Taught my son today

Good for you schlot. Keep showing him more stuff like that. He will think it is cool and .............. there are so many benefits that can happen. Some we can explain and some we can not. Good job.

Those lessons will last the rest of his life.

Ah ..Good for you ! Teaching him quality things in life.

Good going, The things my father tought me 40yrs ago still linger in my head.He will remmember things forever.

That's awesome! How old is he? My boys still remember when I taught them how to you something as simple as the lawn mower. It's the little things in life that really matter.

dylskee said:

That's awesome! How old is he? My boys still remember when I taught them how to you something as simple as the lawn mower. It's the little things in life that really matter.

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Unfortunantly he passed in Nov. of 2011. At the age og 71. That is what I cherished the most is the child hood years with him. EI , my first fishing trip, first Tigers game, That was 1968. How to work on cars. Many childhood memories.

Good for you. My father was over my garage the other day and he was showing me something and I consciously had a thought about how I'm going to miss him and his knowledge someday. He's not terminally ill or anything but did turn 70 this year and has had some issue's. What I'm saying is we (offspring) do pay attention (from time to time).

schlot said:

Had my son over today. After watching some football and pizza, we went out and I showed him how to safety use the chainsaw. He really enjoyed it. It hasn't been an easy past few years, so it was good to share something like this with him.

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make sure to share a good safety first attitude with him. PPE should be the first thing. You can always buy a new saw or chain. They don't sell many arms or legs.

I'm big on eye protection. I've got sets of safety glasses all over the shop. A few quick seconds can change your entire life.

JP

Kinda like teaching a kid to fish. And what JP11 just said, he'll only know the safe, right way to do it.

dylskee said:

That's awesome! How old is he? My boys still remember when I taught them how to you something as simple as the lawn mower. It's the little things in life that really matter.

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Ah, the lawn mower. Yes I do remember the first time dear old dad passed the duty to myself. I think I was 7(harp music) I remember I couldn't push it, but he kept asking me to. I just grunted and strained over a period of a few weeks. I finally got that thing moving. It taught me perseverance, and eventually my dad got a cheap lawn guy.

I feel the same fellas. My mom and dad, thankfully, had me at a very young age. So I'm fortunate to have them both and still enjoy spending time with both of them (family vacations, holidays, etc). We lost my pap to the cancer several years back and he, too, taught me alot about life. He was an awesome Christian man, an excellent carpenter, and just the most loveable person you could ever know. I think about him every day. Good on you, Schlot. Stay close to your son, he'll never forget you.

Cherish those memories,the years go by so fast.Dad's 83 now & pretty much quit working in the woods with me 10 years ago,doing any 'heavy' stuff anyway.But once in a while he likes to file a chain for me,bring me extra water or hook up a rope,log chain or cables when I need a 3rd hand.....

albert1029 said:

Kinda like teaching a kid to fish. And what JP11 just said, he'll only know the safe, right way to do it.

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Couldn't agree more. Sometimes I think cutting wood and fishing really ought to be on the school curriculum over here.........

woodchip said:

Couldn't agree more. Sometimes I think cutting wood and fishing really ought to be on the school curriculum over here.........

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I moved here from Louisiana. My Dad's side of the family is Cajun. I had a commercial shrimping license and took a lot of people fishing. Since I moved here my boat's been sitting in the marina lot, only used it a couple of times. Being in the forest kinda takes the place of being out in the bayous. I actually had a fireplace down there, always bought wood for it. Usually it was unseasoned sold as seasoned wood, mostly oak. I'll put up some fishing and shrimping pics sometime.

I just picked up a little top handle saw and started my son as well. He is 10. Fun helping them grow up.