Same thing here, Bob... When I had my shop, once every few months some kid would hang around for awhile telling me how he wanted to learn to do all the fabrication, welding, body work, etc. and if I paid him $20.00 an hour like the other guys he could start tomorrow! The classic was a kid 4 days out of vocational school who wanted a job, but seeing as how he'd been to school he thought he should just be the painter and not have to do all that metal banging, body work, or prep work!!!!

If rebuilding our economic system requires blue collar workers, not sure there's going to be enough of them around!! Heck, our local High School doesn't hardly have a shop program anymore, but you should see their computer labs!!! Sports programs draw a lot of $$$$ and support, too so I'm sure at least half the kids involved will go on to be professional athletes, right????