With a day to myself, I visited some local bookshops yesterday
in search of technical books related to the metal trades. It
was not a productive outing.
Although the stores are well stocked with books ranging from the
common to the bizarre and sometimes even the obscene, their inventory
of technical/trades/engineering-related materials is nearly non-existant.
In a community where, until the current generation, there were several
high schools with strong, well-equipped trades programs and where there
continues to be a major technical institute, it seems odd to me that
there are virtually no text books or other technically-oriented publications
about metal work to be found in the used book market.
As a staging area for the oil & gas, mining, forestry and agricultural
industries, a declining, yet still active commercial, military and civilian
aviation center, not to mention a hot bed for fabrication/manufacturing
of various kinds, one would think that there would be more used metal
working and other types of trades/technical/eng books in circulation.
Mind you, wood butchers have a goodly selection to choose from ...
.
in search of technical books related to the metal trades. It
was not a productive outing.
Although the stores are well stocked with books ranging from the
common to the bizarre and sometimes even the obscene, their inventory
of technical/trades/engineering-related materials is nearly non-existant.
In a community where, until the current generation, there were several
high schools with strong, well-equipped trades programs and where there
continues to be a major technical institute, it seems odd to me that
there are virtually no text books or other technically-oriented publications
about metal work to be found in the used book market.
As a staging area for the oil & gas, mining, forestry and agricultural
industries, a declining, yet still active commercial, military and civilian
aviation center, not to mention a hot bed for fabrication/manufacturing
of various kinds, one would think that there would be more used metal
working and other types of trades/technical/eng books in circulation.
Mind you, wood butchers have a goodly selection to choose from ...
.
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