[snip]A long story. One that is well known. The WSJ seems to be saying good bye to factory workers. ==================================
Laid-Off Factory Workers Find Jobs Are Drying Up for Good --- Structural
Changes Strand Many With Basic Skills --- 21 July 2003
The Wall Street Journal BUTLER, Pa. -- The two Karenbauer brothers and their cousin, Danny Mottern,
have worked alongside each other for much of their lives. Working with their
hands comes naturally to all three. As young boys they were dispatched to
feed the cows and plant corn on their grandfather's 134-acre farm. Later, they all ended up in the same Trinity Industries Inc. factory,
building parts for railroad cars. Brad Karenbauer, 39 years old, was a tool
and die man.
A nation without good "tool and die men" will end [y]up[pie] instantiating the supposed story from Boeing:
The new hire college graduate engineer was assigned to design a [whatever]. He submitted his drawing to the machinists. It was perfectly done. The machinists eagerly followed the instructions.
The [whatever] was *an order of magnitude* bigger than it was supposed to be. Otherwise, it was perfect.
Running on empty, running around....
(--Jackson Browne)\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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