Excellent 1950s craftsmanship

Amish building a barn in one day

This video shows the craftsmanship and artisanal talent involved in wallpaper design and manufacturing during the 1960s

Old ladder craftsmanship, The design is called a library pole or library folding ladder.

Worth your read: My dad was an addict. He died from an overdose in 2018. I once got mad at him when his food stamp card was denied and I had to cover his groceries. It wasn’t about the money. I gave him a hard time when he broke my glass measuring cup. It wasn’t about the cup. He commented on a new haircut and I was enraged because he’d already seen it and I assumed he was too drunk to remember. It wasn’t about my hair. I drove him from doctor to doctor, from rehab to rehab, but I was frequently short tempered. Visibly put out by what he required of me. It wasn’t about the time. He was homeless for many years. He used to stand on corners with a sign and ask for whatever money or food people were willing to give. I loved him, but I was frequently embarrassed by him. I was mad about my childhood and what bled into my adulthood, and I found any way to take it out on him. He’s gone now and I’m not mad at him anymore. I’m mad at how much I let my inability to forgive him affect our relationship. Now he is free and I’m chained, weighed down by all the grace I couldn’t bear to give a person who so wholly was in need of it. Give forgiveness. Because my regret over withholding it is stronger than all the anger I felt throughout the years.

This was to advertise the talents of San Diego’s then-lagging construction industry, a house-building contest was held in October, 1983, on two vacant lots in Paradise Valley. With television cameras rolling and sportscaster Ted Leitner providing jovial commentary, two teams of 300 workers furiously constructed two three-bedroom houses in the breakneck time of 2 hours, 52 minutes and 31 seconds.

Mexicans could have it done in way less time

wow! all in one tool. 1890s Perfect Pointer Pencil Sharpener!

The Blacksmiths' Museum-Workshop in Bukhara, the only one of its type in Uzbekistan, set up in the 16th - century Kulyuta karavansarai. The museum-workshop is a living museum. Not only could one learn there the history of the ancient blacksmith's craft, but also participate in making blacksmith products. Credit to: Shalimar Asmar

Alas, let us all bask in the radiant tear-jerking glimpse of a golden era in which ‘giving a shit’ was the bare minimum standard. 🥲 Thanks for fucking that all up for us, Marx.