I was thinking about just this topic this weekend. My son Jake is in high school. His girlfriend has a sister who's car battery died Saturday. Her boyfriend, a civil engineering student in college, didn't know what to do with the car. So, they call my son (her dad is out of town). My son goes over, tried to jump start and battery was too far gone. Pulls it, takes it to auto parts store where he discovers the battery had been bought there and gets it replaced for free under warranty. Returns and puts it on, bingo the car starts.

I was proud of him. Her dad was too.

I will say that, now that I'm older with more discretionary cash, there are a lot of things that just aren't worth it for me to do. Not that I couldn't do it, I just don't HAVE TO now.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan