Warning!!! Proud papa alert.... and NVC My eldest dau, 27, came home from visiting friends the other night. Walks into the house and asks me, "Do you ALWAYS get hurt when you're working on cars?" I respond that mechanical things frequently demand blood sacrifice. She goes on to comment that when she was putting the front suspension back together on her friend's Mitsu, she pinched her hand. Did papa proud! Want to give your kids a clue? Make their first car a Beetle. Give them a Muir Bible. Help them maintain it but don't do it FOR them. Worked for me. So no, they're not all clueless. But the vast majority are. Of the 20-30 kids that float through my home, there are about three that could show me where to check the oil on their rig. Those three could also change said oil. The rest? I'd have to show them not just how, but THAT the hood opened. Id10ts. Jim |
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