Dadisms

This is a Grandfatherism
"What the Hell are you doing on that horse!'

I was always riding some horse he told me not too.

 

My uncle Mack

You came into this world with your name and your word if your word is bad so is your name I live by that to this day he told me that two days before I left for boot camp 17 years old then.

 

Makes me think of out family car when I was young, just a few years after the Seattle World's Fair. Dad bought a 1959 Ford, I don't know which model other than it was a 4 door sedan. The engine was nothing to speak of and while keeping his eyes out for a replacement a local police car crashed and was totaled. Dad bought the engine which turned out to be the 352 HP Interceptor (!) and swapped motors. It was a total sleeper.

The only problem was that he was going through tires like crazy. He couldn't figure it out at the time, but we found out later my older brothers were driving the snot out of including competing in drag races at Woodburn when he thought they were borrowing the car to see their friends after school. Wish I had that bad boy if nothing but for the memories of many, many family trips and vacations.

 

I caught my daughter telling me a lie one day when she was about 10. I told her pretty much the same thing,, and my grandpa told it to me. And I think it’s pretty much carried the both of us thru to this day.

 

You Kill It, You Eat It!
Quit eatin with your hands!
You break it, you fix it!
That lawn ain't gonna mow it's self!
DO NOT Blame the Damn Dog, you did it, you pay for it!
Close the Damn Door, your Lettin the Flies out!
Were you born in a Barn?

 

Dad started in with that the morning after we saw The Cowboys at the drive in...

 

You can rest when your dead...Time to go to work!

 

I heard that one OFTEN. usually related to one or another field and a "B" Allis Chalmers utility tractor with crank start only and drawbar hook up. Seems Pop was the only one allowed within spitting distance of his Case o matic.

 

"Are you trying to air condition the whole world!?!" (Close the door)

 

This one is familiar!

 

Close the door. Were you born in a barn? Yep. And every time I hear a jack ass bray I get homesick. (Mom could get away with this, I couldn't.)

 

Where did you leave YOUR tape measure this time?

 

You better not start it but you dam well better finish it

My mom

 

Doing that (getting ready to do something I wasn't supposed to) will make your ass hurt.

 

My dad did a lot of reminiscing but didn't do much preaching . We worked together like brothers and knew one another moves.
He had several saying he wrote down one of which .
"Do your givin while your livin so your knowin where it's goin ."

 

My dad gave me three pieces of 'advice' when I joined up

1) Keep a uniform in the laundry - I took that to mean having a spotless uniform to wear if called to see the CO.

2) If you put your fatigues under the mattress at night they will look god in the morning - I just bought a travel iron and ironed my outfit before I hit the rack.

3) Never argue with a man carrying a loaded machine gun. - OK, that's just straight up good advice.

 

Close the door........Your letting the fly's out !!!!!!!!!

 

Before I left for boot camp

My dad did not say goodbye

Don't get a tattoo so I didn't

I got eleven