Symbols of Self sufficiency

[Wombat]

Thanks All for the interesting discussion on this thread, it has been fascinating to see what other people think of in terms of the symbols of SSish.

"I know dad was always disappointed that I didn't go to university, or 'make something' of myself. " - Stew

Stew, I must admit to getting a bit misty when I read this, I think that transferring our aspirations to our kids is one of the worst things that we can do. It is natural to want the best for our kids but sometimes that can miss some point along the way and become unhealthy.

Anyway mate it was a pleasure and privelidge (damn, can't spell!) to have met you and you certainly do not come across as "thick".

Rant over!

Nev

[Muddypause]

Ah, Nev. I rather hogged your thread, didn't I.

Dad was an old fashioned fellow, with old fashioned values, but I feel sure you would have liked him. He didn't try to force me into anything, and often supported me without protest though my stranger ambitions. He never expressed any disappointment; it's entirely my own retrospective perception.

Anyway, back to your icons of self sufficiency - can we look forward to seeing any pictures of you using the scythe, to go alongside those on the main site of you pushing a lawnmower along?

[Wombat]

I'll give it a go, mate! I'll give it a go.........

Nev

[ina]

Dad was an old fashioned fellow, with old fashioned values, but I feel sure you would have liked him. He didn't try to force me into anything, and often supported me without protest though my stranger ambitions. He never expressed any disappointment; it's entirely my own retrospective perception.

Sounds a bit like mine - probably the same generation, anyway. My father died 2 years ago, aged 94. He'd fully supported me going to and working in all sorts of countries; he didn't mind me going to university rather late and taking rather long about it; but he was always worried that I still hadn't got married... And now I'm getting rather sentimental, because about the last thing he asked me before he got too confused to even recognise me was - are you really happy now. He had obviously made his peace with his strange youngest daughter.

Ina

[Wombat]

Nice Ina, thanks for sharing that.

It's hard when your parents pass on. Strange to say that the passing of my father struck me in a heap, the strange bit was that I was expecting to cope well and failed utterly. Perhaps because it was on my sayso that the machine was turned off. I guess you never know.....

Nev