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Good skill to have for sure. I stopped to help a family of about 6 people (male and female) in a large SUV and none of them even knew how to take down their spare, let alone change it. I changed it for them. They werent from around here, and it was the middle of the night, and nothing around... so they would have sat there a long time if I hadn't stopped.
Happily, my wife is an ace sewer so I buy her favourite chocolates and I’m sorted. I can fix most household appliances (parts from ebay), and basic electronics - nothing HV or too high tech, but amps, the TV, radio and ods and ends are all in scope. Handy😊
My grandmother in her wisdom, figured out (correctly) by the time I was 5, that I'd spend more time single than not, and made sure that I knew how to do basic sewing, cooking, and cleaning tasks. I really miss the generation that lived through the great depression. We lost a wealth of knowledge when they passed.
Personally I plan to basically do a mini homestead one day, raise some food and grow what I can. Not as a source of income but something to sustain my family
Fortunately, my father is a retired plumber, and in addition to a great trade, he taught me many useful things. Ever since I can remember I spent my vacations at my grandparents in the countryside, and there was always something to do there :) I suggest you make a list of 50 skills you would like to pass on to your children as one of those fathers who don't have two left hands. I have such a list written down, and admittedly it is evolving all the time, but of the more interesting activities you can mention, for example, welding, blacksmithing, making knives, creating various things from leather.... However, having a solid foundation in DIY, learning new skills comes much easier. Greetings from Poland :)
Cooking. Like real cooking. Not just opening a pouch and heating up the contents. Baking bread, making sauces, using roux, properly cooking meat without a thermometer, etc.
I can't find a video on the stormy kromer mackinaw coat it's a couple hundred dollars cheaper than the filson and i would like to know if it as good if not that fine i love your videos
Community gardens are great! I’ve always had a backyard garden since I was a kid but when I moved recently and our property didn’t get enough sun, I joined our community garden. Now it’s something I do with my daughters and they love helping me pick tomatoes and the other gardeners always give her a bouquet of flowers to take home.
Couldn’t agree with you more! I wish I asked my grandma to teach me sowing so I could do that! My grandfather is lucky to be still alive to teach me the finer points of woodworking
The hand tool side of woodworking is getting lost the most, how to use a handplane or getting your blade super sharp on just an oil stone is so simple but getting lost
my man referencing AI :D i love it bro! I grew up with only a wood stove for most of my life, knowing how to build and manage fire is SUCH a handy skill to have!
All great skills to know. I learned all of this stuff as a child in boy scouts or hanging with my grandparents. Preserving food (canning, dehydrating, smoking, etc) should definitely be on everyone's list.
The seminar given by Dave Canterbury at the 2015 NPS expo in Louisville, Kentucky is probably the best DIY/survival video out there. Fun in the Woods with David Pearson and MCQ Bushcraft are also great channels for DIY/survival info.
@adampilarski7083 My pleasure. Also, Dave Canterbury has hundreds of videos. His best ones are prior to 2020. After that his content took a nosedive. But I've learned more from his videos than all others combined.
No time like the present to start! The cool thing is that these are skills which means that even if you’re not good at it at first, you can grow into them! I’m good at some of these and not others - room to grow is a great thing to have!
Skills taught many times in my youth,1 that people are still lacking is not only cleaning but applying & resealing 1's boots/shoes,sadly we live in a thrw away world,if it wears out or broke throw it away attitude 😮
Right, knowing some skills will make you a better man. Owning a home requires knowing how to repair some common things, unless you’re rich and can spend whatever on household repairs, I’d suggest learning the basics of plumbing, electrical, hvac, carpentry, etc… of course once you’ve got the basics then you can research just about anything even on RUclips. Job gets to big or out of your wheelhouse then of course hire help. These simple skills will save you a ton of money.
There are the eggs I ate in Japan. There are the eggs i ate in America. The former are superior. So superior that it's noteworthy. Worthy of notes-plural.
80% of the things I learned as a Boy Scout I think are invaluable. Gun safety is something everyone should learn whether you own guns or not. What to do if someone hands you a gun. How to take care of and handle a pocket knife. How to swing a hammer.
I'm not 80 years old, but I am closing in on 74. Our Mom raised three kids on her own and most of our vegetables, came from a large garden planted in a field behind our house. Mom canned the vegetables, when she wasn't sewing our clothes. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania I loved to hunt and fish and much of the meat on our table came from those activities. Looking back, I kind of miss the "good-old days!"
