Subj : Re: shop class
To   : Gryphon
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Mon May 05 2025 18:43:00

-=> Gryphon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Gr> On 24 Apr 2025 at 08:19p, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

 pF> -=> Accession wrote to StormTrooper <=-
 pF>
 pF> I've said it before - the two classes I regret not taking in high school
 pF> were auto shop and typing.

I took typing, but not shop class... Two older brothers and a dad, but
they didn't teach me anything. :-) Had to learn it all after I got
older and YouTube came along. :-)
 
 pF> I'm surprised that the kids in auto shop got to use the facilities
 pF> outside of class and on their own cars. Nowadays, that would be a
 pF> liability nightmare.

When I was young, not only did they work on their own cars, but the
pickups were just as likely to have a gun rack in the back window.

 Gr> When I was in HS, shop class was about as dated as computer
 Gr> programming. I mean, I could learn to fix brakes or clean a carburetor
 Gr> in shop class, but what good is that skill now? I learned COBOL and
 Gr> FORTRAN in HS. YOU of all people know how dated that skill is now.

LOL



.... Okay, who swiped the Crime Watch sign?!?!
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