My dad

[consonancemm]

My dad has battles with cars. I remember this vividly growing up - much sweat, grease and profanity. All of Saturday afternoon devoted to the wrenching of some recalcitrant auto part, which would have been more easily fixed elsewhere. But you see, my dad has to do it himself. And he is still doing it. I submit for your perusal the following

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[pilgrimsoul]

Hahahahaha! Your dad's a little nuts ;)

[simplicitly]

Wow. Sounds familiar in oh so many ways (especially the lists of tools that MUST be owned). At least he's not buying a brand new car he claims is fantastic and then modifying it to be "faster" and "better" within the first month of ownership. I don't claim to be proud but just mean to say that it *could* be worse! This story, while slightly exasperating, is also what makes him so endearing, no? I bet his wife wouldn't think so hehe

[consonancemm]

I happen to know that my dad's wife gives into sighs of exasperation when he gets like this. But you know, it can be stuff besides cars, too. My husband gets like this with programs he's writing when it doesn't go the way he wants it to.