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re: Best outdoor memory with dad or grandfathers
Posted on 3/5/20 at 5:35 pm to KemoSabe65
Posted on 3/5/20 at 5:35 pm to KemoSabe65
Paw Paw had a thing for pecky cypress. Loved finding buried logs and digging them up.
I can't tell you how many times I had to work a comealong for hours as a child.
I'd literally work the lever back and forth until I couldn't move my arms. And then I'd just push back and forth on the comealong.
As a child, I wasn't a fan. I'd give just about anything to have the opportunity again.
My grandfather was a simple man. He never made it past the 4th grade. But he was german to his core. I learned more about physics and the application of force and leverage from him than I've learned in any engineering class. He taught me how to weld, rebuild a motor, drive anything with wheels, a few things without, and countless life lessons.
The most important: laugh freely, treat the respectful with respect, and always offer help.
I can't tell you how many times I had to work a comealong for hours as a child.
I'd literally work the lever back and forth until I couldn't move my arms. And then I'd just push back and forth on the comealong.
As a child, I wasn't a fan. I'd give just about anything to have the opportunity again.
My grandfather was a simple man. He never made it past the 4th grade. But he was german to his core. I learned more about physics and the application of force and leverage from him than I've learned in any engineering class. He taught me how to weld, rebuild a motor, drive anything with wheels, a few things without, and countless life lessons.
The most important: laugh freely, treat the respectful with respect, and always offer help.
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Posted on 3/5/20 at 11:00 pm to X123F45
This is probably the greatest thread I have read on TD since joining. I’ll have to get my composure tomorrow before I can join in. Stories so very close to home that I cannot believe it. Thank you all for the fantastic stories. It is why we all love hunting and fishing! People that have done neither just can’t understand it. It’s not their fault, they just haven’t had these priceless experiences.
Posted on 3/5/20 at 11:47 pm to X123F45
My Dad was never a big fisherman, and really only enjoyed it while either drinking a bunch with friends or when he was catching. Always heard stories of how many fish they'd catch back in the day while I was growing up. That said, he did take me a few times as a kid which is what helped get me hooked on fishing. Best memory I have is catching my first fish when I was 5. Small sand whiting which we let go. Still remember how happy that catch made me.
Never got to fish with my Dad's Dad unfortunately. He loved it, but growing up just never had the chance. By the time I got my license and was able to go when I want he was suffering from alzheimers too bad to be able to go.
Never got to fish with my Dad's Dad unfortunately. He loved it, but growing up just never had the chance. By the time I got my license and was able to go when I want he was suffering from alzheimers too bad to be able to go.
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