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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 121006" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> OMG -- 1 Day, you're describing my DAD! </p><p> </p><p>One year it was hydroponics with him. We had the best dang tomatoes in the neighborhood! And enough to feed the neighborhood, too!</p><p> </p><p>Another year, he decided to build his own camper shell for his jeep pickup, from scratch, all wood -- and painted it first with this elaborate handpainted zebra stripe pattern (copied a page from National Geographic for authenticity). Then decided he didn't like it and gave it a camouflage design -- handpainted, of course (with all his art brushes and pallette!) with like four or five different colors of greens and browns!</p><p> </p><p>I made the mistake one year of letting him help me with my science project... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I got an "A", and was the only kid in my school's history to turn in a homemade solar-powered parabolic mirror hotdog cooker.</p><p> </p><p>When the personal computer came on the market, he was one of the first in our neighborhood have one (Apple II+), and his obsession with all things computer-related began. He's got two rooms in their house and the garage filled with computers and all the related gadgetry.</p><p> </p><p>He did the whole CB fad, and then HAM radio, installed a "Big Stick" antenna on our roof...</p><p> </p><p>Now he's in his 60's and in poor health, but crafting opal jewelry is his latest hobby. </p><p> </p><p>Drives my mom nuts with how much money he's poured into his "hobbies/obsessions" over the years. But he very much has a sense of "entitlement" with everything he pursues.</p><p> </p><p>But I digress... the problem with MY husband is a bit more... shall we say, "intimate". And consequently more problematic to tackle.</p><p> </p><p>(Sigh). Some aspects of difficult child-ness can be good, but sometimes they can be downright maddening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 121006, member: 3444"] :rofl: OMG -- 1 Day, you're describing my DAD! One year it was hydroponics with him. We had the best dang tomatoes in the neighborhood! And enough to feed the neighborhood, too! Another year, he decided to build his own camper shell for his jeep pickup, from scratch, all wood -- and painted it first with this elaborate handpainted zebra stripe pattern (copied a page from National Geographic for authenticity). Then decided he didn't like it and gave it a camouflage design -- handpainted, of course (with all his art brushes and pallette!) with like four or five different colors of greens and browns! I made the mistake one year of letting him help me with my science project... :rolleye: I got an "A", and was the only kid in my school's history to turn in a homemade solar-powered parabolic mirror hotdog cooker. When the personal computer came on the market, he was one of the first in our neighborhood have one (Apple II+), and his obsession with all things computer-related began. He's got two rooms in their house and the garage filled with computers and all the related gadgetry. He did the whole CB fad, and then HAM radio, installed a "Big Stick" antenna on our roof... Now he's in his 60's and in poor health, but crafting opal jewelry is his latest hobby. Drives my mom nuts with how much money he's poured into his "hobbies/obsessions" over the years. But he very much has a sense of "entitlement" with everything he pursues. But I digress... the problem with MY husband is a bit more... shall we say, "intimate". And consequently more problematic to tackle. (Sigh). Some aspects of difficult child-ness can be good, but sometimes they can be downright maddening. [/QUOTE]
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