HalfBaked
Ever the student
I'm in the "dad didn't teach me shit" camp. In fact, I never met him. It stung here and there as a kid. But now in my mid50s, I can see that by not being around, he taught me everything.
I was working and putting food on the table at 12.
I am comfortable with all situations, I know I will figure it out, I don't ever need help. It's nice, but not needed or expected.
Signed up for the military at 18 because I was tired of working for a living and was ready to be taken care of for a while. Boot camp is made to be stressful. Especially when they only give you 3 minutes to eat. Most couldn't deal with that. I had enough time to eat all my food and clean 4 other trays.
I taught myself everything about computers in the 80s and went on to work for large companies as network administrator, then my own biz for over a decade.
I just finished building my self-designed off-grid house a year ago. Biggest tool was a wheelbarrow. I did it all. Pre-build engineering tests. Mixed about 750 bags of concrete by hand. Shoveled 160 tons of gravel. Cut the trees, peeled the bark, made the treatment. All plumbing, septic, electrical. Took me 6 years.
Currently sitting on the couch watching the rain with my minisplit whispering to me from my own solar power.
So yeah, thanks dad, for not being there.
I was working and putting food on the table at 12.
I am comfortable with all situations, I know I will figure it out, I don't ever need help. It's nice, but not needed or expected.
Signed up for the military at 18 because I was tired of working for a living and was ready to be taken care of for a while. Boot camp is made to be stressful. Especially when they only give you 3 minutes to eat. Most couldn't deal with that. I had enough time to eat all my food and clean 4 other trays.
I taught myself everything about computers in the 80s and went on to work for large companies as network administrator, then my own biz for over a decade.
I just finished building my self-designed off-grid house a year ago. Biggest tool was a wheelbarrow. I did it all. Pre-build engineering tests. Mixed about 750 bags of concrete by hand. Shoveled 160 tons of gravel. Cut the trees, peeled the bark, made the treatment. All plumbing, septic, electrical. Took me 6 years.
Currently sitting on the couch watching the rain with my minisplit whispering to me from my own solar power.
So yeah, thanks dad, for not being there.