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Thread #128408 Message #2875413
Posted By: Arnie
30-Mar-10 - 05:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Recently redundant professions
Subject: RE: BS: Recently redundant professions
Here's another one - car mechanics. Some may beg to differ, but are the overalled brigade in the local garage still mechanics? My friend retired 10 yrs ago as a car mechanic of 40yrs experience, and says that today's bunch don't know how to do repairs - they simply replace parts. Even with my limited car knowledge, I was always able to replace the brushes in a starter motor on my Cortina, Toledo or whatever I was driving 20yrs ago. Today's car parts are sealed and disposable - quicker and cleaner than effecting a repair but not doing much for the technical knowledge of the 'mechanic'. Maybe they should be renamed 'car part replacers' or some such.
I'm interested to see that there is still a fan base for vacuum cleaners that use paper bags. Seems like my prediction of their demise was a bit premature...