Average Jane’s Dad

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Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there.

I suppose it was mean of me to make my 77-year-old father come over and move junk out of my basement all afternoon yesterday. However, it did all belong to him and he left a good 50% of it behind.

This is what my dad looked like when I was a kid. He owned a dojo back then, and he taught judo and competed in tournaments. We used to have hours of greenish Super-8 film footage of martial arts competitions shot in dim, fluorescent-lit gymnasiums.

I’ve been so busy cleaning the house this weekend that I haven’t secured a Father’s Day gift yet. I’ll make sure to add that to my agenda.

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5 responses to “Average Jane’s Dad”

June 15, 2008

Toby

No wonder why average jane is way far from ‘average.’

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June 15, 2008

ByJane

cute guy!!!!

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June 16, 2008

Mikey

I’m so used to seeing “old ” photo’s in black and white that “old” color photos don’t seem that old to me.

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June 17, 2008

Average Jane

Mikey – My dad was born in 1931, so I have no shortage of black & white photos of him. However, the Polaroids from the ’70s line up better with what I remember.

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June 28, 2008

Neil

A good looking guy! We still have those super 8 films too, and not sure what to do with them. When you transfer them to DVD they just look awful.

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