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Re: popular professions made obsolete in Granpa's lifetime


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Posted by NCWayne on June 26, 2008 at 14:48:35 from (166.82.164.236):

In Reply to: popular professions made obsolete in Granpa's lifetime posted by buickanddeere on June 26, 2008 at 10:36:29:

I don't know of many professions that have disappeared, what's changes is how the profession is done. Well Diggers-hand vs machine====Grave Diggers- again machine now instead of by hand====Blacksmith-a good farrier is are still a blacksmith, plus just about any kind of welding or fabrication is technically blacksmithing and the Railroads still have a blacksmith rating====Mechanics-there are still some of us old time mechanics out there working but we're having to learn the "technical" electrinic/computer controlled side of things now too, in order to keep up with the newer machines====Steam Engineers-power plants still use steam turbines, Nuclear powered ships are actually steam powered====Starter/alternator/generator Repair shops-still many in business. Throw away and replace might work in automotive applications where the parts are small but you can't justify it for the big 40 and 50MT starters, the BIG alternators they use in fire trucks and busses, etc. I know of two good shops here locally that stay covered up with work.=====Milk men-granted they have been replaced by the stores but places like Swans, etc that still sell their wares door to door are basically the same profession just selling different products====Coal delivery-their are still train and truck loads of coal moving around daily to power plants, etc and with some of the coal burning furnaces I bet you can still get it delivered to you if you lived/look in the right place. I believe there are still people out there that can do anything that needs to be done. The difference between now and 50 or 100 years ago is that back then there were hundreds of people in a certain specialized trade and nowdays there might only be a few. With that reduction in competetion the price to have that particular "specialized" work done is going to be alot higher so that person can still make a living doing a smaller amount of jobs than others in a "not so specialized" trade would typically do.


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