@ratlimit I have clients who started their own community tool shed with their neighbours on their little street. it got bundled in with their neighbourhood emergency/earthquake planning which I just think is so nice
@wegfawefgawefg@me_on_the_web if you're a capitalist, why would you sink your capital into an industry that requires highly skilled labour, long timelines & big infrastructure costs? by the 80s there's way safer & faster ways to get a higher return, especially since offshoring had already started by then
@neosovietposter they did take pity on me cause they knew I was losing money every day I didn't have it so they worked their asses off *and* gave me the contractor's rate. didn't realize how lucky I am to be in a city with two good transmission shops, they keep each other on their toes.
@neosovietposter I paid 3600 CAD to get my truck transmission rebuilt a couple years back. they were super quick about it, I was back out working in it within the workweek. $4k is insane!