hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
My old man was meaner than a sack of cat shit in an attic. I never walked totally at ease around him until well after I was discharged. He was a cowboy turned blacksmith so we could live near town for me to go to high school and I think he resented that greatly even though my brother was just 2 years younger and they would have to miove then but . . ..
My mom was/is the best. God bless her for putting up with his ass as long as she did. She was a ranch girl with a high school education and that was it. After she shitcanned his worthless drunk ass she went to nursing school, gradated with a BSN even though she had to stop mid-way to care for her sick mother following her father's sudden death. She returned to get that Bachelor's degree and worked a nurse for many years until er retirement at 65 from Indian Health Service (Navajo - Crownpoint).
BTW she can hit a fastball (rather she could) pitched right down the gun barrel. My dad was an all-state pitcher in Texas and was offered scholarships except for me coming along. He could make me cry when I was little throwing fast balls to me and I was playing first base. Damn. But she could hit off his ass. Then he'd changeup and she would bat southpaw. A little less better average but she could still get hits off his ass. Burned him too.
My mom was/is the best. God bless her for putting up with his ass as long as she did. She was a ranch girl with a high school education and that was it. After she shitcanned his worthless drunk ass she went to nursing school, gradated with a BSN even though she had to stop mid-way to care for her sick mother following her father's sudden death. She returned to get that Bachelor's degree and worked a nurse for many years until er retirement at 65 from Indian Health Service (Navajo - Crownpoint).
BTW she can hit a fastball (rather she could) pitched right down the gun barrel. My dad was an all-state pitcher in Texas and was offered scholarships except for me coming along. He could make me cry when I was little throwing fast balls to me and I was playing first base. Damn. But she could hit off his ass. Then he'd changeup and she would bat southpaw. A little less better average but she could still get hits off his ass. Burned him too.