[E. Pluribus Unum]

A story like that is the kind my grandparents told about the Great Depression. People walking thirty miles to apply for a job.

[SMARTY]

Yup-My dad and his two older sisters quit school and went to work.

My dad had three jobs and all had to contribute to help mom and the youngest.

No body did without.

They never got their HS education and because HS actually MEANT something back then, it was a real disadvantage for them over time.... but they did what they had to do.

NOW, kids could forego HS and be just fine... because HS doesn’t teach them a d%$# thing any more.

[kitkat]

>>A story like that is the kind my grandparents told about the Great Depression. People walking thirty miles to apply for a job.>>

And stories about firms insisting on college education in order to be considered for the lowest paying jobs. Their reason, of course, was to limit the number of applicants they had to process.

[spokeshave]

A story like that is the kind my grandparents told about the Great Depression. People walking thirty miles to apply for a job

Yeah...and uphill in the snow both ways...

I can remember in the days of newspapers getting up at 2am to go to the printing factory to get a copy of the newspaper off the print line so could go and be No 1 in the line for a job in the morning.

I used to have three boiler suits, brown, blue and white...so I was ready for a job as

(brown) = carpenter / formwork

(blue) = steel fixer / plumber / welder

(white) = painter