[Jason-G28584]

I’m with you on the DIY thing. It’s a little off topic but I lament that the average person is losing a lot of skills. Our society is becoming a lot more streamlined in the way of core skills. My mother is by no means a weak female (my dad was in jail, she raised me alone from the age of 19 for 13 years and still held down a job), but she can cook (and not just meat and potatoes), sew, garden entertain guests etc etc. My stepfather is a little old school and taught me to do minor repairs on cars, and I spent my youth helping him to renovate houses. (in Australia any renovations must be council approved for safety….so even DIYers do good jobs….sometimes better than builders who do crap work then rip you off). I’m proud that I can cook and fix things, and hopefully build larger things, yet I’m still a ‘sensitive’ male. I think it’s terrible that people my age or a little younger (I’m 30), aren’t capable of doing much and have to pay people to do things that would only take 15 minutes if they knew how (changing oil for example). I agree that you can damage your property value or put yourself in danger with DIY (our neighbor sliced his fingers off with a table-saw). But usually most DIYers have the sense to know what their limitations are ( I can change a lightbulb and fix fuses, but I would refuse to mess about with house electrical wires for fear of killing myself). I say be proud to be able to do things and pass those skills on to your children.

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Name : Jason-G28584, Gender : M, City : Kiel, State : NA, Country : Germany, 

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