The Early Years | Dad Moments | Dad Advice | Micellaneous | Michellaneous pt. 2 |
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What is swimming?
From a young age, Dad was competitive in this Olympic Sport.
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What is drywall?
With one small tug by Dad, this construction material exploded everywhere.
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What is their 401(k) contributions?
Every month or so, Dad checks to make sure Cara, Brett, and Shelley have maximized this.
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What is a Keep Out sign?
After camping in Bennet Springs, Dad took Brett by their old property where they saw this, made by Dad when he was a kid.
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What are maraschino cherries?
Dad can eat this drink and dessert garnish "straight out of the far".
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Who is Gary?
Donna is the spouse of this person, one of Dad's oldest friends.
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What is sunscreen?
Prior to announcing he hates hitting his head, Dad grabbed this product out of Shelley's hand.
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What is do you like it, are you good at it, and can you make money doing it?
When deciding what career path to take, Dad says make sure it meets these three requirements.
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What is Star Wars: A New Hope?
In college, Dad had a tiny TV in his dorm on which he watched this movie "about a hundred times".
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What is Georgia Tech?
In the late 90s, Dad won an award for designing a rec complex for this university.
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What is Russian?
In high school, Dad skipped Spanish and instead took this language.
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What are peas?
Dad will eat most foods, except this veggie, which he hates.
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What is going outside?
To Brett and Shelley's excuses not to do this healthy activity, Dad exclaimed: "Bologna".
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What is Obama being elected? (The first president who was younger than him)
One of the first times Dad admitted to feeling old was when this historic event happened 12 years ago.
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What is Harvard University?
Dad, Cara, and Brett got kicked out of this University's school of architecture.
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What is Howard Johnson's?
Playboy bunnies and old people visited Dad here often.
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What is "get back"?
After lighting a gas lantern on fire, Dad directed Brett to do this.
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What is consumer reports?
When asking Dad about what kind of [insert product here such as a car, a lawn mower, etc] to buy, Dad will immediately go to this website, which was formerly a magazine, and provide you feedback on 5 or 6 models of each product.
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What is an iPad?
When attending an open house for a lighting manufacturer, Dad won this item as a door prize - something he already owned.
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What is Cape Cod?
"Shut up, Brett!" was Dad's response to Brett trying to look on the bright side of things when we were vacationing here.
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What is a motorcycle?
Running late for school one day, Dad borrowed this mode of transportation from Uncle Glenn. He lost his homework shortly after.
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What is perfectly leveling the ice cream?
In an effort to throw Mom off her trail, Shelley used to do this to the ice cream - a calling card of Dad's.
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Who is Mom?
One of Dad's favorite pieces of advice is to refer you to this resource.
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What is the downstairs TV? (He watched the 1988 championship on the same TV)
Down by 12 with 2:12 to play in the second half, Dad went and got this device from the basement, believing it would help will the Kansas Jayhawks to a comeback victory in the 2008 National Championship.
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What is "doesn't matter, he has grandchildren now"?
Who is Dad's favorite child?
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