simon mitchelmore wrote

You are not alone and I, too, am worried for our future.

I'm not.

Its wider than the Millennials (although they are worst);
in our road I appear to be the only one who lifts a car
bonnet and definitely the only one who uses car ramps.

I'm not. At least 5 in my street.

I get looks of disbelief as dog walkers walk past and I'm under my car.

I dont. The most I get is a few I know ask if I need a hand.

And does it really matter if most pay someone to do the minimal
that needs doing today, just change the oil and filter etc ?

Sure, some will just drive it into the ground and kill it when
they dont even realise that anything needs to be done but
that hardly the end of civilisation as we know it.

A friend, a GasSafe engineer, summed it up nicely saying
in the past he'd explain what he'd done to fix their central
heating but he doesn't bother now because many don't
know what a boiler is, or want to know, frightening really.

Whats frightening about choosing to pay someone
to fix it if it stops heating the house etc ?

Teachers should replace 'Meja' studies with Meccano and
how to bodge electrical appliances with insulating tape.

Makes more sense to just buy a new appliance now.
While I can fix anything, it makes no sense toasters etc.