Lol. Some might call this a senior moment! :)

The cure for atropine poisoning... sniff some more nerve agent:up:

It's not just skilled workers, there's a shortage of anyone willing to work period. Part of why I've started to work more, and plan my exit strategy. The country is lost, time to get on the Mayflower. Might as well rename the USA to Detroit right now. :D

Where ya gonna go em2?:hmmm:

Not sure yet. Thailand wasn't bad, except for the squatty potty. :D

+1 for Bangkok, Great place, great food (a bit spicy though), great people, low prices.

I just feel uncomfortable near the ladyboys, and they appear in droves at every major convention.

There is a shortage of workers who work for 50% of the regular wage. That's the only problem.
It shall commonly be solved with the imigration of foreign workers, who are used to get only 15% of the regular wage at home.

More and more automatization frees more and more workers. They are a fantastic stock to frighten those with a job. We are encouraged to work harder to make our own jobs obsolete.

Globalization puts our workers in direct competition with the Chinese worker traveling from job to job - even abroad - for a few cents the hour.
This ensures the overproportional gain of wealth for a few and the suffer for thousands.

It's called capitalism - our western religion. It's about the accumulation of money for a few - not the accumulation of wealth for the people.

So I offered someone work today in exchange for reducing their bill. She showed up with four kids and her husband. I payed the adults two hours each in trade toward her bill. The work I would have done myself in four hours almost got done. My screwdriver is missing. They tossed their food wrappers on my property and left a dirty diaper in my grass. I think that just about sums up the average american employee nowadays. :D