Boys and Trucks

[hkellick]

I have a question. I don't know if anyone knows the answer.

Why do young boys seemed to be genetically predisposed to find big trucks (Fire Trucks, Construction Trucks, et. al.) interesting.
I was sitting at the Metro station today, waiting for the shuttle and found myself watching the construction equipment. The crane grabbed dirt from the ground and dumped it in a dump truck. I marveled, somewhat, at man's technological prowess to build what essentially amounts to a bigger, but fairly efficient, shovel.
I remember when I was younger, my brother Marc and I could be no more alike than peanut butter and plantinum. He thought construction equipment and mack trucks were the best thing ever, but I thought fire trucks were the best thing ever.
I was probably four or five when I first decided fire trucks were the best ever. I don't know if this is society at work since I don't think I watched much, before I was five, but kid's television: Sesame Street, Muppet Show, The Electric Company and various Disney cartoons.
So.. I dunno. IS It a genetic predisposition? I have to wonder.
Discuss!

Comments

[elbinia.livejournal.com]

I think it may be more of the 'nurture' aspect, just by going with my experiences. One of my favorite toys was a yellow Tonka dump truck (the metal kind-remember when they were made of metal?) I would transport things all over the house with it, or I would let my stuffed animals 'drive' it. I REALLY wanted to take it outside to the sandbox, but my mom told me if I took it out there it would be an outside toy and wouldn't be allowed to play with it inside. Of course, it didn't help that my dad took me to the gravel pit with him to get the sand for my sandbox and I got to watch the backhoe load it while my dad told me to feel the weight change with the truck we were in. Dad was always teaching me to make observations.