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AMEN! You want to see craftsmen.... watch the guys restoring the Albany capital building roof... they did a documentary on it! Keith > > That was something I noticed in years of teaching - virtually none of the > brighter kids wanted to be mechanics. There was an occasional one who was > particularly gifted at practical skills, at the expense of his other subjects. > Seems all the parents want their kids to become managers, academics or media > moguls. While we need some of them (I suppose), we need skilled mechanics, > plumbers, electricians etc too. Why do we not celebrate manual skills any more, > no matter what area it is shown in? I guess that's why we are happy with > slab-sided monstrosities rather than craft-rich buildings like the ones we saw > in Albany, NY. Bring back the craftsman (and woman - mmm all that > home-baking!). > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ > ------ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >