There are also excellent apprentices out there, one local chippy in particular, fantastic worker and great influence for younger kids.
I was quietly chuffed when I could diagnose a carby on a 383 put into a boat quicker than my nephew, who is an excellent mechanic, but was trained in the computer age...
Martha! It's gonna rain, my arthritis is cranking up again ;)
Off topic: if any of you are familiar with the work of James Howard Kunstler, he predicts that falling EROEI within the oil sector will see a reduction in societal complexity, and technology used - and much more not all of it nice. Old mechanical tech, hand tools, physical labour, food and arable land will be at a premium... hang onto Grandad's tools and those $5 Bendix Stromberg carbies.