Re: male/female content of list >Bill

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Bill:

You better believe I would of said something sooner, but didn't read this till now. Over looked it somehow. I'm not a farm girl. ( well I should of been , but God had other plans for me) You know they didn't ask me about getting my hands dirty. Remember I'm the one that worked on the car's with the Fred and my boys. I've not only had my hands greasy, I've had grease up to there. )

Where do you come up with these reports or studies? )

Take Care

Vera

Marilyn,

With the exception of some farm gals, like my mom, I have seen few women who

wanted to work around machinery which was greasy. In the metalworking trades,

the number of women is about 3% and auto mechanics the number is similar. When

it comes to jobs where patience is required, like intricate (and clean)

mechanical assembly - that is another story as women (on the average) have more

patience than men.

Do you like to get all greasy working on cars ?? ) I know Charlotte did not

like to get greasy. Even when she worked as manager of a gas station (which

did repairs) she did NOT do anything to get dirty ) She had the men do the

cleaning )

Now she did NOT mind getting her hands dirty in dirt ) But when it came to

digging holes in our shale clay dirt for bushes with a pick and shovel, guess

who was elected ) She liked puttering around with her flowers almost to her

death - I had a table on the deck for her to repot plants and make up her

hanging baskets.

Even Vera did not pick on me about that remark - of course she will fire

something at me today )

Take care, Bill Werre

[Guest guest]

Vera,

Actually the Bureau of Labor Statistics about 1995 had a report that said only

3 % of auto mechanics were women. I don't remember the percentage of women in

the metalworking trades at the time, but seem to remember it was just as low.

I have known about 500 machinists in my life and only met one who was a woman

(serving in the U.S. NAvy). She was taking a course on metal removal tools at

the same time I was taking it in burg, VA. Out of the ninety people

who took the course, she was the only woman. I knew a couple of women involved

in drag racing in the late 1950's as mechanics and one who drove dragsters

(Shirley M).

I know that pretty long blond hair would look awful with grease and dirt from a

working on the front end of a 1953 Ford replacing the ball joints and tie rod

ends. Looked bad enough in my short blond hair and took an hour to wash out for

a date (with a crewcut).

How many women have you seen working as an auto mechanic? ) Don't fib! I'll

bet I have seen more male nurses than you have seen female auto mechanics. )

Think what working on a car does to your fingernails ) Note I did NOT say

they couldn't do the work - only that they did not do the work - out of choice,

probably.

Take care, Bill Werre

Bill:

You better believe I would of said something sooner, but didn't read this till now. Over looked it somehow. I'm not a farm girl. ( well I should of been , but God had other plans for me) You know they didn't ask me about getting my hands dirty. Remember I'm the one that worked on the car's with the Fred and my boys. I've not only had my hands greasy, I've had grease up to there. )

Where do you come up with these reports or studies? )

Take Care

Vera

Marilyn,

With the exception of some farm gals, like my mom, I have seen few women who

wanted to work around machinery which was greasy. In the metalworking trades,

the number of women is about 3% and auto mechanics the number is similar. When

it comes to jobs where patience is required, like intricate (and clean)

mechanical assembly - that is another story as women (on the average) have more

patience than men.

Do you like to get all greasy working on cars ?? ) I know Charlotte did not

like to get greasy. Even when she worked as manager of a gas station (which

did repairs) she did NOT do anything to get dirty ) She had the men do the

cleaning )

Now she did NOT mind getting her hands dirty in dirt ) But when it came to

digging holes in our shale clay dirt for bushes with a pick and shovel, guess

who was elected ) She liked puttering around with her flowers almost to her

death - I had a table on the deck for her to repot plants and make up her

hanging baskets.

Even Vera did not pick on me about that remark - of course she will fire

something at me today )

Take care, Bill Werre

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Bill:

I would of loved to take auto mechanics in high school, but girls weren't allowed to . also wanted to take plastic's but couldn't because I wasn't a guy. When I was growning up all us girls were able to take at school was things we would need when we became mothers and a housewife . Like cooking and sewing. Only thing we got to learn in school about car's , was how to take a tire off if we got a flat and that was only because my teacher said woman need to know how to fix a flat.

It was a woman mechanic who worked on Freds 32 -3 window coupe. She was one because her father didn't stop her from being one. There are more male nurses then there are female auto mechanics, but that only because they mother's didn't stop them from becoming nurses. )

Takecare

Vera

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Vera,

Actually the Bureau of Labor Statistics about 1995 had a report that said only

3 % of auto mechanics were women. I don't remember the percentage of women in

the metalworking trades at the time, but seem to remember it was just as low.

I have known about 500 machinists in my life and only met one who was a woman

(serving in the U.S. NAvy). She was taking a course on metal removal tools at

the same time I was taking it in burg, VA. Out of the ninety people

who took the course, she was the only woman. I knew a couple of women involved

in drag racing in the late 1950's as mechanics and one who drove dragsters

(Shirley M).

I know that pretty long blond hair would look awful with grease and dirt from a

working on the front end of a 1953 Ford replacing the ball joints and tie rod

ends. Looked bad enough in my short blond hair and took an hour to wash out

for a date (with a crewcut).

How many women have you seen working as an auto mechanic? ) Don't fib! I'll

bet I have seen more male nurses than you have seen female auto mechanics. )

Think what working on a car does to your fingernails ) Note I did NOT say

they couldn't do the work - only that they did not do the work - out of choice,

probably.

Take care, Bill Werre

[Guest guest]

I STILL HAVE MY NATURAL BLOND HAIR. ONE THING THAT I STILL HAVE. I DON'T

KNOW WHY NOR DO I QUESTION IT. WHEN I WAS PREGNANT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, I

PUT A NEW CONVERTIBLE TOP ON MY HUSBAND'S '73 VETTE, NEW CARPETING, DOOR

PANELS, ECT. MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME WHILE HE DROVE MY MOM CRAZY WITH

REBUILDING VETTE ENGINES IN OUR GARAGE AT HOME. I LEARNED BASIC MINOR

WELDING FROM ONE MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, CARPENTRY FROM MY DAD,

BRICKLAYING FROM MY GRANDPA, HAIR FROM COSMOLOGY SCHOOL, SEWING FROM

TRADE SCHOOL, DUG DITCHES, ECT. LOTS! NO WONDER THIS ILLNESS HIT MY

HUSBAND AS HARD AS IT DID. I WAS A JACQUELINE OF ALL TRADES AND NOW HE

HAS TO HIRE PEOPLE. MY MOM AND DAD TAUGHT ME KNOWLEDGE WAS POWER. ONCE

AGAIN THEY WERE RIGHT.

THE GREASE- I USED THIS SORTOF CLEAR LOOKING GOOP THAT MY BROTHER USE

FOR HIS HANDS. ONLY IN THE BASEMENT THOUGH. AND OUR CLOTHES CAME OFF

BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE DUE TO THE GREASE AND DIRT. A VACUUM IN THE

GARAGE TO COLLECT THE SAWDUST. AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ATTACHED

SAWDUST BAGS. MOM HAD US TRAINED WELL:)

WELL, THE HOME HEALTH AIDE IS HERE. TIME FOR MY LOVELY BATH:)

NANCY M.