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Have any of you had the pleasure of doing physical labor with your dad, grandpa and great,
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:29 pm
grampa at the same time?
As much as we argued…I wouldn’t change it for the world.
As much as we argued…I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:32 pm to loogaroo
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the pleasure of doing physical labor with your dad,
You mean forced labor while he criticized?
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:38 pm to loogaroo
Yeah, I helped him move umpteen times over the years. It was magical.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:41 pm to loogaroo
Individually? Yes. Same time? No. Worked on the farm with my German great grandpa and Czech great grandmother. Worked at the deer camp with my dad and grandpa. Not allowed to work with my Italian great grandfather or grandfather due to the nature of their business. Could be physical at times.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:42 pm to HeadSlash
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You mean forced labor while he criticized?
Nah, great grandpa was there and pops knew his place.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:49 pm to SmackoverHawg
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Not allowed to work with my Italian great grandfather or grandfather due to the nature of their business. Could be physical at times.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:51 pm to loogaroo
I fished with them all together. Happy to have that memory.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 9:58 pm to loogaroo
Not all 3, but my immediate thoughts based on your question was one of my father and I building a speaker box in 1985 for a couple 6x9's to go behind the bench seat of his Chevy pickup that he allowed me to drive.
Dad was doing all the cutting and screwing .. I was installing the speakers I had bought.
Tightening down one of the speakers .. the screwdriver slipped in my hand and punctured one of the 6x9's. I froze .. shocked by what had just happened.
Dad laughed .. and with his dead serious "dad" voice said .. "It's a little different when you frick your own shite up ain't it son" ..
Pissed me off at the moment, but was a valuable lesson that I never forgot ..
Miss you dad ..
Dad was doing all the cutting and screwing .. I was installing the speakers I had bought.
Tightening down one of the speakers .. the screwdriver slipped in my hand and punctured one of the 6x9's. I froze .. shocked by what had just happened.
Dad laughed .. and with his dead serious "dad" voice said .. "It's a little different when you frick your own shite up ain't it son" ..
Pissed me off at the moment, but was a valuable lesson that I never forgot ..
Miss you dad ..
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:04 pm to loogaroo
Great grandpa? No, Im not from a trashy line with people having kids at 20 years old for generations. My grandfathers were 70 and 80 when I was born.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:13 pm to loogaroo
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Have any of you had the pleasure of doing physical labor with your dad
My dad and I were like oil and water when it came around to helping with stuff. Our thought processes were completely the opposite. If I would push, he really wanted me to pull, etc. He had a mind for fixing stuff that I just never had.
I did become quite useful at holding the flashlight though
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:18 pm to HeadSlash
I had a loving dad so no.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:21 pm to loogaroo
Only my dad, his dad or my grandfather passed away when I was only a few days old
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:28 pm to loogaroo
I helped my father rebuild a 1976 Volkswagen Beetle. Front to back.
I also did the yard work with him on Saturday mornings along with miscellaneous house repairs.
Great times!!!
Never really spent much time with Grandpa.
I also did the yard work with him on Saturday mornings along with miscellaneous house repairs.
Great times!!!
Never really spent much time with Grandpa.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:34 pm to loogaroo
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As much as we argued…I wouldn’t change it for the world
You were allowed to speak?
Not with my great, but my grandfather and dad plenty. Pretty funny looking back on it. They would argue for ever on how to cut a tree. Papa had cut timber his entire life, you could put a can out there and he’d drop tree on it, dad not so much. He would just quit and let dad make cut, sometimes he’d save him from screwing up, other times he’d let her eat. When they’d fall wrong there was plenty of entertainment. “Son, we are trying to keep the beetles away from the good trees, not place them on them”.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:41 am to loogaroo
Never knew my great, though did work at my gf's deli on Long Island in Glen Cove (a black Italian town), and we had a grand old time together.
As a teen I worked on cars with my dad, back when that was a thing. Buy a Chiltons, put it up on ramps and roll under there, or lift the hood and sit on the radiator and lean in and get to work... also good memories.
As a teen I worked on cars with my dad, back when that was a thing. Buy a Chiltons, put it up on ramps and roll under there, or lift the hood and sit on the radiator and lean in and get to work... also good memories.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:43 am to loogaroo
My grandfather was a rice farmer who had 5 girls. I was the first grandchild and a boy. He put me to work on the farm at an early age. Great memories that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:19 am to loogaroo
Both grandfathers died before I was born. I worked with my father and uncles plenty.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 3:22 am to stelly1025
Man this brings back so many memories was real close to my gramps and maw maw in my dads side he was ironworker at a sugar plantation in port allen cussed worse than a sailor thats where i learned it I may be worse than him I miss gramps
Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:45 am to loogaroo
My mom comes from a big family. One of those where her oldest brother has kids that were basically the same age that she was and I’m the same age as my uncle’s grandkids.
That uncle has a farm and a duck camp and a deer camp. He has always randomly declared work weekends and a mandatory draft.
Everyone is eligible for the draft. My cousins, friends of cousins, grandkids, friends of grandkids, nephews, grand-nephews, spouses who married in to the family, everyone.
He’s 94 now and a few of his great grandkids are getting close to draft eligibility.
That uncle has a farm and a duck camp and a deer camp. He has always randomly declared work weekends and a mandatory draft.
Everyone is eligible for the draft. My cousins, friends of cousins, grandkids, friends of grandkids, nephews, grand-nephews, spouses who married in to the family, everyone.
He’s 94 now and a few of his great grandkids are getting close to draft eligibility.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 4:46 am
Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:46 am to loogaroo
My grands all passed away by the time I was 9. I do have many great memories of working in the garage with my dad.
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