Wisdom of our fathers

[george minze]

Thinking back....I find as I get older, that my father was actually pretty smart...Imagine that! I remember in the 50s growing up I really thought my dad was old fashioned and out of touch. With grown children of my own and fast approaching the twilight of my life, I realize just how smart my old fashioned dad was.....Thanks dad, wherever you ended up I hope heaven for lessons that you taught me. Love of country, hard work is never out of style, and most importantly...The government doesn't really ow me anything but safe shores..And the opportunity to make it on my own..Wow he sure nailed it...Funny as one gets older your dads get
smarter. Truly "The Greatest Generation.......God Bless America, and God Bless those who serve her in time of need.....Thanks Dad!! Long Gone but not forgotten....

 

[DeadAye]

My dad used to tell me - "The older you get the dumber you get."

 

[Stevens]

This is an interesting quote, origin uncertain, but has been attributed to Mark Twain and others
""When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
Steve W.

 

[4011]

Dad was the smartest man I've ever known. Just wish I had known it when I was 18.........................Sure could have made life eaiser if I had listened.........

 

[matmat417]

i grew up with my granddad so heres his quote about women, " shes right and your happy" and its probally the truest thing ive ever heard.

 

[JohnnieB]

Dad sure learned a lot between the time I was 16 and 20.

He and Mom were the smartest people I've ever met. Not educated - smart. Most of all, they knew what was right and what wasn't.

 

[feralmerril]

My dad came from a huge family. Dad was oldest of 10 and had 7 older half sisters and brothers on top of that! Both his parents were from europe. Dad said he got in a fight with the teacher in third grade and quit! His dad was okay with that so he could work on the farm. Sounds unbeliveable in todays world, doesnt it? Had you known him you never would have guessed that. He was totaly self educated. I recall he took a dale carneige course when he was in his late 40s. I knew many top exicutives on my jobs and in my view he didnt need to take a back seat to anyone of them. Mom got to 8th grade. One of my uncles got to 6th grade and was a general manager of a company most of you heard of.
Dad had many sayings that stuck with me. I will say thinking back, he probley was a little too soft on me. Mom was born in a country general store and ended up owning it and raiseing me in it durring the war. After the war they sold it and both worked in factorys. Dad as a machinest, and mom in a electrical plant etc besides liveing on a small farm.
I would put either one up against most college graduates in any crowd.
Mom died in 1993, dad in 2003 at 90. Both were stauch christians and lived it. In the late 30s they worked on a ranch in oregon on a couple bucks a day. Here they are right after their wedding in 1937.

 

[wuluf]

my dad loved to make people laugh. My favorite of his wise sayings:" There are no stupid questions, just stupid people who won't go away."

 

[Rule 303]

I always thought my dad was pretty smart, but he attained genius catagory by the time I returned from Vietnam.

Rule 303

 

[mike from st pete]

Learned A Lot

My Dad was quite a mechanic. He taught me all he knew about how things worked.
This is my Dad in one of the Midgets he raced.

 

[Snapping Twig]

The older I get, the more I appreciate what my Dad was trying to tell me.

I'll never forget his many "humorous" quotes like, I should have raised livestock, at least I could have sold it. Things like that when I screwed up.

He was not always given to following his own advice, but with time and wisdom - what you get from painful mistakes - I am able to apply much of it to my own situation.

I lost him in 1987 at the age of 64 and I often wish he was here now, in fact I miss him daily.

 

[WoodSmith]

My dad came from a huge family. Dad was oldest of 10 and had 7 older half sisters and brothers on top of that! Both his parents were from europe. Dad said he got in a fight with the teacher in third grade and quit! His dad was okay with that so he could work on the farm. Sounds unbeliveable in todays world, doesnt it? Had you known him you never would have guessed that. He was totaly self educated. I recall he took a dale carneige course when he was in his late 40s. I knew many top exicutives on my jobs and in my view he didnt need to take a back seat to anyone of them. Mom got to 8th grade. One of my uncles got to 6th grade and was a general manager of a company most of you heard of.
Dad had many sayings that stuck with me. I will say thinking back, he probley was a little too soft on me. Mom was born in a country general store and ended up owning it and raiseing me in it durring the war. After the war they sold it and both worked in factorys. Dad as a machinest, and mom in a electrical plant etc besides liveing on a small farm.
I would put either one up against most college graduates in any crowd.
Mom died in 1993, dad in 2003 at 90. Both were stauch christians and lived it. In the late 30s they worked on a ranch in oregon on a couple bucks a day. Here they are right after their wedding in 1937.

Your Mom looks happy. Great Picture.

 

[feralmerril]

Thanks. Dad never looked happy. Still, he was the best!

 

[sheriffoconee]

My Dad was a Marine pilot in Korea, and he told me a couple of things....
"You can delegate authority, but not responsibility..."
"To BE good you have to LOOK good"
My Dad is my hero, was then, still is today.....

 

[Muddyboot]

My Dad was quite a mechanic. He taught me all he knew about how things worked.
This is my Dad in one of the Midgets he raced.

Great pic Mike, what year was it ?

 

[george minze]

What a handsome couple......I'll bet one disapproving look from your dad was all it took to get you in line....Those were days when it didn't take financial success to make one a strong citizen. Hard work and love of country seemed to be in fashion......Where would we be with out the lessons learned from that generation.....God Bless them all.....

 

[Alpo]

The older I get, the more I appreciate what my Dad was trying to tell me.

I'll never forget his many "humorous" quotes like, I should have raised livestock, at least I could have sold it. Things like that when I screwed up.

He was not always given to following his own advice, but with time and wisdom - what you get from painful mistakes - I am able to apply much of it to my own situation.

I lost him in 1987 at the age of 64 and I often wish he was here now, in fact I miss him daily.

Something my mother said often was, "If I had it to do over again, I'd have raised dogs".

 

[monet61]

I never met either my mother or father. I was tracked down by a brother and sister in the late eighties. Went to see them in CO. It was nice and all, but you really don't have much in common but blood. We send b'day and xmas cards but that'a about it. When I was about 11 I ran away from the Cammack Childrens Center in WV for the last time. When they caught me, I told them I would keep running away till they found me some where decent to live. They finally got me placed in The Davis -Stuart School in Lewisburg, WV. Had some great role models, learned to work and be responsible. My female "mother" figure was a lady that got me into the choir in church. She was always there for me and I love her as if she was my mother. I was and am very close to her son and daughter. Her husband died in the eighties from injuries directly related to combat in Pattons fight with Rommel. They met while he was a patient and she was a volunteer at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulpher Springs, WV. The gov't had taken the resort to be used as a medical and rehab place for our soldiers. While I envy some of your wonderful stories about your parents, I am ever grateful for the care I got in that stage of my life. It was then I got my religion and my ability to know right from wrong.
I think about those people every day.
Sorry I'm so long winded. My wife and kids are the only ones that know that stuff till now. Guess I must trust you all.

 

[feralmerril]

I had a older friend where I worked. He told me he had a wife and a bunch of kids, (probley in the 50s). He went home from work and all were gone. I think at least 3 or 4 young kids). The ex wife had forged his name and had adopted all the kids out. Later, in the 1970s when I knew him, the laws changed and the kids when they got 18 could check the records of their adoption.
By that time chester had remarried and now had one or two step kids plus another with the secound wife. All the adopted out kids located each other, and located their dad, chester. One of them married one of chesters step kids. The story was headlines in the "National Equirer".
It was a happy reunion. Chester lived a couple blocks from me and the ex and I used his daughter for a babysitter.

 

[mike from st pete]

Number 60

Great pic Mike, what year was it ?

That's Lou Bramante's Studebaker powered midget at the Sanatoga Speedway Pottstown PA. I'd have to dig out the photo but I'm guessing late 40s. Dad got his first ride at the Alcyon Speedway in Vail's #7 Champ Car in 46.