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The man who posted it, comment # 1, a synopsis of the content, and his reply, comment #7, a brief work history, are of interest also.This is a man who was trained in the 1960's, and worked around the world in primitive conditions setting up machinery for local power plants ,and industry.
Although the subject matter may be somewhat esoteric, and of most interest to the trade, I found his observations on working in rough conditions with a crew of foreign nationals fascinating.
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Really interesting comment thread, but can't find the actual video.
The video described is linked in one of the early comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWpK_HFIhU
Thanks!
The man who posted this thread and made the remarks on it, is the sort of man I had in mind as a mentor, in Grim's post below about starting over. A retired man is ideal, as a working man is often too busy, or working odd hours etc. The corollary is that it takes a certain amount of wisdom already, to seek out such a person.
some years ago I happened on a man who had been critically injured in a maritime construction accident. He was a Master Welder. So I asked if he would help me lean to weld.. He was medically retired, but could still get around and work on his place a few hours a day. He had a large shop, and I said, "Sir, it would be great to get some young men in here and teach them".
"raven, I would LOVE that-but no one seems to be interested."
Put that in context with those young Pakistani men in the video and ask ourselves if they would turn down such an opportunity.
BTW, in the last day this thread has veered into an interesting discussion on drinking on the job "back in the day" with some interesting stories.
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