In article 6,
John wrote:

Many skilled craftsmen delight in baffling apprentices and then
criticising them for not being able to do things that were relevant "in
their day". Remember videos of teenagers not being able to use a dial
phone (why should they) - or not knowing how to fit a 13 amp plug. What
was once a necessary part of one's upbringing has now changed.

If an apprentice could wire up a socket, surely they could work out how to
wire up a plug?

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*A nest isn't empty until all their stuff is out of the attic

Dave Plowman London SW
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