You’ve Ever Received.
1 I was in my teens, working on something with The Old Man Changing a motor.
I got disgusted, and stomped off into the house.
Mom said “You and your Dad are too much alike to get along”.
I’d admired that man all my life!
2 I Was helping Robin get the stuff out of her deceased Mom’s apartment.
I was sorta dozing on the couch, while she and her sister were talking in the kitchen.
Her sister asked about me, and Robin said “He weighs 165 pounds soaking wet. 100 of that is heart”.
3 I was working with a girl I didn’t know very well. I don’t talk much when I’m working.
But she told me that “I reminded her of a Cowboy”!
I ain’t never rode a horse, but I grew up watching Westerns with Dad, Between him and John Wayne, I pretty much learned to be a man!
Between my upbringing and my military service, with a Christian belief through Mom, I ain’t gonna complain.
I’m happy. I love my boy and my DIL, and especially Penny!
If some crazy stuff took my life tomorrow, I’d say I done the best I could.
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In college

Chatted up a girl in my Chemistry class

Ended up at my apartment.

Told me I ate pussy better than her girlfriend

The greatest compliment I ever received was from a 24HCF member.

Years ago I trained a Mobility Assistance Service dog for a Wounded Warrior. 24HCF members donated generously-especially the Vietnam vets and I was able to pay all his vet and equipment expenses. 24HCF members followed his progress for 14 months till I was able to place him with his Marine. I received many compliments on this but one in particular still chokes me up....from a Vietnam combat veteran I will never forget.
" There will be a place for you wherever warriors gather..."

This was the dog " Chesty Puller" the day I brought him home to begin training...

One of the best, from a tug captain who pushed the equipment I worked on. Others from our facility also worked on the equipment when I wasn't on it. In our downtime, and there was plenty of it, we were assigned to keep the equipment clean and orderly. I did, right down to polishing the brass rings around the "windows" when I got down wiping down engines and putting up hoses and scheidt.

One of the other employees was talking to said captain one day when the captain told him " Boy, Geno sure keep that "ship shape".

The employee replied with a "I sure hope Geno doesn't expect us to do all that crap"

I take what the employee said as more of a compliment than what the captain did.

About a year ago we were talking to our children, about what I don’t recall but our son said to my wife and I that he can’t remember ever seeing mom and I fighting. That was a compliment that wasn’t necessarily meant as a compliment but a statement of fact. It’s also a compliment that I’ll forever be proud of.

Several months ago our daughter (16) was talking about Christmas and she said that she hopes that she can give her children (someday) the type of childhood that she had. She hoped that she can provide the “magical Christmas’s” for her children like mom and I did for her and her brother.

I have many proud moments, accomplishments and compliments throughout the years that I’m extremely proud of but I find as I get older the most pride I feel isn’t for the things I’ve “done”, it’s what “we’ve” done. My wife has been my better half for going on 26 years.

Yup, that would leave a watermark on your face.

Well done!

🦫

Oldest granddaughter told my wife G-Daddy could conquer the world

My son told my wife’s mom that I had a big dinkie. That was the proudest day of my life.

That is one beautiful pup.

Are those you receive yrs or decades later.
From subordinates, peers, and superiors when ya run into them out of the blue.

You know you had a impact and did your job..
Spreading knowledge and experience.


Been going on since Valley Forge..

The same compliment from three different men. We have three sons. When they got their first steady girlfriends in high school, each of their girlfriends' dads pulled me aside and said " we're glad your son is dating our daughter." More of a compliment for my wife, she was the manners nazi.

Then one from our oldest. He was home for the weekend and the other two were still in HS My wife and I were getting dinner ready and the boys were sitting at the table talking and we overheard him say "you guys should listen to mom & dad, they really do know what they're talking about."

We both just about fell out on the floor.

From an establishment RINO house member a few years ago, he said he couldn't stand me, but he always knew where I stood, and it never waivered and he had to respect that, and the fact he was getting paid to show up and I was doing it out of obligation.

Great Great Great Grampa Johnny Hancock

When my granddaughter was in 1st or 2nd grade she was given an assignment to write about her hero. She chose me. She told about all the things we do together and finished with "I want to be just like him".

It caused my cheeks to rust.

Old boss.

Our work crew was meeting with some upper management types. They had already decided their misguided course of action. Facts and long term success didn't matter. Boss pulled me aside and asked me not to say anything although I was accurate, on point, and well spoken.

When the obligatory "any questions?" came around, nobody said a word. Eerily quiet while all eyes settled on me. Just smiled. Didn't have to utter a word.

My sister told me that I'm not afraid of anybody. Not quite true, I Fear God.

I've had some real nice compliments here on the campfire. Never a harsh word or even a cross tone. Nothing but polite interactions. Such a nice group of people.

I have received a couple great honors, one I can share.

It was when a friend passed away, a friend I admired greatly for his integrity and bravery, I saw him "make things right" and he kept it to himself, as will I, but........when he passed away, it was about a month afterwards his son came over and gave me all his dads guns, some were his grandads guns, then handed me a small pouch of tobacco as an offering and appreciation of our friendship, we are both Native.

Hard to really think of anything specific.


I guess probably the amount of trust my Grandfather had, and my parents have in me would be a great compliment.

My folks just sold us the farm....but in a manner not recommended by their attorney.


They just went ahead anyway.....simply saying that they trust me.


