[at-l] Re[4]: [at-l] EVERYBODY: This land is your land . . .

[landis@epix.net (Steve Landis)]

After my first two years of college, I served an apprenticeship with
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of "AMERICA",
eventually earning Journeyman status.  

(Sidebar: The trade unions are typically "exclusive" meaning you must
apply, test for, be accepted, and successfully complete an
apprenticeship - usually 4 years - before achieving journeyman status. 
This is in contrast to most manufacturing and service related unions
which are "inclusive" meaning you need to belong to work there.)

I would not be able to do as good a job as director of facility
management for a multi-facility healthcare company today, had it not
been for the skills, work habits and commitment to a job well done that
I learned from my union experience.  I sometimes refer to those days as
"when I earned an honest living with my hands"

But that's just me, hell I lived on a commune once too.  But Wildbill
knows what the communal life experience is like too, being retired
military.  Sleeping, eating, working, Hiking (note on-topic reference)
together for a common purpose...and then there's the benefits...oops
ducking, they don't call him Wildbill for nothing.

Steve



Bob Cummings wrote:
> 
> "Kiss off commie," urges Wildbill.
> 
> Ah, what friendly folks we have around the campfire eating smashmellows.
> 
> Weary