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Since I lunch with a bunch of profs, I guess it's my responsibility to point out that Villanova tuition is currently north of 60K a year. But it being a Catholic school, I imagine there is a hefty discount for buggery.

Of course you did!! Isn't it funny that no matter what the topic, Red is right their knowing, meeting or having lunch with someone in that immediate field?

Red, next time you get together with your professor friends , you might want to ask them about scholarships available to children of federal Employees who were killed on the job. Or even scholarships for children of Federal employees in general.

I was able to attend Villanova due to 3 different scholarships that I qualified for, the biggest because my father was killed while working as a federal employee, when I was very young.

Additionally, My Grandfather is a Villanova alum, pulled some strings and helps out some financially.

You know, I have to admit, it annoys the living hell out of me that someone would nonchalantly claim to be a high school dropout, GED, Villanova student with an annual cost in the 85K range. For someone to claim going to Villanova, which is right in my neck of the woods, disturbs me.

You know what annoys the living hell out of me, Redeitz. When you people make up complete lies, as you have here. That "disturbs" me!

I am not a high school drop out, nor received a GED. I graduated high school with my class. I did spend the last 3 months of high school commuting from the homeless shelter in Daytona to my High School and after school job and back to the shelter, daily after my stepfather kicked me out on my 18th birthday. I am proud I was able to do that for 3 months and graduated with my class and then went on to college. When my name was called, My classmates all rose applauding because everyone in the school and community knew the situation and what I had done to be there that day. So Fuck YOU!

How about you stop repeating Mdawgs lies and talking points and be honest and show some decency for a change. I expected more from you than this.

Don't be shy, kewlJ. How much money did you get for those three scholarships? What exactly were those scholarships? How much was each one? Were they annual or by semester or a monthly stipend? Surely you remember. I remember my amounts. I'm sure you remember yours. What SAT score got you into Villanova?

Wait, wait, let me guess. You can't tell anyone because that would compromise your identity. Twenty years ago, what scholarships you got for how much would compromise your identity.

Now what I love is kewlJ tosses out there the trope about me having lunch weekly with profs because it's a convenient story. Again, bad idea to imply that my veracity is less than stellar. Sorry, boyo, I can give you the names of the folks I have lunch with each week, and you can look them up. Hell, I can give you their email addresses after I clear it with them. Here's the names:

Dr. Jerry Leger (also law degree from Harvard, MrV)
Dr. Scott Beck
Dr. Tony Cavendar
Dr. Ken Mijeski
Dr. Rubye Beck
Dr. Judith Hammond

Now, let's see, kewlJ, why don't you list a few of the profs you had at the time? What was your major? What courses did you take? How many credits did you complete in what?

Wait, wait, that'll compromise his blackjack career. Or not. The devil, as always, is in the details. Bullshit, however, has no details. It's all a glop.

KewlJ pulled some strings to get into Villanova and shelled out 85K a year, which was covered, of course by "three scholarships." He did this, of course, because why go to Temple when you aspire to be a Wildcat? St. Joe's, another Catholic school in the area, has tuition about 50K. But kewlJ aimed higher.

P.S. Back in my 20's and 30's, I was friends with Bob Foley, the late Providence women's hoops coach. He died two months ago. He was a Villanova graduate. We guarded each other in lunchtime hoops games about a hundred times. I also guarded his wife, Louise (Leimkuhler), a time or two. Feel free, kewlJ. Do some Villanova name-dropping.

P.S.S. I had a friend, Chris, whose father died working for the railroad. She had SS until she was 21 and got a partial scholarship to Penn State. My point is that she worked at a Vets as a waitress while going to school because her expenses were not covered, even though Penn State was about a third the cost of Villanova. She wound up getting a doctorate in psychology and becoming a therapist. Her grades were excellent. Can you imagine someone going to Villanova on three scholarships, fully covered, and then not graduating after putting in three years? How bad would grades have to be to not make it? And why would scholarships continue for three full years REGARDLESS OF GRADES?

It's like Dalton says after the guy stabs him in the parking lot at the opening of Roadhouse, "Have you thought this through?"