xrongor wrote:
i didnt mean to come off as bitter as i may have in my original post. ive
just gotten a bit tired of being continually criticized for offering
something besides 'buy model number xxxyyy and install it with bracket
zzzzzz that you can get from www.buyitnowdontmakeit.com'

the other thing that i dont get; i see people spending all this money on
tools these days, but it doesnt seem like anybody knows how to use them any
more. if it doesnt attach to a cordless drill body, its a mystery. when i
was in school you HAD to take a shop class. im pretty sure they've dumped
that requirement. between budget cuts and fear of lawsuits...

randy


"Jack Sandweiss" wrote in message
...

As an old amateur radio operator, you struck a chord with me. Fixing
things
today means knowing where to buy the part, not at all as much fun as
scotch
tape and glue, with, heaven for bid, some thought about electronics and
creativity. Today, research has become a "link". I remember climbing
through open stacks (and, Google misses a LOT)
Jack




You had to take shop? I never had to take, but I
did take a year. My father was born in 1898 and
he never had to take shop. But he did for 4 years
of high school. I'm curious, what time frame and
what state required such a thing? I could see CA
maybe MA.

None the less, I agree with you. But as the world
gets more complicated, fixing things requires more
knowledge and some people are barely able to tie
their shoes. Hell, they can't even check to see
if the appliance is plugged in before calling the
repairman.

Contrary to the BS you keep hearing from
educators, people are NOT getting smarter. More
people that ever are being mis-educated; although
that has always been common in small groups large
groups of mis-informed people result with the
current technology. Kooks and kook believers are
as common as ever and always will be.