Fathers Day

Ten things I remember about my dad.
1. He almost died as a baby.
2. He moved to Detroit from Tennessee when he was 8 years old.
3. He hopped a freight train with a buddy when they were 15 and made it to Dayton Ohio before they were caught.
4. His first date with my mother was in 1939 when they saw a re-release of the movie King Kong.
5. He saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa when he was in the Army.
6. He was wounded in 1945.
7. He punched out his foreman in 1946 when the foreman insinuated that veterans were looking for a free ride.
8. With a little help from my mother he conceived me in September 1949.
9. He bowled a 299 game while very drunk.
10. He managed not to murder me in my sleep when I was a teenager.