In fact, I'm in 100% agreement here. The Missus found a show we've been watching, Edwardian Farm, where three people live like they did on a farm in England just before World War I. They were able to get advisors who were authorities on the old ways to guide them on their year-long stay on the farm. Very interesting and entertaining program. They were fortunate to be able to find people who still held the knowledge. When I taught a wood-working class my last year at the high school, I had guys in the class who literally had never had a hammer in their hand before. If you can't grow a tomato plant or know the difference between a 6-penny finish nail and a 16-penny sinker, it might be worth your while to start working on your skill sets.
While we all have our specialties, it never hurts to expand your education. Especially, since schools no longer teach many of the practical skills any longer. Never can tell when or what you'll have to do in the future, either from need or want.
Coach Jen and I skipped the 5K run yesterday morning. I didn't want to irritate my nail-less big toe, so we did breakfast instead and talked over some boxing stuff . We're going to Louisville in a couple of weeks for a pro fight to see several guys on the card we're familiar with. One of them who used to box at our gym is making his pro debut. We've also got a fighter who wants to fight in the Indiana Silver Gloves and that looks like it too might be in Louisville. In the past the event has been in Terre Haute, however, Golden Gloves fighters from Louisville come to Indy to compete, so maybe this year Indiana fighters have to go to Louisville. Coach Jen is going to make a couple of calls to get the straight skinny and then we can see about getting the guy ready.
As for the 5K, I looked up the times and both of us would have finished second in our age divisions if we had run. The next one we're contemplating is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They have a walking category so I need to actually train for it.
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