When I started my work career, in the early sixties, there was repetitive motion factory work EVERYWHERE.
I got interested in and stayed with extruded plastic for about three years ... loved it.
Just enough physical to keep me skinny and buff and the money was a little better than a lumper.
Those factories are a dream many of us are hoping Trump will bring back.
It doesn’t take long to lose your power.
I was a college athlete. I was never that great with weight lifting but I could throw the javelin, discus, and put the shot almost as well as our 300 lb. weight men.
I was a sprinter and hurdler and only weighed around 180. I could do 28 pull ups and that was the only time I tried it.
After being married a few years and working behind a desk or more often behind the wheel of a car, I had grown soft and did not even realize it.
We were walking in a park and I saw some playground equipment including bars. I jumped up and grabbed a bar thinking I would impress my wife. I was shocked that I could not do a single one. The extra 40 pounds I had put on didn’t help either.
If they do bring the factories back, the heavy labor will be engineered out. Nobody can afford the workers comp.