I learned a lot of good lessons over the years from the elders in my family.
My grandfather taught me everything I know about cars, starting from an extremely young age.
He let me help him with his oil changes when I was only eight-years-old. I’m glad that my dad encouraged it because he knew the skills would be invaluable to me in the future. He was like my siblings in that he expressed zero interest in learning my grandfather’s auto mechanic skills. Now he realizes that life would have been easier for him had he simply listened to his father all of the times his father attempted to teach him how to do a basic oil change. While I learned how to work with my hands from my grandfather, it was my grandmother that nurtured my love for academics and science in particular. She bought me my first science kit one year and then a telescope another year. I always say to anyone who asks that I got my interest in the natural sciences from my grandmother, the middle school teacher. She taught me about dust and indoor climate control systems. Since an air conditioner filter collects dust, dirt, pollen, sports, and other fine particles, it is your line of defense against airborne lung and sinus irritants. If you want your a/c filters to last longer, you can utilize one or more air purifiers in your house to collect the dust that comes in from outside whenever your front door or back door are opened. I can’t imagine trying to survive with all of these nasty allergens with something as tenacious as chronic asthma.