Hello,
Today I have been at a Traction Engine and Steam fair, displaying model boats with our Boat Club.
Good selection of boats to see, all sizes, Steam, Sail and Power.
My J Class was on its stand, with a gang of young boys - - - with Parents, all looking and asking questions.
The main question during the day was "Where did you get the Boat from ?".
My answer was " I made it ".
To my complete amazement, they did not understand my answer !!!!!.
I tried to explain what "making things" entailed, I may as well have been speaking Greek - - they did not understand what I was on about !!.
One boy, 11 years old, stood back and said " Look at the size of it - - it must have come in a big box !!"
This was said about the J Class - - - 6 feet long and nearly 8 feet tall!.
The boys Grandfather just shrugged his shoulders and said he had given up !.
Has anyone else come across this ?, are youngsters not making anything?, do they just buy things?.
What are they going to be doing in say, 20 years time?.
A rather worrying thought!.
John,