It’s my dad’s 70th birthday! He’s one of my favorite people and I’m grateful to have him as my dad. Sure, we don’t always gotten along or agree on a number of things, but he loves me through all shades of hair or random things that I do, and I appreciate that. To commemorate his birthday I thought I’d throw out there a list of all the fabulous things my dad had taught me over the years, in no particular order:
- How to tell the difference between an F-16 and F-18.
- To have an appreciation for This Old House
- And no, Steve Thomas does not know what he is talking about
- To stand up for yourself.
- How to rotate tires on a car.
- The correct way to use a hammer.
- How to dance and kick someone’s butt at the same time
- To have eye contact when you speak in front of people
- How to use every power tool he has.
- How to change oil on a car without dropping the bolt in the oil
- That women should have bangs (obviously I don’t listen to that one)
- To appreciate a Dr. Pepper while sucking on a piece of dark chocolate in your cheek.
- How to shingle a roof
- Stand up for what you believe, even it isn’t popular.
- What an oil filter wrench is
- How to teach a church lesson- especially Gospel Doctrine, yes very scary
- That “there is no more important safety rule than this: To wear these, safety glasses”
- How to drive.
- How to drive a stick-shift.
- How to drive a truck in a canyon… when you’re 14
- How to drive in the snow
- A car should not leak oil on a driveway
- Dunford chocolate cake donuts are the best and treats taste best when hidden in a secret stash
- Baby drives a Mercury
- To appreciate General Conference
- Always warm up your car when it’s cold (thankfully jeff often does this for me)
- How to fix hole in pants with duct tape
- That it’s duct tape, not duck tape
- Shakes should be thick, and preferably chocolate
- The good way to get on and off a roof with a ladder so you don’t fall off (as you can guess, I needed to be taught that one)
- The power of priesthood blessings
- How to torch a wasps nest
- You gotta love the Man in Black
- Gene Kelly is King! And you can’t beat a Cary Grant movie
- Always give your boss an honest day’s work
- That hauling coal requires you to get black bugers in your nose
- If you can climb a tree, that means you can figure out how to get down
- Best naps are taken in a recliner
- How to line up the TV remote such that you don’t have to pick it up to turn the TV on.
- You get cracks in your tongue when you get older
- How to lay a parquet floor
- What a testimony is
- Not to let your gas tank go below a 1/3 tank in the winter (still working on this one)
- The correct way to use a BOSS bench oscillating spindle sander
- To be rightfully annoyed when someone uses a BOSS incorrectly
- Turn off the curling iron when you are done
- Not to be the first to pull into an intersection
- Girls should know how to do anything boys can do
- Girls should have their own tools
- A girl should be the first to pass the safety test in shop class
- Don’t ask “does your dog bite?” It may not be their dog.
- Dogs won’t bite you while you are on your bike if you keep pedaling
- How to start a car by rolling down hill
- Why a compound miter saw is so much cooler than a regular one
- Sean Connery was the best James Bond
- Don’t waste things
- Why prophets are so great
- How to change lanes the least when driving somewhere
- “Pre wash” your dish before you put it in the dishwasher by licking it off
- Why my mom is so great
- How to drive mom nuts by licking your plate
- How to properly smash aluminum cans with a wooden shoe
- How to replace a light fixture and to replace a light switch after you broke it
- Respect every President, even if you don’t like him
- Respect the military
- Save your money and don’t go into debt.
- Money isn’t any good until you spend it.
- Pennsylvania 6-5000!
- Don’t work on Sundays
- The fabulous entertainment of JAG, Walker Texas Ranger and It’s a Mad Mad World
2 comments:
Thanks for the great reminders, Rach. Happy Birthday Dad!!!!
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