One of Dad's Hobbies

footfootfoot · 02-18-2007, 08:24 PM

AS some of you remember my dad suddenly and unexpectedly passed away last March. It's been about a year that I've had a short tower of banker's boxes, filled with his letters, short stories, and other ephemera perched next to my computer. I figured I need to whittle through it and toss out christmas cards from people I don't know and preserve the gems for posterity.

Here is a typically quixotic missive from him to Carte Blanche. As often as not, he kept copies of the letters volleying back and forth. Sometimes he won and sometimes he lost. But as in many things in his life it was about the journey and not the destination.

02-18-2007, 08:35 PM

Nice.

Griff · 02-19-2007, 07:10 AM

You had some kind of Dad there Foot.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-19-2007, 08:55 AM

Bravo, my kind of man.

You prove the nut doesn't fall far from the tree, too.

chrisinhouston · 02-25-2007, 05:06 PM

That's a great letter, did he ever get accepted? I was rejected a few times by Sears as a young husband and father to be so I wrote them that I had been accepted by Montgomery Wards and would do all my shopping there. I received a Sears card about a month later...

footfootfoot · 02-25-2007, 08:52 PM

I'm sure he did get accepted. There is another funny series of letters back and forth between him and amex where they cancelled his card, sent him an acceptance letter a week later for a new card, then reinstated his original card. It's more scanning than I feel like doing right now, but you get the idea.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2007, 04:10 AM

Sounds like Dad enjoyed pointing out the absurdity of businesses' policies to them. I'm sure he embarrassed them by bringing it to their attention. I love it.

LabRat · 02-28-2007, 03:42 PM

Wow.

I could never be that creative if given a million years to come up with something. I bet he was a great dad and friend...and came up with some whoppers of punishments for feet that got out of line

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Thanks for sharing!

02-18-2007, 08:24 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	One of Dad's Hobbies AS some of you remember my dad suddenly and unexpectedly passed away last March. It's been about a year that I've had a short tower of banker's boxes, filled with his letters, short stories, and other ephemera perched next to my computer. I figured I need to whittle through it and toss out christmas cards from people I don't know and preserve the gems for posterity. Here is a typically quixotic missive from him to Carte Blanche. As often as not, he kept copies of the letters volleying back and forth. Sometimes he won and sometimes he lost. But as in many things in his life it was about the journey and not the destination. Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-19-2007, 07:10 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You had some kind of Dad there Foot. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-19-2007, 08:55 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bravo, my kind of man. You prove the nut doesn't fall far from the tree, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-25-2007, 08:52 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm sure he did get accepted. There is another funny series of letters back and forth between him and amex where they cancelled his card, sent him an acceptance letter a week later for a new card, then reinstated his original card. It's more scanning than I feel like doing right now, but you get the idea. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-26-2007, 04:10 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sounds like Dad enjoyed pointing out the absurdity of businesses' policies to them. I'm sure he embarrassed them by bringing it to their attention. I love it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-25-2007, 05:06 PM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	That's a great letter, did he ever get accepted? I was rejected a few times by Sears as a young husband and father to be so I wrote them that I had been accepted by Montgomery Wards and would do all my shopping there. I received a Sears card about a month later...

02-28-2007, 03:42 PM	#8
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Wow. I could never be that creative if given a million years to come up with something. I bet he was a great dad and friend...and came up with some whoppers of punishments for feet that got out of line . Thanks for sharing! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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02-18-2007, 08:35 PM	#2
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Nice.