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And yes he speaks about the USA but what he says is so true hmm

 

Watch here



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so very true........

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Wow, he is one cool guy ! Makes a good point !



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Who is the next me???? smile I like that line.....



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Who is the next me???? smile I like that line.....

I was just gonna mention that!

Are we the last generation of the make do and mend brigade?

Am I the only stupid one who will spend a couple of hours fixing something that would cost sixpence to replace just for the satisfaction of it?



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Am I the only stupid one who will spend a couple of hours fixing something that would cost sixpence to replace just for the satisfaction of it?

 No, I don't think you are, Brian.

Cast your eye on a few of my TTR "repairs"  biggrin

Martyn



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Yep - I totally agree with him.

In addition, if you don't know what it takes to repair something, you don't care about breaking it.

If replacement is cheaper than repair, then it really doesn't matter how you treat it, as you can always buy another. This devalues 'stuff'.

People used to value, cherish items such as a TV, Radio, Bicycle, but now these things are so plentiful and relatively cheap, there's no pride in it any more. This applies to the older elements of society as well, not just the younger ones.

Oh, and if he's running out of room for bikes, I'll free up some space by finding a home for that Austin-Healey.



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We push, push push kids into uni and look on the ones that go into 'manual' jobs as failures hmm

I work in a large engineering 'outfit' and interview lots of youngsters - bits of paper do not mean much to me , nor do they impress me disbelief

Life skills, common sense, flexibility, initative and hard work do - and few of those 'well educated' youngsters I see posess those skills - but they do have big attitudes....

When I was an apprentice (many years ago) I was beasted, picked on, made the tea, swept the floor, carried the tool bag and drove the van - I soon learnt my place in the food chain and I learnt all about RESPECT - which I think is the biggest thing we have lost cry



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What a great guy.


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Yeah i was talking to some of those same characters today at hazlewood wink

This guy could just slot straight into the good ole DTRF biggrin



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