Post a pic of your dad?

Nostril Cheese · 05-13-2013, 01:18 PM

Seems fitting. Lost mine in November. Miss him every day.

Me as a baby

Nostril Cheese · 05-13-2013, 01:20 PM

Hugh R · 07:19 PM

About 1945, smartest man I ever knew. Graduate of the University of British Columbia and MIT with a PhD. in nuclear engineering in about 1950. Professor of Nuclear Engineering at MIT for about 35 years. Terrible father. Liked to use the belt for anything. He mellowed when one of my triplet sisters died in a car accident in 1971. I'd struggle with Calculus and he'd help me and admit he hadn't done it for 40 years, but he breezed through it like he finished the courses yesterday. He was one of the original global warming experts, but with a lean towards "If you don't want nuclear, what do you want?". In his later life, he was on a campaign to show the real face of coal strip mining which is an environmental nightmare if you've ever seen it. He died about 28 years ago. He wrote this graduate school text book. I can't get past the first chapter. http://www.amazon.com/Plasmas-Controlled-Fusion-David-Rose/dp/0262180065

TimT · 05-13-2013, 04:32 PM

Hugh, I think your dad and my grandfather may have crossed paths.... My gramps was a scientist during the genesis of the nuclear age...It was a small community then...

I sometime feel the same way about my father.... was a strict disciplinarian.....but his mastery of advanced mathematics was amazing..

Jferr006 · Jferr006's Garage

My dad can make, fix , construct, invent anything . I've alway called him McGuyver

rrichar · 05-13-2013, 05:16 PM

Very appropriate thread, I lost my Dad exactly 10 years ago today.I have to admit I have thought of him a lot today. As others have said my Dad was a master of everything mechanical. I was always amazed by his ingenuity. It must have been that generation that thought nothing of fixing something with what they had available. It came in handy many times in far away places on land and sea. This picture I am sure were someof my Dad's favorite days, fishing in SE Alaska and sailing off Key West. My father lived his life on and for the the water. RIP Edward you are missed and loved by many.

widgeon13 · 05-13-2013, 05:24 PM

Somewhere in France 1942.

Baz · Baz's Garage

Nice thread, Nostril - great pics as well everyone...keep 'em coming!

C.W. "Dutch" Schultz, Jr.

05-13-2013, 06:29 PM

In about 1937 in Hawaii - First Sergeant A.E. Wilson

speeder · 05-13-2013, 06:32 PM

I've already posted a picture of my dad taken recently, he has cancer and has seen better days. He's 81 years old. Here he was back in the '80s, taken in Rio when he was traveling South America with my brother:

speeder · 05-13-2013, 06:38 PM

I don't have any pictures of my old man in uniform, but he served in the Army and fought in Korean war.

tweezers74 · 05-13-2013, 06:41 PM

I love my dad. Even though he is a nut. This was this past Christmas.

mikeesik · 05-13-2013, 06:57 PM

Edited - stupid, idiotic and rude comment removed. -Z-man

Hugh R · 05-13-2013, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by speeder

I've already posted a picture of my dad taken recently, he has cancer and has seen better days. He's 81 years old. Here he was back in the '80s, taken in Rio when he was traveling South America with my brother:

Dashing looking fellow.

mikeesik · 05-13-2013, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh R

Dashing looking fellow.

Yes.
There's some Paul Newman there.

LeeH · 05-13-2013, 08:29 PM

My dad on the left with Charles Lindbergh in the center. Not sure who the guy is on the right.

Evans, Marv · 05-13-2013, 08:51 PM

My dad in his younger days.

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

HardDrive · 05-13-2013, 09:44 PM

My dad and step mom camp on the water next to their boat for 4 months out of the year. Big Pine Key, FL. Shark got a bit of this one while he was bringing it in.

Nostril Cheese · 05-13-2013, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh R

About 1945, smartest man I ever knew. Graduate of the University of British Columbia and MIT with a PhD. in nuclear engineering in about 1950. Professor of Nuclear Engineering at MIT for about 35 years. Terrible father. Liked to use the belt for anything. He mellowed when one of my triplet sisters died in a car accident in 1971. I'd struggle with Calculus and he'd help me and admit he hadn't done it for 40 years, but he breezed through it like he finished the courses yesterday. He was one of the original global warming experts, but with a lean towards "If you don't want nuclear, what do you want?". In his later life, he was on a campaign to show the real face of coal strip mining which is an environmental nightmare if you've ever seen it. He died about 28 years ago. He wrote this graduate school text book. I can't get past the first chapter. Plasmas and Controlled Fusion: David J. Rose, Melville Clark: 9780262180061: Amazon.com: Books

Didnt you mention that he also rode your Rudge cross country? A most impressive sounding man.

My dad was also the smartest man I ever knew. Insanely talented at whatever he chose to do. Architect, Builder, Inventor (2 patents), Musician, Artist.