Belly35;1228835 wrote:Over the year I have been able to master some other skills required to be perform around the home electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting, wall paper and gardening as examples. Remodeling two Victoria Farm house helped.

In the work place learning some basic knowledge others profession has been proven to be useful mastering them is not that easy but I can relate to their skills and the duties preformed. From engineering, fork truck driver, design, graphic artist, accounting, copier repair, fax programming and computer networking plus many other task, never really mastering any but capable of understanding the basic.

I don’t see that willingness to be that “Jack of all trade” (home or work) now in today generation. The mentality to venturing beyond their trained skill level or attempting to do something or lean how to do something is not there. “What I don’t know I will not have to do”

In my observation it seems that the smarter the individual the less likely to learn the skills of a Jack of all trade.

Raw Dawgin' it;1228854 wrote:I agree with you....but weren't you the one giving us hell about using a service you pay for and not doing something yourself? Yes it's cool and helpful to be able to do everything, but before you got all defensive when we gave you shit over not changing a tire.

Belly35;1228875 wrote:I had a tire blow on the express way. I pay for AAA (family plan for20 year now) and i called them ..

I could have done it myself but I made a decision based on the situation

early morning had business that afternoon, it was hot... Pay for the service when needed (needed it) didn't feel like doing the physicl labor that early in the morning, during morning traffi .. made the call to AAA
Needed to get the tire fixed without getting dirty business meeting that afternoon (used the service I pay for)
Hot and morning traffic why risk the potential danger AAA has the proper equipment to do the job safe and quickly

Steel Valley Football;1228890 wrote:I hate to break it to you, Belly, but things weren't "great" when you were young compared to today. It's in your own mind, I promise.

Raw Dawgin' it;1228892 wrote: Don't get frustrated with people not learning trades when you yourself use services for things you don't want to do.

FatHobbit;1228898 wrote:I think there is a difference between paying someone to do something you don't want to do, and people who don't want to do something because it's not in their job description. There are a ton of people who are lazy and only want to do exactly what they've been hired to do, but I don't think that is a problem with just the current generation.

Raw Dawgin' it;1228892 wrote:Oh...so this situation was the exception? I'm all for knowing how to be handing, but when you can pay for a service what's the point as you've shown in the past. Why learn to do anything when you can create jobs by paying for a service? You being a jack of all trades is hurting the economy because you're taking jobs away from people who offer these services.

You see your own contradiction? Don't get frustrated with people not learning trades when you yourself use services for things you don't want to do.

BR1986FB;1228866 wrote:No mechanical/electrical/carpentry skills here whatsoever. Wish I did in that flipping houses would be a lot more pleasurable (and cheaper) doing it myself.