Fathers Day
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Fathers Day
My father is hard to buy for. He is real cheap. If you buy him something nice, say a pair of boots, or a coat, he will not wear them because they are too nice, and he will bitch to the rest of the family how wasteful you are with your money.
If you take him out to eat any place other than McDonalds he will bitch to you how wasteful you are with your money. Call up others in the family and bitch at them because you took him to Captain Ds or or god forbid, steak and shake.
He is retired, and at least two or three times a week, he will take his little car, drive to one of the many little parks in the area that has those picnic tables and grill set ups. He then builds a fire with oak wood he brings from home, and cooks hotdogs. He uses wood rather than charcoal because charcoal is to expensive and wasteful.
He splits the wood up with an old shingle hatchet . I decided to get him an Eastwing hatchet, with the stacked leather handle. He does like tools, and will surprisingly drop a bit of coin now and then on tools. Good chance I will get only minimal bitching, and he will have a nice hatchet he will not use, because it is too nice. But I performed my sonly duties.
Here is an actual picture of the actual hatchet I will get bitched at for buying, and he will not use because it is too nice.
If you take him out to eat any place other than McDonalds he will bitch to you how wasteful you are with your money. Call up others in the family and bitch at them because you took him to Captain Ds or or god forbid, steak and shake.
He is retired, and at least two or three times a week, he will take his little car, drive to one of the many little parks in the area that has those picnic tables and grill set ups. He then builds a fire with oak wood he brings from home, and cooks hotdogs. He uses wood rather than charcoal because charcoal is to expensive and wasteful.
He splits the wood up with an old shingle hatchet . I decided to get him an Eastwing hatchet, with the stacked leather handle. He does like tools, and will surprisingly drop a bit of coin now and then on tools. Good chance I will get only minimal bitching, and he will have a nice hatchet he will not use, because it is too nice. But I performed my sonly duties.
Here is an actual picture of the actual hatchet I will get bitched at for buying, and he will not use because it is too nice.
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Re: Fathers Day
This sounds like an episode of Seinfeld...
Nice little hatchet.
Nice little hatchet.
Life is too short to hunt with an ugly dog.
Hunt with a German Shorthaired Pointer.
Hunt with a German Shorthaired Pointer.
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Re: Fathers Day
Too funny. I know a few like that.
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Re: Fathers Day
Maybe he'll surprise you this time.............
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Re: Fathers Day
When I was a young boy and entered a shop with my father I used to help him in the store.
But as soon as it came to time to pay, I used to run out the store and wait in the car because of embarrassment.
He had a mental problem with paying. Getting him to open his wallet was a challenge, and then getting him to release the money was nearly impossible.
He did not care how many people were behind him or how long they had to wait. He just found it hard to pay.
But if you ever saw his badly deformed feet and multiple stacked toes you would understand why he was like that.
He used to have this old shed in the back yard that he always kept under heavy lock and key.
All my childhood I was never permitted in that shed and when my father passed away I finally got the key. You know what was in that shed??
Junk, utter crap. Pieces of wire, old sugar can bags, old fishing line, old pieces of metal, old suitcases. Broken brooms, rusty buckets….
Absolutely nothing but junk….he just could not throw them away in case he needed them.
My father grew up in a different generation, different times, different life experiences, and different meals on the dinner table at night.
But he had a great big heart and loved to hunt.
But as soon as it came to time to pay, I used to run out the store and wait in the car because of embarrassment.
He had a mental problem with paying. Getting him to open his wallet was a challenge, and then getting him to release the money was nearly impossible.
He did not care how many people were behind him or how long they had to wait. He just found it hard to pay.
But if you ever saw his badly deformed feet and multiple stacked toes you would understand why he was like that.
He used to have this old shed in the back yard that he always kept under heavy lock and key.
All my childhood I was never permitted in that shed and when my father passed away I finally got the key. You know what was in that shed??
Junk, utter crap. Pieces of wire, old sugar can bags, old fishing line, old pieces of metal, old suitcases. Broken brooms, rusty buckets….
Absolutely nothing but junk….he just could not throw them away in case he needed them.
My father grew up in a different generation, different times, different life experiences, and different meals on the dinner table at night.
But he had a great big heart and loved to hunt.
Life is too short to hunt with an ugly dog.
Hunt with a German Shorthaired Pointer.
Hunt with a German Shorthaired Pointer.
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Re: Fathers Day
Eastwing is the blaser of hatchets. When i was a young geology student i dreamed to be able to afford my own. If he bitches about it then he'll never be happy.
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Re: Fathers Day
Sounds like my nan, the amount of brand new stuff in cupboards while she used patched and repaired things to death.
My pop was similar, but he would buy new, but he would get a bargain or wait till they agreed to his price.
Its an old world thing from when things were made to last and people looked after what they had.
My pop was similar, but he would buy new, but he would get a bargain or wait till they agreed to his price.
Its an old world thing from when things were made to last and people looked after what they had.
I'm soft and I don't care.
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Re: Fathers Day
Hope he likes it.
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Re: Fathers Day
I love Eastwing tools but I refer to mine as Eastwoods (like in Clint) because they are just that bad ass.
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Re: Fathers Day
Thoughtful present Bob, I hope he doesn’t give you too hard a time about it
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Re: Fathers Day
Just love Eastwing tools. Mate bought me my first hammer for my 18TH birthday. It's still going strong and I'm 52 now! Good choice Ron.
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