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patrice

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27. I read Summerhill & also Foxfire. Those books made me daydream about a different way to live & learn
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 02:19 AM
Jul 2012
Tool and die makers... Welders.....Pipe Fitters...Steel Workers... lib2DaBone Jul 2012 #1
I'm actually going to a local community college for a machinist certification. Sirveri Jul 2012 #42
You're a kick ass grandfather even if your grandkids don't understand what they are missing Edweird Jul 2012 #2
Thanx JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #13
I know that feeling. I have to keep telling them it's not like TV - haele Jul 2012 #3
We're bringing them back, basic skills needed in the crafts and trades. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #4
Offer good pay and they will come. Zalatix Jul 2012 #5
I don't think that's the point. JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #10
I'm a craftsperson. there is no good pay anymore. robinlynne Jul 2012 #12
Hasn't been any good pay for "self employed" craftspeople for at least 30 years or so. Trillo Jul 2012 #34
I could pay my bills before, at least. robinlynne Jul 2012 #39
I've argued this point many times & I believe we need to bring back Tariffs Boxerfan Jul 2012 #6
I had a Popular Mechanics magazine from 1938 Speck Tater Jul 2012 #7
Nintendo DS gets kudos - bhikkhu Jul 2012 #9
It is Really Frustrating Trying to Fix Stuff Nowadays AndyTiedye Jul 2012 #22
As a mechanic for 25 yrs, who's never had a single trainee... bhikkhu Jul 2012 #8
Hope! cbrer Jul 2012 #14
40 years ago, even when a young man went to work for a corporation he might do his own car & engine patrice Jul 2012 #11
You raise an interesting point. JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #15
There is hot rodding going on - it's imports now instead of detroit iron. Edweird Jul 2012 #44
For years I worked in a fabric store. WillowTree Jul 2012 #16
That desrcibes the girl I love. JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #17
LOL, every time I buy a pattern and fabric, I always get asked about what I'm making. gkhouston Jul 2012 #21
So true! & All of the fabric stores are gone now. American textiles are also extinct, I believe. nt patrice Jul 2012 #25
I'm a long-time sewer, quilter, mender, knitter/crocheter too, and one thing I have noticed over Nay Jul 2012 #37
Playing Xbox 360 and drinking Monster... cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #18
Don't worry. Climate Change will bring back the trades. Kennah Jul 2012 #19
Do we need to brush up on cubits? Is that what you are saying? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #24
That, and math without a computer or calculator Kennah Jul 2012 #28
Your comment reminds me of a trip to a drug store Ednahilda Jul 2012 #30
"I define "math" as anything that involves letters pretending to be numbers." CrispyQ Jul 2012 #32
I saw the title and first thought was Craftsman tools rl6214 Jul 2012 #20
"I couldn't imagine letting them use a drill, let alone a power saw, to do the job themselves," jtuck004 Jul 2012 #23
I read Summerhill & also Foxfire. Those books made me daydream about a different way to live & learn patrice Jul 2012 #27
Between hubby and me Ednahilda Jul 2012 #31
Right Here ALIVE AND WELL slampoet Jul 2012 #26
Depends on the kids and their environment, I think. MineralMan Jul 2012 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Tsiyu Jul 2012 #38
I love my very diverse and very family-oriented MineralMan Jul 2012 #40
my state is full of them cali Jul 2012 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Tsiyu Jul 2012 #36
Are you sure you don't live in Lake Wobegone? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #41
I took away my 16 yo daughter's phone before a road trip Nevernose Jul 2012 #35
My nephew grew up on Starcraft and anime cartoons KurtNYC Jul 2012 #43
It's somewhat satisfying that there are still people that can look further than their next QP&L. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #45
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