Thread: An early fathers day!

Thanks for sharing Mark! I expected nothing less from your old man

Am I the only one around here who has a father?


Hey David, I know you got one as i have met him!



I guess the rest of you are products of some evil scientist somewhere!?

What does he shave with? My pop preferrs one of those terrible cartridge razors.

Originally Posted by jbcohen

What does he shave with? My pop preferrs one of those terrible cartridge razors.

With a bowie knife! Just kidding! If you look at the photos that I posted you will clearly see what he shaves with!!

Well, rather than talk about my biological father I'll talk about Popeye, my grandfather who was my dad as I grew up. (I was due on his birthday, but was born 3 hours too early to get the honor of sharing it with him.)

He still holds the record for the pole climb and one handed pullups at his high school.

During WWII he was an airplane mechanic stationed out of Victorville, CA... and he hated that. He was constantly petitioning to be sent to the front, when they asked him to re-up he was stationed on the east coast and had had one foot in a boat and one on land for about 3 months. He said "If you guarantee I'll be on a boat on my over in less than a month I'll stay." They didn't and he didn't.

He was a lifelong employee of the Los Angeles Times, and 15 years after retirement employees of the times still recognized him when he came to my plays. They all spoke well of him, he never remembered them, he just did the hiring.

And that's my dad. Love you Popeye!

Edit: Pic to follow later.

Originally Posted by Nickelking

Well, rather than talk about my biological father I'll talk about Popeye, my grandfather who was my dad as I grew up. (I was due on his birthday, but was born 3 hours too early to get the honor of sharing it with him.)

He still holds the record for the pole climb and one handed pullups at his high school.

During WWII he was an airplane mechanic stationed out of Victorville, CA... and he hated that. He was constantly petitioning to be sent to the front, when they asked him to re-up he was stationed on the east coast and had had one foot in a boat and one on land for about 3 months. He said "If you guarantee I'll be on a boat on my over in less than a month I'll stay." They didn't and he didn't.

He was a lifelong employee of the Los Angeles Times, and 15 years after retirement employees of the times still recognized him when he came to my plays. They all spoke well of him, he never remembered them, he just did the hiring.

And that's my dad. Love you Popeye!

Edit: Pic to follow later.

It's about time!! And I must say, that is one sweet story! Actually brought tears to my eyes, but I successfully held them at bay!! Wouldn't want any one to think I'm a sissy now!