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Offline culero

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« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2007, 02:40:38 PM »
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I swear Cotton Hill was modeled after my Dad. Of course they had to tone him down about 50 notches for TV.


Heh...sounds just like my (maternal side) grandfather :)
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« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2007, 02:50:11 PM »
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but i for one wont be calling mine he buggered off with another women and her kids when i was 4  and i have seen him twice in 36 years he dint bother about me so i wont bother about him.


Just a "devil's advocate" question....are you sure your mother didn't drive him away, and then obstruct any efforts at contact he may have made? People tend to automatically blame the dad in cases like this, but sometimes there's two sides to the story.
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« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2007, 03:27:07 PM »
well that was the short version
    but if you had seen the drinking and wife beating too you would understand  why i dont care.
  Adults seem to think children dont see or remember things  but most do .

  no he never tried to come back only after 18 years the first time  to say sorry for his mistake  lol
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« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2007, 10:52:07 PM »
sorry to hear rogerdee

Luckily, my dad has been my mentor and friend from the beginning. I can't say enough about his character. He has 2 degrees. One in computers and the other in accounting. One of the smartest guys I know. Grew up in the Bronx too. His father, my grandfather died in a car accident a year before I was born. But he was also very smart. An architect and armorer for the Germans during WW2. Moved over in '46.
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« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2007, 09:01:52 AM »
My dad and I worked together for the past 17 yrs or so. We saw eachother eveyday. Camped on jobsites...work work work. Its all we ever did together. If I stopped in on a Sunday to say hi, he'd talk about work for Monday.

    Since I started my own business a few years back I hardly ever see him. Work was everything to him.  He has no hobbies. I'd like to go fishing with him this summer, but I know he'll likely have an excuse not to go.

   I do love my dad, but our relationship is a bit odd. For the past few years my littlest brother, his son from a second marriage, my 1/2 brother I guess you'd call it, has been to Iraq, and currently is there on his 3rd tour. It tears him up worrying about him. Me too.
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« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2007, 10:18:28 AM »
Dad's been gone 2 years now. I always thought I wanted to be like him when I grew up. I'm gonna be 50 this year and I'm still working on it.

One thing I used to do in his later years was call him when I was working on a project or had a home repair to do or even an idea for work. I would pick his brain and let him go on about how he would do it. His wife told me later on that he really loved those calls.
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« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2007, 10:37:26 AM »
My Dad passed away in `97.
We were best friends through thick and thin.
In my younger years we did just about everything together......hunt, fish, motorcycles...the works.
Never have met a man that enjoyed life so much. Just the simple everyday things. I think it came from what he went through in WWII that gave him a real appreciation for the simple things and the value of life.
I feel very, very fortunate for the time and the relationship we shared and really feel for those who haven`t been so fortunate.
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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2007, 01:44:44 PM »
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I feel very, very fortunate for the time and the relationship we shared and really feel for those who haven`t been so fortunate.


Very well stated. I feel that way too.
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