"Just a plumber?!" Unfortunately, trades people have demonstrated their skills so deftly and with such ease that their accomplishments are grossly undervalued.
I adore a man who can work with his hands. I admire a woman who knows how to handle a Channelocks. I appreciate a well laid-out mechanical room. I'm a huge fan of trades people.
Trades people are more in touch with the truth than other people are. They are a no-nonsense group. They know that the electrical current is there, or it's not. The burner fires up, or it doesn't. It's plumb, or it's not. Trades people have remarkable "baloney" detectors. They identify quality by performance. They know that actions, not words, are the true measure of a person. Trades people understand the material universe and the way things work. That understanding is becoming increasingly rare.