Love to read those stories, too.Wish I had similar to tell...Grown up in eastern germany, without grandfathers and a grandmother that lived through the drepession of the 30s, WW2 and the afterwards crisis here in eastern germany and under the soviet occupation. Times were hard, and she valued things a lot. She never talked about those times, ever. Quite sad. Somehow we lost the self reliance, the ability to repair in a world of hightech stuff that cant be repaired even with full toolset at most cases, because they are not designed to be repaired at all. The newest phone is more important than anything else, "men" in their 30s with full beart that cant change a tyre themself (dont want to inult anyone here!)...Knifes seen as weapons instead of tools because few dumbasses do stupid stuff and our government feels like its better to regulate *weapon carry* Sad world indeed.Hope I will teach my daugher right. Shes only 1 1/2 years old know but already knows in which pocked daddy has a knife. She snatches it and wants to do something. Ive opened the bottleopener for fun once to give here a tool, now she handles it to me after taking it out of my pocket and wants me to open the bottleopener every time and then she tries to do something with it. Playing around boxes, trying manipulate screws...*sigh*