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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:02 AM Original message |
**Happy Fathers Day **..share a memory of your Dad |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. When I was about 9 years old I was riding with him downtown and we |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. My Dad taught me to always vote for the Democrat |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I love your post! Great quote! |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. so did mine |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. My father was not a kind man |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Men who are not kind do not care about spring's first crocus or playhouses for children. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. The only time I saw my father cry was at the hospital bedside of my mother one hour after she passed |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. The only time I saw my father cry was at the hospital bedside of my mother one hour after she passed |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. my dad bought me a 2nd flute so I wouldn't have to carry one |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is a very hard day for me. My first one after my father died. He only died |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. ...... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. You said it all, beautifully |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Your dad and mine share a birthday - |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. My daddy |
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livvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. My earliest memory of my dad... |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. My Dad taught me |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. my dad was a big baseball fan |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. i'm so jealous of all of you |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. yep -- i know exactly how you feel. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. I loved my dad. |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. The happiest man in the USA |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. My dad was a quiet speaker, but powerful thinker |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. I regret that I never got to know my real father as a man; I miss my stepfather desperately |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Fathers are biological, Dad's can be anyone who is that important person in our life |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. So many good memories; he was the most patient man I have ever known |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. My dad became a single father in 1958 when my mother died of cancer. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I relate so much to your story... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. At least my dad didn't have medical bills to worry about. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Sorry I'm slow! |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. Dad's been gone for 22 yrs now. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. My father and the new portable TV set ~~ a Christmas Present |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. My Dad passed away a few years back |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. i never knew my "real" father -- my adopted father was |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. once while shoveling snow |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. I wish everyone could have a father such as mine. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. It was 1957, my Dad gave up a chance to go to the Pitt vs |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. My dad didn't have the best life growing up |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. My dad was white, Irish, Catholic - |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. I lost my dad in 1982. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Hmmm |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Dad's night cooking -- critters |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. One of my earliest memories was the Moon landing |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. My dad had a friend named Howard who was blinded by glaucoma. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. Beautiful thread Peacetrain and all who have replied |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Thanks Uzy.. I have enjoyed coming back in from time to time today and reading |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. When we were kids . . . |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. "you f*ckin con artist!" - any time my dad had to give me $. LOL... he meant it with love eom |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. OK I haven't even read any repels so here go's.. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. Easy! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hmm. A thoughtful liberal. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
50. My dad can be a real son of bitch when he wants to be.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
51. the only picture I have of me and my dad |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
52. What a good thread... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. No single memory -- just one of selflessly working hard constantly to provide for his family |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. Daddy an Uncompromising Liberal you know him as Proud Dad |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm going fishing up in the Bitterroots for the first time since Dad and I were there... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. Easter Sunday, 1963 |
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