Comments on: What do you know?

By: htwollin

htwollin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:41:59 +0000

Yep – almost anything health related is a good choice, though if I had to go with something(and I know this sounds weird), I’d go to my local BOCES (that’s our voc tech in New York State) and take the machinist course. I used to do economic development for a local gas/electric utility and that was everyone’s big beef, that they could not find enough machinists. They were willing to take kids straight out of the BOCES program(and this was 10 years ago), pay them $35,000 to start. The whole thing these days is CAD driven, so I see it as a very creative mechanical thing. The teacher at the program told me that women are really good at it because they don’t come in with any pre-conceived notions.

By: cidell

cidell — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:16:29 +0000

I’ve had this same thought lately since I’m not a trained anything. I’ve been wondering what would I do if my position were cut (which has a 50/50 chance of happening). It’s one of the reasons I decided to take up the dressmaking courses. It was either that or nursing. I tend to think of nursing as recession proof.

By: htwollin

htwollin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:12:35 +0000

Hey Miss Janey!! The ability to de-rust metal objects with the vigorous application of steel wool followed by paint etc. is a terrific skill to have. My boss at work learned just such a skill from his own father while growing up in the country..at the same time he learned how to take apart cars and motorcycles and put them back together again. One of his hobbies currently is doing this with classic motorcycles. There are many things that we can learn how to repair, replace and rehab – yes, they save us money and also recycle something into something useful, thus keeping it out of the landfill, which is always a great idea.

By: Miss Janey

Miss Janey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:58:17 +0000

Excellent suggestion… Miss Janey’s Papaw taught her and her sibling from a very young age to be very handy and to do things for themsleves. Miss J remembers him buying them all bicycles, from the Pennysaver and after much haggling- one of his favorite things to do. He showed Miss J to use steeelwool to take the rust off the chrome of her bicycle. When Miss J got out on her own in the world, there were a great many things she had to do for herself- apartment repairs, refinishing old drawers. Miss J has almost NEVER tackled a project without thinking of her Papaw Doug and his steel wool. We are all capable of much more than we are usually tasked with.