tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post694708674900122359..comments2023-11-18T01:21:55.631-05:00Comments on My Open Wallet: A Blue-Collar Revival?Madame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-35213156985701188062009-05-31T08:33:49.262-04:002009-05-31T08:33:49.262-04:00Somehow in our society we have gotten so technical...Somehow in our society we have gotten so technical in our thoughts that we forget that we need someone who can fix our broken toilet, car, house,air planes, and nearly everything that surrounds us.I love the ladies who clean my house, and I wished I could pay both the yard man and the house ladies, but I can't. . . . I will do the yard and the ladies can have the house every two weeks. . .<br />Oh and I am trying to grow my own food. . . thank God for the people who do it professionally. . . . I'd have a pretty sorry diet without the variety of food we can get at the store.<br />CiaoSicilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478918266290454362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-15356521797578758582009-05-28T14:47:49.921-04:002009-05-28T14:47:49.921-04:00As a 24 year old, I have noticed that my friends a...As a 24 year old, I have noticed that my friends and recent graduates don't want to be part of or maintain the economic status quo. I don't want to be a liar at a bank or on wall street. I don't want to needlessly manufacture and market junk that adds little value to society and damages the environment. We treat people as "consumers" not humans - I don't want to make a living that way. Maybe organic farming, carpentry, and other hands-on jobs are becoming more appealing because they are "honest" jobs or jobs that are perceived as honest.Jaylin4dcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-565361244255101632009-05-27T11:44:00.906-04:002009-05-27T11:44:00.906-04:00Great post. Definitely some romanticization at wo...Great post. Definitely some romanticization at work, yeah. I work in the white-collar side of construction. I am often very jealous of the fit young guys on site who are very skilled, have the ability to pull a lot of nixers and whose days vary enormously, while I make schedules on a laptop and battle over the financial side of things. <br /><br />But on the flip side some of the trades guys are dying to get the management experience I have to go out on their own or work indoors, and there are also some older guys out laying blocks or pushing brooms in the cold in their 50s, who look twenty years older than they are. The grass is always greener!guinness416https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240817670502435051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-46889104712847169542009-05-27T11:35:59.678-04:002009-05-27T11:35:59.678-04:00I really wish I had decided to work with my hands ...I really wish I had decided to work with my hands after college, like doing peace corps, rather than going to law school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-41929341251763122882009-05-27T10:44:06.540-04:002009-05-27T10:44:06.540-04:00I took the point to be that not everyone needs to ...I took the point to be that not everyone needs to go to college, and we need to stop telling everyone that's what they need to do to have a successful life.<br /><br />I have a master's degree, but I think back and sometimes wish that I hadn't even bothered. I enjoy creating things more than my office job. And I wouldn't have the school loans to pay off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-89508914847334924842009-05-27T09:42:54.388-04:002009-05-27T09:42:54.388-04:00you might want to pick up a few books on organic f...you might want to pick up a few books on organic farming, crafts, and the like -- cause I hear the book industry is in trouble -- with lots of layoffs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com