The monkey see monkey do aspect of this had to be something that goes with that age.
Going back to that age, I do recall some similar things. One person who worked on our farm back then, used to ride a motorcycle, and I believe it was an off road type, I remember fixing the fuel line! Darned thing would not start and someone pointed the finger at me, "he fixed it for ya" LOL, it was no big deal, taken humorously, fortunately we had people that were not jerks, I can imagine other reactions could have been harsh !
I remember as a kid while at our tractor dealership, there was an old wooden garage, actually in fine shape, probably the first garage, we did sell Mobil gasoline and products (the main building was huge in comparison). The old building was not in use much, and it had all kinds of old tools, parts and pieces of steel, nuts and bolts, a giant erector set if you will. I would put all kinds of things together, my father was impressed by the fact that I figured out how to use tools, and assemble whatever it was that I made, it was something to appreciate even though it was worthless. As years went by I actually could be very helpful and would watch the mechanics work, get things for them, it was fun to be there and help in a real way, used to have lunch with them at the back of the shop overlooking an expansive area of bottom land of which we had 12 acres in some of the nicest hay, it was on an underground aquifer, and grew better than any ground I can recall.
My cousin was give a brand new, Rupp mini bike, my aunt had gone to work one day, when she came home, it was completely taken apart, down to the frame, he did put it all back together and you could not tell the difference, I remember riding it, turned out to be a fine mechanic with some of the cars he built later on.
We definitely picked up on these things by watching others, later in life, it did help with mechanical aptitude, thankfully none of us were punished for it.
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