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Interesting essay |
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Posts: 9 05/23/09 12:52:11 |
So, for me this does peripherally relate to bamboo rod making. Or to making anything. Anyway, I do think it was a real shame that shop class (industrial
arts) at my high school was openly felt to be a backwater for guys going nowhere. I'm sorry I missed out on shop class.
-Dan Smith http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?pagewanted=1&em |
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Posts: 64 05/23/09 21:15:02 |
Provocative and well written.
I think a lot more people should read this article. 
Gary 
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Posts: 28 05/24/09 07:05:58 |
I agree. Thanks for the link Dan, an excellent article.
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Posts: 56 05/24/09 17:34:17 |
When I first contemplated rod building the block plane held no mystery to me, I still remembered the lessons from Mr. Seese the junior high wood shop instructor in 1967, who lost his hair over trying to show us how to plane a straight edge on the boards for the spice rack. As for seeing the fruits of your labors I have had many neophyte truck drivers look at a pile of potatoes totalling 1.5 million pounds and realize that we harvested those in a day. I have predicted for some time that the opportunity of the future lies in those who can use not only their minds but their hands to do the necessary work that still needs to be done. Everyone will know how to use a computer, but few will know what a lugwrench is. After dumping a guy my daughter told me " Dad, he doesn't even know how to check his own oil!" Ray |
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