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Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:46 am to Jim Rockford
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Taking away privileges or things I liked worked better.
Yep, taking the computer power cord worked great. No more gaming.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:48 am to Big L
Whenever I would whine about something because I didn’t get my way, he’d “give me a reason to cry” no matter where we were
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:49 am to Big L
Beat my arse when deserved
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:53 am to Big L
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What’s the most “dad” thing that your dad did?
Called me a pussy for asking him to put on a seatbelt.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:24 am to Pandy Fackler
He’d wake us up at 6 AM on Saturday mornings to go pick up pecans “before the squirrels got them”. We had probably 6 trees and so many pecans. It was the worst. I just remember being cold and having wet shoes filling up a small bucket.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:27 am to Big L
When I first started driving I wasn’t paying attention to the temp gauge and overheated the family station wagon. He came and hooked up tow straps and got it home. Never yelled at or got mad at me but said we’ll fix it together. So over next week or so we rebuilt engine block. It was a ton of work. Don’t remember much about it other than there were a shite ton of gaskets we had to replace. And if we didn’t get gasket to seat just right had to start over. But he did it and it drove again. I paid close attention to that temp gauge on the dash after that. This was old school so no alerts or beeps when it got hot, you just had to keep an eye on it.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 8:29 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:33 am to Scruffy
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Busted the back of Scruffy’s head open during a baseball game and the coach brought him to the ER.
Warren? Is that you, Baw? ELL, right?
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:33 am to Big L
Whipped my arse with a fricking belt when I deserved it
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:37 am to Big L
My great grandfather taught my dad how to make and read a homemade barometer. He had those sumbitches everywhere - 2 in the house, 1 in his shop, and 2 at work.
2011 he was at the office and the barometer did something strange. He hopped up, and calmly sent everyone home immediately. 20 minutes later a tornado came out of nowhere and flattened his building. Only 1 small office section stood in the aftermath.
No fricking idea what he saw on the barometer that spooked him.
2011 he was at the office and the barometer did something strange. He hopped up, and calmly sent everyone home immediately. 20 minutes later a tornado came out of nowhere and flattened his building. Only 1 small office section stood in the aftermath.
No fricking idea what he saw on the barometer that spooked him.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:37 am to Big L
He busted my arse when I needed it.
He gave me very few, but he made them count.
He gave me very few, but he made them count.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:38 am to Big L
He never owned a power tool. Everything was done with hand tools. And I have them all now.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:40 am to Big L
Would check the odometer on car after we used it for Friday or Saturday nights just to be sure we didn’t drive too many miles or drive out of town.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:42 am to Big L
My dad has one joke. I’ve probably heard him tell it a few hundred times. I used to braid when he told it, but as I got older I realized there’s a special light in his eyes when he tells it. And as I’m a dad myself now, I began to appreciate it. Cherish it even. Because he’s a grump. But when he tells that joke, he’s happy.
I have learned to love that corny joke. Sometimes I even tell it.
I have learned to love that corny joke. Sometimes I even tell it.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:44 am to p&g
A lot of good ones here...farting like a race horse, making me hold the flashlight, whipping me when I deserved it, generally trying to make something out of my sorry arse.
I came home to visit one day when he was in his late 70s. There was an old lawn mower out in the yard. I thought he was too old and it was too hot for him to be out mowing the yard, so I cranked up the mower and went to work. It reminded me of how much I hated mowing that yard. Too many things to go around and the zoysia was always thick enough to choke the mower. By the time I was finished, I was soaked in sweat and worn out. I walked inside, expecting to hear some thanks. Instead I heard, "I'll tell the lawn guy not to come this week."
He had found an old mower on the side of the road and was just messing around with it to get it running and to then give it to some one.
I came home to visit one day when he was in his late 70s. There was an old lawn mower out in the yard. I thought he was too old and it was too hot for him to be out mowing the yard, so I cranked up the mower and went to work. It reminded me of how much I hated mowing that yard. Too many things to go around and the zoysia was always thick enough to choke the mower. By the time I was finished, I was soaked in sweat and worn out. I walked inside, expecting to hear some thanks. Instead I heard, "I'll tell the lawn guy not to come this week."
He had found an old mower on the side of the road and was just messing around with it to get it running and to then give it to some one.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 8:45 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:45 am to Big L
My dads side of the family were all carpenters by trade, he got out of the family business to create his own path.
Me and my brother helped my dad build a detachment garage with an apartment and carport at our parents house. I was 16 and my brother was 19. It came out very good and was actually a selling point when my mom sold the house a few months ago.
We built this building from the ground up all wood. Surveyed the land, leveled the land, framed the 25x40 slab and the driveway leading to it. We did everything ourselves except for pouring the concrete.
When we got to building the roof, my dad made us get off because “y’all are too damn clumsy to be up here”. Well a few minutes later he loses his footing and falls. He managed to grab one of the rafter on his way down and hung there for a few seconds then let go. When he landed on the ground he looked at me and my brother and said “ that’s why I didn’t want y’all clumsy asses up there.” And got back on the ladder and kept working.
Me and my brother helped my dad build a detachment garage with an apartment and carport at our parents house. I was 16 and my brother was 19. It came out very good and was actually a selling point when my mom sold the house a few months ago.
We built this building from the ground up all wood. Surveyed the land, leveled the land, framed the 25x40 slab and the driveway leading to it. We did everything ourselves except for pouring the concrete.
When we got to building the roof, my dad made us get off because “y’all are too damn clumsy to be up here”. Well a few minutes later he loses his footing and falls. He managed to grab one of the rafter on his way down and hung there for a few seconds then let go. When he landed on the ground he looked at me and my brother and said “ that’s why I didn’t want y’all clumsy asses up there.” And got back on the ladder and kept working.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:47 am to Tangineck
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My dad was/still is an electric bill nazi
This, growing up we had a sticky note on the thermostat “DO NOT CHANGE THE THERMOSTAT!!” When someone did you’d hear “who fricked with the thermostat?!?!” with such anger like you drained his bank account. We joked that he was eventually going to put a lockbox over it. Now when I go over there and mention it’s hot he just smirks, we have to get numbers against him to get my stepmom to make him turn the damn ac on.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:48 am to Big L
Got 30 million views on YouTube and is a TikTok star from a phone call he made almost 40 years ago!
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:56 am to JodyPlauche
On April 1st every year he would burst into my room and tell me I overslept and missed the bus. Didn’t matter if it was a weekday or weekend…or even if I was riding the bus that year.
Then he would yell “April Fools” and laugh and walk away.
Then he would yell “April Fools” and laugh and walk away.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:58 am to JodyPlauche
My dad NEVER paid anyone to repair anything. He always did it himself. And he always built anything he saw at a store that he liked.
For instance. If he saw a water hose roller and cover somewhere that he liked, he would sketch it on a piece of paper. Then go to Home Depot to get all the supplies. Then take weeks to build it, to perfection.
When he was finished, he usually spent more on the parts than if he would have just bought it, not factoring in his time. But it was the principal, he wouldn’t buy something he felt he could build,
For instance. If he saw a water hose roller and cover somewhere that he liked, he would sketch it on a piece of paper. Then go to Home Depot to get all the supplies. Then take weeks to build it, to perfection.
When he was finished, he usually spent more on the parts than if he would have just bought it, not factoring in his time. But it was the principal, he wouldn’t buy something he felt he could build,
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