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Javaman

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8. Honestly, what was it with dad's and starting vacations at

Reply to catbyte (Reply #7)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 11:16 AM

Aug 2012

ungodly hours?

It must be a generational thing, because my dad was the same way. Up at 3:30 on the road no later than 4:30.

but you have to know my dad was of the type that functioned perfectly well on 4 hours of sleep a night and not a wink more. He had this bizarre notion that we (my mom and us kids) were all the same way and he just couldn't understand why we weren't.

It's was as if he thought the 4 hours of sleep thing should have been passed down to us. I have no idea how he figured my mom into that genetic equation.

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MeanDaddy MITT wouldn't stop for potty breaks [View all] goclark Aug 2012 OP

My father was a union guy, he wouldn't stop the car for us boys...if needed we had to pee in a jar. HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #1

Typical control-freak asshole. bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #2

Mittwit is as you discribed goclark Aug 2012 #13

+1 redqueen Aug 2012 #16

My parents were smart about these issues dballance Aug 2012 #3

Yah...sounds like a lot of dads. MineralMan Aug 2012 #4

My dad would also go into "mission mode" when we were on vacation. Javaman Aug 2012 #6

LOL. If we didn't get started by 5:30 a.m. dad would say the day was shot. catbyte Aug 2012 #7

Honestly, what was it with dad's and starting vacations at Javaman Aug 2012 #8

LOL-yes, I remember the anxiety to get on the road pre-dawn, us kids standing half-asleep TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #11

My dad was like Stalin when driving to our vacation spot... Javaman Aug 2012 #14

It's envy. My husband can shut his body down like a machine and sleep wherever he is, no matter TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #17

A beautiful evocation of what I hope are some at least coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #10

After I was an adult, I made that same MineralMan Aug 2012 #19

If ours were to see my grandparents, I could completely understand... Javaman Aug 2012 #21

I've often said I was going to do the same thing laundry_queen Aug 2012 #32

Robots don't understand bladders KurtNYC Aug 2012 #5

My Thought Exactly! canEHdian Aug 2012 #12

perhaps they could tell Mittbot that we piss to "avoid rust" KurtNYC Aug 2012 #15

Authoritarian Dad Octafish Aug 2012 #9

The people around Romney must constantly be in the mood to relieve themselves aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #18

My Dad wasn't a scumbag RandiFan1290 Aug 2012 #20

The dog was left in a kennel unless we were moving Warpy Aug 2012 #27

Did they wear diapers? ecstatic Aug 2012 #22

Geez... LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #23

My experience was the same ~ we drove all the way to CA goclark Aug 2012 #24

I'm glad your grandfather was able to still make the trip a wonderful one. LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #25

Thanks! He was extra special goclark Aug 2012 #30

I worked as a hotel maid when I was 17 LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #33

Fortunately for Mitt, dogs and children don't vote. 99th_Monkey Aug 2012 #26

Dang, I thought all dads said "use the coke bottle," at least on guy-trips. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2012 #28

My Dad would stop to buy ice cream Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #29

I've certainly been there RZM Aug 2012 #31

My father wouldn't drive with us. He'd stick my mother with four kids cali Aug 2012 #34

Thanks for sharing goclark Aug 2012 #35