Following on from yesterday's Blog entry I considered some of the comments. If you have worked for many years learning a skill do you want to give it away for free? I guess if you are a garage owner then the answer is no. Why would you tell someone how to fix their leaky gasket and get nothing for your time? Garages take on apprentices to pass their skills on to but with the decline of apprenticesips in the engineering industries what do you do with your "intellectual property"?
I often experience this request for "free help". "My laptop is really slow can you have a look at it for me?" - like there's a virtual button that can be pressed using magical code that will make it suddenly whir like the wings of very large Billy Witch! It doesn't work like that people! Or my favourite "why didn't it work like that the last time I tried?". User error? Some people should have a very large F1 sign on their forehead so you know to stay away from them. The worst thing you can do is roll your eyes out loud of course. Apparently it makes them feel stupid.
Anyway, I digress. I think the difference between my scenario and a motorbike enthusiast is have you ever met a biker who doesn't want to be in the garage working on his bike or anybody else's who brings their bike to them?
Another girly scenario is when a "friend (I haven't seen her since)" asked me to help her make a roman blind. I sat with her for 3 hours in my dining room and made it with her. I didn't even get a bottle of wine for that. I enjoy making blinds maybe I should have been grateful for the practice. That brings me on to another time when a different friend asked me to take some photographs of a product that she was working on. She was quite clear she wasn't going to pay but at least it would give me some experience. Needless to say I declined that offer. OK so now I am just moaning.
Moral of my stories: don't ask me to do anything for free because I will moan about you in my Blog!
As for mechanics - is it any different? I guess that we live in such a world that if you want to learn about anything your first stop is normally You Tube. But my point is the old folk who have so much to share are not online. That's a shame. Grab your cameras and document something for the sake of prosperity and then share it with me.
PS I have no idea why your computer is running slow!
I often experience this request for "free help". "My laptop is really slow can you have a look at it for me?" - like there's a virtual button that can be pressed using magical code that will make it suddenly whir like the wings of very large Billy Witch! It doesn't work like that people! Or my favourite "why didn't it work like that the last time I tried?". User error? Some people should have a very large F1 sign on their forehead so you know to stay away from them. The worst thing you can do is roll your eyes out loud of course. Apparently it makes them feel stupid.
Anyway, I digress. I think the difference between my scenario and a motorbike enthusiast is have you ever met a biker who doesn't want to be in the garage working on his bike or anybody else's who brings their bike to them?
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Moral of my stories: don't ask me to do anything for free because I will moan about you in my Blog!
As for mechanics - is it any different? I guess that we live in such a world that if you want to learn about anything your first stop is normally You Tube. But my point is the old folk who have so much to share are not online. That's a shame. Grab your cameras and document something for the sake of prosperity and then share it with me.
PS I have no idea why your computer is running slow!
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