[CW] Better fingerpieces for the Vibroplex Vibrocube?

[k1vv at comcast.net]

Joe .....  yes ... it is a different world .... we used to make "things" and use them ... today people BUY "things" and use them ... 
  
I guess I was very fortunate ... my farther could fix ANYTHING ...  he was a plumber by trade ...When I was 8... I went out on jobs with him ... his brothers ... my uncles ... one was a sheet metal worker ...... another a joiner ( finish carpenter .. cabinet maker) ... the third a painter ... I saw him do gold leaf work ... I never forgot how ....I learned a LOT....from all of them ... how to solder copper pipe ... mix cement ...  plumb a wall with studs ...  etc .... 
  
Today about half of all marriages end up in divorce ...We have a generation or more of boys and girls who grow up with a single parent ... most of the time it is a female because the women always get custody of the children ...many of the mothers do an excellent job raising their kids alone ...  But the kids never saw their father change a washer in the kitchen sink faucet..... or change a tire on their car .....the kids have little or no "technical" exposure as they grow up ....But they could tell you what kind of wine goes with a fish dinner .... 
  
Almost every school here on Cape Cod has a STEM learning program ...  Science ... Technology ... Engineering and Math .... it runs from about 
the 4th grade through the12 grade ...  it teaches them how a flash light works ... or how to make crystal set ...  things that most people 
my age did in the boy scouts or on our own .... add to this Twitter ... with 300 Twitter texts a day .. 
. and you have a LOST generation that is DISTRACTED ..   How are they ever going be employed on a job that requires 6 to 8 hours 
every day of FOCUSED concentration ...  in Medicine or Engineering .... God help this generation who will have to be treated by the doctors 
who are the products of this period .... or drive over bridges designed by the engineers ....  
  
Whitey  K1VV  ...  59 years on the bands...   99% CW ....  
  
  
  
  
From: "Joe V31JP" <v31jp1957 at gmail.com> 
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 11:24:59 PM 
Subject: Re: [CW] Better fingerpieces for the Vibroplex Vibrocube? 

I will partially agree with you, Whitey.  But, it just isn't like days 
gone by. 
I do a lot of repair work and build things.  When I got back into making 
different 
items, I was very disappointed at how difficult it is and/or expensive 
for what 
used be common items, parts and supplies.  It causes some folks to choke 
when I quote them a repair.  Sometimes I spend as much time locating the 
materials as I do in the job itself any more.  Also, many folks did not 
grow up 
doing wood working as part of normal household chores, learning from fathers 
and uncles. That is a real shame. I have tried to pass the skills along 
to all 
my kids, that range from nearing 50 and down to 6 years old, boys and girls. 
And I cook and sew as well. ☺ 

On 5/2/2014 9:08 PM, k1vv at comcast.net wrote: 
> Dave .....     did these guys ever think about making the wood or 
> plastic fingerpieces themselves ? 
> This is not brain surgery ... 
> This is ham radio ...  have they forgotten that REAL hams used to do 
> this .... 
> Whitey 

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