• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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      You wouldn’t believe the lines at the gas station, like who has 22 years to wait for a pack of smokes? geez.

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      Well no shit he never came back. He couldn’t find his way home because he couldn’t see because you weren’t pointing the flashlight in the right spot!

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    While holding the flashlight at 27 yrs of age while he works to install a vanity He says “give me the twisty turney”.

    I replied “The twisty turney?”

    He confirmed “Yehlah give me the twisty turned. Quick.”

    This is the man who for my entire life taught me the name and use of every single tool in the box…im thinking socket wrench? Channel lock pliers? Hes working on plumbing…but also sort of carpentry…

    I said “you’re going to have to be more specific”

    He replied “The damn Philips head screwdriver”

    I replied “ahh yes, the classic twisty turney”

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    My dad went to prison when I was 3 so no. The replacement was cool as hell and very family oriented, loved to work on cars with his brothers and even got me interested. But he was also an interstate drug mule

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    Some people never had to dig thru couch cushions and under car seats hoping for change so your mom can buy you Taco Bell and it shows.

    (This was back when bean burritos were 59 cents)

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      Got to love parents. To this day the oldest item from my childhood of the late 70s is a giant blow mold spider man head bank. I always liked it as a kid and people would visit and put change in it. One day I went to play with it and there was a giant hole cut in the back which looks like it was made with a steak knife and all the money was gone. I was too young to really give a shit but i often wonder where it went. I guess mom needed the $ for something. I always knew life wasn’t shit and most people suck