Cleaned out my old toolbox and found a logbook from my first year

I was sorting through some junk in the garage and pulled out my original metal toolbox from when I got my A&P. Flipped open a pocket and found a little notebook where I logged every job I did in 2004. I counted them up, and I'd written down 317 separate tasks that first year. I mean, I was just a kid, terrified of messing up a $15,000 radio. Seeing that number, all those little entries for coax pin crimps and basic continuity checks, it really hit me how much the work has changed. Now it's all about loading software and running built-in tests on boxes that talk to each other. I don't even carry a pin crimper in my daily bag anymore. Does anyone else miss the hands-on feel of the older systems, or is it just me being sentimental?

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graytorres2d ago

Nah, the new way is way better. Less chance of messing up a simple crimp and wasting hours. I'll take running a BIT over chasing a bad ground any day.

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elliot_lane962d ago

But how often does that actually happen though.