Do you ever wish you had learned to do things that weren't interesting to you at the time you had the opportunity? My dad was one of those people who may not have been expert in a lot of things, but he was able to do what needed to be done at least well enough. He was willing, and perhaps even eager, to teach us whatever it was that he was doing, but I wasn't interested in learning any of that. I always thought I could figure things out for myself. Hence, when I have a plumbing problem, I need a plumber, when I have a car problem, I have to either pay someone to fix it or buy another, and so on. He was willing to hire someone for the things he couldn't do adequately himself, but he could get most everything going if he had to.
He could do all of the do-it-yourself stuff around the home, and perhaps some of that stuff could have been done better if he had hired someone, but it worked. He worked a full-time job at a ship-building company, logged trees, bought and sold horses, raised or grew a large part of what we ate, and farmed several 40-acre plots of land each growing season. I have subsequently learned to do some of that stuff, but paid very little attention to what he was doing while I was growing up.
He could do all of the do-it-yourself stuff around the home, and perhaps some of that stuff could have been done better if he had hired someone, but it worked. He worked a full-time job at a ship-building company, logged trees, bought and sold horses, raised or grew a large part of what we ate, and farmed several 40-acre plots of land each growing season. I have subsequently learned to do some of that stuff, but paid very little attention to what he was doing while I was growing up.
