It’s ironic, isn’t it? Folks who must pay for a minor plumbing repair job, folks who can’t build a table, let alone a house, rebuild an engine or even repair a flat tire, looking down on some of the most resourceful, ingenious people, on this planet. Folks like the one who came in the store one Sunday, couldn’t find a plumber, and didn’t have any hot water. I walked him through to the point I figured he needed a screw in type heating element. Then, I asked him, “is it 220 volts, or 110 volts? He said, “yes”! Good thing I didn’t get to the “watts” part of the question!
I don’t doubt his skills and knowledge, but they are limited, just as those of the Hillbillys some of you put down are.
I have some education, and some skills, I tried the big city thing, and hated it. The money isn’t everything, unless you can’t make anything else.
There were (are) a number of "blue collar" millionaires from the small town in a "hillbilly state" where I grew up (some with more millions than the others). One lived next door to us in a white wood frame house. One had a large two story wood frame house in the country. Two have small brick houses in the country. One lived in a white wood frame house smaller than the one where we lived. None were (are) pretentious (well, one is borderline. ha.), and you wouldn't have known any of them were (are) millionaires by the way they lived (live) their daily lives. They know how to live and survive in both worlds. They could live a different lifestyle. They like the ones they are living.