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umberto:
My son is going to school at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden for Mechanical Engineering.  That campus is so beautiful, I'm actually pretty jealous of the boy.  Plus it's an hour from the ski resorts, which will probably come in handy when we visit.  Of course it's also three or four blocks from the Coors factory, in a state with legal recreational marijuana, so I might have made a bit of a tactical mistake in a letting him go there.   :-D

Danger4u2:
Hey, Umberto, you spelled it wrong...……...

The Colorado School Of Mimes

Not everyone understands that Golden, Colorado, besides being the iconic, long-term home of the Coors Brewery, also hosts the Colorado School Of Mimes. Founded in 1874 to train mining engineers, Colorado’s economy has since shifted far away from resource extraction toward supplying the ever-burgeoning entertainment industry. Introverts originally considering engineering careers find little difficulty fitting into the School’s more modern focus, as they arrive on campus so concave, faculty complain about having to wear miner’s headlamps to even call role. Born to not be noticed, today’s students find Mimes’ atmosphere perfectly congruent with their natural preferences.

The curriculum can be challenging, even for those uncomfortable with public speaking. “Public miming can be even harder to master,” claims one sophomore whose parents had previously encouraged him to join Toastmasters International. Mimes offers a minor degree in what they call Milk-Toastmasters, a course of study similar to public speaking but without the speaking part. “Holding an audience’s attention when you’re basically invisible seems like a definite impossibility,” the sophomore continues, “but the supportive faculty, many with extensive busking experience, understand how to silently encourage even the more extroverted.”

http://www.projectcommunity.com/PureSchmaltz/files/The%20Colorado%20School%20Of%20Mimes.php

umberto:

--- Quote from: Danger4u2 on June 29, 2018, 09:04:23 AM ---Hey, Umberto, you spelled it wrong...……...

The Colorado School Of Mimes

Not everyone understands that Golden, Colorado, besides being the iconic, long-term home of the Coors Brewery, also hosts the Colorado School Of Mimes. Founded in 1874 to train mining engineers, Colorado’s economy has since shifted far away from resource extraction toward supplying the ever-burgeoning entertainment industry. Introverts originally considering engineering careers find little difficulty fitting into the School’s more modern focus, as they arrive on campus so concave, faculty complain about having to wear miner’s headlamps to even call role. Born to not be noticed, today’s students find Mimes’ atmosphere perfectly congruent with their natural preferences.

The curriculum can be challenging, even for those uncomfortable with public speaking. “Public miming can be even harder to master,” claims one sophomore whose parents had previously encouraged him to join Toastmasters International. Mimes offers a minor degree in what they call Milk-Toastmasters, a course of study similar to public speaking but without the speaking part. “Holding an audience’s attention when you’re basically invisible seems like a definite impossibility,” the sophomore continues, “but the supportive faculty, many with extensive busking experience, understand how to silently encourage even the more extroverted.”

http://www.projectcommunity.com/PureSchmaltz/files/The%20Colorado%20School%20Of%20Mimes.php

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That’s awesome!  I’ll show that to the boy so he knows what he’s in for.

One of my employees thought it was the Colorado School of Minds. Because the mind is a terrible thing to waste.  :-D

Danger4u2:
Last night I thought you said School of Minds, then we talked about School of Mimes.
So I Googled it and School of Mimes came up and low and behold it's near where your
son is going.  He needs to go get a picture in front of the school.

Danger4u2:
Back to the topic at hand....We need to bump up the time line on your Pikes Peak run.  I hope to be around when
you plan on doing the run but keep in mind I ride motorcycles on the street in OKC.  Coming home tonight I was
dealing with the dumb sh..s driving slow in the fast lane, the meth heads racing in the slow lane and the "I don't have
a clue" idiot in the center lane traveling 45 mph with his flashers on and a front right flat flipping chunks of rubber.
I went to Pikes Peak back in 1977 and the road was gravel. My 223ci in line 6 cylinder 1964 Ford truck did not like
the altitude.   

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