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From an 'outsider's' perspective, electricians ARE magicians although there must be great job satisfaction as has been shown here, especially when a challenge is met or an installation or repair is done in top-notch form and you know that the service will serve the user correctly and safely. I have a good deal of respect for those who embody both expertise and integrity while they challenge themselves and (hopefully) enjoy their vocation.

I'm going to ask a local electrician to help me and my den of Cub Scouts (wolf level) to provide a small PA system to use at the Pack meetings so the boys can get a glimpse of said job satisfaction and maybe it'll 'spark' some interest in their career dreams and hopes.

I don't feel the same way about plumbers... as my dad responded when I commented that there's no way on earth I'd consider being a plumber: "Well, you know 'stuff' flows downhill, payday's on Thursday and you don't bite your fingernails." Yeah, he's warped.

Plumbers are a nesecessary evil.I get a lot of giggles and smirks because we do both. Without good plumbing installations we would be using the old outhouse!

ga.sparky, I may have left out an important statement: I am so thankful that plumbers exist! I have a distinct aversion to the type of work they do, but I'm sure glad that someone is willing to do it because outhouses figure prominently in my aversion as well. I recall when my dad was in bible college and preaching at a multitude of small country churches there was one that had no indoor plumbing and warned of the copperhead snakes since it was dark in there... yeesh!

Bren, the house I grew up in had no bathroom in it until I was about 13. It was still a common thing here at that time. So i guess I have a special appreciation for all modern amenities because I grew up poor.One of my builder friends put in a bathroom for his parents when he came back from vietnam in 72.