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Post by bosshen on Jan 31, 2015 0:35:07 GMT -6
A very addictive story. Well written and fascinating.
I had trouble remembering who was who but that was probably because I'm used to reading books that focus on an individual instead of a community.
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by papaof2 on Jan 31, 2015 18:53:45 GMT -6
I think we did our society a real disservice by getting rid of apprenticeships. As usual when someone abuses a system (harsh child labor abuses) they get rid of the WHOLE system... thank you! Throwing the baby out with the bathwater seems to something US politicians, lawyers, and judges do very well. If you've never researched the origin of "throwing the baby out with the bathwater", you might find it interesting...
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Post by kaijafon on Jan 31, 2015 22:26:27 GMT -6
lol! yes I have.
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 1, 2015 2:23:31 GMT -6
Lindsay Publications - now not in business as the owner retired - specialized in publishing reprints of exactly the sort of late 1800's books needed to reboot an industrial base. I have many of them in my personal library, including some on steam engineering and machine shop work as practiced in the late 1800's. Lindsay also published new material and Dave Gingery wrote several books along the lines you mention, e.g. building your own bandsaw, lathe, etc. (I built a radio coil winder from Gingery's book and found it usable, but not up to the standards of the 1930's Morris Industries coil winder as he substituted a friction drive for gears and hence it was impossible to establish the fixed pitch to length ratio required for certain type coils.) Dave is no longer with us, but I think his son, also named Dave Gingery is selling his father's books. I've built one desktop Stirling engine from bar stock and learned a great deal about machining from the errors I made. Mostly, though, I work in electronics these days, with a post-retirement business of making kits and assembled accessories for amateur radio operators. Some of the books that Lindsay sold may still be available from these dealers: www.lindsaybks.com/link1.htmlThe Gingery books are available from gingerybooks.com/ and Amazon www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADavid%20Gingery
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Post by shannsmom on Apr 12, 2015 12:56:46 GMT -6
Thank you, Patience, this was a wonderful read! It sure made me get myself out in the garden planting more!
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Post by texican on Sept 23, 2019 22:17:11 GMT -6
Patience thank you for the story hope you are in Heaven watching over us.
Hopefully it will not fall this far, but it probably will.
God help us.
Texican....
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Post by dallanta on Nov 28, 2020 6:56:42 GMT -6
I just finsished this story. You really put a lot of thought into this. I think if things go to hell, your view comes closer to reality than any other books I have read. Thank you.
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Post by bunyip on Jul 21, 2021 21:40:19 GMT -6
I think we did our society a real disservice by getting rid of apprenticeships. As usual when someone abuses a system (harsh child labor abuses) they get rid of the WHOLE system... thank you! Enjoying this story. We still have the apprenticeship system here in Oz. Typically it is 3 1/2 4 days a week on the job training, and 1 to 1 1/2 days TAFE (technical and further eduvation). (I was an 'apprentice' in our AF. joined after year 1, and did the rest of my (cut down) high school subjects in parallel with my trade course - avionics maint).
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