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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (56 children)

Guess what!
There's a whole generation of old men about to pass away, most of them tradesmen. And in my experience, crotchety and unwilling to teach.

Because this generation generally has less interest in trades, likely from being viewed down upon (see above), there is going to be a severe shortage of people working in the trades.

This will possibly mean two things:
Companies are going to scramble desperately to get new apprentices, so -good news- more jobs. But, expect a startling lack of quality in the years to come.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (30 children)

There's a startling lack of quality a lot of the time now, it's gonna get hella bad when the trades-boomers go.

[–] thejodie 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Things are built to spec. Everybody wants that 4500sf house but most people don't know what quality looks like. When I was house shopping, the new construction homes homes already made me very disappointed and leary. I eventually bought an older home with a Stablok panel and felt better about that. 😂 Swapped the panel out after close, I'm not nuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I eventually bought an older home with a Stablok panel and felt better about that.

My house had a Bulldog panel with the original 1960s inspection sticker still attached to it. Swapped it for a modern 200 amp panel when I had my solar panels installed.

It's hard to buy a new house in my area... They're so expensive, and the quality just isn't there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Leery is a synonym of wary. Leary is an angry man named Dennis that we thought was funny for a year or two.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also a tenured Harvard psychologist turned spiritual guru through drug experimentation.

RIP Timothy Leary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And apart from that, he'll be so kind, and consenting to blow your mind

[–] thejodie 2 points 1 year ago

I doubled up on homes too. \o/

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