Whilst driving home tonight I put two things in to action that my dad taught me, first was expecting the unexpected at roundabouts and things people sometimes do, sure as dammit one of those very scenarios occurred tonight, 2nd was driving without using the clutch, totally unnecessary tonight but I was bored in moderate moving traffic, its just something that has a satisfying feeling about getting right.

Lefty loosey.

Righty tighty

Oh and the obvious, never put your fingers where you wouldnt put your knob. However im saving that one for a bit yet as the lad is only 12 😳

I like the left loosey, righty tighty one!

Don’t get job in the construction industry.

If only I’d listened to him.

The countryside and all that is within.

dont be a Dad who is always away from home. royal navy 23yrs

How to start fires, skin rabbits and swearing.

Don’t pick your nose when you’re not the one driving.

He did an emergency stop to teach me that one. He also learnt how much blood is in an 8 year olds nose.

Still. It’s stayed with me!

Don’t point guns at something you’re not willing to put a hole in. (that was my grandfather actually – the late and great lunatic still had his supposedly deactivated issue Webley until Dumblane, when it mysteriously disappeared, I suspect he handed it in during an amnesty if it wasn’t deactivated – if it was he may have destroyed it out of shame anyway).

Don’t leave your homework until the last minute. 😆

Be methodical and take your time when repairing things, has been a good one.

Your mother is always right.

I don’t have kids. I figured they’d only make me miserable. My dad sort of taught me that.

Relax, it won’t hurt as much

Something. How to ride a bike was a joy. My dad died when I was 2 he taught me nothing beyond smoking is stupid and even then it didnt stop me for a while.

I tried to teach my son some botany..look anagallis junior some lesser celendine I said on a dog walk with. He replied “i dont care I’m Han Solo” and shot me with his stick…and yes he did shoot first.

How to ski
Light a fire.
Eat and sleep when you can. (Skipped a generation as was my grandfathers advice)

“Only swimmers drown”, and “think ahead”. Still not sure about the former, but he hasn’t drowned yet.

Can you explain this clutchless driving? I think I know what you mean – rev matching.and the like. I used to try to do it in the car when I rode motorbikes, but not at the same time. The clutchless upshift on a bike is a thing of mechanical beauty.

Tolerance, patience, honesty, love.

Don’t/won’t have human children but I’m doing what I can with the dogs.

Don’t keep your Jazz mags under the mattress – they will be found.*

*this information may be useless now though! 😀

Stay away from dynamically typed languages.

do it, whatever it is, just give it a go, you’ll probably be fine

Be anything you like, just be happy.

How to wire a plug, solder, use a saw, change the oil on a car, look after tools, fix anything, have a healthy respect for energy.

He taught me nothing other than to not be like him

my Dad tried to show me so much, but I took little notice – which I now totally regret.
I now have so much respect my Dad.

“Don’t pull out til you can see the whites of their eyes”.

But Grandad was a driving instructor, not a sex edumacationalist.

I’m shortcutting all of this by letting my Dad and my Father In Law teach my son directly. After all, I’m stupid and know nothing according to him 🙂

I think I’m in the same boat as JY. However, if my boys pass on half the wisdom I’ve bestowed upon them so far, my grandchildren will rule the school in the matters of fart retorts and penis euphemisms.

Things my dad taught me.

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I don’t have kids. I figured they’d only make me miserable. My dad sort of taught me that.

That’s more like it. “Don’t have kids if you have zero interest in being a dad” maybe.

Learn skills young

And don’t be a dick

From dad
How to do a million and one different practical things round the house and garden

From mum
A passion for academic stuff and books

From mum and dad
How to ride and a love of riding bikes

Snot rockets.

I always assumed my dad’s electrical knowledge had filtered down via osmosis but several attempts at ding stuff has proved otherwise. Saying that, I was soldering wires to fix Christmas lights tonight which was a very small win.

Skimming stones and fishing.

“what does it mean if someones indicator is on?”

“the bulb works you cant assume anything else”

Some axioms:

Don’t shit in your own nest.
Don’t let your balls rule your brain.
If you kill it, you eat it. (Good advice to a 9 year old with a .22 🙂 )

Face downwind and aim at 45degrees down.

How to kill someone with a crossbow and leave as little evidence as possible.
That, and if she’s not rich make sure she can cook.

On the phone, nobody knows you’re a dog.

Make important decisions based on breast size.