Re: First Ride in 50+ years: The Brothers
Nick, Thanks for sharing your story!
It always interesting to hear how others are handling these tough situations
It's good to here your Dad is sharp as a tack, sorry to hear his and your Mom's health is not so good
That would be so tough to lose an awesome shop (with a mill!)
So glad to here he is helping with your bike projects
Sounds like your plan may be the best for all involved, keep us posted...
Justin, You're right, FIL loves to surprise people with it :lol:
Thanks for being Head Fan and Supporter!
So I got the "Boys" together, we picked up FIL's Brother (should I say FILB? :lol: )
But it was so Dang cold and had 50 mph winds :shock: Almost blew me and the Boys over, literally
Here they are! (That's a nice pic of St.Paul on the Mississippi in the back ground)
It seems like they both were enjoying their meals,
FILB wanted a steak and FIL went with Hamburger and fries
I had a Quesadilla burger and fries (yum)
Heard a few more stories, I guess they had pigs and chickens on the farm too
And they moved from a larger small town (now a suburb) to the farm when FIL was very young
They went to a 2-building schoolhouse and FIL talked about how each grade only had one row of students
Kinda sad to see how much sharper FILB is then FIL but FIL is in better physical shape
FILB has very poor eyesight but he did fine with cutting up his food once I helped with the menu order
FILB was going to have us over for pie, and I asked FIL if he wanted to
FIL asked "What kind?" FILB answers "Lemon", FIL snears,
so we had some desert at the restaurant this time...
So the waitress says, "did you save room for brownie bites?" (which ususally really irrates me but this time I WAS ready
FIL sneared when I asked him and asked if they had "just ice cream" and luckily, they did
I enjoyed mine and FILB was too full
We discussed getting together on a regular basis and he liked that idea
Think I'll bring over some home cooked food next time
And we'll hang out at FILB's apartment and get some more stories
I can pump up the tires on his bikes for him, because he mentioned it
We will also be able to talk louder so we can keep FIL engaged
Otherwise he can't hear us and starts to tune out (like a shut-down robot)
We also talked about biking when the weather gets warmer so I'll have to figure something out
Maybe a ride over by the park on one of these Italian 4-people bikes by Minnehaha Falls
Also found out there is another brother around :shock: (FILB1 and FILB2? :lol: )
We'll see how things go but maybe we can get them all together...
Think FIL likes it better with just us (kinda like a kid) but he can share once in a while...
But think we all had a pretty good time (but cold)
Thanks for looking
Steve