"Me an' my ol' man" diodn't see eye to eye on much but I sho nuff miss him... It's been 4 years now since he passed an' fathers day ain't been the same...

Okay, here's the brag part... He lost his mom when he was 9, his father was a drunk and somehow my dad ended up living and working on a farm in New Jersey, didn't attend much school but in his late teens made off to Detroit where he got a decent job selling clothes for Bonds Department Store... He was a sharp dresser back then and inspite of lack of formal education impressed someone enough at Ford Motor Company to hire him to sell "industrial engines" on the road... That was his break becasue from there he went on to a very successfull career as a Ford Motor Co. exec and then a private consultant which he did until he finally retired well into his 70's...

My dad, however, was a conservative Republican when I grew up and my mom was a commie liberal Democrat so dinner converstions were heated events (no, not juust the food) and by the time I got into my teens he and I butted heads on everything but...

...my proudest day was the day he marched in the Moritorium againt the Vietnam War... yeah, he'd come a long way...

B~