Jobs that no longer exist.
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Falcon
DV8
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- So. California
Seems technology is the cause of unemployment.
ClassicRockr
Well-known Member
Sorry, technology has IMPROVED employment. Drafting use to be done on a board w/squares and rulers. Today, it's called CAD (computer aided drafting) and the pay is much better. CNC and Drill Presses use to be manually used. Today, both are computerized and the salary to use one is better than the salary was years ago when it was all manually done.
As for me, when I started doing Purchase Orders on a computer and stopped typing them out on an electric typewriter, I loved it! When I went from doing Inventory on 3 x 5 Index Cards and using a computer for Inventory, I loved it. When my wife went from doing Accounting on a Ledger to doing it on a computer, she loved it!
But, have to admit that modern technology has taken away some jobs. The way autos are made today is done more by technology than man, but that's just the way it is.
As for me, when I started doing Purchase Orders on a computer and stopped typing them out on an electric typewriter, I loved it! When I went from doing Inventory on 3 x 5 Index Cards and using a computer for Inventory, I loved it. When my wife went from doing Accounting on a Ledger to doing it on a computer, she loved it!
But, have to admit that modern technology has taken away some jobs. The way autos are made today is done more by technology than man, but that's just the way it is.
Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
Isn't that just what I said ?
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
Another occupation that doesn't exist any more are these little guys..bowling pin setter uppers...
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Lee
Senior Member
- Location
- Chatham, Ontario
Here in Canada you won't see mailmen much longer. Canada Post is switching over to all community mailboxes.
Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
- Location
- Historic Buchan, Scotland
One of my favourites was the "Saggar maker's bottom knocker". Honest.......
"A SAGGAR is a fireclay container, usually oval or round, used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven.
The SAGGAR MAKER, was a skilled man, producing the finished saggar, using his thumb to make a neat join between the side and the base.
The BOTTOM KNOCKER (a young boy) made the base of the saggar from a lump of fireclay which he knocked into
a metal ring using a wooden mallet."
My aunt Rose was the first telephone operator in our town. The exchange was in her parlour, but there weren't many phones in those days.
"A SAGGAR is a fireclay container, usually oval or round, used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven.
The SAGGAR MAKER, was a skilled man, producing the finished saggar, using his thumb to make a neat join between the side and the base.
The BOTTOM KNOCKER (a young boy) made the base of the saggar from a lump of fireclay which he knocked into
a metal ring using a wooden mallet."
My aunt Rose was the first telephone operator in our town. The exchange was in her parlour, but there weren't many phones in those days.
Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
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ClassicRockr
Well-known Member
Actually, I was relating to what you said about modern technology being the cause of unemployment. That may be the case in the auto industry, but not necessarily in other industries. I think modern day technology has increased employment.