Burns Best Farm

Small Engine Repair

Our lawn mower needs some tuning up, so Mike asked me to take it to the repair shop here in the suburbs.  The boys went with me and were a little fascinated by the shop:  dark and cool, with engines and mowers and chippers sitting around everywhere.  I could visualize my grandaddy behind the counter with grease on his hands (and his shirt, and his pants, and his handkerchief, etc.) Just the sort of place little boys would love, right?

So I tell them, after we're buckled back in the van, that I wanted them both to learn how to repair small engines when they get a little older, maybe work for someone as young teenagers who can teach them their way around a motor.

The Medium Son, whose Protestant work ethic needs a lot of work anyway, responded to me that he planned to go to work at an office because he thought it would be a lot easier than repairing engines. 

Not more fun, mind you.  Just easier.  And isn't that what's important, really? 

Big sigh.  On a much happier note, the same son did come home and work really hard on four pages of Phonics Pathways this afternoon, and he did really well remembering his short vowel sounds.  Still having a little mix-up with the short "e" but the other four are solid and he's showing a lot of improvement. 

So he'll be able to read when he takes that office job!  Assuming I can finish MY job this next year.....

Good idea

05:44, 2006-May-24 .. Posted by NewHarvestHomestead

I'll have to remember that for my son. He's 7. His dad can work on motors, but never seems to have the time and we have the world's most temperamental lawn mowers!

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03:56, 2006-May-25 .. Posted by kas

My son wasn't interested in motors until he discovered dirt bikes. Now at 17, he does most of his own repairs. But hey, someone needs to do the computer work so we can have blog sites like this right?!