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So proud of my Dad

#1 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:14 pm

He gave up his DL today, before he was told to. He realized that his eyesight and physical challenges of some TIA's could cause an accident, and that he could hurt someone.

I told him I was very impressed with his self-awareness.

He then advised me that I would be doing lots more driving :shock: LOL and that he had made an appointment with his mechanic to fully tune my car and put on new tires.... :lol:
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#2 Post by BackInTex » Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:57 pm

That's tough to do. I'm proud of him, too. And for getting your car ready for you......still doing those "dad" things for his little girl.
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#3 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:33 pm

BackInTex wrote:That's tough to do. I'm proud of him, too. And for getting your car ready for you......still doing those "dad" things for his little girl.
Yes, as he pointed out, the amount of driving him around will require new treads. and he likes to spoil me :)
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#4 Post by Beebs52 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:02 pm

Hard and cool at the same time.
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#5 Post by Estonut » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:51 am

Don't know what Big J's schedule is like, but this sounds like an excellent opportunity to do some bonding with Grandpa!
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Re: So proud of my Dad

#6 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:11 am

This is a cool way for him to make a better thing out of a bad situation.


Good for him.


(My Dad eventually stopped driving at night, & on highways. So he got rearended so hard he lost consciousness for a while by a hit-&-runner on a city street. Anyway. He probably wasn't wearing a seatbelt, which wasn't mandatory at the time.)

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