Thank yous
My father had only a third grade eductation, having been raised in an orphanage in NYC because his father was a no good bum. My father was very wise, caring and patient with us three kids. A WWII soldier in The Battle of The Bulge and many other campaigns, ne never chose to talk about those days.
I miss him and my mom tremendously, her with her recent passing this past September, him more than 10 years ago now... All those old timers are slowly leaving this world, the ones who lived through the Great Depression, are slowly leaving us all, and that is very sad indeed!
In the beginning when I used to work with my father fixing furniture in peoples homes, when the customer would come in and watch us work, I used to break out in a sweat and told my dad, I cant do this kind of work, the customer is looking at me. He just smiled and said, dont worry whatever you screw up I'll just come over and fix, they really dont know what youre doing anyway. And in time just by watching and learning you'll soon being able to work on your own. I didnt believe him but continued to work and sweat whenever a customer was watching.
Wouldnt you know within several months, I was working on one piece of furniture while he was on another. The point being, we only learn by watching and doing and he was right.
I miss both my parents very very much and the lessons they taught me.
A special thanks to Mickey2, who took the time to write a lengthy discussion about how to clean my old sewing machine... thanks Mickey2 and to all my friends here...
Stew
Last edited by sweets; 02-17-2016 at 03:13 PM.