The definition of patience

[sourland]

Quote:
I would never even dream of bringing up the fact that your 88 year old Dad spends the night at his girlfriend's house!

And these are the sort of things that give me hope for the future.

 

[Spookwriter]

Gritsar, first off, I'm very glad to see you posting again. I've never met
you in person, but I think the world of you. I've been worried about your
trip and all.

Dads are wonderful people. Even old dads. Funny, about him spending the
night at his girlfriends.

But I have to respectfully disagree with the phone issue...your father deserves
to have and to use whichever system he prefers. Was the old system actually
broken or just old? If it was broken, someone needs to get it fixed. Find him
another one just like it.

Beautiful that he wants to hear your voice on it.

My own father in law had a prosthetic arm...his left arm. A lineman for the electric
company, he lost his arm in the early 80's. He liked his first arm best, even when it
became old style. That's the one he knew how to use. Through the years, he had
a few more "newer style" arms fitted. Never liked them. Hated the metal claw.

Before he passed away, his arm was so old the company no longer even made parts
for it. So we made them ourself in my garage. (I''ve a nice shop) We made new metal
parts for it, made a new harness. Kept it in pretty nice shape...I use to have to oil him
like the tinman in Wizard of OZ.

After a stoke robbed him of his right side, the doctor tried to force him to accept a new
arm fitted with a claw...And it didn't take long for me to tell the doctor where to stick that
new claw.

My father in law deserved the arm HE wanted.

But I'm still glad you're back.

Spook

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
I did basically the same thing, wrote out the instructions for each item in large block letters. Placed near or under the item it was intended for. For example: The instructions for heating coffee and cooking a hot dog in the microwave are thumb-tacked just inside the cabinet door above the microwave.

Great tip. Thanks

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
I treasure him soooo much. What really makes me feel blessed though is that my DH Keith treasures him too. Long after I would go to bed each night, Keith and my dad would sit in the kitchen and Dad would share stories about WWII; something Keith loves to hear about. At the end of the visit, Dad gave Keith his dog tags, his service metals and his "dolphins" (navy emblem signifying submarine service). Keith will treasure them all of his days.

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
I would never even dream of bringing up the fact that your 88 year old Dad spends the night at his girlfriend's house!

And these are the sort of things that give me hope for the future.

He had two girlfriends, till one up and died on him.

 

[gritsar]

Spook, first off

. I'm glad to be back, even if I am missing my dad more than ever.

As far as the answering machine goes, the old one had tiny buttons, each no more than a half inch long. Dad had stopped trying to play his messages. He just waited until someone came over and asked them to play them for him. The big problem was that he would try to answer calls after the machine had activated; causing tremendous feedback that was hard on the ears.

He says he likes the new phone, so it's all good.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Quote:
I treasure him soooo much. What really makes me feel blessed though is that my DH Keith treasures him too. Long after I would go to bed each night, Keith and my dad would sit in the kitchen and Dad would share stories about WWII; something Keith loves to hear about. At the end of the visit, Dad gave Keith his dog tags, his service metals and his "dolphins" (navy emblem signifying submarine service). Keith will treasure them all of his days.

That made me misty eyed.

What a wonderful man.

 

[schellie69]

My new great do it all microwave died a few months ago. A friend gave us one to use it has the dial to turn it to how many minutes you want. My poor children could not figure it out they where used to all those buttons.

Old mom had to show them how it worked....

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
My grown stepchildren never heard of a radar range and they didn't know answering machines ever came with tapes. Gosh I'm getting old.

 

[welsummerchicks]

After listening to YURPIES (Young urban rich professionals) all day, it makes me feel good to know someone still doesn't want a smart phone and can survive day to day without multiple 'apps'.

Forget the cell phone, answering machine, and all that, including the smart phone.

All this ancient old those-were-the-dayer wants is a Personal Cray Jaguar.

I should probably explain that. There is no such thing as a Personal Cray Jaguar.

The Cray Jaguar is, at least to me, still THE most powerful computer in the world. I don't count the NUDT in China. Out of ancient old crabby sentimentality.

Here is one, the Kraken at Oak Ridge (yay Tennesee!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oak_Ridge_-_Kraken_(Cray_XT5).JPG

Note kraken monster.

Ah, the good old days.