happy fathers day
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Posted on Jun 21, 2009 01:21 pm
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Hold 'Em Czar
Member Since: Dec 30, 2004
here's to all them daddy's out there (thank god i'm not one! jk) takin' care of business....don't spend today dooin' a bunch of house work, ya hear?
in answer to my own question, my father worked for GM for 30 years, retired, got into playin' drums, and now owns a retail music store right outside the plant...not too bad really, quite prowd of him, heck when he was my age he had a 10 year old (me)! i can't even fathom what that's like.
so yeah lets jot down a thing or two and answer the question
who's your daddy?
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HuePinnipedal Czar (: 3= Member
Since: Apr 11, 2004
Jun 21, 2009 07:59 pm I remember meeting your dad. "Who drove here from Michigan!?"... and then breaking into his music store to buy strings. hahaha We did leave the cash... tax and all. lol Yeah, he seemed like a pretty descent guy, for sure. He didn't freak on us too much, layin' around his living room like we just drove twelve hours. ; p
My dad passed away back in 2001. I didn't really like him that much, but that really wasn't his fault, we were just too similar.. He was a good man, for the most part, and I do miss him. Before he became ill he managed to pass along his '77 Les Paul to me.(The one you saw when I came down to visit you, Chris) Everything else music-related got donated to the church he went to, to support the music program that he was a part of at.(A lot of stuff) He was very generous when it came to his church. He didn't really care for what I had to offer, musically, so we banged heads a lot, as we should've. When I look at the skills he gave me though, I feel thankful... and I wish he was around to let him know that. Maybe help him understand where I'm coming form as I approach my fortieth year, and haven't changed that much outside of material possessions, and the like. I did manage to raise a couple of kids m'self... one seems to be human... the other needed to live with his bio-dad, so... I think that things are the same wherever you go when it comes to making human-beings out of humans. That process has given me an entire world of insight into how people really work. Including myself.
In the end, there's just not enough time. So, you dads don't be so hard headed that you won't see where your kid is coming from. And you kids that read this... don't be so selfish when it comes to expressing how you really feel... unless you don't know how you feel,(as kids often are unsure) than take the time to find out before it's too late.
Happy fathers day.
Jun 21, 2009 08:13 pm I got together with my sister and dad today for drinks and lunch, we ended up sitting there for almost 3 hours just eating, drinking, talking, laughing...it was a blast. I gotta remember to do that more often.
If I can be half the dad my dad was while raising me, I'll consider myself a total success.
Jun 21, 2009 08:46 pm People tell me that I look and act more and more like my father every day. I consider that to be the ultimate compliment.
Me dad died about 11 years ago, and hardly a day goes by when I don't think about him. I have four kids of my own, and trying to be a good dad is about the hardest thing I've ever had to do (except for adding just the right amount of compression to a master track, but that's entirely different.)
Happy Father's Day, y'all!
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Jun 22, 2009 10:26 am While I'm not a father myself (God forbid) I'll wish a belated happy Dad's day to all of ya fathers out there.
My own dad grew up with 5 other siblings on a farm, so he's got a very down-to-earth kinda mentality. The only downside is he doesn't really "understand" the arts, so when it comes to making music, and getting gear to help me make said music, we kinda butted heads a few times, even though it was my pay that was saved up to get the goods. :P Eh, I love 'im though, the old buzzard.
He's in his mid-late 60's now, and in semi-retirement doing relief work at the local veterinary clinic over in Melrose, FL. A few years go, he suffered a bout of non-hodgkins type lymphoma, and had to get radiation treatments which turned him green as a gourd. He made a full recovery, though his salivary glands got a little fried, so he has to have water or soda or something else to drink when he eats. Not long after, he served a term as president of the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, which is a pretty big deal, and probably something he didn't exactly want to do, but he seemed to pull through okay. Now he's a diabetic, but he's not on insulin shots. He just watches what he eats, and keeps his blood sugar levels on the down low.
In his past-time, he's been keeping a fairly sizable garden out on the land he owns which is behind his former practice. It's a pretty damn big garden too...uses a tractor to till it. He also raises cattle. Right now he's doing his part of evaluating grants that are given to him. From what I've seen of how he works, and what others have said of him, I'd say he's a damn fine veterinarian, and I'm proud of my dad. Granted he rubs me the wrong way at times, but what dad doesn't? Hah!
Jun 22, 2009 10:30 am My dad is much the same way, J-Bot, he grew up in a big family (I have 6 aunts and uncles from his side), but he fortunately loves music himself, not necessarily MY music, but music as a whole...so he always supported me pretty well, which was cool.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jun 22, 2009 02:53 pm Yep, happy belated fathers day from here.
Visited my pop for awhile, actually sat and chatted about stuff besides politics for once. My father was an absolute jerk while growing up. A drunk and very abusive to us. Now in his very old age I think he is still searching for a way to say he is sorry. But he did instill several good traits in me. A good work ethic, make my own life and choose my own path, even if others don't particularly care for it. A very community oriented man.
My father in law though was a more of a real father, a bit too late but still worth his weight in gold. He passed away a couple years ago or so now. I miss him dearly as he was more a best friend then a father in law.
And I actually got a text from Tuna without anyone prompting him, as well as my oldest. So it was a good day.
