Us boys got hell from The Old Man a lot, usually we deserved it.
I don’t remember him being really mad at any of us though.
I remember he had a fire going in deer season, and Dave and I were there talking to him. Six deer came off the hill and stopped about 50 feet from us.
Dave and I both shot at the same time, trouble was we shot the same deer! Dad was pissed about that! He said we shoulda had two or three.
Of course his gun was leaning against a tree!
One time I come home a little drunk. I got up in the morning and my car was locked up, no keys.
When I asked him he give me hell for driving in the “shape you was in last night”.
My car had never left the driveway. I rode with a buddy.
When Mom told him that, I got the keys back, and a stern warning about boozing and cruising.
But I can’t honestly recall him being mad at any of us that wasn’t deserved, and he never stayed mad.
Mom, on the other hand...
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