TheTiddles
Established Member
Ah, the good old days, when children were abused, dentistry was a pair of pliers and women weren't allowed to vote, sounds great to me!
Or maybe not. It seems to me that people see what they want to see, crime is not a new invention, I'm certain that crime in cities 150 years ago was a lot more frequent than it is now, of course it was a lot less common outside them.
Before modern chemical processing techniques a common way of precipitating something out of a solution was to use urine, so, hands up who wants to "preserve" this ancient craft to stop those evil capitalists eating all our kittens? Go on, first one in the bucket (hand crafted from oak by a traditional old craftsman with occasional dysentery, curvature of the spine, smallpox scars and a life expectancy of 45) of horse piss gets a prize, yes, you too get to smell like a septic tank.
Market forces make things better, in the long run. The current recession was blindingly obvious years ago, it had to happen and thank god it did or I'd have never been able to buy a house.
If the craft makes money it'll prosper
If the craft is needed - it will be preserved
If the "craft" is not using a motor, water wheel, steam engine or anything else that has replaced the springy branch then good for you, but stop whining unless you're making the tools by melting your hand-mined ore in an open fire on the cornish hills then cutting down the tree with a stone axe. He appears to be using a high speed steel gouge (1899) whilst wearing clothing made our of spun polyester (1979) and is therefore not preserving "traditional" ways - THE RAGING HYPOCRITE!!!
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Aidan
Or maybe not. It seems to me that people see what they want to see, crime is not a new invention, I'm certain that crime in cities 150 years ago was a lot more frequent than it is now, of course it was a lot less common outside them.
Before modern chemical processing techniques a common way of precipitating something out of a solution was to use urine, so, hands up who wants to "preserve" this ancient craft to stop those evil capitalists eating all our kittens? Go on, first one in the bucket (hand crafted from oak by a traditional old craftsman with occasional dysentery, curvature of the spine, smallpox scars and a life expectancy of 45) of horse piss gets a prize, yes, you too get to smell like a septic tank.
Market forces make things better, in the long run. The current recession was blindingly obvious years ago, it had to happen and thank god it did or I'd have never been able to buy a house.
If the craft makes money it'll prosper
If the craft is needed - it will be preserved
If the "craft" is not using a motor, water wheel, steam engine or anything else that has replaced the springy branch then good for you, but stop whining unless you're making the tools by melting your hand-mined ore in an open fire on the cornish hills then cutting down the tree with a stone axe. He appears to be using a high speed steel gouge (1899) whilst wearing clothing made our of spun polyester (1979) and is therefore not preserving "traditional" ways - THE RAGING HYPOCRITE!!!
finished now
Aidan
