Could hand them down to a young man and train him(or her) proper usage?
Morgan88
My son/SIL are about the only ones I am aware of that actually want to know/learn.
Could hand them down to a young man and train him(or her) proper usage?
Morgan88
My son/SIL are about the only ones I am aware of that actually want to know/learn.
My step son has zero mechanical/carpentry/handyman skills and has no desire to learn. He keeps telling me he isn't worried about it because he plans to make enough money to pay people to do it for him. He is very out of touch with reality and unrealistic with his curewnt skill set. I do however have a nephew that wants to learn everything about fixing stuff.
I don't know how old your stepson is by it is fairly common for Millennials to know what they studied and went to school for and very little outside of that. DIY is becoming a lost art. I think that is why the distressed, beat up, weathered stuff is so popular. Takes less craftsmanship to produce.
I mean watch some YouTube videos on how to do stuff. Sometimes I see more videos on how NOT to do something! I can't believe that people actually take the time to record their ineptitude and then post it online as a "how to"!
I guess I'm being too hard on the younger generation. After all, I have been working on my skills for over 40 years. I should cut them a break.
On a side note, it is interesting to me how many of you have tools from your grandfathers. Neat. My grandfather was a WWI and WWII German vet. He lived in Germany all his life, I saw him once. I have no idea if he had tools(I suspect not) or what he did back in those days. I do know other than being a soldier, he was an artist. Would have been cool to get his artist tools.
My dad ran a restaurant and that pretty much consumed his life. When I was 4 we bought a brand new home so it didn't need much. He would do some landscaping type stuff, but that was about it.
I was a tinkerer from an early age. Still am. Automotive work, I learned by interest. Home repair I learned by necessity. Both have been a blessing and a curse.
My step son has zero mechanical/carpentry/handyman skills and has no desire to learn. He keeps telling me he isn't worried about it because he plans to make enough money to pay people to do it for him. He is very out of touch with reality and unrealistic with his curewnt skill set. I do however have a nephew that wants to learn everything about fixing stuff.
I'm not quite sure he knows how much money he will have to make that a reality. I do OK and I am very glad that I don't have to pay someone for every little thing. Besides, what am I going to do on evenings and weekends, watch TV and play video games?
He is 19 and has almost no motivation to do much of anything. Dropped out of high school a year ago and is now going to some school where he is able to finish his credits to "graduate"...in November. Says he plans to be a video game designer. I tried giving him a dose of reality but the "teachers" keep telling him to go for it. I keep telling him he needs to find a trade he can get into. But he tells me.."I don't want a crappy job like yours". I just hope when he graduates maybe the Army will take him
Stop feeding/clothing him with your "Crappy" job money.
I tell em all after I die,they will be living in the street in a month.I would but momma won't take the same hard stand. She is much nicer about it than I am. I make the kid work every chance I get. She tries but she is to kind natured
I tell em all after I die,they will be living in the street in a month.
My kids all seem to have realized that their mother and I made all this "Life/Living" thing look way to easy.
It is not.
Note my current signature line. There is some truth in it.
My oldest son is excited to get a nice hand plane.....excited, but he's probably a better woodworker than I am.