My ol man would just ignore the GPS...

Your dad sounds cool, but how big was the dog that ate his shoes?

This thread made my day.

Thats my kind of guy. Lovely perspective of the World. I still have a vivid memory of my father burning up my favorite pair of jeans in my teens, just as I had worn them in perfectly with holes everywhere. Only difference now when I am swiftly heading for fifty is that nobody can take away my old clothes and other stuff I have grown fond of.

He should patent that!

yup!

Moses,

I hate to say it, but I suspect you are a bit of a puzzle to the "Old Man".
"Why in blazes would my son waste that kind of money on a tool to help me navigate when I know every road around here like the back of my hand?.
Oh well, I'll have to humor him. Dang. Lost the stupid suction cup. Where's the tape?"

All the best of the season!:D
Les

Great thread Moses. I remember going to California a few years ago and suction cups for gps were not allowed. It had to be dash mounted . Now duct tape would make it workable there.

Sometimes you have to improvise . My father was driving along in his old Morris Oxford many years back with the family and the bracket on the exhaust pipe let go. The exhaust was dragging on the ground. He got out and tied it up with the dog leash.

Guy

Your dad sounds like a hoot! Buy him a drink for me - I bet he's the kind of guy that makes everything around him more interesting for sure. He's a lot like my old man actually.

great thread.

Your dad is badass! I salute him for his life of service.

Ibid.

This describes my dad pretty well. He was born in the Texas panhandle and they moved to Cali in the back of a pickup during the dustbowl era. True Grapes of Wrath stuff. He learned mechanics by cannibalizing parts off old abandoned Ford tractors to get one to work. Duct tape, bailing wire and silicone were his all-purpose tools.

Moses, Your pops sounds like a cool guy. I miss mine. Mine was the opposite. everything was overkill engineered. The shoes, however, exactly the same. They had a life of their own. Love him while you have him.

Well...at least you know what to get him for his next birthday...

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+1 to Moses old man. Age has nothing to do with it and its probably just done to laugh at the World. In the end, does it really matter?

These two in my family amaze me but make me laugh.... and I love em'.

Pop's strong in his later 80's 'builds' himself (meaning no help) an elevator for the barn to lift HEAVY items to the loft. Should mention, some parts were acquired from china made Harbor Fright Tools!

Next is my bro' with his Audio' car hi-fi. His Audi radio crapped out and so he took a small piece of plywood and placed it in the dash as a shelf. Next, he placed on top of the plywood a 'dynamo' powered small AM/FM radio to that. Yep.

You make do because you have to! This is all about the bitter poverty of the Depression when nobody had any money, to buy that store bought stuff. So you scourged around an made do with what you have. These scars don't go away even after some 80 years, cause you are always trying to save have you have just in case. Thats why those people had (as most of them are gone now) money in the bank.

I know this all too well, as both my parents were exactly the same way, and they infused that sense of frugality into myself. Cut a corner to save a buck.. always pay cash...if you can't afford it don't buy it..

Listerine Bottle caps made good knobs on early 911 window cranks....or take a piece of wire and fix a worn out windshield wiper blade...and it ain't cause you don't have the money to buy new ones...

My Mom would save empty Mayonnaise jars, not one, not 10, not 100, but hundreds of them....also lets try cardboard paper towel rolls, toilette paper rolls, tin foil, aluminum pie tins, styrofoam meat trays, egg cartons and God only knows what else...heaps of em, just in case she would need them one day....do you get the idea of the insecurity that the poverty of the Depression wrought on her soul? She had nothing when she was growing up...When I would throw something away that she was saving she would cry.....

You might say the desperation of the Depression caused a poverty of the soul. It also taught a sense of self reliance, which did hold America in good stead during WW2. The flip side of the coin is that generation not wanting to see their children suffer the way that they did, over indulged the Boomer generation and by taking a look around you can see what that has wrought.

If it says "factory approved"...? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape
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This does bring up memories of growing up, Mom would REUSE the soapy laundry water to save a couple of pennies on soap...or how bout listening to TV for months cause the CRT tube on the 10 year old (early 50's model) was blown...that was how we listened to the Kennedy funeral. Then when Dad bought a new TV it was a demonstrator model for cheap that had nothing but problems. And it wasn't cause they couldn't afford it either...they had lots of money in the bank.

As for my own depravity, I went to the Thrift store to buy my Prescription sun glasses...I see perfectly fine with em tooo...yep a pair of Louis Vuitton and a pair of Carrera prescription sunglasses for 2 bucks a pair...can't be beat....