plenzmd1 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Augie said: You never beat a moment like that. it like a sore wiener..just can't beat it? Edited November 3, 2018 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Sorry to hear that, I lost my father in the late 1980's. He grew up in South Buffalo (Keppel Street). He joined the Navy at 18 years of age and fought in the Pacific. He married his sweetheart in 1949 and lost her to cancer in 1960. He raised two boys during the "Leave it to Beaver" years (imagine how rare that was) and neither of us was ever arrested. He was a founding member of the Buffalo Bills Boosters Club, Inc. He took us to the Rockpile often. A combination of growing in South Buffalo pollution, war, smoking, beer, steel plant air (blast furnace = coal mine) ended his life in his early 60's. Always took care of us, and he was a good man. I hope my family can summarize my life with that last line - a long time from now! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Well wel well. Thanks dad! Because of you I got Sromboi!! Yes I’m at the tailgate! Edited November 4, 2018 by Chef Jim 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanM.D. Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I'm not on here too often anymore Jim....but I'm sorry to read this. Sounds like your dad was an awesome guy and lived a full life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) On 11/2/2018 at 5:32 PM, KD in CA said: One fewer Bills fan....sheeh. ? Dick would be proud to hear me say........***** you!! Edited December 1, 2018 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I encourage all to ask their father about memories from early in their life. My dad will be 90 next year and I love engaging him in conversation about growing up on the East Side of Buffalo, meeting my mom, serving in the Navy during the Korean War, jobs he worked at over the years, etc... I even love hearing the same stories over and over and over again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 If any of you ski Holiday Valley and ski Yodeler say hey to Dick. Is ashes were spread there last week. He lived in Ellicottville and was a ski instructor there for many years and skied there up until last winter at the age of 88. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/6/2018 at 5:40 AM, LabattBlue said: I encourage all to ask their father about memories from early in their life. My dad will be 90 next year and I love engaging him in conversation about growing up on the East Side of Buffalo, meeting my mom, serving in the Navy during the Korean War, jobs he worked at over the years, etc... I even love hearing the same stories over and over and over again. Yep. And document it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 10:34 AM, Chef Jim said: I lost my dad this week. And no I don't need any advice. I've already looked behind the couch. In lieu of prayers and sympathy please add your favorite anecdote about your dad. I'll start As most of you know my dad was an avid skier. Skied pretty much every day during the season right up until last winter at the age of 89. He told me a story a few years ago. He was riding the lift at Holiday Valley where he'd skied for over 50 years (hell I started there nearly 50 years ago myself). It was him and a couple on the lift. They were making small talk and they asked if he was local. He said yes he lived right there in Ellicottville however he told them he spent 35 years in Attica. He said they both scooted over in the chair away from him. And with a mafia mug like this you can understand their concern. Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed away early morning October 30, less than 3 months shy of his 101st birthday. Was still tailgaiting following the Monday night Patriots game when I got a text from his aide at half past midnight that he had stopped breathing. Favorite story was told to me by someone in my euchre club, who told me that at the opening meeting of Lions Club one year, my father was greeting everyone at the door as he was president. As the story goes, the guy in front had told my father that his daughter was getting married. My father's response..."Married? I didn't even know she was pregnant!" Guess this makes two less Bills fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Sorry for your loss. My dad is 84 (and spent his childhood in Attica ) . I have plenty of "cheap" stories , but one thing relevant to this board is how the Bills have always been a great source of connection for us over the years. Every year since we were small kids, he would take my brother and I to one Bills game a year - always cheapest seats in the EZ. For years (decades) now, my brother and I have flown in every year to take him to a Bills game nearest his birthday in October. We began bringing our sons with us starting when they were very young and it's something my Dad looks forward to all year. With all that, for some reason this is the Bills story related to my Dad that jumped into my mind. When I was young, in the 70s, we were walking out after a game (another loss I'm sure) and we pass a guy in the EZ with his legs sprawled over the top of the benches in front of him, arms spread wide on the back of the bench, seemingly passed out cold, with his "member" sticking out of his pants - literally pissing all over himself. Being a very innocent young man, I looked at the scene spread out in front of me, tried to process it, and mouth agape, alarmingly looked to my Dad. It's seared into my brain just the look of calm and disappointment on his face when he said simply "Move along son, move along". He wasn't a person to show a lot of emotion when I grew up (that certainly changed once he had grandchildren), and that incident was some kind of perfect microcosm mash-up of my young life with the Bills and my Dad. We've never spoken of the incident since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 40 minutes ago, Steve O said: Sorry for your loss. My Dad passed away early morning October 30, less than 3 months shy of his 101st birthday. Was still tailgaiting following the Monday night Patriots game when I got a text from his aide at half past midnight that he had stopped breathing. Favorite story was told to me by someone in my euchre club, who told me that at the opening meeting of Lions Club one year, my father was greeting everyone at the door as he was president. As the story goes, the guy in front had told my father that his daughter was getting married. My father's response..."Married? I didn't even know she was pregnant!" Guess this makes two less Bills fans. Sorry for your loss. He broke the century mark, so that’s a full life, and you’ve got good genes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Chef Jim said: If any of you ski Holiday Valley and ski Yodeler say hey to Dick. Is ashes were spread there last week. He lived in Ellicottville and was a ski instructor there for many years and skied there up until last winter at the age of 88. Thats awesome. I’ll be there two weeks from today and will be sure to say hello when I cruise down Yodeler. Maybe he can give me some guidance, I’ll take all the help I can get! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 2 hours ago, billsfanmiami(oh) said: Thats awesome. I’ll be there two weeks from today and will be sure to say hello when I cruise down Yodeler. Maybe he can give me some guidance, I’ll take all the help I can get! Just don’t ask for advice. Like father like son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 50 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: Just don’t ask for advice. Like father like son. Wait, you can’t ASK for advice, or you can’t GIVE advice? Don’t you give advice for a living? Do you fire your clients if they ASK for it? I’m so confused...... (but that’s not really unusual). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 9:29 PM, aceman_16 said: Sorry to hear of your loss. I have many great memories of my dad. One of my favorites was him teaching me how to drive on the farm when I was 11.... with a manual!!! I have never heard him laugh and shriek that much EVER in one event. BUT I learned to drive that land rover lol! He was brave to be reading a manual whilst you learned to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said: He was brave to be reading a manual whilst you learned to drive. He was probably just learning himself, so it was a joint effort. “It says here, the peddle on the left....”. It’s tricky if you’ve never done it before! I almost flunked the parallel parking of the tractor on my test. . Edited December 1, 2018 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Sorry for the loss Jim. Just saw this post now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 My dad could beat up your dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 16 hours ago, Augie said: Wait, you can’t ASK for advice, or you can’t GIVE advice? Don’t you give advice for a living? Do you fire your clients if they ASK for it? I’m so confused...... (but that’s not really unusual). My stance has always been don’t ask for advice from knuckleheads on a message board you don’t know. I’m just adding dead people to that list. ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I am sorry for your loss. Loosing your dad leaves a void, but in time that morning will be replaced with appreciation of the bod you and he shared. God bless you and your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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