- How to fish.
- How to keep a promise.
- To show up at work every day without fail, and never bring up to your family that you do.
- If you are hired or volunteer to do a job, do that job to the very best of your ability.
- Help your friends and relatives, even when they won't ask for it when they need it.
- Bernoulli's Principle .
- How to keep score at the ballgame.
- That dragging your kids to see things that , at the time, they didn't think were "cool" will give them a better appreciation for those things later in life.
- Yes your kid screwed up. Be mad but don't kill him.
- When he turns 21, go have a drink with him. And then keep your mouth shut when the kid mentions that he knows of this great bar with specialty beer.
- How to cook outdoors.
- An appreciation for nature, both camping in it, and just looking at it.
- Men volunteer.
- They also will help you move.
- Routine car maintenance and lawn care are a part of the package.
- If your son is too young/old for Boy Scouts, you can still help out.
- Find a woman you love who loves you back, marry her, and stay married.
- Shave on the weekends.
- To appreciate the best qualities in something; whether lumber, cities, or people.
- Talk to your children like people, not children.
- Patience, patience, patience.
- Tell the kids what you learned from your dad.
- How to joke around without being offensive.
- The art of compromising.
- How to have a discussion without it becoming an argument.
- How to be a Father.
This list gets longer every year. It just takes some lessons longer to realize themselves.
Thanks for everything Dad. I never tell you enough or nearly as often as I should. Thank you.
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