Who is your Daddy, and what does he do? [Archive]

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 04:02 AM

my dad is Howie.  He was head of fleet maintanence for Texaco when they were in brooklyn a long time ago.  After they closed the depot in Greepoint in he 80's he took his serenve package and bought into a tow truck company in East New York Brooklyn.  He served his country during the Vietnam conflict with three tours of duty, two in Vietnam and the the third in Germany as a Staff Sargent. A few months ago, the VA determined that his tours of duty and numerous injuries violated his rights as a citizen and deemed him certifable crazy, but not dangerous, just minor metal problems, i.e. battle anxiety.  My mom and he were divorced for 20 years after getting remarried over the summer.  He can be seen riding his harley all around the eastern seaboard, mainly the tri state area, he retired a year and a half ago. 

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

12-08-2006, 04:28 AM

My dad was Peter. He served as a Sargeant in the USMC in the South Pacific during WWII. He worked for 35 years at the ASPCA. He started out as a handyman and worked his way up to director of physical plant for the Manhattan and [former] Bronx shelters and the animal port at JFK airport. He died in 1988.

ShelleBink

12-08-2006, 04:32 AM

My dad is Marty.  He retired from working in the mechanical & civil engineering department at the local community college for over 35 years.  He currently works part time doing maintenance and various projects around the church he and my mom go to.  Either that or he's overfeeding my dog while I'm away at college.

A.J.

12-08-2006, 04:53 AM

Me and the Admiral don't get along.<img src="http://www.the-doors-world.com/pages/PicsJim/FatherMorrison2.jpg" border="0" width="274" height="400" />

cougarjake13

12-08-2006, 04:55 AM

what movie is the thread title from ???

Wrecked

12-08-2006, 05:35 AM

Robert, worked for the City of Vero Beach, FL. Died in '98.

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 05:38 AM

A.J. wrote: Me and the Admiral don't get along.<img src="http://www.the-doors-world.com/pages/PicsJim/FatherMorrison2.jpg" border="0" width="274" height="400" />  doont feel bad, at times i am happy that my dad was never around for my teenage years.  the sargent and I would not have gotten along too well either.  I would have ended up running away and joining the circus.

A.J.

12-08-2006, 05:41 AM

I appreciate the nice thought Stugots but I was making a bad Jim Morrison/Otto from The Simpsons reference.

mendyweiss

12-08-2006, 05:45 AM

<img src="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/8a/John_Gotti.jpg" border="0" width="194" height="303" />My dad was in the plumbing business. What ?

Tenbatsuzen

12-08-2006, 05:46 AM

My father is a mad scientist.  Think Alton Brown crossed with Chuck Scarborough.  My issues with attention deficit are only second to his.  There have been several occassions when we go into a store and I find him wandering, examining the ingredients of products.He also makes a mean guacamole.

Tenbatsuzen

12-08-2006, 05:47 AM

cougarjake13 wrote: what movie is the thread title from ??? End of Days.

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 05:49 AM

mendyweiss wrote: <img src="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/8/8a/John_Gotti.jpg" border="0" width="194" height="303" />My dad was in the plumbing business. What ? my grandfather was a messenger, but that is another thread. AJ.  i had not idea, sorry.

angrymissy

12-08-2006, 05:53 AM

My Dad is Lloyd and works the night shift at CVS where he hangs out with his good buddy DMX:<img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/daddmx.gif" border="0" width="540" height="502" />any excuse to use this picture, I love it

Tenbatsuzen

12-08-2006, 05:56 AM

angrymissy wrote: any excuse to use this picture, I love itI actually have that pic saved in RF pic directory just in case I need to bust it out for anything relating to your dad, DMX, or drugstores.

Tall_James

12-08-2006, 06:08 AM

cougarjake13 wrote: what movie is the thread title from ??? Looking for Mr. Goodbar

sailor

12-08-2006, 06:17 AM

Tenbatsuzen wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: what movie is the thread title from ??? End of Days.  isn't it also from a song?  it's right at the edge of my memory, but i can't pull it out.  oh, well.my dad's john and he was a warehouseman at hunt's point till a stroke and heart attack forced an early retirement like 3 years ago.  now he's happily retired and planning to spend his retirement in the scenic west virginia mountains.

jetdog

12-08-2006, 06:28 AM

Tenbatsuzen wrote: My father is a mad scientist. Think Alton Brown crossed with Chuck Scarborough. My issues with attention deficit are only second to his. There have been several occassions when we go into a store and I find him wandering, examining the ingredients of products.He also makes a mean guacamole.  Eerily similar to my father and my ADD.  When we go anywhere he winds up wandering (as do I) examining ingredients (he hates yellow #5).

