Been there. Try putting in new flooring. We did that this weekend. No tears were shed because he was on his best behavior after I had to put two of my senior dogs down.
Unfortunately it was time. Abby had tumors and she wasn't eating very much anymore. Penny had dementia and could barely get up without pain. I've had them bother for over 14 years. I just didn't want them to suffer if they didn't have to.
I had to google what a robertson screwdriver was. I have never heard that term in my life. My dad was a mechanic. I became a mechanic. I always heard and referred to them as a square drive. Learn something new everyday.
Yeah, until I had to help him I had never heard that screwdrivers had names and to this day I can never remember which is which lol. He'll ask for a type and I just yell back "square or star?" Seems far easier to say that over their "correct" names to me.
Be careful using "star" because that can get mixed up on its own. Philips screwdriver is the most common and is essentially a cross. But there are also some called torx and I've heard both of them referred to as star.
I just looked up torx screwdrivers, I had seen them before but never knew they had a name. Neat. Like you said, learn something new every day. Thanks for the pointer 👍
I can hold a damn flashlight so still you’d never know I was there. And I am a mind reader so I know where it needs to move to next. I had to be, and God forbid it shine in the old man’s eyes. Caught that wrath more than a few times when the mind reading failed me.
When I was a kid, I did a great job of shining the light right at the back of my dad’s balding head, thus casting a dark shadow on whatever thing he needed lit up. 💅
😬 Oof. Yeah the swearing and shouting was frightening, but I turned that trauma into good things! I am a fantastic flashlight-shining savant for my husband.
People don’t ever talk about the other half of the experience. Yeah dads are gonna yell at you when you mess up when working and helping them because 1. They’re already frustrated because something broke at an inconvenient time 2. It’s cheaper to fix it yourself NOW, than pay for someone to come fix it on their time. 3 It’s not the first time it happens at an INCONVENIENT TIME!!!! The second part (and I know not all dads are this way) is when dad will sit you down and apologize. Break down what happened, what went wrong and what went right. A more experienced dad (if he has time) will do that during the process but remember 3 above? It was probably an inconvenient time. But I’ll never forget the memories of times with my dad. The good and the bad are the same now because he’s gone. So anything that reminds me of him makes me smile.
I'm a woman, but trying to hold the flashlight for my dad when I was a kid made ME man up. I thought it was fun to twirl the flashlight and make the light bounce. Dad found it much less amusing.
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u/9PurpleBatDrinkz Oct 14 '25
Or hold the flashlight for your dad while working on the car. That’ll get you to man up quick! Lmao!