<VV> Random Corvair thoughts(and other stuff) from Ryan, the young buck.

Tue Feb 22 02:30:46 EST 2005

Ryan
You are likely to get lots of advice, some online, some off.

I don't know why you quit school, a GED isn't a bad thing to have, it at 
least shows you have the smarts to finish something  you started, even if it 
was in a non-conventional way.

There are lots of military veterans here (me included) that can testify that 
one of the best ways to get job training and college money is to enlist in 
the military.  Lots of jobs that convert to civilian careers.

There also is the Job Corps, you can find them on the internet too,  kind of 
a "short Course" of the military where you live military style while 
learning a trade, and once your training is complete, Job assistance is 
there to get you started.....

School might not have been your cup of tea, but looking back---folks who get 
to the end of their life without post high school education have been lucky. 
In the 21st Century it's even going to be harder than ever.   In the 
Military, you can go to college off working hours virtually free of cost. 
I am not going back to finish my college degree at age 48 for nothing.  It's 
never too late to start.

Take a look on sites like Monster.com, and pick any area you choose.  Look 
and see how many jobs are out there that DON'T require a college degree. 
That is, that will pay a wage that will keep a roof over your head, feed 
you, pay your bills, and let some extra be there to fiddle with a Corvair to 
keep you sane.

Most important of all, whether you join the Military, get Vocational 
Training, go to Community College, whatever you decide,  DO SOMETHING!!!  SO 
many people your age are content to have some kind of going nowhere, low 
paying job, and live with their parents, and are on the one way street to 
loserville.   Don't let that happen to you!!!

Keep us advised

Hank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Verthein" <chevyd51 at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: <VV> Random Corvair thoughts(and other stuff) from Ryan,the young 
buck.

> So...here's a whole bunch of random for you guys.
>
> The Article I wrote called "Going to the Garage"
> should be coming in this months Minnesota Corvair Club
> newsletter "the Leeky Seel"  I'm excited to have
> written something...
>
> I have been bouncing around in my life a lot in the
> last year or so...I quit school halfway through tenth
> grade(this was last year-2004)...I had been held back,
> was an awful student (although, I'm very smart...I
> just wasn't able to apply myself well in school.)...I
> got my GED...spent the summer hanging around...finally
> got a job and moved down to the Twin Cities here in MN
> thinking I could start college( I had been accepted to
> a college here for Audio Recording)  and ended up not
> going to school, but working in a Machine Shop for
> four months...basically just for the experience as it
> turns out.  I came back home..to my Corvair, which I
> bought about a month after I started working at this
> shop...only to find my Buddy Kevin's dad wanted the
> car out.
>
> To make a long story short...the band I had been
> playing with for 5 months broke up, I decided not to
> go to college for that major, and I've been sitting
> around not doing much of anything but LIVING on VV,
> and Clarks catalogs.
>
> I keep trying to find little projects to do, and at
> the same time...wishing I knew where I wanted to go
> with myself at this point.
>
> So I got a job, and I'm just hanging around here for
> now.  and today...I had a thought.
>
> I LOVE working on cars, and I had already had the idea
> of going into something mechanical...So why not take
> my newest love...of which I have spent so much time
> learning about...and turn it into something bigger.  I
> could go to school, and learn basic auto(I know a lot,
> but it would be nice to be able to DO a lot)  and do
> something in the field of Air-Cooled engines.
>
> I was online looking for a whole bunch of things that
> are air-cooled to see what kind of a market there
> might be.  Hell, there's Porche, VW,
> Corvairs...Motorcycles...  All sorts of things that
> people are into.  Why not build air-cooled customs...I
> could even do weird conversions of like...corvair
> engines into Escorts...something like that.
>
> On another note (B flat...little band humor there for
> you)  I think it's so funny all of the little tiny
> projects I've done now cause it's been in the single
> and negative digits so much here and my car is outside
> now...like...cleaning up and polishing the fan guide
> that goes on the shroud to keep the belt from coming
> off...the fan that I tumbled...I stripped and cleaned
> the fan pulley...all of these tiny little things just
> to have SOMETHING to work on.
>
> Okay, I'm done now...hope that wasn't really
> boring....I tend to rant forever when I'm on a roll.
>
> Thanks for reading this far...*hands you fellow VVer a
> cookie*
>
> Ryan V.
> 65 Corsa Coupe
>
> =====
> And If I run away, would you bring me back to cloud 9?  S.O.C.
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