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re: “I saw the world from up on your shoulders” is such a hell of a line about dads
Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:26 am to Steve Rogers
Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:26 am to Steve Rogers
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My dad is 72 now and I’m starting to try to prepare myself for the inevitable day.
I'm 75 now and my perspectives have certainly changed since I hit 70. It'll happen to you, too. Don't get mad at us old fathers when we give yall some unsolicited advice. It's only because we care, it's a father thing, and, usually, we've been there, done that. My dad only had an 8th grade education and that is because that's as far as his school went back then. He worked hard, provided for his family, and loved us all. Perspectives, as I said, have changed for me as I approach the end of my time. Ask your dad the questions now, before he passes, that you will wish you had asked but never took the time or kept putting it off. I had to learn that lesson the hard way. Daddy had a wicked, wicked knuckleball. Many times I have regretted that I didn't ask him to teach me how to throw a knuckleball like he could. The little things really are important. Don't waste your opportunities with him.
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Posted on 5/31/26 at 11:34 am to grizzlylongcut
That is a fantastic album, and particularly a great song. I probably listen to music more than the average person does, and I can tell you that the first time I heard that song I had tears in my eyes. Both from thinking about my own father, but also as a father of four boys( whom I am very close with), I realize just how they see me. This may sound crazy, but it is such a well written song that I do not listen to it on a regular basis.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:03 pm to grizzlylongcut
62 ain’t shite MFer!
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:05 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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"I was beginning to deal with it ending
The old dog had pointed while part of me died
Then a flutter of feathers, and a shotgun to shoulder
I thought of the fourth of July
Shed be home on the fourth of July
Bet we'd dance on the fourth of July"
My favorite song from Turnpike
Posted on 5/31/26 at 12:22 pm to horndog
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saw Turnpike at Billy Bobs in January. Love some Turnpike.
I’ve seen em a few times, once at Billy Bob’s. They have always put on one hell of a show. Much better now that Evan is sober too.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 1:08 pm to BFIV
True, I just reread my dad’s obit and every time I have to tie a knot I remember him. He was an expert at joining rope and even got out of old Mexico by making fan belts out of ski rope to get their old intl pickup to Brownsville one day.
He spent more time in the blue water drilling crooked holes than home. If I had to be married to my mother I would’ve done the same I guess.
He spent more time in the blue water drilling crooked holes than home. If I had to be married to my mother I would’ve done the same I guess.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 1:42 pm to grizzlylongcut
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I’m 32 and my dad is 62, and even now, it’s hard to picture my dad as older.
It’s a trip to think about the fact that there might come a day when your boy is in his 30s, you’re in your 60s, and good Lord willing your dad is still around in his 90s. I think about that a lot with my kids. Life is so crazy. As parents we are just trying to invest our energy, time, and money in that 30 year old kid and that 60 year old guy and maybe that 90 year old guy. We might be any one of them at any given time. Life is crazy man.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 3:51 pm to grizzlylongcut
That’s from turnpiketroubadors
My son was always scared to get on my shoulders, spooked by heights I guess.
My son was always scared to get on my shoulders, spooked by heights I guess.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 4:47 pm to Lou Loomis
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Cry me a river. While you feel sorry for yourself about it and hold it against him for your little pity party, he did it for you. You ever stop feeling sorry for yourself long enough to think about that? Grow up.
Shut the frick up you dumb drunk redneck. You don’t know a goddamned thing about other people’s lives.
You sound like an a-hole with a son who doesn’t want to talk to him.
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