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A great many of us have been blessed with fine role models to teach these lessons to us. I regret, though, not spending the time when I had a chance to learn a few other lessons that may or may not ever be really important to me. For instance, my great uncles and grandfather were well-versed in budding trees, and I should have learned their techniques while they were alive.

I know I am preaching to the choir here, but the emasculation of men in our current PC environment is another step towards destroying Western civilization and enlightened society. I like the original list, but TAM's list is better than most. These lists sort of remind me of a quote from Robert Heinlein in his novel "Time Enough for Love", "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."