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re: What’s the most “dad” thing that your dad did?
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:58 pm to Big L
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:58 pm to Big L
Fell through the roof when trying to repair something in the attic and got wedged between the studs before falling all the way through
That hole is still there 30 years later
That hole is still there 30 years later
Posted on 7/16/22 at 11:59 pm to Crimson1st
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Tanned my backside when I swerved out of my lane while growing up. After a couple of those learning experiences, I drove really straight and in between the lines for the most part. I didn’t care much for corporal punishment worthy errors on my side.
Just the opposite with me. After I got to be 7 or 8 years old you couldn't beat me hard enough to make me mind. It just made me angrier and more defiant, whether it be parents, teachers, whoever. It was a point of pride not to flinch or show any reaction. Taking away privileges or things I liked worked better.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 12:00 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:02 am to Langland
Damn baw that’s effed up.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:03 am to Jim Rockford
My old man operated airports and measured weather...
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 12:06 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:09 am to mikelbr
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You wanted your dad to die because he didn't know how to get to the recycling place?
No. He made me feel like I was fricking up, but it was he who didn't know where the frick he was going. Somehow his shite planning became my fault. And that made me feel like shite and it pissed me off to no end.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:38 am to Big L
He would sit on the sofa after dinner and scratch his balls. With us in tv room. Mom woukd get disgusted after about 30 seconds and say something like ‘Do you HAVE to do that here???’ When i was younger (im the oldest kid), he give a dirty look and stop. When i was older, he say ‘Yes’ and keep scratching.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:43 am to Big L
Worked hard at a job he hated to send his kids to a private school.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 12:46 am to Big L
I had been bugging my Dad for ages about a tree house. We had what looked to me like plenty of wood just laying around to get it done. Finally one day he agreed.
Got a couple 8 x 8’s up on one side and the tree on the other holding up a really solid base about 10 feet up. Now that took the better part of a weekend. Then he starts telling me in detail what was left and I don’t even remember but it sounded complicated as hell and it was going to take like a month more of weekends. So finally when he got to the part about the electrical hookup I was like “this is good enough”.
Now my Dad is the type that if we’re going to do something, we’re going to do it right. But years later I came to a conclusion. He wasn’t planning to do any of that shite.
Got a couple 8 x 8’s up on one side and the tree on the other holding up a really solid base about 10 feet up. Now that took the better part of a weekend. Then he starts telling me in detail what was left and I don’t even remember but it sounded complicated as hell and it was going to take like a month more of weekends. So finally when he got to the part about the electrical hookup I was like “this is good enough”.
Now my Dad is the type that if we’re going to do something, we’re going to do it right. But years later I came to a conclusion. He wasn’t planning to do any of that shite.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 2:39 am to Big L
He used to wear shorts with no shirt and no shoes no matter the temperature outside.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 2:58 am to Big L
My dad got tired of losing his tools in the weeds when we’d go out and work in the woods and pastures so he spray painted all of his tools with reflective orange paint.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 4:16 am to Big L
He had a "not-so-hidden" Playboy collection dating back to the 60's.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 4:48 am to MMauler
When my brother and I were little shits slamming our bedroom doors he’d just take them off the hinges and say “enjoy”.
Also dude could fart in just about any tone what seemed like on command, tenor sax, trumpet, all the way to tuba.
Also dude could fart in just about any tone what seemed like on command, tenor sax, trumpet, all the way to tuba.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:24 am to Big L
When he’d BBQ on Sundays, he’d put on short pants but he would keep his church shoes and socks on. Lol
ETA: He pioneered that look
ETA: He pioneered that look
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:49 am to Big L
He'd yell your name from across the house like he was pissed.. when you meagerly walked into whatever room he was in, he'd say "just wanted to see how far I could drag an arse without a rope"
He did this often enough but you never knew if you were in trouble or not when he yelled your name.. Part dad joke, part psychological warfare.
He did this often enough but you never knew if you were in trouble or not when he yelled your name.. Part dad joke, part psychological warfare.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:54 am to Big L
Help me work on or buff the paint of my truck every time I visit. Man I need to go see my parents more
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:00 am to Big L
He would fall asleep on the recliner watching TV. Whenever I changed the channel, he instantly woke up and made me change it back. It was like a sixth sense.
Used to wake me up early when it snowed to "help him shovel." His version of me helping was me shoveling and him sweeping any left over snow.
He paid almost everything in cash just so he could save the change. Every month, he would roll the coins up in those bank issued brown wrappers and deposit them in an account. He bequeathed the account to me when he died.
Used to wake me up early when it snowed to "help him shovel." His version of me helping was me shoveling and him sweeping any left over snow.
He paid almost everything in cash just so he could save the change. Every month, he would roll the coins up in those bank issued brown wrappers and deposit them in an account. He bequeathed the account to me when he died.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:01 am to Big L
My dad was/still is an electric bill nazi. He'd hold a lighter under the AC thermostat to get it to turn off without touching the dial when it had "ran long enough." It took mom awhile to catch him.
There are a million and one stories, but another is he would get mad at my mom for somehow not saving enough and write out all the bills and try to do a monthly budget. My old man is barely literate. He dropped out in the 9th grade and was never at school before that. Everything was misspelled and the math was butchered, but you couldn't tell him that his total of how much should be left over was wrong.
I don't want to make it sound like he was a monster, he worked his arse off, and as an adult I can understand his frustration.
There are a million and one stories, but another is he would get mad at my mom for somehow not saving enough and write out all the bills and try to do a monthly budget. My old man is barely literate. He dropped out in the 9th grade and was never at school before that. Everything was misspelled and the math was butchered, but you couldn't tell him that his total of how much should be left over was wrong.
I don't want to make it sound like he was a monster, he worked his arse off, and as an adult I can understand his frustration.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:03 am to Big L
We were told by our "all star" baseball coaches not to do any work the day of the game so that we would be rested and ready. My father comes in yelling that morning for me to take the push mower, walk it down to my great aunt's house(about 1/2 a mile) and push mow the yard. I tell him my baseball coaches said don't do any work. He proceeds into the baseball coaches don't run things around here, and how he'd plow all day, and then go hit 3 homers that night, etc. Anyway, still sullen I cut the whole yard in 95 degree 1984 MS heat. Later that night the first batter popped up to me and I dropped it. I ended up striking out in a big spot later, got yanked from the game, and we lost by one run causing us to have to play and win the next day to advance. Of course, I blame my dad for making me mow, and he proceeds to tell me it wasn't the work, but that I just suck arse.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 7:05 am
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