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Uncle Joe

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16. You should be proud, he sounds like an outstanding, compassionate young man, the Peace Corps!

Reply to RainDog (Reply #15)

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 06:39 AM

Jul 2014

It's so amazing and yet tragic to have all those skills of memorization and yet be hampered in seemingly simple but essential things that we must be able to do in order to survive.

I'm just wracking my brain trying to think of jobs that would pay him well for his language memorization skills.

Do you have any other children?

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Let freedom ring [View all] RainDog Jul 2014 OP

Hey, the War on Drugs is working exactly as it was intended ... Scuba Jul 2014 #1

Exactly !!!! SamKnause Jul 2014 #2

This chart explains your top graph. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #3

Thanks for the assist, Uncle Joe RainDog Jul 2014 #5

Apparently we didn't make the top ten yet. :( Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #6

that was fun to watch RainDog Jul 2014 #7

I hear you, RainDog, that does sound like one of those golden moments when you're in the zone, Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #10

LOL. My son loves to relive his pee-wee baseball years RainDog Jul 2014 #11

Have you tried to see if your son has an interest in music? Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #12

oh yeah. he was all-state vocal jazz RainDog Jul 2014 #13

Well it's good that he has a passion in his life, even if he can't play it anymore. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #14

His big passion is acting RainDog Jul 2014 #15

You should be proud, he sounds like an outstanding, compassionate young man, the Peace Corps! Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #16

I tried to encourage him to do "color commentary" RainDog Jul 2014 #17

I can appreciate that, I'm kind of private as well. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #18

here ya go RainDog Jul 2014 #19

Well that looks like a fascinating play, Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #20

I just pulled an all nighter here. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #21

du rec. xchrom Jul 2014 #4

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #8

thank you! n/t RainDog Jul 2014 #9