K.C.

12-08-2006, 08:16 AM

My dad is a co-host on XM Satellite Radio with Ron Bennington: <img src="http://www.thebig-a.com/andrewfez.jpg" border="0" alt="http://www.thebig-a.com/andrewfez.jpg" title="http://www.thebig-a.com/andrewfez.jpg" width="326" height="410" /> Big AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Big AAAAAAA-Big AAAAAAA-Big AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! Big AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!  Big AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Skellington

12-08-2006, 09:00 AM

cougarjake13 wrote: what movie is the thread title from ??? Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop....STOP ITTTT!!! <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kriegweasel/portfolio/small/arnold.jpg" border="0" width="290" height="320" />

torker

12-08-2006, 11:46 AM

Tenbatsuzen wrote:  Think Alton Brown crossed with Chuck Scarborough.  wow

Fezticle98

12-08-2006, 11:57 AM

Tenbatsuzen wrote: My father is a mad scientist.  Think Alton Brown crossed with Chuck Scarborough.  My issues with attention deficit are only second to his.  There have been several occassions when we go into a store and I find him wandering, examining the ingredients of products.He also makes a mean guacamole. Sounds like Fez.

Tenbatsuzen

12-08-2006, 12:04 PM

torker wrote: Tenbatsuzen wrote:  Think Alton Brown crossed with Chuck Scarborough.  wow  Knowledge and brainwaves of Alton, personality and delivery of Chuck.<img src="http://www.wnbc.com/2006/0112/6031394_320X240.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" />

Crysie

12-08-2006, 04:19 PM

My poppa's name is Wayne and he manages Old Road Truck Repair in Upstate New York.

Reephdweller

12-08-2006, 04:19 PM

I told you already...my fathers a farmer!!

Fez4PrezN2008

12-08-2006, 04:26 PM

My Dad was the greatest man I ever knew. Here's to you Pop! Save a seat for me up there.

BoondockSaint

12-08-2006, 04:28 PM

Crysie wrote: My poppa's name is Wayne and he manages Old Road Truck Repair in Upstate New York. I live about 5 minutes away from there.

Andomray

12-08-2006, 04:32 PM

WhistlePig wrote: My pop is named Charles and he was an art professor at a nearby college. He used to teach illustration among other subjects but finally had to retire when people wanted to learn how to illustrate with illustrator on the computer and not with pen and paper. Fuck those people.ÿ I'm an illustration major and I only draw and paint.ÿ I do use Illustrator, but for my own fun.ÿ It's sad that traditional art is going out the window. My daddy is Bill.ÿ He's a quality engineer.ÿ He makes weird faces when I take pictures of him.

empulse

12-08-2006, 04:33 PM

My PoPs is William, he worked for GE/Lockheed/Lockheed-Martin/BAE (they changed names so many times) and built Flight controls for the F117, F18, A10 (Revised for bigger gun) and the YF-22, he went blind (macular degeneration) and said he didn't want to keep doing that work because he didn't want to be responsible for someone dying if he made a mistake.  And he put up with me going to prison, oddly still loves me.

Andomray

12-08-2006, 04:47 PM

<div> </div> My grandfather was a manager at the A & P my parents met at, then he retired.ÿ His car decided not to work one day, and he "sold it to a Mexican in the parking lot of Shoprite for fifty bucks."  He was a little...different.ÿ He died 10 years ago. My other grandpa is the greatest man I have ever met.ÿ He built houses, had awful arthritis, and still worked.ÿ He had both of his hands broken because the fingers wouldn't open, has had both hips and knees replaced, and he just turned 87.ÿ He drank his fathers red wine when he was 11, was asked where it went, and when he said he didn't know, his father made him do a shot of vodka and he puked everywhere.ÿ The puke was red, and my great grandpa said, "There's my red wine!" 

This message was edited by Andomray on 12-8-06 @ 9:18 PM

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 04:54 PM

i cant really say what my Grandfather did (my mom's dad) without officals then asking questions.  As for my dad's dad he was a farmer in Nebraska and passed away 10 years ago.  My dad's family is all from the midwest and i never met them.  His sister's both own huge cattle ranches in Montana.   Interesting enough I have no idea what Regina's dad does for a living.  At one time Boris, owned a huge Russin resturant, that had Sex in the City filmed in it a few times, but he sold it and now just travels back and forth to Russia 8 or 10 times a year on business.

Tenbatsuzen

12-08-2006, 06:34 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote: Interesting enough I have no idea what Regina's dad does for a living. At one time Boris, owned a huge Russin resturant, that had Sex in the City filmed in it a few times, but he sold it and now just travels back and forth to Russia 8 or 10 times a year on business.  By any chance did he stop in a London Sushi restaurant within the last few weeks?

johnniewalker

12-08-2006, 06:44 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote: i cant really say what my Grandfather did (my mom's dad) without officals then asking questions. As for my dad's dad he was a farmer in Nebraska and passed away 10 years ago. My dad's family is all from the midwest and i never met them. His sister's both own huge cattle ranches in Montana.  Interesting enough I have no idea what Regina's dad does for a living. At one time Boris, owned a huge Russin resturant, that had Sex in the City filmed in it a few times, but he sold it and now just travels back and forth to Russia 8 or 10 times a year on business.  Wow where in nebraska?  I was born in Lincoln, Neb.  Have you ever gone to the midwest?

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 07:01 PM

Tenbatsuzen wrote: STUGOTS1 wrote: Interesting enough I have no idea what Regina's dad does for a living. At one time Boris, owned a huge Russin resturant, that had Sex in the City filmed in it a few times, but he sold it and now just travels back and forth to Russia 8 or 10 times a year on business.  By any chance did he stop in a London Sushi restaurant within the last few weeks?   shit, my inlaws are over there now.  i will ask them about it when we talk to them tomorrow.  i will fill you in.

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 07:02 PM

johnniewalker wrote: STUGOTS1 wrote: i cant really say what my Grandfather did (my mom's dad) without officals then asking questions. As for my dad's dad he was a farmer in Nebraska and passed away 10 years ago. My dad's family is all from the midwest and i never met them. His sister's both own huge cattle ranches in Montana.  Interesting enough I have no idea what Regina's dad does for a living. At one time Boris, owned a huge Russin resturant, that had Sex in the City filmed in it a few times, but he sold it and now just travels back and forth to Russia 8 or 10 times a year on business. Wow where in nebraska? I was born in Lincoln, Neb. Have you ever gone to the midwest?   no idea and never.

FUNKMAN

12-08-2006, 07:14 PM

my dad's name is joe. he was a sick kid with bad asthma and missed alot of school and he never graduated high school.  he basically worked factory jobs his whole life(paper mills, maxwell house, colgate) plus he kept up a couple of his dad's apt houses in downtown jersey city, doing most of the maintenance. when he wasn't working two jobs and taking care of the houses he and mom had five boys, me being the 4th.mom is gone but dad is still kicking although he's slowed down a bunch. he's a good man who helps anybody and everybody and never asks for anything in return.  have to say i genuinely love that man.

Don Stugots

12-08-2006, 07:24 PM

FUNKMAN wrote: my dad's name is joe. he was a sick kid with bad asthma and missed alot of school and he never graduated high school. he basically worked factory jobs his whole life(paper mills, maxwell house, colgate) plus he kept up a couple of his dad's apt houses in downtown jersey city, doing most of the maintenance. when he wasn't working two jobs and taking care of the houses he and mom had five boys, me being the 4th.mom is gone but dad is still kicking although he's slowed down a bunch. he's a good man who helps anybody and everybody and never asks for anything in return. have to say i genuinely love that man. wow, i think i do too.

PapaBear

12-08-2006, 08:34 PM

David. He was a manager for C&P Telephone Co. (now called Verizon) in Northern VA, and supervisor of the C&P crews that worked in "the caves" of Mount Weather, until his retirement in 1988.Mom was a telephone operator for AT&T (with our own Whistlepig) until her retirement in the early 1990's.

This message was edited by PapaBear on 12-9-06 @ 12:37 AM

TooCute

12-08-2006, 09:02 PM

My dad is <a href="http://cbr.med.harvard.edu/page.php?
branch=pi&page=alt&type=4"Frederick</a> and he grew up in Johnstown,
PA. His father had a violent temper and a black dog named Nigger, but his
parents died from cancers when he was 8, and he was raised by his older
sister. He is now the senior investigator and scientific director at the Center
for Blood Research at Harvard Medical School, as well as being a chaired
professor of pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital, and a Howard Hughs Medical
Institute investigator. He was one of the youngest people ever elected to
the National Academy of Sciences, has won many awards for his cancer
research, and is probably one of the best known immunologists in the
country.

He's also a total interruptor in conversation, as I am, and a dedicated
fisherman, skiier and foodie (wonder where I get it from?). He has a crooked
nose and a mangled fingers from too many fishing accidents.

TooCute

12-08-2006, 09:03 PM

I'm afraid to even try to edit that, using Safar. My daddy's Fred.

