Today’s millennial moment......
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Internet has been out a loooong time now, smart phones are going on a couple decades now, I’d wager most productive members of society are used to having access to the internet and harnessing the power of the World Wide Web in their pocket.
I would have given a pass if OPs offspring was bright enough to watch a YouTube video on changing the tire and then change the tire. Learning is learning, the medium, though some more romantic than others, is largely irrelevant when compared to the outcome.
It's usually the generation that was in charge of raising millennials that seem to do the most bitching about millenials, kinda ironic isn't it?
Almost exactly the same here…. Minus the delayed start for the retrain. Wish I’d thought to do that as well though!
A-right. I'll never understand boomers. They hand off our industrial sector to china in exchange for cheap toasters and tvs, ring up the national debt as well as personal debt, send divorce rates through the roof and then bitch about social security cost of living increases and the millenials they raised (or didn't raise, depending on who you ask.)
All the while they're patting themselves on the back for being awesome.
Not trying to start a boomer bashing thread here, but bashing millenials is getting old. If the greatest generation wants to shit on us that's fine. When boomers do it's fuckin' ridiculous.
When I was 18 I took my old mans truck 240 miles west to pick up some decking and roof shingles for 2 projects we had coming up. I took our back up f250 and a 24’ deck over trailer. On the way there, I pulled over in an advanced auto parking lot and did the water pump and belt. Pulley on the Pump was hard to turn and the belt broke which is why I stopped in the first place. Not too bad of a job… on the way home, truck just died on the side of route 80. Get out and pop the hood, the lights flickered earlier in the trip, so I had a feeling the alternator went. I took it out and carried it as I jogged down the shoulder of route 80, 2 miles and found a pep boys. (No way I was giving them a core charge) Bought an alternator and went to a Walmart and bought a back pack. Strapped the fucker on and ran back. Slapped it in and continued on my way. I got back to the yard a few hours later than expected. My old man asked how it went, and what took so long… told him I stopped for a nice steak dinner. He still doesn’t know that story, that was 12 years ago.
Now, keep all that in mind.
My (2 year) older brother took his car to the dealership, because his brake light was out…
Im pretty confident we had an extremely similar upbringing. My dad was hard on the both of us and tried to teach us all the time, whether it was mechanical work or life lessons. Sometimes it’s not a lack of trying on the fathers part. Can’t blame OP for his sons failures.
Now, keep all that in mind.
My (2 year) older brother took his car to the dealership, because his brake light was out…
Im pretty confident we had an extremely similar upbringing. My dad was hard on the both of us and tried to teach us all the time, whether it was mechanical work or life lessons. Sometimes it’s not a lack of trying on the fathers part. Can’t blame OP for his sons failures.
I keep getting less impressed the further I read.
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My daughter’s first car was a Ford escort manual trans, still remember the clutch smell as she was leaving the driveway.
taught her how to change her own tires.
Our driveway is 400 yards long up a hill and around a few curves, I also taught her how to back my Lincoln town car from the main road to the garage using mirrors.
She was the only girl at the senior prom pimping a Lincoln town car.
taught her how to change her own tires.
Our driveway is 400 yards long up a hill and around a few curves, I also taught her how to back my Lincoln town car from the main road to the garage using mirrors.
She was the only girl at the senior prom pimping a Lincoln town car.
From the daughter of a man I respect:
“If you raise your children you can spoil your grandchildren. If you spoil your children you get to raise your grandchildren “
and her father:
“If you make them cry when they are little they won’t make you cry when they are old
“If you raise your children you can spoil your grandchildren. If you spoil your children you get to raise your grandchildren “
and her father:
“If you make them cry when they are little they won’t make you cry when they are old
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