Jimmy Carter under Hospice care

[Anjdog2003]

[Murray]

Met him and shook his hand when he was here. Hope he and his family have the least amount of suffering possible

[Vette40th]

No matter what you think of him, he did attain some pretty high positions in life. Nuke Submarine Officer he did not. Failed the interview with ADM Rickover.
His daughter was superseded by Chelcie Clinton as the ugliest.
And Obama was the first to out do him as worst, then Joe came along and destroyed all doubt as to who was the worst.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Vette40th

No matter what you think of him, he did attain some pretty high positions in life. Nuke Submarine Officer he did not. Failed the interview with ADM Rickover.
His daughter was superseded by Chelcie Clinton as the ugliest.
And Obama was the first to out do him as worst, then Joe came along and destroyed all doubt as to who was the worst.

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[The_Dude]

He's a good human being. That said, he's had a good run.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by The_Dude

He's a good human being. That said, he's had a good run except from 1976 to 1980

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[Wathen1955]

I think one of his biggest failures was not following through on going to the metric system. It started with replacing speed signs with metric equivalent as I remember back in the late 70's.

Coming from the field of Metrology that was my job, the entire world is using metric except for the US and Myanmar. It was stopped due to all the whining from voters. It was just not rolled out in an efficient method.

Yes, switching would cost money but it's a long term investment that would pay dividends in the end.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Wathen1955

I think one of his biggest failures was not following through on going to the metric system. It started with replacing speed signs with metric equivalent as I remember back in the late 70's.

Coming from the field of Metrology that was my job, the entire world is using metric except for the US and Myanmar. It was stopped due to all the whining from voters. It was just not rolled out in an efficient method.

Yes, switching would cost money but it's a long term investment that would pay dividends in the end.

We toolmakers hated the attempts to convert to metric. During the '70s Xerox started making all their prints in metric, and we had to convert them to inches to make them understandable. For us, there was no upside to the metric system.

[Black94lt1]

Originally Posted by Taurus

He was not a great president but Mr. Carter is an outstanding human being.

Agreed, a great American

[Yadkin]

I've always thought of Carter as a man who made decisions with his heart instead of his brain. Nice guy, and very smart (he has a degree in nuclear engineering), but high on the list as one of the worst presidents.

[Vette40th]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

I've always thought of Carter as a man who made decisions with his heart instead of his brain. Nice guy, and very smart (he has a degree in nuclear engineering), but high on the list as one of the worst presidents.

I know he has done a wealth of humanitarian work, which is sign of his true character.
He went to GIT to study math and physics to qualify for the nuclear program in the Navy. Strange thing is, on his official Navy site, he doesnt hold a degree from there, unless it is just not shown. Most Nuke Officer hold Bachelors degrees just to be an Officer. Not all, as you can go LDO/OCS routes too.
ANyways, one article states he went onto graduate work for nuclear field..
Regardless, Nuclear Physics etc are not easy degrees to obtain...
https://www.usna.edu/Notables/featured/01carter.php

[ratflinger]

Hospice = Go home and die


He wasn't a very good ex-President either, always ran around sticking his nose in foreign affairs thinking that he had great negotiating skills.

[Torqaholic]

He was president when I served in the military. Don't have an opinion on the guy. There was no access to television or newspapers during those 4 years. I do remember seeing a news magazine once though. Only reason I can recall that is because of an article it had about the Michigan food supply being poisoned with PBB where they had to kill all the cows. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have not been exposed.