Thanks carl!!! Due to my family and extended friends i have learned many things!!this is a point younger folks need to hear!!! Ya look tired bro!! Slow down a bit!! Thanks for all ya do bro
Speaking of crocheting - I was at a hs for a conference a few weeks ago and they had an art display. One of the pieces was the first piece of clothing a girl there had made. Let me tell you, it was good! It looked like something that my wife would have in her closet and it was high quality. So what a fantastic skill that is, especially overcoming fast fashion.
A lot of DIY clothing made nowadays is often better made than items from the so-called luxury goods multinationals like LMVH. One thing social media did right was bring together creative people en masse that resulted in the standards for every craft and trade being raised significantly.
General redneckery….. learning to fix or make anything. Having that can do attitude. Don’t know how to weld? Go buy a cheap welder and just do it and practice. Now anything metal wise you can make or fix. Same with wood working. Or electrical. Or plumbing. So many times I’ve been tasked with doing something that I’ve never done before yet I remember being so poor growing up that my dad made it or fixed it, so I can too. Just go and buy a couple tools, maybe watch a video or ask a neighbor for advice and make it happen. I’ve sewn my own clothes, built houses, made from scratch biscuits and gravy over a fire to now I just bought my own welder to learn welding and 3 yrs ago got into old school hand tool wood working and fort building with my kids. Just go do it, make mistakes and learn. My grandma has always told me a day you don’t learn something is a wasted day.
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Basic vehicle maintenance. Changing a tire, jumping a dead battery and oil changes.
I was going to say this. It's especially important for women to be able to get a vehicle moving when "stranded."
@@royogrady9179 I agree, more than ever now.
Good skill to have for sure. I stopped to help a family of about 6 people (male and female) in a large SUV and none of them even knew how to take down their spare, let alone change it. I changed it for them. They werent from around here, and it was the middle of the night, and nothing around... so they would have sat there a long time if I hadn't stopped.
Happily, my wife is an ace sewer so I buy her favourite chocolates and I’m sorted.
I can fix most household appliances (parts from ebay), and basic electronics - nothing HV or too high tech, but amps, the TV, radio and ods and ends are all in scope. Handy😊
My grandmother in her wisdom, figured out (correctly) by the time I was 5, that I'd spend more time single than not, and made sure that I knew how to do basic sewing, cooking, and cleaning tasks.
I really miss the generation that lived through the great depression. We lost a wealth of knowledge when they passed.
Personally I plan to basically do a mini homestead one day, raise some food and grow what I can. Not as a source of income but something to sustain my family
Fortunately, my father is a retired plumber, and in addition to a great trade, he taught me many useful things. Ever since I can remember I spent my vacations at my grandparents in the countryside, and there was always something to do there :) I suggest you make a list of 50 skills you would like to pass on to your children as one of those fathers who don't have two left hands. I have such a list written down, and admittedly it is evolving all the time, but of the more interesting activities you can mention, for example, welding, blacksmithing, making knives, creating various things from leather.... However, having a solid foundation in DIY, learning new skills comes much easier. Greetings from Poland :)
I’m 50+gst and have a wealth of knowledge but I think it was a hunger to learn and there days the youth don’t have that.
Cooking. Like real cooking. Not just opening a pouch and heating up the contents. Baking bread, making sauces, using roux, properly cooking meat without a thermometer, etc.
I can't find a video on the stormy kromer mackinaw coat it's a couple hundred dollars cheaper than the filson and i would like to know if it as good if not that fine i love your videos
From what I've heard, the wool isn't as nice. But to be fair, the Filson wool isn't super luxurious either. I'd love to compare the two.
Actual sewing, in which you make your own clothes. In addition to learning how to darn and mend.
Community gardens are great! I’ve always had a backyard garden since I was a kid but when I moved recently and our property didn’t get enough sun, I joined our community garden. Now it’s something I do with my daughters and they love helping me pick tomatoes and the other gardeners always give her a bouquet of flowers to take home.
Good video
Couldn’t agree with you more! I wish I asked my grandma to teach me sowing so I could do that! My grandfather is lucky to be still alive to teach me the finer points of woodworking
The hand tool side of woodworking is getting lost the most, how to use a handplane or getting your blade super sharp on just an oil stone is so simple but getting lost
my man referencing AI :D i love it bro! I grew up with only a wood stove for most of my life, knowing how to build and manage fire is SUCH a handy skill to have!
All great skills to know. I learned all of this stuff as a child in boy scouts or hanging with my grandparents. Preserving food (canning, dehydrating, smoking, etc) should definitely be on everyone's list.
Canning. If it's from your garden even the better. But buying a couple bushels of tomatoes or picking fruit from a farm really works great.
