Re: Do it yourself garages.

["Andrew Seward" <reming@idir.net>]

Some military bases/posts still have Auto Craft Shops, where servicemembers
can work on their own vehicles and sign out the tools they don't own.
Unfortunately, these shops are now few in number due to the military force
drawdown and an era of tight budgets.  Their disappearance is not so
important to those of us who earn enough to afford emergency auto repair,
but they were (and still are) a valuable way for young soldiers to save
precious money by doing "self-help" repairs.

Regards,
Andy Seward

>Steven Buchholz wrote:
>It was great being an "Air Force brat" in that respect ... the local base
>had what they called a hobby shop ... which had everything from a full
>darkroom, to a well instrumented electronics lab, a wood shop and an
>automotive shop ... with tools.  I wonder if they can even do that on
>military bases today ...