Why so few young people?
12-05-2014 | 09:05 AM
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There are appx. 250 homes in our subdivision. There isn't one hotrod, maybe a couple motorcycles, I've seen one dirt bike and possibly three sleds around. Hardly see kids outside playing either. I'm thinking a lot of this goes back to the onset of home computers and video games plus cable TV and the parents hand down the same interests. I have a number of friends in their 50's and they don't have a clue how anything in thier household works.
Couple times a year I trailer the boat home and people look in amazement like WTF is that monolith I'm dragging down the street.
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Couple times a year I trailer the boat home and people look in amazement like WTF is that monolith I'm dragging down the street.
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12-05-2014 | 09:06 AM
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I grew up hanging out in my neighbor's garage tinkering with cars , boats, sleds and even the lawnmowers. Every time the Billy's door opened I would drop what I was doing and go over. I could be swimming in the lake with my friends, I would jump out and in 1 minute, be standing ,dripping wet at the door asking if I could help. Things are certainly more money these days, but I just don't see young people ( kids ) having that interest. They would rather play video games. My neighbor has a teenager, nice kid from what I know. On terrific sunny days I never see him except to mow the lawn which his Grandfather makes him. I know that sour look well. When my garage door is open its not the kid that comes over to check things out its the grandfather and its the neighborhood adults. I just don't see any John Milner types growing up anymore.
12-05-2014 | 09:10 AM
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12-05-2014 | 09:11 AM
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12-05-2014 | 01:18 PM
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The sad thing is the vast majority of society chooses entertainment over adventure. It's always been this way. In the past we only had a small selection of TV channels, no internet, and no video games. So, we were forced to leave the house to find entertainment which in most cases would lead to adventure. Now, you do not have to leave the house to be entertained. You have countless hours of it availiable to you through a wide variety of media choices and most of it is interactive. This leaves the crowd that wants adventure out in the real world doing activities such as boating.
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12-05-2014 | 01:57 PM
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The sad thing is the vast majority of society chooses entertainment over adventure. It's always been this way. In the past we only had a small selection of TV channels, no internet, and no video games. So, we were forced to leave the house to find entertainment which in most cases would lead to adventure. Now, you do not have to leave the house to be entertained. You have countless hours of it availiable to you through a wide variety of media choices and most of it is interactive. This leaves the crowd that wants adventure out in the real world doing activities such as boating.
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12-05-2014 | 02:59 PM
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Ronnie, quit *****ing about winter. Buy a cheap sled and head north on the weekends, or take your boat and go south. Either one will make winter an Ohio fly by at an unimaginable rate. Our seasonal industry will make for some long drunk painful winters if you don't get off your ass and do something fun to maintain your sanity.
12-05-2014 | 03:48 PM
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Really? I would assume somebody with mechanical aptitude would appreciate classic cars.... Especially big block classics.
12-05-2014 | 04:23 PM
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I wonder how many could take apart there whole boat , drop it in a couple 5 gallon buckets and know where all the bolts go? Its a lost art of mechanical curiousity And pride of building something or taking care of it. It could be a house or car too.
