or swim' time for all then.  Welfare abuse
 CS> was nominal because it wasnt really available that same way
 CS> til around 1970 and later right? xxcarol

 Well, they got more help than poor Americans did. That was the
 point I was considering.



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