On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:31:04 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote:

Too_Many_Tools wrote:
It has always concerned me when the young amoung us are not taugh basic
skills such as how to change a tire, how to use a saw, how to...well
you get the idea...there are basic skills that one needs to deal with
the world we live in.
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It is impossible to work on the modern car without a lot of very
specialized equipment.

Few doctors make house calls any more.

Might find it a little difficult to raise and butcher your own hogs in
most places where people live these days.

Times change, people change, the skills required to live in a modern
society keep changing.

Think the process is called "life".

No, it is called "post-modern" life. What happens when
post-modern life suddenly and unexpectedly becomes
post-post-modern life? COULD you butcher a hog, if you
really needed to?

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Robert Sturgeon
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