"Newsreader" wrote in message
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Ask him to take up whitteling? With a real sharp knife.

Just kidding.

Be glad you still have a Dad. I wish I did, even though he sometimes used
to get on my nerves doing things I'd rather do myself
One of the few good answers in this thread, along with the ones about doing
some volunteer work together and maybe learning some stuff. To Daddy, you
will always be his kid, in need of being cared for. He needs to be needed.
In 20 years or so, you will likely be missing the hell out of him, and the
botched DIY projects will seem meaningless.

Buy him some DIY self-instruction books, maybe some decent tools
(non-powered), and make up simple idiot-proof projects for him. Sign up,
together, for some of the classes at the local home center or vocational
school, and both of you can actually learn how to do some simple stuff
properly. Go over to his place, and help him with some of the chores over
there. If he is anything like most Dads I know, he mainly wants to spend
time with you. Hell, I grew up in the business, and I still call my old man
with household repair and design questions that I usually already know the
answer to, since that is one of the few topics he feels comfortable talking
for more than five minutes about. And he still suprises me sometimes with a
different idea that is better than what I had come up with.

aem sends....