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Old 01-17-2014, 06:45 AM  
tony286
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Originally Posted by Minte View Post
20 years ago,, parents made their kids go to college and get a degree. The trades were pretty muched ignored. Now society is paying for it. You have a ton of highly educated cab drivers and not enough skilled trades people to supply the needs of a growing and aging population.

The rest of it is someone elses problem. It's a Brave New World coming?
You are right and its sad. My father had a friend who restored old old mg's like from the 30's as a hobby. He used to tell my dad it would of been crazy expensive to do, if it was for his retired machinist father who liked to work on them with him.
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