Hi Alex and thankyou for your kind words. I have done a trade as a Butcher and also did smallgoods and slaughtering
for about 12 or so years then decided to get into building which I learned to weld and then had my own structural steel company. I have not had any formal training in this area but if you make enough mistakes you're bound to learn from them. Also if you have a keen interest in something I bet you'll learn 10 times quicker than someone that is forced to learn and I do have a keen interest in anything mechanical.
Perhaps we should have a thread "What is your trade". I'm sure we would be very surprised at what we'd see.
Colin.