On Jun 14, 4:51*pm, David Billington
wrote:
...
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in the US in the 1970s to
early 1980s as I had the opportunity to do many elective subjects such
as metal shop, wood shop, electronics, machining etc as well as academic
subjects. I live back in the home country of the UK now by choice and
having spoken to many people such opportunities weren't as common in the
UK to get such expeience. ...

Alistair Cooke on the "Two Cultures" in Britain versus America:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ca/1905095.stm

jsw