In Reply to: Now you got me going posted by scruffy_ on September 6, 2005 at 14:46:14:
and not given to self-promotion. You won't find them on the covers of tabloids or wearing suits and pulling down $11 million salaries. We could send all the movie, TV, and sports stars to Iraq to direct traffic, and replace all the suits with helium balloons with smiley faces painted on them, and our lives would be improved if affected at all. However, take away the machinists (and nurses, teachers, and other trades and crafts people), and where would we be?
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Follow Ups
- Good machinists are modest folk - Al Sekela 13:53:06 09/07/05 (10)
- Machinist is an occupation . . . - scruffy_ 06:58:47 09/08/05 (9)
- You can't start again from scratch! - clifff 08:25:30 09/08/05 (8)
- I agree to a degree, but . . . - scruffy_ 09:58:53 09/08/05 (7)
- OK, I'm getting a clearer picture of your concern... - Al Sekela 10:14:30 09/08/05 (6)
- And then there’s the packaging. - scruffy_ 06:39:49 09/09/05 (4)
- No, they are just a virtual community that shares goals and values. - Al Sekela 14:49:27 09/09/05 (3)
- More on what I'm getting at - scruffy_ 08:38:58 09/11/05 (1)
- The wellspring of creativity - Al Sekela 14:58:07 09/14/05 (0)
- Let me try to be more explicit - scruffy_ 08:24:03 09/10/05 (0)
- I'm still a little perplexed . . . - scruffy_ 11:12:25 09/08/05 (0)