blue collar workers

I'm an electrician for a municipality. Overtime $$ are spent on toys, and i am willing to sacrafice more than half of my weekends to being on call in order to keep my many hobbies interesting.

I normally work third shift, and tend to listen to classical music at work which raises more than a few eyebrows when people walk by my truck.

Construction Superintendent / Project Manager on Bridges, Dams, Power Plants, etc. Started as Quality Control (rock counter) in a materials lab.

Thorman: My Grandfather was foreman in a grinding wheel shop, the Abrasive Company, in the Philadelphia area. He worked there during the first depression and went under with "White Lung" disease.

Myself was a surface grinder in a machine tool shop for three years. Truing the wheels (with diamonds) fills the air with stuff you don't want to breath and the working coolant is rather nasty too.

I've been an IBM mainframe programmer for the last 18 years until the great american sellout of the tech sector. Only manglers (managers) and necessary technicians (doctors, liars, accountants, etc.) are allowed to make a good living, I guess.

My new job is still white collar, however; I throw baggage at an airport now (and DO where a white shirt!).

At least, like Bill Quateman says: "I've got my music..."

I drive a big rig & owned my own for 10 yrs.

In my travels across the US & Canada I've been able to compile a list of music that I would never have heard staying local. For instance, I was just going through some old notebooks & discovered I had written down PJ Harvey & Peter Elliot from around 1992. I don't have a clue who Peter Elliot is though!

Hey Driver,

That used to be one of my favorite parts of driving around different parts of the country. Too bad the "corporate stations" have taken over. Now I only find unique music on stations that are below 92 on the FM dial (College, public, etc).

It's kind of sad. Like fast food and chain stores, big money has killed the unique music of different areas.

Mind you, I'm not complaining, just longing for the old days. This is a great big country and I still enjoy the uniqueness of different Cities, States, Regions, but it's getting hard to find a decent radio station and a locally owned restaurant........

Oh, yeah, about PJ Harvey: I don't get it!!!!!

Enjoy,

TIC