[R-390] Industrial Arts

[wb5uom at hughes.net]

The R-390A is on 6.586  'New Yourk Oceanic 'as I type this,

I have a female friend who is divorced with two small boys (ages 7 and 9). Christmas 07 they asked me to spend the day with them. I watched the boys with thir new toys,  bikes, football, 2 wheel scooters and of course a new video game machine.

They had no interest in anything but the video game.
 The younger one all of a sudden stopped playing and turned and asked me "Did you have vieo games to play when you were a little boy?"

Both of those kids jaws dropped when I informed them we didnt have things like that back then. They asked what in the world di you do?

Got quite a laugh out of that, and then thought and realized it wasnt actually funny at all.

David/ WB5UOM

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Guido Santacana 
  To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:00 PM
  Subject: [R-390] Industrial Arts


  Today's young adults are not trained in any of the formerly called 
  "industrial arts" and video games and "safe toys" have zapped a lot of the 
  imagination. Sometime ago while in college I found that a friend of mine was 
  quite capable of building furniture and I mean doing a professional job at 
  that. His mother, a german immigrant after WWII, told me that she had 
  encouraged all her children to learn a trade as well as to have a university 
  degree. Her reasoning was very logical. After the war Germany was utterly 
  destroyed, university professors had nothing to do and what was needed were 
  carpenters, electricians, plumbers etc etc. As a immigrant of 45 years in 
  this country I can say the same thing. My father was saved by what he 
  learned from his father about photography and that kept the family over 
  water until, as an entrepeneur he was able to establish a business again.So 
  even if one continues toward a professional career it is a good idea to 
  learn something extra. Well back to R390 stuff. I had to say something since 
  this topic touched home.

  Best 73s
  Guido KP4FAR
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "wli" <wli98122 at yahoo.com>
  To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
  Cc: <W8KXR at neo.rr.com>; <nu4g.radio at gmail.com>; <ec.rr.comanchor at ec.rr.com>; 
  <tisha.hayes at gmail.com>
  Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:27 PM
  Subject: [R-390] re: Safety and PFY-EEs


  > Hi
  >
  > Recently, I have been tutoring a newbie. He has been an office type for 
  > over 30 years shuffling papers, and was intrigued to learn more about my 
  > hobby as a future *retirement* activity. His interest was triggered by an 
  > evening cruising through the international SWL bands on the R390A.
  >
  > In regards to the *new* solder, I suggest stockpiling a few rolls of the 
  > old Ersin Multicore 60/40 tin-lead 5-core rolls seen at hamfests. Three 
  > pounds will last us decades.
  >
  > After many hours, he can solder moderately well, but still has a hard-time 
  > understanding simple  concepts such as layout and mechanical alignment. 
  > After a while, I realized that he does not think in three-dimensions... 
  > something that Tisha's newly minted PFY-EE's clearly lack as well.
  >
  > I was astounded to see how today's adults have NO concept re electrical 
  > and mechanical safety. Since *shop* is no longer taught in schools (under 
  > the mistaken belief that their  students were all gifted and destined for 
  > careers in politics and finance), today's adults are woefully ignorant of 
  > the basics.
  >
  > So my plea to all of us is to teach our kids and grandkids the rudimentary 
  > basics of doing stuff with our hands..   something sadly lacking in 
  > today's educational system.
  >
  > Thanks
  >
  > W. Li



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