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Originally Posted by 1stindoor
I doubt my father had those dreams for his children...but he did teach me that you can't outsource your plumbing (he meant that it's a job that won't go overseas due to labor costs). There's very little I can't do inside the house; and every time I rewire a switch, put up a ceiling fan, fix a plumbing issue, patch drywall, etc. I stop and think about and thank my father.
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Absolutely nailed it. I either learned those skills from my dad or from my neighbor growing up, who owned his own construction outfit and taught me how to do any of the tasks required to build a house from the ground up.
Given the hourly wage for plumbers, or better yet electricians, I would much rather my kid do that instead of go to college and major in Peloponnesian Basket Weaving, or the new major, "University Studies" and then live in my basement after graduation.
I remember working with mechanical engineering graduate students who didn't know the difference between phillips and flathead screw drivers. Still blows my mind.