Manly Know-how

Originally Posted by Devo

Children can be screw ups even with the most doting parents. The problem doesn't just lie in how much time is spent but how it's spent.

Bingo.

My dad works 6am=>7pm every day, on occasion getting a Sunday off. He's a farmer, so his knowledge is pretty extensive in a number of fields. Father-Son learning was rather nonexistent, since I'm not an only child. Mom was always busy, dad was always off at work, etc.

My ability to be a handyman of sorts kicked in around when I was 16 and I got my first job. Had to do some tinkering and minute electrics. Now I'm able to weld, solder, and assemble things quite nicely, whether it be wood or metal. I have a pretty damn extensive knowledge on tinkering in general. But car repair is where I'm lacking. You could tell me to take off old Part A and replace it with a new Part A. I can do that. I can maintain all the fluids. But if you hear some rattling or some bad response on the car and ask me to tell you what it is, I only have a handful of things I could guess.

To be honest, I've never had to change a tire. Never been on a road trip and been unfortunate enough to experience a blow-out. Gonna have to ask my old man about that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.