That means a lot.

My Grandmother grew up during the depression literally in the "dust bowl". Very tough, very pragmatic, always kind and would give you her last dime.

I always made time to sit and talk (well yell, we're both def) when home on leave.

After one such conversation my mom told me that Grandma had told her "that Ben is alright".

May not seem like much but that endorsement meant the world to me.

Had a lot of tough construction jobs, under ground, moving dirt , paving, etc. I heard a lot of " Chuck can do it"...from the crew and management.

Never thought much about it.

Hey Mr. Passive Aggressive found his way back!! HOWDY STRANGER!

moth...meet flame.......bob

Most of the time, the compliment matters less than who it comes from. IMO

Recently a friend passed away. Many people showed up at his memorial service. At an appropriate time I stood up and spoke about my friend, mentioning some anecdotes about his antics, and sharing some personal feelings and thoughts about our friendship and times together.

After the ceremony his son approached me to say how proud he was that his dad had a friend like me.

I'll take it as a completement, my dad said I wear my own kind of hat.

From any woman:

"You were right."

I was receiving my first 6 month evaluation.
In writing, my supervisor told me that my presence “was like a breath of fresh air” in our section!
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When you plant corn, somehow corn is usually what comes up.

From my days at the landfill my coworkers- Nugget you aren’t the brightest are you??

Breaking his normal trend of two weeks before he usually shows back up.

Wow. that chokes me up

Epic!

Powerful

A memorable picture. Great dogs always make me sad.

Maybe Roy will start another thread about how everybody here is a Pathological Liar...

Except him.

One of them, I had to fly with an aircrew from Mildenhall back to Tinker AFB to pick up my airplane that was in for depot maintenance and a paint job. We had to wait a couple of days before the airplane to be released, finally cleared for the flight back home. I usually sat in the IP seat for takeoff and landings. During takeoff out of Tinker I noticed that the egt (exaust gas temperature) on one of the engines was running hot, right at the limits. The other three engines were lower, where you would normally expect them. We flew to Pease AFB where we'd depart for Mildenhall the next evening. I mentioned to my AC that the engine got hot on takeoff but was in normal range during the rest of the flight. He didn't write it up in the aircraft forms. We departed the next night, same results. We had a VIP onboard for a PAX so I gave up my seat and slept for most of the flight across the pond. Once we were on the ground and parked I told the AC about the engine again which he mentioned to maintenance at the debriefing. I was off for a couple of days, when I returned to work the pilot and copilot were there waiting for me. An aircraft returning from depot has to go through a phase inspection which is also an acceptance inspection. Jet shop did a borescope inspection on the hot section of the engine that was running hot, they found a burn can that was ready to disintegrate. The pilot handed me a letter of accommodation, told me he would never question my judgment again.

Not too long ago my bride told me I was the best thing that ever happened to her.

After 27 years of marriage, I’ll take the praise.




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I’ve had many horses, bucked off, bitten, kicked, stepped on, dumped in ditch, stomped in a creek

Hell with horses

And I aint no cowboy

And I liked westerns till the goddamm things got talked about here incessantly by dumbass dementia wabigoon daily

I’ve been told that I’m not as dumb as I look. 😳
So I figure I got that goin for me.

Someone called my boss and told them I missed their car by two inches. I told him that's what he's paying me for.

Nothing that comes to mind.

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"THAT KID HAS MORE BALLS THAN BRAINS ! " I 'll take that as a compliment.

One time at a bar, there was a dam good looking waitress us horn-dogs were fantasizing about. She came up to our table when the bar was about to close and told me " I am taking you home with me" . Now that was a real compliment!!!

I remember her. The one with the tooth.

In late 2018 I was standing next to my Dad at the viewing for his recently passed wife. He simply said to me, "You're a good man".

Not every man gets to hear that from his hero, but I did, and I cherish those words.

I worked with two other guys and we had a reputation for finishing paramedic interns. We took salvageable trainees and got them through. Sometimes it was mental, sometimes it was a personality clash, some times it was turds that didn't want to put in the extra effort it sometimes takes. I never heard anyone say anything negative about a paramedic we trained up.
I don't know if it was a compliment but it was flattering to be picked from all the training squads out there.

My dad told me that I could tear up an anvil with a rotten banana.

👍

I have gotten several private messages saying:

“Why can’t BuzzH and Fireball be more like you?”

My dying dad a couple days before he passed on said “you done good”.





Might have been the morphine. 🤔

Back about half way through my working career I was "given" a position that basically was more or less and audit/control type function - which if I was doing my job, unfortunately meant that I ended up saying 'no' a lot more than 'yes' - after about a year in the job, my name came up in an meeting of the executive staff (group managers, VP's etc.) and a manager said, "I've about had it with PMH - he's a GD son-of-a-bitch." To which my boss's boss replied, "Yeah, but he's OUR son-of-a-bitch." I always felt that was the best thing anyone ever said about me

My Dad's biggest complement was" He'll do what he says he'll do.

I once worked for a guy for seven years who was not big on compliments and could be hard on his employees although he and I got along okay. Then I went to work for another company and retired after 29 years. At my retirement party this guy shows up and tells those attending that while I worked for him it didn’t matter if things were going well or badly, there was not one time where having me involved didn’t make the situation better.

That coming from him was a real surprise and just floored me.

She said " tight isn't it"?