Depending on the scale we had a lot of classless ruffians for role models . Lawmen that walked the ragged edge and pretty regularly fell off the wrong side .
The difference was that even in the midst ladies were still ladies even the whores , and they had better be treated as such . The worst criminals of the eras were seen as gentlemen in public . Thinking Al Capone here ......
I've taken several "we'll guess your education level" test things . Ive never thought of myself as well educated , but they often think I have at least a master's . I have no trig or calculus skills , just enough history to step on my tongue . The story is right but I seem to get the wrong actors in the play , and time lines seem to blurr . I can however , if you'll give me a minute plot a 3d line and give dimensions with a pencil and a tape measure and only 3 dimensions . My reading is great my writing ......improving , languages ........ S O C K S , that's what it is , that's about all you get too . Many years after school I learned that my self confidence was intimidating . I had no idea that basic cleanliness , standing up straight , and speaking clearly was so intimidating , it was just what bandies did .
We wore leather coats for metal shop and well fitted aprons in wood shop .
I guess maybe it's just a loss of respect . A couple of years ago I saw an actual cowboy drop a door on a lady with 1 in tow , one on her hip , and one in the oven . When you see that you know it's over .
Craftsmanship has suffered the same fate I'm afraid . We just put in the numbers and get out parts . The manual finish control and the men that know the machine and it's .001 slop and still build .0002 parts are fading fast .
Every car off the line is capable of a horse an inch and most of them run on fuel that would make a 41' VW Thing/Beetle light armour doohickey cringe and they would run white gas , diesel and corn oil .
I don't know where that was going , but there's a point someplace .