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Well, my Dad died when I was 11 so he didn't get a chance to really teach me a whole lot, but he did teach me to never touch a cigarette. He died from a heart attack at 47 and smoked like a fiend. Used to tell me "If I ever see you with a cigarette in your hand I will break your fingers !" Must have worked, I never had the urge.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Well, my Dad died when I was 11 so he didn't get a chance to really teach me a whole lot, but he did teach me to never touch a cigarette. He died from a heart attack at 47 and smoked like a fiend. Used to tell me "If I ever see you with a cigarette in your hand I will break your fingers !" Must have worked, I never had the urge.

Don

Good advice, I often wish I hadn't taken up the nasty habit.
As far as Dads go, I didn't meet mine until the 7th week of boot camp in 1961 and then I had to pick him out of a crowd. I swore that any future children I might be blessed with would never suffer that fate and they didn't

Another one was I got myself trapped under a Corvair engine which my Dad didn't know I was doing no less doing alone in his garage.I had these dreams of a Crown Corviar in my head.He came home from work and asked me what in the world I thought I was doing??Swearing I told him to get me out of there while the two studs for the engine mount was putting pressure on my chest.He lifted the engine up just enough to take off the pressure,but not enough to let me get out.He said YOU DON"T SWEAR IN MY GARAGE,UNDERSTAND??.I told ok,ok,just get me out.Well no matter what I never did swear again in that garage.Oh I had two bruises on my chest for awhile after that and he told me I didn't even had enough money to build that Crown,junked the car the next day.Yepper he was right.