Originally Posted by bill murrow

You're lucky 300sdltom. When my older son was 16 he would have no parts of changing a flat. Believe me, I tried. I went over it with him and he wasn't paying attention.He's 22 now and still doesn't know.

And lift the hood up? No way. He probably knows where the hood latch is, but I would bet he has never used it.

Even as a baby he never liked his hands dirty. And to this day he still doesn't.

He's a computer programmer too and I be darned if I could do that so I guess we all have our nitch.

My 10 year old son is a completely different story. He rides my big 4 wheeler around the farm here to help with chores and before he took off for the first time I taught him to check the oil and the gas. He has actually driven a Benz too. And I do not mean sitting on my lap. I was in the passenger seat. Now before someone gets upset with that last statement you must bear in mind that A--it was a junker I had that still ran [barely] and B--it was out in our pasture field and not on the street.

Just for the record, I do not remember learning how to drive. I was way too young to remember. I do remember pulling hay wagons when I was in first grade, by myself, with nobody around for a mile or more.

Cheers,

Bill