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Read that article yesterday (and promptly passed in on to a number of friends and coworkers).
Captures nicely (and far more eloquently than I ever could have) what I truly cherished about my middle/high school and college shop classes. It's not just the act of actually producing something - it's the different way of thinking about objects, processes, and ultimately people and how they relate to each other that comes from laying hands on raw materials and/or complex assemblies.
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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife
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