MDDM: Chs 33 & 34 -- Notes and ( lots of) Questions

[Terrance]

Scott Badger wrote:
> 
> 330.14 'Mechanics'  OED: 1. a. Pertaining to or involving manual labour or
> skill. Now rare

Now rare? Where is it now rare? Union labor may be down but not rare.
Mechanic, and I don't mean auto mechanic, is not a rare term in any
union city in America--like NYC for example. Most of the men and women
working at Ground Zero are mechanics.