On 9/5/2011 11:59 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:11:38 -0400, >
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/5/2011 1:50 AM, projectile vomit chick wrote:
>>> On Sep 4, 4:37 pm, Brooklyn1<Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>> A lot of good that does, they all want to drive a desk, to nowhere.
>>>> People in the US don't know how to make stuff anymore... blame the
>>>> totally useless educational system, it pushes academia down the
>>>> throats that are best suited for vocational training... what a waste
>>>> of talent. Durable goods are produced in other countries not for the
>>>> cheap labor, but because they have the skilled craftspeople.
>>>
>>> How true! Not everyone is meant to go to college. No one goes to
>>> trade school anymore!
>>
>> Sure they do. Some folks are way out of touch and just don't realize how
>> much times have changed. Nephew went to a school for HVAC. He is a smart
>> kid but can't get a job in that trade because there are so many
>> unemployed folks with much higher skills and experience looking for
>> work.
>
> You can't learn HVAC in schools, you need to learn on the job. And
> there are no qualified refrigeration mechanics out of work, there's a
> huge demand.
>

Honestly, that is only in your living in the past fantasy world. You
really need to take the blinders off or just continue to show how very
much out of touch you are.

>> Good friend is a skilled electrician and owns a contracting
>> business.
>
> Skilled schmilled... is he licensed... I doubt it or you'd have said
> it.
>
>> He specializes in industrial work but is quite capable of
>> doing anything.
>
> WTF is "anything"? We have a president who can do "anything", with
> his mouth.
>
>> Since there aren't many factories left there isn't much
>> left for him to do so he has a barebones workforce and is scratching
>> looking for work.
>
> Then he's BSing you, licensed electricians are in big demand, and most
> large plants maintain a staff of electricians... they only hire
> electrical contractors for plant expansions, but that's temporary
> work. If your friend is licenced and can't find work then he's a
> lousy electrician who is ripping people off... there are lots of those
> too. If he's not licensed then he's sub contracting, those are the
> con artists/scamers.