20 Unwritten Fix-It Tricks Every 1960s Dad Lived By That Sons Were Expected to Know

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLostHandyman?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Start Saving Money By Fixing Everything Yourself Ebook: https://forgottenhandymansecrets.netlify.app/ In 1963, a man in Flint, Michigan fixed a dripping kitchen faucet with a scrap of leather and a pocketknife. He cut the leather from the tongue of a dead work boot. The whole job took 4 minutes, and that faucet did not drip again for 22 years. He never bought a washer. He never called a plumber. His 9-year-old son stood on a kitchen chair and watched every move, because in that house, watching was the work. Here are 20 of the repairs he did with his own hands — and the plainest habit of all, the one underneath every fix. Sources: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waste_Makers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion