Those are some good ones. I had thought about a few of them but never wrote them down so I forgot them when I was putting this list together. dcompton, I think those are excellent skills also. I want him to be able to take care of himself, that way, hopefully, when he picks a woman it won't be because he needs someone to take care of him. I think the only one I will have trouble teaching would be anything about a horse. I have ridden a horse a time or two but know next to nothing about them really. It's funny some of these are such a part of our everyday life I didn't even think about them. We live 50 yards from New River so we are always fishing, and I try to shoot my bow at least twice a week all year long, still I didn't think about putting them on the list. I hope I can get him interested in the Boy Scouts, they have a lot of good resources, but it is still my responsibility to equip him to be able to take care of himself, and hopefully his family someday.