[SEL] Where is everyone?

[Arnie Fero]

Hi Jim,

You hit on one of my main reasons for going to small local, fair type shows.  You
get an opportunity to reach young kids who have no clue what engines are all about. 
In five minutes with an open crank engine, the kid really UNDERSTANDS it.

When I was a kid my dad would lift the hood on the family car and we'd discuss how
all the bits worked.  Eventually I got my hands on one of the simple old B&S
lawnmower engines and my buddies and I made a motor wagon.  That poor ol' engine was
taken apart and reassembled so many times it was nearly worn out from THAT activity.

Later I got my own car, a cheap clunker that also received a LOT of work.

Trouble is today with all the electronic gizmos you lift the hood you can't even see
the bloody engine, let alone work on it.  Same goes for the lawnmowers.  A kid just
doesn't have the same opportunity to learn.

See ya,  Arnie

On Thu, January 22, 2009 9:24 pm, Kangas, James G. wrote:
> I agree that there are regions in the U.S. where the art and mystery of things
> mechanical does survive but in general the skills and interest are in decline.




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