PapaBear

12-08-2006, 09:58 PM

Since a few people mentioned Grandfathers, I thought I would, too. My Grandpa was born in 1895, and was in the Merchant Marines. His father was in the Merchant Marines, before him.  In 1909, Great-Grandpa told a black man that "the engine room is no place for a Negro". The guy left, and came back with a pistol. He fatally shot him in the neck. I've got the newspaper article around, somewhere. Grandpa feared blacks till the day he died. He wouldn't let us watch All In The Family in his house, because he knew that Archie was just like him. BTW... Grandma was just like Edith. I miss them both.

WhistlePig

12-09-2006, 07:47 AM

I'll mention my grandpap, too. His name was Charles and he ran a pool hall
in Gary Indiana. One day Minnesota Fats showed up in his pool hall and they
played a couple of games -- grandpap won. I never saw anyone play pool as
good as he did.

MellySmelly

12-09-2006, 08:27 AM

This thread has been very interseting to read. Great stories!My daddy is a retired Baptist minister.  He also worked at Caterpillar Tractors for about 35 years as a tool maker.  He is the sweetest, kindest, most caring, nonjudgemental person that I have ever met in my life.  I love him so much that I gave him one of my kidneys about 10 months ago to save his life.  I couldn't see letting the best person in the world die, if I could prevent it.

ShelleBink

12-09-2006, 08:50 AM

Grandpas: Mom's Dad is Vince.  He always looks grumpy, but he's always been nice to me and my siblings ((and to my parents)).  I know he was born in 1929, and lately he's been having quite a bit of health problems.  He left school in about sixth grade to go to work in the coal mines in NE Pa.  Then he and my grandma moved to Woodbridge before settling in Sayreville.  Our family owns the Farm in PA that he grew up on and the house in Sayreville still.  He's been in good spirits in spite of his health because of the birth of my bro's daughter, making him a great grampa for the first time.  He and my grandma have been super helpful to us over the years, and I never have any problems doing favors for them around the houses or programming their VCRs.   Plus they're pretty damn funny and yell at each other a lot.Dad's Dad was Edward.  I didn't know him, he died of a heart attack in 1964.  I know he was in the Army for some time, stationed in Ft. Campbell, KY.  He grew up in Jersey, on a farm in Metuchen.  He was pretty intelligent when it came to electronics, and would repair TVs for his friends.  Somehow he ended up repairing a TV for a family that my grandma was a nanny for ((she grew up in Ireland and came to the states when she was 20 in 1937)).  They got married and had twins, my bro and my uncle.  I've only seen one picture of him, from when he was in Kentucky.  He looks a lot like my dad & uncle.  I know he had a pretty bad temper.  Plus I read the article on his death - he was complaining of chest pains while working at an factory, and went to the infirmary (sp) to have it checked out, but no one was there and someone told him to come back later.  He went back to work, and died not too long after.  My grandma sued and somehow got a very shitty settlement, forcing my dad to pay his own way through college, and eating only candy bars ((coz there was little, if any, money for food)).  My dad got a masters degree in Science and you can read about him above.  He inherited a bit of his father's temper tho...

absinthe

12-09-2006, 09:19 AM

My dad is John and worked at GM as a line rat from a week after he graduated high school until last year when he took early retirement due to diabetes.  I feel bad that I didn't realize all the wonderful things he did for me until I had already moved away and now I'm across the country.  I took it for granted when he would work a double shift at the factory, sleep for 2 hours and then come to one of mine or my brother's sporting events.  I wish I lived closer to him.

johnniewalker

12-09-2006, 09:33 AM

WhistlePig wrote: I'll mention my grandpap, too. His name was Charles and he ran a pool hall in Gary Indiana. One day Minnesota Fats showed up in his pool hall and they played a couple of games -- grandpap won. I never saw anyone play pool as good as he did.  No way.  That's a hell of a story.

Dudeman

12-10-2006, 05:19 PM

TooCute wrote: My dad is <a href="http://cbr.med.harvard.edu/page.php? branch=pi&page=alt&type=4">and he grew up in Johnstown, PA. His father had a violent temper and a black dog named Nigger, but his parents died from cancers when he was 8, and he was raised by his older sister. He is now the senior investigator and scientific director at the Center for Blood Research at Harvard Medical School, as well as being a chaired professor of pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital, and a Howard Hughs Medical Institute investigator. He was one of the youngest people ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences, has won many awards for his cancer research, and is probably one of the best known immunologists in the country. He's also a total interruptor in conversation, as I am, and a dedicated fisherman, skiier and foodie (wonder where I get it from?). He has a crooked nose and a mangled fingers from too many fishing accidents. </a>hmmm... i was hanging out in the karp building a few days ago...

ralphbxny

12-10-2006, 06:59 PM

My old man is Ralph and he was a steamfitter in NYC. Thats  that!

