Dumb things that you did.......because you didn't know any better.

Ottmundr said

The absolute dumbest thing I've ever done was not going directly into the trades right out of high school.

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I went to Vo-tech during high school. It was cool. We did 3 weeks of school and 3 weeks of Vo-tech during all 3 years of high school.

I choose machine shop since our town had a machine shop on every corner. Got a great job running a turret lathe making $8.00/hr (in 1981). I worked at Landis Tool Company making parts for cam grinders, crank grinders, and valve grinders sold to the auto industry.

Trouble is 2.5 years later the Japanese started selling much cheaper stuff and I was laid off. That's when I went active duty Air Force.

Should have taken Auto Mechanics!!!!!