Very true!
That’s a huge one! It’s easy to grow way more food than you can eat in a season. To be able to preserve it is a huge deal!
We have a bargain table at the green grocer big bag of tomatoes or chilies whatever , when it’s there I do chutney or pickled onions and chillies
Where is the shirt from
The seminar given by Dave Canterbury at the 2015 NPS expo in Louisville, Kentucky is probably the best DIY/survival video out there. Fun in the Woods with David Pearson and MCQ Bushcraft are also great channels for DIY/survival info.
Thanks for the ideas - I’ll check them out!
@adampilarski7083 My pleasure. Also, Dave Canterbury has hundreds of videos. His best ones are prior to 2020. After that his content took a nosedive. But I've learned more from his videos than all others combined.
I am realizing that I don’t have any of these skills 😅. Time to get to work!
Hahaha not many people do, my friend!
I learned all of these skills but I haven't performed most of them in ages. Lol, modern city life got me. Time to brush off the old skills.
No time like the present to start! The cool thing is that these are skills which means that even if you’re not good at it at first, you can grow into them! I’m good at some of these and not others - room to grow is a great thing to have!
Dude , there will be 2 generations of views who have no idea what little house on the prairie is . 😂😂 we old , cocka . 🦉
Skills taught many times in my youth,1 that people are still lacking is not only cleaning but applying & resealing 1's boots/shoes,sadly we live in a thrw away world,if it wears out or broke throw it away attitude 😮
Who else had wood stacking parties every fall? 😅
Right, knowing some skills will make you a better man. Owning a home requires knowing how to repair some common things, unless you’re rich and can spend whatever on household repairs, I’d suggest learning the basics of plumbing, electrical, hvac, carpentry, etc… of course once you’ve got the basics then you can research just about anything even on RUclips. Job gets to big or out of your wheelhouse then of course hire help. These simple skills will save you a ton of money.
There are the eggs I ate in Japan. There are the eggs i ate in America. The former are superior. So superior that it's noteworthy. Worthy of notes-plural.
You need to do a review of the key logger jeans
I think you would enjoy the book "Durable Trades" by Rory Groves.
I'll check it out, thank you for the recommendation!
80% of the things I learned as a Boy Scout I think are invaluable. Gun safety is something everyone should learn whether you own guns or not. What to do if someone hands you a gun. How to take care of and handle a pocket knife. How to swing a hammer.
Cobblers
I'm not 80 years old, but I am closing in on 74. Our Mom raised three kids on her own and most of our vegetables, came from a large garden planted in a field behind our house. Mom canned the vegetables, when she wasn't sewing our clothes. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania I loved to hunt and fish and much of the meat on our table came from those activities. Looking back, I kind of miss the "good-old days!"
Love content like this, Carl! Stuff about the back end part of the blue collar life!
My friend bee keeps in the city and let me tell ya, you couldn't pay me to eat that honey.
Why not?
@@jacobroberts2764 His bees enjoy a swig of trash juice every now and then
Thanks carl!!! Due to my family and extended friends i have learned many things!!this is a point younger folks need to hear!!! Ya look tired bro!! Slow down a bit!! Thanks for all ya do bro
Speaking of crocheting - I was at a hs for a conference a few weeks ago and they had an art display. One of the pieces was the first piece of clothing a girl there had made. Let me tell you, it was good! It looked like something that my wife would have in her closet and it was high quality. So what a fantastic skill that is, especially overcoming fast fashion.
A lot of DIY clothing made nowadays is often better made than items from the so-called luxury goods multinationals like LMVH. One thing social media did right was bring together creative people en masse that resulted in the standards for every craft and trade being raised significantly.
If you want to garden I can’t recommend You Bet Your Garden podcast highly enough. Mike McGrath taught me everything I know.
General redneckery….. learning to fix or make anything. Having that can do attitude. Don’t know how to weld? Go buy a cheap welder and just do it and practice. Now anything metal wise you can make or fix. Same with wood working. Or electrical. Or plumbing. So many times I’ve been tasked with doing something that I’ve never done before yet I remember being so poor growing up that my dad made it or fixed it, so I can too. Just go and buy a couple tools, maybe watch a video or ask a neighbor for advice and make it happen. I’ve sewn my own clothes, built houses, made from scratch biscuits and gravy over a fire to now I just bought my own welder to learn welding and 3 yrs ago got into old school hand tool wood working and fort building with my kids. Just go do it, make mistakes and learn. My grandma has always told me a day you don’t learn something is a wasted day.