My Dad doesn't believe I know what I'm doing. :-(
So I'm organising to buy a car. An old sports-car, actually. It involves flying to Adelaide and driving it back (that's 1400km),
Sure, it's hard to buy a car sight unseen. And then there's the fact it's over 30 years old. Things were different back then and it won't work quite the same as when it was new.
But then, I've done research about it. It's a Porsche 924. They are robust, well-engineered little cars. They aren't difficult to work on and there are lots of 924 enthusiasts who help each other. It's true that I haven't done anything more complex than an oil change, but there are lots of things that can be done on a car that aren't that complex. And I'm willing to learn.
I'm annoyed Dad is trying to ensure I get all the right boxes ticked. I don't think he can quite accept I'm intending to branch out in my knowledge and skillset in quite a major way. It may not have occurred to him that I wish I'd gone through this twenty years ago - now he's got to re-live a fathering step that we both botched. In a way it's too bad. But in another way, it's sad it has to be re-visited.
I think he's forgotten how to teach a young man how to learn a manly skill.
Sure, it's hard to buy a car sight unseen. And then there's the fact it's over 30 years old. Things were different back then and it won't work quite the same as when it was new.
But then, I've done research about it. It's a Porsche 924. They are robust, well-engineered little cars. They aren't difficult to work on and there are lots of 924 enthusiasts who help each other. It's true that I haven't done anything more complex than an oil change, but there are lots of things that can be done on a car that aren't that complex. And I'm willing to learn.
I'm annoyed Dad is trying to ensure I get all the right boxes ticked. I don't think he can quite accept I'm intending to branch out in my knowledge and skillset in quite a major way. It may not have occurred to him that I wish I'd gone through this twenty years ago - now he's got to re-live a fathering step that we both botched. In a way it's too bad. But in another way, it's sad it has to be re-visited.
I think he's forgotten how to teach a young man how to learn a manly skill.