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In reply to the discussion: Where are the craftsmen of tomorrow? [View all]MineralMan
(146,288 posts)40. I love my very diverse and very family-oriented
neighborhood. It reminds my of my childhood neighborhood from the 1950s, but I grew up in a small town, and this is a big city neighborhood. Last year, a couple of kindergarten aged girls who live up the street decorated my sidewalk with a big heart that said "Hi, George!" in it. All for saying "Hi!" to them whenever I see them. Pretty cool, I think!
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You're a kick ass grandfather even if your grandkids don't understand what they are missing
Edweird
Jul 2012
#2
Hasn't been any good pay for "self employed" craftspeople for at least 30 years or so.
Trillo
Jul 2012
#34
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
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
"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
It's somewhat satisfying that there are still people that can look further than their next QP&L.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#45