Happy Father's Day to all you Askville Fathers!! In honor of the day, tell me something your father taught you.(Anyone!)

Happy Father's Day to all you Askville Fathers! In honor of the day, tell me something your father taught you.(Anyone! ) What did your father teach you?

A skill, a lesson, whatever -- share! Asked by Rickisgirl 42 months ago Similar questions: Happy Father's Day Askville Fathers honor day father taught Education & Reference.

Similar questions: Happy Father's Day Askville Fathers honor day father taught.

Something my dad taught me. I don't know why this comes to my mind most often. Dad told me once when we were having a conversation that nothing is free in this life.

I was much younger then and brushed it off. It came back to haunt me many years later when I realized how right he was. Time after time I realize that nothing is really free.

You may think something is free, but there is always a catch. Take Askville, for instance, you say it's free. No membership fee.

However, what about the time you spend answering questions on Askville? If you were paid for that time, imagine all the money you would make. So in a sense, even Askville isn't free..

My father has taught me many lessons throughout my life but I think the one that I think of most often is When you loan people money consider a gift that way if it is not repaid there are no heart feelings and if it is you will be pleasantly surprised. When I was in college a friend of mine asked my father for a loan and he never paid him back. I felt bad that my friend did that too him but my father told me he never expected to get it back and told me this theory of his.

I was very impressed. I am very fortunate my father is now 75 years old and still in fairly good health. I spent Friday night at his house and my sister and I took he and my stepmom to dinner to celebrate Father's day.

He is a grumpy old man but he still has some darn good advice when he cares to share it.

Wow... the lessons are too numerous to list. However, there is one underlying theme that I believe to be very valuable. My father was raised on a farm and when he went off to seek his fortune used his above average intelligence to become a dentist.

He always considered it a part of his paternal duties to not only provide for his family, but make sure that his kids understood where things come from, how they are made, and how they work. The underlying theme was that it is always more productive to out think any given problem than to try and out muscle it and the more you understand about how things really work the more tools you have to accomplish any given task. Additionally, practical knowledge regarding where things come from promotes an appreciation for our connection with our environment as well as general self-sufficiency.

I remember my mother commenting more than once in all sincerity: "If the world goes to hell in a hand basket I can think of nobody I'd rather have around than your father". I believe I once commented in this forum that I honestly believe he could build a space shuttle with duct tape and bailing wire and whatever scraps of material he could find laying around. So... while my mother taught us the social graces, my father taught us to appreciate the foundation upon which they are built.In other words, while my mother taught us to appreciate fine wine and cheese my father taught us the craft of vinification and the skills to grow the grapes, as well as the skills to raise cattle harvest the milk, and the process of cheese making.

The list of practical skills we had fun experimenting with is much to long to list. However, the real lesson was the perspective that most in the modern world have lost..

I really only remember two memorable messages: The first one was "clean your fingernails" and the second was "measure twice, cut once". But there is a background to all this and I will explain more below. My father was the oldest of six children, all of whom were too young to take on adult responsibilities when my grandfather died.

Interestingly enough, my paternal grandfather was killed by an old farmer who claimed that my grandfather had 'mesmerized' him into deeding his farm over to the lake authority. The old farmer was sent to an asylum and never recanted his story. Anyway, at fourteen my father had to leave school and go to work to help support the family.

This made him the substitute father for the rest of his siblings and they always treated him as such. My father was always working and always gone and except for some rare times, he was invisible. The 'clean your fingernails' came from him working as a salesman selling hydraulic lifts to service stations at the close of WWII.At that time, every station wanted on so it was a very lucrative job.

The clean fingernails served to distinguish a white collar successful man from the blue collar types who worked at service stations and therefore, had grease under their fingernails. My father was also an expert wood worker, therefore the "measure twice, cut once" motto.My fingernails have always been clean but I am too free-form and love variety too much to get much use from the measure twice wisdom.

In honor of Father's Day:" "Happy Thanksgiving Askville- Have a peaceful, restful and meaningful day of thanks! " "Happy Father's Day everyone. " "Anyone wished you a Happy Valentine's Day yet?

Happy Valentine's Day to all Askville and yours! " "Happy Turkey Day to all of Askville! Have a great day Thursday!" "How do people without fathers celebrate Father's Day?

" "To every female on Askville - Happy Mother's Day. I know it's early, oh well!" "Today is Father's Day.. let's show all the Fathers that we love them. " "What are you getting your dad for fathers day?

" "Let's honor the Dads here on Father's Day with your best "Dadisms"...

Happy Thanksgiving Askville- Have a peaceful, restful and meaningful day of thanks!

Happy Valentine's Day to all Askville and yours!

Happy Turkey Day to all of Askville! Have a great day Thursday!

To every female on Askville - Happy Mother's Day. I know it's early, oh well!

Today is Father's Day.. let's show all the Fathers that we love them.

Let's honor the Dads here on Father's Day with your best "Dadisms"...

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