This is a good to know skill. I appreciate what you did for the lad. Also, I agree with you in that no matter how things have been made convenient for us through the advancement of technology, we shouldn't fall prey to the over-relliance on them, but learn to do as much as we can the things that are basic for survival and good living. Thank you for sharing, let me go prepare myself a good pot of soup. 🍲
Losing one's ability to do things for oneself is fraught with danger however that's what society has done; people are more reliant on others than ever before and important skills are lost, it being lost, and that's not a good situation. Relying on AI will do the same thing at accelerated rates also...not good.