Relationship Lost Its Spark?

Written by Michael Myerscough


A Mechanical Metaphor

Overrepparttar years of reading self-help books, it’s become obvious to me that I rarely find one that I could get my Dad, or most other men, to read. They’re just not written in a way that men can relate to. Interestingly, I’ve noticed that computer and other gadget companies are beginning to catch on to this fact. When we unwrap our latest piece of high-tech gadgetry, we now have a choice to opt forrepparttar 111412 Quick Start Guide or plough our way throughrepparttar 111413 entire manual. For most of us men, that’s a no brainer. We want to play withrepparttar 111414 toy, not find out how to build it.

My Dad is a mechanic and he taught me that given a few basic tools and a decent skill set most things can be fixed. When it comes to engines he is a genius. He can tell you what’s wrong with your car by just listening to it. His skill is so fine-tuned; he can diagnose your car trouble overrepparttar 111415 phone. Grown men used to bring their cars over to him in tears, convinced this was finallyrepparttar 111416 end. My Dad would take it to bits, figure out if a fuel line was blocked, determine if there was too much friction in one area, or if there was not enough connection in another. Then he’d put it back together and just like magic,repparttar 111417 car would run again. To my father engines were predictable; he knew what to look for.

Takerepparttar 111418 spark plug. If it stops sparking, your engine stops running and your wheels stop turning. To a mechanic, it’s very predictable that your spark plugs will last only a certain amount of miles and then need replacing. So given that a spark plug will cost you about £3.50 (let’s not talk aboutrepparttar 111419 labour costs), how many of you would divorce your car at this point? No you wouldn’t, because you understand that your car is a sizable investment.

Pull Your Wagon

Written by David Leonhardt


The Little Lady offers so many lessons. Almost two now (just a couple days), she went for a ride with her 14-month old cousin in a wagon. We adults took turns pulling . . . until Little Lady decided that SHE wanted to pull. And once she got her hands onrepparttar handle, pityrepparttar 111411 adult foolish enough to try to relieve her of her responsibilities!

Was it easy for her to pullrepparttar 111412 heavy and bulky wagon? No. Did she stop after a minute? No. Five minutes? No. Ten minutes? No. It was almost as if she knew this was a test of character and she wanted to get an A+

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