Snow plow with attitude

68 327 4spd · Poncho Master!

Snow plow with attitude

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

68 327 4spd wrote:

All i can say is WOW

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=urNv1PMLwHI&feature=related

Now that's horsepower !

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Cool. Speaking of trains, is anyone on here into model trains? I have been trying to find a hobby for my son and I (to try to get him off Xbox and the computer) as he doesn't seem too interested in helping with the Pontiac. I was into model trains when I was a kid. I took my son and wife to a model train show last week and man, has technology changed! Now you can have "decoders" in each locomotive and run 5 or 10 locomotives on the same track, with no special wiring. One layout had a locomotive with a camera in the cab. You could get a "HO scale view" on a large monitor. Cool! Connie also seemed keen to help with scenery etc. It would be something all of us could do.

Todd

-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 12:43, 2009-01-12

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

I wanted to be but my Dad said it was too expensive, so he bought me a slot car set instead. smile

Does he have any interest in those Todd? Or is he just not interested in cars in general?

RDubya · Poncho Master!

That's better than the Suzuki snowplow i saw the other day. First time i ever saw one of those things hooked up for plow duty. I swear i saw the plow cause the rear wheels to hang in the air due to the weight.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

I have racked my brain trying to figure out why kids don't want to be bothered with our old cars and trains and slot cars and what not.

First I have realized that wood shop and auto shop are relics of our education system, these kids never got this schooling so they don't have a mechanical interest at all. My daughter's boyfriend is a 3rd yr UofT engineering student and he knows squat about even the basic auto maintenace and even fixing a door knob. He's majoring in robotics so I'm concerned for our future!

Second they live in a world of instant gratification and high sensory input, that's what computers do for them. If something has to be built or manually put together, forget it. They live in a discard and replace world.

I know it would be nice if they wanted to help with the old car or run a train set but those are our values from the past and I don't think expecting them to want to do those things is the right thing. Just my honest opinion.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

69Laurentian wrote:

Cool. Speaking of trains, is anyone on here into model trains? I have been trying to find a hobby for my son and I (to try to get him off Xbox and the computer) as he doesn't seem too interested in helping with the Pontiac. I was into model trains when I was a kid. I took my son and wife to a model train show last week and man, has technology changed! Now you can have "decoders" in each locomotive and run 5 or 10 locomotives on the same track, with no special wiring. One layout had a locomotive with a camera in the cab. You could get a "HO scale view" on a large monitor. Cool! Connie also seemed keen to help with scenery etc. It would be something all of us could do.

Todd

-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 12:43, 2009-01-12

It's hard i'm sure like Ray was mentioning. I had the train, the AFX cars, and my favourite the remote control cars. I didn't learn all the basics when i was young. I've got the interest and the neccesity to learn them now. Not sure how i'll make out as a dad when we have kids, but i would like to see my kids not be "plugged in" all the time.

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

73SC wrote:

I have racked my brain trying to figure out why kids don't want to be bothered with our old cars and trains and slot cars and what not.

First I have realized that wood shop and auto shop are relics of our education system, these kids never got this schooling so they don't have a mechanical interest at all. My daughter's boyfriend is a 3rd yr UofT engineering student and he knows squat about even the basic auto maintenace and even fixing a door knob. He's majoring in robotics so I'm concerned for our future!

Second they live in a world of instant gratification and high sensory input, that's what computers do for them. If something has to be built or manually put together, forget it. They live in a discard and replace world.

I know it would be nice if they wanted to help with the old car or run a train set but those are our values from the past and I don't think expecting them to want to do those things is the right thing. Just my honest opinion.

You've got that right ... bang on!

68 327 4spd · Poncho Master!

My boy is a total little gearhead,all he wants to do is play with cars,trucks,train sets and loves going for cruises in the t-type and can't wait for the BEAUMONT to come back out he says.I cant wait untill he's in his teens.My daughter(11) loves the cruise nights and even going to the swap meet,so there still is hope out there!

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

73SC wrote:

I have racked my brain trying to figure out why kids don't want to be bothered with our old cars and trains and slot cars and what not.

First I have realized that wood shop and auto shop are relics of our education system, these kids never got this schooling so they don't have a mechanical interest at all. My daughter's boyfriend is a 3rd yr UofT engineering student and he knows squat about even the basic auto maintenace and even fixing a door knob. He's majoring in robotics so I'm concerned for our future!

Second they live in a world of instant gratification and high sensory input, that's what computers do for them. If something has to be built or manually put together, forget it. They live in a discard and replace world.

I know it would be nice if they wanted to help with the old car or run a train set but those are our values from the past and I don't think expecting them to want to do those things is the right thing. Just my honest opinion.

Yikes! That potential future son-in-law sounds a little scary!

I wonder how kids today think the things that provide them with that instant gratification get created in the first place? Somebody has to build them! The other aspect that should be of some concern is just the basic human survival skills of self sufficiency or lack thereof. The ability to figure out how basic things work, like a door knob, and have enough basic motor skills and intuitiveness to take them apart and do what is necessary to fix them is a fundamental life skill that a lot of young people seem to be avoiding at all costs these days. Do they want to be helpless over the smallest things? Do they want to be held ransom to have the smallest thing fixed? I worry about our future as well. At least Tao in Gran Torino had a good mentor!

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Astro Jet wrote:
At least Tao in Gran Torino had a good mentor!

That's you and me Hillar, the fan wobbles so take it down and fix it. My kids know I can fix just about anything but why bark when you have your own dog?

To be fair we would be lost without Ryan's expertise on computers and electronics, with 4 computers, and 3 ipods, HDTV box, DVD players etc... in the house, rarely are we stuck or down.

-- Edited by 73SC at 14:47, 2009-01-12

CDN2PLS2 · Uber Guru

Yup, my kids have NO interest in cars at All! And Transport has been my whole life.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

There are some aspects of the old car hobby my son likes. He enjoys cruise night and likes the sound of the Laurentian. It's that instant gratification thing that all kids (and a lot of grown people) expects these days. One thing he does enjoy is welding. I'll give him some scrap steel and he'll weld it together and make something out of it. He had two optional courses for grade 9 (next year) and he chose welding and woodshop. It's really strange. He is an honors student and he excels in math, english and has a keen interest in physics. I don't push him and whatever he decides to do is fine with me. As for the trains, he thought they were cool but I think he'd enjoy running them more than spending time putting it all together. I always thought model trains were a great hobby that teach you a lot of things: Planning, woodworking, patience, modeling, painting, wiring etc.