Sigarms
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My father in 2007 at around age 76.
My mother had passed away 5 years earlier. Dad was driving a pontiac sunfire with over 100k on it and it was looking beat. I'll never forget trying to talk him into buying a new car when he he came to visit, and when we pulled onto the dealers lot, I asked him how much he wanted to spend. He told me no more than $13,000! I asked him how much he could afford and he told me "anything he wants" LOL
11 years later and on his 3rd brand new car
When he came down to visit the other week, I told him I found the last of 3 V6 honda accord coupes available in NC. When we went to the dealer, he had his check book, title and extra set of keys.
My father lives modestly, didn't get above E-6 after he was busted rank serving 20 plus years (long story, not politically correct). Retired from two other jobs when he got out after plus 20 years, and the kicker is, he has more hair on his head than I do and he doesn't need reading glasses like I do!
I was lucky. He has a flip phone, I called the provider, and I was able to sync his flip phone with the blue tooth in the car and you should see the smile on his face when he realized he can talk in the car by pushing a button and not even touch the steering wheel,
I got the short end of the stick if you ask me per hair and eye sight LOL
We always post something AFTER our fathers are gone. Mines still here, and I think he's the best.
I can only hope my two boys think the same of me. Sometimes I worry because I think I'm too hard on them at times.
That said, I still remember my dad telling me (after I was in trouble) "you can take it two ways, one, like a man and stand and take it there, or two, run around like a chicken with your head cut off, but you're still going to get it". He gave it to me, but I still love him.
Couple years ago I still remember him telling me after coming back from Charleston SC after a golfing trip with his buddies "no way in **** am I ever going to do two rounds again in the same day"
The best a parent can hope for is their kids love them when they grow up IMO. My dad succeeded.
My mother had passed away 5 years earlier. Dad was driving a pontiac sunfire with over 100k on it and it was looking beat. I'll never forget trying to talk him into buying a new car when he he came to visit, and when we pulled onto the dealers lot, I asked him how much he wanted to spend. He told me no more than $13,000! I asked him how much he could afford and he told me "anything he wants" LOL
11 years later and on his 3rd brand new car
When he came down to visit the other week, I told him I found the last of 3 V6 honda accord coupes available in NC. When we went to the dealer, he had his check book, title and extra set of keys.
My father lives modestly, didn't get above E-6 after he was busted rank serving 20 plus years (long story, not politically correct). Retired from two other jobs when he got out after plus 20 years, and the kicker is, he has more hair on his head than I do and he doesn't need reading glasses like I do!
I was lucky. He has a flip phone, I called the provider, and I was able to sync his flip phone with the blue tooth in the car and you should see the smile on his face when he realized he can talk in the car by pushing a button and not even touch the steering wheel,
I got the short end of the stick if you ask me per hair and eye sight LOL
We always post something AFTER our fathers are gone. Mines still here, and I think he's the best.
I can only hope my two boys think the same of me. Sometimes I worry because I think I'm too hard on them at times.
That said, I still remember my dad telling me (after I was in trouble) "you can take it two ways, one, like a man and stand and take it there, or two, run around like a chicken with your head cut off, but you're still going to get it". He gave it to me, but I still love him.
Couple years ago I still remember him telling me after coming back from Charleston SC after a golfing trip with his buddies "no way in **** am I ever going to do two rounds again in the same day"
The best a parent can hope for is their kids love them when they grow up IMO. My dad succeeded.
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