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Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I think for many people, its just a pure reluctance to try or pure disinterest in anything mechanical.
Kids can swing it round eventually.
I could strip a freewheel, overhaul hubs, change forks etc etc at 13. I was just interested, i don't even know where it came from. I made model gliders from scratch, even hand cutting all the spars etc from plans. The interest was just there for me.
As my sons grew up, i always encouraged them to help me if i was working on the car. Neither was interested. One has turned it round, he's now good at DIY, he's a qualified gas fitter...the other can't fix a puncture. He's just not interested, and never will be, he even got one of his previous girlfriend to fix a puncture
Kids can swing it round eventually.
I could strip a freewheel, overhaul hubs, change forks etc etc at 13. I was just interested, i don't even know where it came from. I made model gliders from scratch, even hand cutting all the spars etc from plans. The interest was just there for me.
As my sons grew up, i always encouraged them to help me if i was working on the car. Neither was interested. One has turned it round, he's now good at DIY, he's a qualified gas fitter...the other can't fix a puncture. He's just not interested, and never will be, he even got one of his previous girlfriend to fix a puncture
