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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....




An excellent post.

No one on their death bed ever mumbled "Gee, I wish I'd spent more time
at the office.".