Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down15
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkMy grandfather was an aircraft inspector for De Havilland in WWII. This is one of the notebooks he used to study for the job. He drew all the pictures.ibb.coFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHe was. I wish I had an ounce of his talent.
minus-squareDr_Decoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoWhy do you think you don’t? I find talent runs through families. It often manifests in different ways generation to generation, but it’s there. Maybe you just don’t see your unique talents and skill sets as on par with his, but I bet he would. 😉
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI meant I wish I had an ounce of his talent when it came to things like drawing and woodworking.
He was. I wish I had an ounce of his talent.
Why do you think you don’t? I find talent runs through families. It often manifests in different ways generation to generation, but it’s there. Maybe you just don’t see your unique talents and skill sets as on par with his, but I bet he would. 😉
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I meant I wish I had an ounce of his talent when it came to things like drawing and woodworking.