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re: Baw shite your dad did when you were growing up...
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:06 am to Shamoan
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:06 am to Shamoan
We never had a set of ramps to load the three wheeler in the truck. We would try to park next to a hill or with the rear wheels in a ditch. If that didn’t work we had a single 2x4. Would use the 2x4 as a ramp to get the front wheel on the tail gate and then just pick the back end up and shove it in the truck. I just assumed this was how it was done until we went to a big dove hunt and I noticed other people had purpose built ramps.
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Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:16 am to TigerBait1971
My dad would buy ag diesel in 55 gallon drums and a hand pump in the garage. He drove an old Mercedes 220D (not a turbo and super slow) that he would fill up from the drum. This was back in the 70s when nobody would check.
He freaking loved diesels...I can remember 3 diesel cars and 3 different diesel trucks he owned over the years, along with Lord knows how many tractors, generators and other stuff.
He freaking loved diesels...I can remember 3 diesel cars and 3 different diesel trucks he owned over the years, along with Lord knows how many tractors, generators and other stuff.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:20 am to deeprig9
This is my current thoughts on fishing ?? I didn't enjoy it too much as a kid (ADD), would get bored after 30 min of not catching anything. Always wondered why people would fish for 3 hours even when not catching much. At 43 years old, now I see why.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:33 am to TigerBait1971
He taught me how to build or repair anything using only duct tape, tying wire, and a pair of vise-grips.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:39 am to TigerBait1971
My dad pushed a fully loaded van over half a mile.
My dad was a bouncer/cooler during the height of disco and regularly fought with dudes half his age. He was stabbed one time.
My dad was a bouncer/cooler during the height of disco and regularly fought with dudes half his age. He was stabbed one time.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:39 am to TigerBait1971
Great topic…
Dad grew up the son of a deadbeat contractor but learned the trade. We built our things, sheds, house, etc.
We cut and split all of our firewood. He had a buddy that owned a wrecker service.
I vividly remember getting up super early in the Fall to go cut wood. They’ed bring the wrecker, find good trees, cut them down, winch them up to the logging trail and chop them up.
They’ed all smell like 2-stroke fuel/oil and cigarettes.
Men were men back then. They did hard things without understanding or thinking they were hard things.
Dad grew up the son of a deadbeat contractor but learned the trade. We built our things, sheds, house, etc.
We cut and split all of our firewood. He had a buddy that owned a wrecker service.
I vividly remember getting up super early in the Fall to go cut wood. They’ed bring the wrecker, find good trees, cut them down, winch them up to the logging trail and chop them up.
They’ed all smell like 2-stroke fuel/oil and cigarettes.
Men were men back then. They did hard things without understanding or thinking they were hard things.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:41 am to TigerBait1971
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Seems kinda fricked up now
No, not really
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:42 am to TigerBait1971
My daddy came home every night with a 6 pack of miller. On Fridays he would pick up a case. He was always working on something so he would shoot them back while doing whatever he was doing, but on Summer nights, my parents would meet up with other parents in the neighborhood. Sit outside. The men sat back and drank while the women gossiped.
My mom had a loud arse voice so when they rapped up, she would just yell my name. If I was in someone's house someone would let me know she was calling me.
I had 10 mins from when she called to be home. My daddy only cared about what my mom cared about because he had to hear the bitching. If my mom told him we did something he would whip us otherwise everything else was about avoiding hearing the bitching.
My mom had a loud arse voice so when they rapped up, she would just yell my name. If I was in someone's house someone would let me know she was calling me.
I had 10 mins from when she called to be home. My daddy only cared about what my mom cared about because he had to hear the bitching. If my mom told him we did something he would whip us otherwise everything else was about avoiding hearing the bitching.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:43 am to sBrodie
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He taught me how to build or repair anything using only duct tape, tying wire, and a pair of vise-grips.
he had a good tv show too
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:43 am to TigerBait1971
My dad would send his wranglers to the dry cleaners and get them heavy starched. If you separated the pant legs, they would literally stand up straight unassisted.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:00 pm to TigerBait1971
Backed a pickup truck full of wood over 3 miles to our house...over ice. Started icing while we were cutting wood, finished loading it, and his transmission went out. I remember us sliding while in reverse but we didn't go off the road...coolest thing I've ever seen, Ricky Bobbyish.
