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Tell Us Something Good About Your Dad
blueunicorn6 | 6/21/15 | blueunicorn6

Posted on 06/21/2015 11:13:44 AM PDT by blueunicorn6

My Dad taught me how to drive a car with a manual transmission.

"Let the clutch out slower next time."


TOPICS: Agriculture; Conspiracy; UFO's
KEYWORDS: dad; dads; fathersday; missyoudad
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To: blueunicorn6

He took me fishing, hunting, and built me all sorts of things to play with (swingset, sandbox, treehouse). I was a daddy’s girl. He also taught me later that democrats are evil. lol


21 posted on 06/21/2015 11:25:33 AM PDT by grimalkin (We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: blueunicorn6

My Dad adopted me!


22 posted on 06/21/2015 11:25:50 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
I miss him.

23 posted on 06/21/2015 11:25:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: blueunicorn6

Father’s Day always brings Ecclesiasticus 44:1 & 44:7 to mind (also known as the Book of Sirach in The Apocrypha which was included in the King James Bible in 1611): “Let us now praise famous men, and our Fathers who begat us . . . . .All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times.” Thanks Dads! (And Moms of course.)


24 posted on 06/21/2015 11:27:24 AM PDT by donaldo
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To: IronJack
But I'll never be half the man he was.

+1

25 posted on 06/21/2015 11:28:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Feelings Are Today's Truth,Truth Is Today's Blasphemy)
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To: blueunicorn6

The 3rd time I messed with my uncle’s new ‘72 Corvette and set off the alarm, AGAIN, he came out the front door, scooped me up by the arm and proceeded to kick me in my ass three times as he told me, “I told you twice to stop!”

I love and miss the man to this day.


26 posted on 06/21/2015 11:30:25 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Dad passed a couple of months ago and so this is an especially tough day. All I can say is that he was a far better man than I will ever be and I miss him terribly.

Memory eternal.


27 posted on 06/21/2015 11:30:49 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Taught me that anything could be built, or fixed, and was always planning and thinking ten steps ahead. This is my first Father’s Day without him. Thanks Dad.


28 posted on 06/21/2015 11:32:37 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: blueunicorn6
Pop
Here is a tribute to my father: Alfred Harral Jr.
I sure am proud of Pop. He was a good and honest man. My whole childhood was one big long father and son project.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

29 posted on 06/21/2015 11:34:37 AM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: blueunicorn6

He took me to chucrh every Sunday, was quiet (mostly), introduced me to fireworks at a young age, taught me shoot straight (more than one meaning, there), an many more things that I could write a book about it. I miss him very much, and think about him every day.


30 posted on 06/21/2015 11:35:51 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: stars & stripes forever

My father was almost perfect. Modest, unassuming, a mathematician who set the sites on guns in Japan during WWII yet rarely spoke about it. He was my math tutor which shows what a saint he was.


31 posted on 06/21/2015 11:36:47 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: blueunicorn6

My daddy is a FReeper! He doesn’t have a screen name because he’s a lurker, but he contributes to FReepathons!

Love you daddy!


32 posted on 06/21/2015 11:37:25 AM PDT by Dianna
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To: blueunicorn6

My dad was a pilot flying off a carrier during Vietnam. He came home safe. I love him.


33 posted on 06/21/2015 11:38:39 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: blueunicorn6

Mine did, too! Took me and the old VW Bug to the school parking lot after hours and let me grind the gears until I got it right. ;)

Best things: I never missed a meal growing up, never worried about having a home (Dad worked a LOT of hours to keep us comfortable), I was just enough afraid of his wrath that I never tested it and I knew then, and I know now that he loves me to the Moon and back.

Besides, I’m the one picking out his Nursing Home, LOL!


34 posted on 06/21/2015 11:39:06 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: blueunicorn6

My dad was a great guy. He enlisted before December 7, 1941, looking for an adventure and a way out of the coal mines. He became a pilot in the Army Air Corps and served in CBI, North Africa and Italy. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Although he didn’t make a lot of money he saved and invested wisely so that our mother never needed to work while my sister and I were in school, yet he was able to send both of us to private universities without borrowing and without scholarships.

He died 10 days before his 69th birthday, the age I will be this year. That makes one think. He died the day PanAm 103 went down. As long as I have a memory I shall not forget him. I will love him eternally.


35 posted on 06/21/2015 11:39:25 AM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: dainbramaged
My mom taught me to drive.. A 1968 Pontiac Firebird Sprint, 4.1 Litre 6 cylinder Overhead Cam 4 BBL (stock) with 3 on the floor Hurst shifter and heavy duty clutch, all stock.
36 posted on 06/21/2015 11:40:04 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: blueunicorn6

I joined the Marine Corps because my dad had been a 25 year career Marine and a great father. When I joined he did not give me any clue or advice as to what I could expect he just let me learn to become a Marine. He was proud that I made it and did not want me to get out after 4 years. I have always been proud he and I were Marines.


37 posted on 06/21/2015 11:42:29 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: blueunicorn6

My father was and still is my hero. He did nothing heroic in the usual sense of the word, but he was honest, caring and hard working. He and my mother were polar opposites, but there was no question that he loved her. No question he loved my brother and me either. He didn’t have to say I love you 50 times a day. His love was evident from his actions.

Dad was a lifelong Democrat, as is just about 99.9% of the population of this town. But on occasion, he would vote Republican if he liked the candidate. I think if my parents were alive today and could see what the Democrats have become and how messed up this country is, I doubt they would be Democrats.

When Dad died, it was a packed house at the funeral home. I met a whole bunch of people I never knew or heard of before. These mourners all had a story about how Dad helped them in some way. Dad wasn’t religious, but he took the commandment, Love thy neighbor as thyself, literally. Dad wasn’t wealthy. He didn’t have influence or magical powers. But he could always be counted on to be there in a crisis — quietly doing whatever had to be done, and not expecting praise or compensation.

Dad and I were very close. I try to emulate him as much as possible. Usually, I fall short. I love him, miss him and think about him every day of my life.

Happy Fathers Day, Dad!


38 posted on 06/21/2015 11:42:45 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: blueunicorn6

My WW2 vet dad was an all-around Mr. Fix-it and a DIY’er. Cars, washing machines, oil burners,
remodeling rooms, etc..Plus a good and decent fair man and yet he was tough too when necessary. I’m not 1/4 of the man he was.


39 posted on 06/21/2015 11:46:13 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: blueunicorn6
When my dad was teaching me, I remember letting the wheel come back by itself in some maneuver.

He said "Never let go of the wheel". It became a life lesson.

On our last visit, as he rose from his chair and said "Oh _________, it's you" and gave me a big hug.

40 posted on 06/21/2015 11:47:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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