Listened to stories for hours last night. I always knew my Grandpa lived a great life, but it's always fun hearing about his experiences from his own mouth. Some of the things he did were just hilarious.
Back in his racing days, he always refused to buy new parts. He would use old, worn in, beat up parts. Thing was, he ALWAYS won. As an owner he dominated the California dirt tracks of the 50's to the 70's. Running junk. Literally, from the junkyard, junk. 8 main event wins in 7 straight days? Check. With parts other people literally threw away.
He's Portuguese. He's cheap. Well ok, not cheap. Frugal. His lighter went out. You know, the big lighters you use to light barbeques and larger fires, the long ones with the safety and the big barrel. One went out. He took it apart to fix it instead of spending $1 on a new one.
He decided to do some weeding. So instead of leaning over and picking weeds, he used spare parts from cars and barbeque pits and built his own flame thrower. This, of course, was last week. He's 85. Wow.
Lova ya, Grandpa.
Back in his racing days, he always refused to buy new parts. He would use old, worn in, beat up parts. Thing was, he ALWAYS won. As an owner he dominated the California dirt tracks of the 50's to the 70's. Running junk. Literally, from the junkyard, junk. 8 main event wins in 7 straight days? Check. With parts other people literally threw away.
He's Portuguese. He's cheap. Well ok, not cheap. Frugal. His lighter went out. You know, the big lighters you use to light barbeques and larger fires, the long ones with the safety and the big barrel. One went out. He took it apart to fix it instead of spending $1 on a new one.
He decided to do some weeding. So instead of leaning over and picking weeds, he used spare parts from cars and barbeque pits and built his own flame thrower. This, of course, was last week. He's 85. Wow.
Lova ya, Grandpa.
salliss:
Thank you for showing love on my new set! xxxx