Found out his step dad tried to kill him with a knife when dad was 14. Dad took the knife away but left the house and let the jackass live when my grandma begged him.
Toughest man I know.
Found out his step dad tried to kill him with a knife when dad was 14. Dad took the knife away but left the house and let the jackass live when my grandma begged him.
Toughest man I know.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:29 pm to TigerBait1971
My dad is 6'0 but has the presence of someone much larger. He is an very friendly person but if you didn't know him, he looks very intimidating. My mom's co-workers always talked how he had to work for the FBI or something because of the way he carried himself.
One time, we were all in his car about to take a trip to see extended family and stopped at Wendy's. As soon as we pull up to the menu in the drive-thru lane, a car pulls up behind us with a punk early 20's kid and his girlfriend. Within 10 seconds, he starts honking for us to hurry up.
1st time, dad looks back and is annoyed.
2nd time (10 seconds later), dad looks back and is a little more irritated.
On the 3rd time, his seat belt comes off, door flies open and immediately starts walking back to the car while my mom is yelling at him "Don't do it!" At this point me and my sisters are cracking up because we get to see someone else face dad's wrath and not us.
He has a very short conversation with the kid but is obviously ripping him a new one. As he walks back, the kid pulls around us and drives off. He gets back in the car, buckles up, then looks at my mom waiting for her to say something.
She asks him what he said. My dad just calmly says that he explained to the guy that if he kept trying to show off in front of his girlfriend that he was going to be even more embarrassed than if he just drives off right now.
One time, we were all in his car about to take a trip to see extended family and stopped at Wendy's. As soon as we pull up to the menu in the drive-thru lane, a car pulls up behind us with a punk early 20's kid and his girlfriend. Within 10 seconds, he starts honking for us to hurry up.
1st time, dad looks back and is annoyed.
2nd time (10 seconds later), dad looks back and is a little more irritated.
On the 3rd time, his seat belt comes off, door flies open and immediately starts walking back to the car while my mom is yelling at him "Don't do it!" At this point me and my sisters are cracking up because we get to see someone else face dad's wrath and not us.
He has a very short conversation with the kid but is obviously ripping him a new one. As he walks back, the kid pulls around us and drives off. He gets back in the car, buckles up, then looks at my mom waiting for her to say something.
She asks him what he said. My dad just calmly says that he explained to the guy that if he kept trying to show off in front of his girlfriend that he was going to be even more embarrassed than if he just drives off right now.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:50 pm to TigerBait1971
When he thought me how to water ski, thought it would be funny to make a hard left and shoot me into a island. Don't know if that qualifies, but him working his arse off to provide for his family qualifies in my eyes. RIP dad.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:41 pm to armytiger96
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They came out with these in the 80's around the time they started passing open container and drinking and driving laws. I remember someone demonstrating this "amazing" product on WBRZ's morning show when I was a kid.
My dad often had a peel-top beer in his crotch while driving, before all the cars came with cupholders. When he was teaching me how to drive, one of the lessons was how to piss in a gallon milk jug while driving. There's an actual technique.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:52 pm to Sus-Scrofa
quote:With the movies in the back room
(he owned a video store
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:54 pm to shamrock
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Cleaned his fingernails with a pocket knife
Trimmed his fingernails with a pocketknife
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:59 pm to TigerBait1971
My dad loved firearms. Once he shot at a bird sitting on a fence post about 100 yards away with a revolver , the bird exploded, lol.
Some teenagers egged our house a couple nights in a row. The third night my dad sat in a chair in the carport with his gun in his lap waiting for them to show up again. Lucky for them, my dad and my family, they never came by again.
Some teenagers egged our house a couple nights in a row. The third night my dad sat in a chair in the carport with his gun in his lap waiting for them to show up again. Lucky for them, my dad and my family, they never came by again.
This post was edited on 2/2/26 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 2/2/26 at 7:22 pm to TigerBait1971
Said he snuck in Thunderbird beach at night and went down that big arse slide butt naked. Said it’s the fastest he’s ever went in his life and “absolute zero friction” is just incredible.
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