[Dusty Rose]

What I'm looking for is a *skilled* laborer. There are so many techies and consultants around here. It's getting so that in the U.S. of A. we are no longer manufacturing anything nor are we repairing anything in this throw-away society. Things are breaking down around me and I can't find knowledgeable skilled people who really know what they are doing to fix things the way they need to be done. People with so called advanced degrees no longer have hands-on skills. I hired a guy to repair a leaking roof. It still leaks. I asked him to return; he "fixed it" again, and it leaks worse than the first time I called him. I've called repair people for projects -- the few who know what they are doing are in demand and do not even take the time to return my calls.

[A. Pole]

I hired a guy to repair a leaking roof. It still leaks. I asked him to return; he "fixed it" again, and it leaks worse than the first time I called him.

Maybe this guy's real job got outsourced to India? :)

[varon]

It's getting so that in the U.S. of A. we are no longer manufacturing anything nor are we repairing anything in this throw-away society.

We are fast becoming a nation of free-lance consultants and crisis counselors ;-)