Me & Timmy were laughing today

 ...about a few of our Dad's expressions & idiosyncrasies...

• When John was gonna buy a Hilman in 1967... Dad said, "you don't want a Hillman. They're nothing but trouble" So John bought a VW Beetle.

• Howsomever
• Be that as it may
• Comma-ka-zays when describing the Jap planes diving on USA ships in WWII
  
  
  
• "time zit?" when waking him up during a nap, cause he rarely knew what day it was. Working three shifts & two jobs & six kids!
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• Always clipped his finger nails on the way to 9 o'clock mass on Sunday mornings. Who clips their nails while walking with 6 kids & a wife to church wearing a suit & tie?
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• Coached the St Ambrose baseball team to a city championship one year. His 'signals' he made simple, for the simple minded kids he was coaching..."Belt" meant bunt; "Tummy" meant take the pitch & "Skin" (when he touched his skin) meant Steal!
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• Although he was a cop he was never able to solve the biggest scandal in our household. That is, he was never able to find the person that wrote the F...word on our bathroom mirror around 1962! To this day, I think it was...???

That's enough...I'll end it there.

But wait! One more thing...I wonder if Michael ever paid Dad the $25.00 that Dad loaned Michael for a tire that Michael needed when he was a senior @ SFC?

I believe the tire was for the Chevy that Timmy owned that Dad told Michael to drive back to St Francis College...I could be wrong about that...

I was not at home in those years but I've been told that Dad left Timmy carless...!

The End

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