TooCute

12-10-2006, 09:09 PM

I already mentioned my grandpa James who had the black dog named
nigger and beat up my dad's dentist for pulling the wrong tooth once. My
maternal grandfather is Koji and he recently smashed his head in in a bad
fall while in Japan.
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However, despite the fact that it's only a few weeks since the accident, he's
come back to the states and is back at work. He's 85, and and the
"centennial professor" of chemistry Columbia, where he's been for over 30
years. He's figured out the structures of things as varied as rhodopsin and
the active chemicals in gingko biloba, and won too many big awards to
mention. Hell, the American Chemical Society named an award after him!
He's a big partier and can still drink me under the table, and is the biggest
practical joker around (with the possible exception of George Clooney).

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He's a hell of a guy.

PapaBear

12-10-2006, 09:13 PM

MellySmelly was right. This IS a really cool thread! I'm glad your gramps is doing better, TC.

WhistlePig

12-11-2006, 02:26 AM

[quote]MellySmelly wrote: This thread has
been very interseting to read. Great stories!My daddy is a retired
Baptist minister.ÿ He also worked at Caterpillar Tractors for about 35 years
as a tool maker.ÿ He is the sweetest, kindest, most caring, nonjudgemental
person that I have ever met in my life.ÿ I love him so much that I gave him
one of my kidneys about 10 months ago to save his life.ÿ I couldn't see
letting the best person in the world die, if I could prevent it.[/
quote]

What a wonderful thing to do for your dad! You sound like a pretty great
person yourself, MellySmelly.

reeshy

12-11-2006, 02:31 AM

My Dad is an 83 old retired FDNY vet.....third highest award winner on the job and never, ever talks about.....also served in submarines in the Pacific during WWII.....likes to make furniture and teaches firefighting to the young kids in Florida on a volunteer basis....goes to Mass every Sunday and loves my Mom like no tomorrow....oh yea....and us kids!!!!!!!PS..he would dissaprove of this board cause we curse too much.....he never even says Damn!!!! Love that old son-of-a-bitch!!!!

A.J.

12-11-2006, 04:15 AM

<img src="http://writingcompany.blogs.com/this_isnt_writing_its_typ/images/dr_evil.jpg" border="0" width="243" height="141" />"My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament."

Don Stugots

12-11-2006, 04:32 AM

reeshy wrote: My Dad is an 83 old retired FDNY vet.....third highest award winner on the job and never, ever talks about.....also served in submarines in the Pacific during WWII.....likes to make furniture and teaches firefighting to the young kids in Florida on a volunteer basis....goes to Mass every Sunday and loves my Mom like no tomorrow....oh yea....and us kids!!!!!!!PS..he would dissaprove of this board cause we curse too much.....he never even says Damn!!!! Love that old son-of-a-bitch!!!!you lie.  You are 83 and your dad, who i assume is a lovely perosn (since 99% of men are the opposite for their dads) must be 101 years old, if he had you when he had you when he was 18.

narc

12-20-2006, 10:54 PM

My daddy is Sam. He's an employee-benefits attorney. He works like mad and he will never retire (somewhat ironically).  His daddy was also Sam, and he was an exec with the family trucking company (which is now defunct) and the family storage company.My other grandfather is a retired grocery wholesaler (because we're all about keeping with stereotypes) who served in the Navy in WWII.

deja

12-21-2006, 01:00 AM

His name is Joe and his job is trying to get himself off the couch everyday cause hes grafted to the vinyl

MHasegawa

12-21-2006, 01:24 AM

my fathers name is Eli, i barely know him.  my mother took me and my older sister and left him, i was about a year old according to my mother (she also tells me he was a heavy coke and heroin addict). he sends me cards with money orders in them on christmas and my birthday, we talk on the phone about once a year, both of us hate talking on the phone so it's terribly uncomfortable for each of us.  last i saw him was at his brothers funeral up here in paterson, that was the 3rd time i remember seeing him. he's been living in tampa for about 10 years, he's a landscaper.

sr71blackbird

12-21-2006, 01:57 AM

My father is Quinto and he is retired now and driving my mom crazy at home.  He owned a textile factory and made fabrics.  I worked for him for 20 years until he closed the factory.  He is a great guy who'd give you the shirt off his back, but he also has a bad temper and I worry endlessly about him since his heart attack that almost was a year ago (New Years eve).  I inhertited many of his traits; overweight, obsessive, collector of useless things, lack of organization, but overactive intelligence.  I love the guy.