What's everyone up to right now?

[onlinebiker]

Whatsa plumber?


I just go to Home Depot and buy the shit....

Not everyone has the same skill set.

Boru

Nonsense.

Simple fact - most people just never try.

I can build a house - plumb and wire the whole thing.
Never had any training.

I can rebuild engines. Diagnose complex mechanical problems with no manual or documentation. Again -no training.

I can drive a well, plant a field - butcher an animal and cook a decent meal. I can even brew a nice beer.
Still no schooling.

How?

I tried.


After a while you pick up enough skills to do other shit you never tried before - and more often than not - get it right the first time.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Not everyone has the same skill set.

Boru

Nonsense.

Simple fact - most people just never try.

I can build a house - plumb and wire the whole thing.
Never had any training.

I can rebuild engines. Diagnose complex mechanical problems with no manual or documentation. Again -no training.

I can drive a well, plant a field - butcher an animal and cook a decent meal. I can even brew a nice beer.
Still no schooling.

How?

I tried.


After a while you pick up enough skills to do other shit you never tried before - and more often than not - get it right the first time.

Who said anything about training? Over the course of a life time, people acquire certain skills. No one acquires every possible skill. Thus, people acquire different sets of skills.

Can you build a mandolin? Can you play a bodhran? Can you successfully remove a glioblastoma? Can you shoe a horse? Can you write an opera?

Not everyone has the skills to do everything.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

Well, my room’s harrowing and repopulation is now complete. Now to try and get back to a sense of normalcy and start the day: at 4:30 PM.

[onlinebiker]

Nonsense.

Simple fact - most people just never try.

I can build a house - plumb and wire the whole thing.
Never had any training.

I can rebuild engines. Diagnose complex mechanical problems with no manual or documentation. Again -no training.

I can drive a well, plant a field - butcher an animal and cook a decent meal. I can even brew a nice beer.
Still no schooling.

How?

I tried.


After a while you pick up enough skills to do other shit you never tried before - and more often than not - get it right the first time.

Who said anything about training? Over the course of a life time, people acquire certain skills. No one acquires every possible skill. Thus, people acquire different sets of skills.

Can you build a mandolin? Can you play a bodhran? Can you successfully remove a glioblastoma? Can you shoe a horse? Can you write an opera?

Not everyone has the skills to do everything.

Boru

I have built guitars. So if you don't mind a solid bodied mandolin - no problem.

And I dated a ferrier for two years - and helped out a time or 16 - so yeah....

So 2 outta 5.

[Rhizomorph13]

Who said anything about training? Over the course of a life time, people acquire certain skills. No one acquires every possible skill. Thus, people acquire different sets of skills.

Can you build a mandolin? Can you play a bodhran? Can you successfully remove a glioblastoma? Can you shoe a horse? Can you write an opera?

Not everyone has the skills to do everything.

Boru

I have built guitars. So if you don't mind a solid bodied mandolin - no problem.

And I dated a ferrier for two years - and helped out a time or 16 - so yeah....

So 2 outta 5.

How are you at troubleshooting a Scorpion Flying Probe? Are you any good at geometric dimensioning and tolerancing?

I think you're missing the point. We aren't all capable at everything. For instance I wish I had paid a plumber to work on my two shower fixtures. I spent easily two weeks doing something that surely would have taken much less time by a professional. I could have just worked some overtime plying the skills I'm excellent at to cover the cost of a professional and it would have been a win-win.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Who said anything about training? Over the course of a life time, people acquire certain skills. No one acquires every possible skill. Thus, people acquire different sets of skills.

Can you build a mandolin? Can you play a bodhran? Can you successfully remove a glioblastoma? Can you shoe a horse? Can you write an opera?

Not everyone has the skills to do everything.

Boru

I have built guitars. So if you don't mind a solid bodied mandolin - no problem.

And I dated a ferrier for two years - and helped out a time or 16 - so yeah....

So 2 outta 5.

So there are skills you don’t have that other people do, which is all I was saying.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

I have built guitars. So if you don't mind a solid bodied mandolin - no problem.

And I dated a ferrier for two years - and helped out a time or 16 - so yeah....

So 2 outta 5.

So there are skills you don’t have that other people do, which is all I was saying.

Boru

Agreed...there are a lot of things you can do if you put your mind to it and use the resources available to you.  However, not everyone has the aptitude for everything.  

I grew up with a father who figured out carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and many other things because he was so inclined.  He was also a veterinarian, which required training but he had a knack for dealing with large animals having grown up on a farm.

I know I got the mechanical aptitude I have from him...either it's genetic or it's because I spent so much time with him and was interested in learning such things.  

Years ago I worked with a man who could little more around the house than change a lightbulb.  He spent a fortune on handymen and mechanics.

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Glad to hear something else is getting in the way of you doing things...something other than illness or the cure.

Good kitty.

The Cure shouldn't be blamed for anything except that, "Friday I'm in Love" was far too pop-starry for my tastes.

All right you.  

Notice I did not capitalize "the cure".  

Smart ass.  

[Silver]

Not everyone has the same skill set.

Boru

I.E., I've never changed a tire.

[arewethereyet]

Not everyone has the same skill set.

Boru

I.E., I've never changed a tire.

Good lord - even I have changed a tire.

[Peebothuhlu]

At work.

Thank you fate for alleviating a boring day.
Please desist in sending every walking body with the IQ commensurate with a box of hammers in my general direction. Also, some lube on the 'Life experience' inserter please.

K,THNX,BYE.