General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

My mother would not teach me how to knit.

Dad also would not teach me how to do gas welding.

He was right, in retrospect I was far too young to be in charge of such dangerous equipment.

When I was very young, I was convinced that I needed to acquire all the survival skills possible and not take for granted that others would always provide. Perhaps it reflected the insecurity prevalent after the close of WW2.

Still do not know how to knit or gas weld.