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This should be a manifesto for life

Handmade Portraits: Liberty Vintage Motorcycles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdNEJAFfFLA#)

I wish I new how to put this in the post as a video .... [bang]

Perfect quote:


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I used to work with a guy that looked, sounded, thought, and behaved almost exactly like this dude back in college. I used to tell people he was like a cross between Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop. I was an arch student and he a general contractor. He built really awesome ornate staircases from scratch. He was good at making stuff.

I'd work in his shop for a while to get one of those bikes. All the while learning the skills to keep the bike running.

Yes! Dibs on the Norton 750 cammando  [drool]

I'm speechless

That would be my dream job just to work in there when I retire from the military in 3 yrs.  It is so true that the tradesman and craftsman of america is quickly becoming a lost art....plumbers, electricians, mechanics,welders and machinists will have the upper hand in the next 10-20 yrs.  Already I have been offered jobs part time as a helicopter mechanic locally since I have my Airframes/Powerplants licenses. 

So your saying that becoming an electrician right out of school was a good choice.  It does have its advantages like a heated garage to store the bike in!!! :D It is a cool vid and i do agree that tradesmen are becoming a rarity in this country, but the kids are more talented than we will ever be.

Great video.

Thanks for sharing.

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The guy is 100% right. Manufacturing and industry is slowly dying.  Its not a spark that will ever go completely out but it is shrinking.

I can't tell you how many people I meet, both older and younger than me, that don't have the slightest clue how do do anything with their hands other than pick up a phone to call someone that does.

Its not a bad thing, just a frightening trend.

The more slack that we, as a country, give the more another country will take up.

I'm doing my part to take it back :)

My friend's son, a noob electrician, was redirected to a last minute job the other day.

His employer charged the customer ~ $ 500 for this.

He changed a light bulb.

8' ceiling or 800' building ;)

Best quote of the video:

"our generation before us said that about us"

Just remember, you know you're old when you continually pregnant dog about the shortcomings of the younger generations.

And remember who is to blame for the younger generations short comings - probably the older one who is b!tching.  And that doesn't mean they were bad to them, sometimes the opposite - they have done too much to help...  Hard to blame 10 year old kids for being lazy - they are either learning it from the parents being lazy, or their parents are helicopter parents that do everything for them.

Cool video.  I don't think I could do it.  Simple questions about $ - how does he pay rent on his building?  How does he buy parts to get the old bikes running? 

mitt

I'm a plumber in my last year of my apprentaship I really enjoy it but have till may until I am fully qualified, being on below £3.50 an hour for the last 4 years I'm not surprised why there are not as many skilled people anymore. I don't think the youth of today have the patience to put up with it. I watched that vid a while ago it is true what he says. Everyone I know seems to follow the trend of university and coming out with a load of debt, no job and a degree a million other people have. And a load of liver damage.

Sorry about the rant

my kid is 12 and not like me , and it is not any fault of me for lack of trying . It is society that pulls them that way not alway what they see at home .
As for the $$ part , i think when he says he has no money it doesnt me he's homeless and living in a box , im sure he can pay his rent , buy food and parts for his bikes , i think he is saying he is not a rich man

I'm young, I have a law degree and another in Human resources management  and I'M actually now thinking about doing my motorcycle mechanic course next years ( I'm waithing to finish my stupid student loan!!! [bang] )   ....going back to the root's and passion  [thumbsup] [Dolph]