O/T Is there any common sense anymore

I don't know if it's just plain stupidity, or if they just don't care, or if they even have a shred of common sense in them at all. Or a combonation of all three. Seems like it's just getting worse.

Yet some of them are now making my wages times twenty or fifty, so I maybe should have learned from them.

I'm not defending them, just making a statment. The main man who worked at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids Iowa (was supposed) to be the main man responsible for GPS retired in his home town here where I live. Rockwell you hear often as they get a large % of the government contracts for NASSA, Boing etc. As he got older he had problems starting his lawn mower as his strenghth was failing. I helped him out by putting his mower on the cement slab driveway, and not in the tall unmowed grass for starting. Sooooo????? I'm not 100% sure, but he is also credited with the inovation of auto control for air planes as well. He was a millionare, and when we loaded him for his final ride in a ambulance there was a pile of old shoes in his living room approx three foot high and probably four to five foot in diameter. Never tossed anything in his life.

So you young guys keep a trying, you will get to wonder about the young ones some day as well perhaps. Some advise is that you will get there alot faster than you can possibly imagine.

I was taught that hardwork will payoff in the end and I believe it I got my first paycheck at age 7 for clleaning out the back alleys in the vet clinic save that money got in to the hog bussiness with dad yeah he helped me out and showed how to do the work but it was my start and if you do not believe that somebody helped you learn to do the things you do ya might want to reflect on life a little.

I think the parents and teachers are to blame on this stuff.

Clint

My brother is 38 years old, my dad taught him everything 'common sense'. But he chose not to follow it and ruin his life instead.

Maybe he lives in an apartment and has never mowed grass before. Maybe he just had a brain fart. Maybe he thought that throwing the grass clippings into the stuff he hasn't cut yet was a good idea to get it mulched up more.

Heck, my brother (24 years old) and I (30 years old) have an ongoing argument on where to throw the clippings. I say onto the grass you've already cut, to save wear and tear on the mower. He says onto the uncut grass, so the clippings get mulched in the grass better. And don't even get us started as to the optimal length to let grass grow, or whether its better to cut "up and down" the field, or in a circle.

Regardless, talk to the kid if you see him doing something dumb. Maybe he'll turn out to just a moron. Or maybe he's a bright kid who just lacks a little bit of experience.

i agree with in to deep. i dont know how old he is but i have been told that i act much older than i reallly am and that i look older than i really am, i also get yelled at when i tell ppl my age after ive done something. one thing i dont like is that i work so freaking hard to make my reputation good and then i get in a group of kids my age and im put in the stupid pile. i hate it how like 90% of the boys in my grade dont have jobs and the ones that do dont put forth effort, just because it isnt easy. i was raise "work hard and then you can play later, but not untill all the work is done" also to do the very best i can do and do it quickly. i know that becuae of the way i was and are being raised are going to and already have helped me with my future.

thats my tow cents.

A nephew of mine I'm quite proud of started off shoveling snow when he was 12, next year parents loaned him the money next for a snowthrower and he built a trailer so he could go around the neighborhood looking for work faster. He's since bought a small commercial mower, trailer, and pickup and has a nice p/t businesses handling jobs too big for the homeower, too small for the full time landscapers -- and people pay a premium for doing these odd jobs. Also works f/t in the summer as a lifeguard.

Oh, and he's also starting Grad School in the fall -- with USAF ROTC paying for him to earn his Masters in Mechanical Engineering, and his goal to become a Pilot.

It's funny how families go...his OLDER brother (by 2 years) dropped out Engineering school and waits tables and makes court dates. He's currently the family's challenge to get back on track.

Here is the post from yesterday long before you replied. TEACHER? Yep, you're part of the problem. It usually pays to read every post before repying with criticizm.

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Re: O/T Is there any common sense anymore in reply to Farmall MD, 07-09-2007 14:29:35 "I have given some guidence to these kids in the past and tried to teach, but the second ya turn around, they are back to doing it their way. So most of the time I don't even bother anymore."
Doug N

That ole dairy farm was a pretty good school!

Glenn F.

1. Under some circumstances, its better to throw the grass away from the edge, like to throw grass clippings and weed seeds away from shrubbery and flowers. Dosen't sound like that's the case here.
2. If the grass clippings are to be raked up and disposed of, throwing them into a windrow would make raking them up easier.

I figured out that you didn't want a pile of clipping in the middle of the yard to shade out and kill the grass so long ago I have forgotten the event. Maybe this guy will figure it out for himself.

It amazes me that so many people can't do simple practical thing like changing a flat tire. What really amazes me is that there are people, some farmers, that are not maintenance minded and let their equipment fall apart.

KEH

I agree that most kids aren't taught how to do things, but come on, mowing the lawn is about as simple a task as it gets. I was brought up old school, and didn't have to be taught much. I sat back and watched, then did it on my own. I'm sure you didn't have to be taught how to mow the grass, I sure as heck didn't, and most of the people on this forum didn't have to be taught either.

Boils down to no enthusiasm. Kids just plain don't want to work. Doug N

Show them how you want things done. If you have ot show them twice, after that and they still don't get then your probably right, they have no common sense...

Won't be many more years before the driving age is 18.

This guy is a graduate engineer, with 15 years experience in the auto business.