How Well Do You Know Your Dad?

These are the questions and answers to the magazine quiz I mentioned in the previous post. While I'm tempted to just post the questions for now and let you guess the answers, I'm actually going to do the questions and answers. For the cousins, I'd encourage you to think about asking your dad these same questions. You might be surprised with some of his answers. 1. How did your father usually get to school as a kid? He walked. 2. How does your father sign his name? (nickname? Middle initial? Full name? ) Full or middle name (Larry H Armga) 3. Does your father remember where he took your mother on their first date together? He doesn't. 4. Can your father stand on his head? No. 5. Has your father ever written a letter to a Congressman or the President? Yes. It was about the trout business. 6. Does your father have any photograph of his own father and mother? Yes. Of his grandparents? Yes. 7. Has your father ever forgotten his (and your mother's) anniversary? He hasn't. 8. Is your father a morning person or a night person? A morning person. He likes to get up and go! 9. What section of the newspaper does your father read first? The front page. 10. If you said to your father, "Give me a five!" What would he do? (Ask why you need the money, ask "Five what?", or slap your hands?) Dad would have asked, why do you need the money? 11. Roughly how often does your father get a haircut? Every month. 12. What party has your father voted for in the most recent Presidential election? Republican. 13. Has your father ever had a beard? No. 14. Has your father ever owned a convertible car? No. 15. Does your father snore? Yes, frequently. 16. Does your father have any scars? Yes, on his thumb, left leg, right thigh (this one was from a barbed wire fence). 17. Some married men wear wedding bands, and some do not. Dad did not have one. 18. Can your father name at least three current rock music groups? Dad said 'yes'. (Dang, I didn't ask him to name them. I wish I would have.) 19. Where is your father most ticklish? On his ribs. 20. Does your father have any shoes that aren't black or brown? Yes. (Who could forget those white shoes. He loved them!) 21. Has your father ever driven a motorcycle? Yes. (I think Dad was pretty pleased about this answer.) Were you surprised at any of his answers? Next installment -- the four questions that Dad suggested. I learned something new.

Where Was Dad When You Were Born?

Do you know where Dad was when you were born? The younger generation may assume that he was in the delivery room holding mother's hand. He wasn't. Dads couldn't be in the delivery room until the 1980s. Prior to that, doctors felt it was risky to have non-medical personnel in with them. Now, how many dads really want to be in the delivery room, I'm not sure. I don't think our dad would have welcomed the idea at all, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I did a fun little 'interview' with dad in the early 80s. I had some questions from a magazine article titled "How Well Do You Know Your Dad?" I think Dad enjoyed filling me in on some of the questions. He even added a couple of extra ones he thought I should know about. I will do another post or two and give you all the other questions and his answers. But we'll start with this post and the title's question. It was one of the questions in the questionnaire. But now the low-down on where Dad was when each of us were born: LuAnn -- in Las Vegas (He was employed as the time keeper at a construction site. He didn't see LuAnn until September when she was 2 months old.); Lawrence -- admitting mother (so he was in another part of the hospital); Charles -- in the hallway (I do believe this was the birth where Dad had to run to get a taxi and the memory was that they barely made it to the hospital in time. I also remember that mother sent him to get the taxi with her first labor pain. Her labors were really fast.); Cherie -- waiting room; Carol -- waiting room; Pat -- picking up the doctor's clothes (I wish I could remember more detail on this one. I believe mother's doctor would have been her cousin -- Dr. Harvard Luke and perhaps for that reason they sent Dad to fetch the doctor's clothes from his house. Why he wouldn't have had clothes with him is anyone's guess. Dad didn't say he was somewhere in the hospital, like picking up the doctor's clothes off the floor so I do believe he wasn't at the hospital but was doing an errand.); Mike -- fishing on the Salmon River; Bruce -- waiting room; So, how did you do? Did you know any of these? Belated Happy Father's Day to all your dads out there. I always miss my Dad on Father's Day.