fritz Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 This was part of a chain letter to be passed on to ten people, but I don't do those things. this speaks for itself---- Paul Harvey Writes: We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what Ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hanukkah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you. fritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofafritz Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I miss you Dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Rest well Fritz. karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofafritz Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 He can get back to resting after he tells me which unmarked bags of 7.62x39 are corrosive vs. non-corrosive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Welcome aboard Sonofafritz, we all miss fritz. If you can post photos of the various headstamps, someone here may be able to decipher them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofafritz Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Will have to wait for the next trip down to the farm. Spent the last two weekends sorting and oiling. Plus I'm suffering from my reacquaintance with recoil. Dad loaded them hot, and lil fritzy and fritzina have been landing German Love Punches on my shooting shoulder. I'd like your help getting it sorted. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 As I understand it. Any euro 7.62/39 before 70 is considered corrosive and any asian <China> as well. Hand loads unless he used very old primers.40 years or more are clean. Any question run a patch of windex down the bore and a q tip along the bolt face karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I miss you Dad. I miss him also. He kept thing lively on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar69 Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 As I understand it. Any euro 7.62/39 before 70 is considered corrosive and any asian <China> as well. Hand loads unless he used very old primers.40 years or more are clean. Any question run a patch of windex down the bore and a q tip along the bolt face karl. A Windex man, alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShooterTom Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Sonofafritz, Your Dad is sure missed here. He comes to my mind quite often, I miss his stories and wisdom. Please send my regards to your mom Mrs fritz. Glad to see you are here. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofafritz Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Tom, Mrs. fritz is extremely busy in her retirement with cows and friends and neighbors and grandkids. Dad was even crustier in person than online but the kindess and the good and the wisdom was always there. He never got to meet his square-headed-dutchman, blonde, blue-eyed grandson but we laugh all the time about how much he inherited. And we apologize to little Lukey that he's identical to his dad, his dad, and his dad. sof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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