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In a message dated 1/10/2003 7:00:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> She said that when she grew up she wanted to work in a factory like on Mr.
> Rogers. Maybe where they made socks. Or maybe a factory where they made
> (I
> forget what, raincoats, I think--cutting with an electric cutter through
> piles of fabric), or Fig Newtons...
>
> We said maybe she would get bored after half a day.
>
> She named some other factories. The other kids who were with us had seen
> those shows too. I had seen a couple of them. And I told them about the
> Levi's factory I had been in one time to deliver something, and had walked
> by
> piles of pockets, piles of back left leg...
>
> But ultimately I said I thought maybe what she wanted to do when she grew
> up
> was to watch Mr. Rogers' factory tour videos!
>
>

We went to visit a pretzel factory in Lancaster County, PA, and one job was
using a hook to grab dough that didn't shape right from the assembly line. We
thought that would be a fun job...for about half an hour. We started to think
about all the jobs in the world that would be fun for about that amount of
time, then be deadly.

Kathryn


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