List #563: Likes and Dislikes about Fishing

List #563: Likes and Dislikes about Fishing

Likes

1. Hanging out with Family, especially my Grandpa

2. Being on a Lake

3. Being on a Boat

4. Hearing interesting Stories

Dislikes

1. Leeches

2. Other bait

3. Not catching anything

4. Catching things (and having to deal with it)

List #556: Favorite Spots at my Grandpa's House

List #556: Favorite Spots at my Grandpa's House

1. The pontoon boat

2. The chairs in the Sewing Room

3. The Gold Bedroom

4. The Kitchen Counter (with view of the TV for baseball)

5. The Couch in the downstairs room (formerly of the living room)

6. The little hill by the (dying) birch trees

7. The cigar-box shelves above the freezer in the work room

8. The 'swing'

9. The deck, by the hummingbird feeder

10. Anywhere my Grandpa is.

List #439: 90 Great Things My Grandpa Has Done

List #439: 90 Great Things My Grandpa, who turns 90 tomorrow, Has Done or Still Does

1. Fathered My Mom

2-5. Fathered My Aunts and Uncle

6. Grandfathered Me

7-16. Grandfathered my Cousins

17. Took me fishing a lot

18. Taught me Geography

19. Told me stories

20. Told me un-true facts

21. Caused me to have to look things up when I didn't believe him

22. Which made me smart

23. Taught me to Golf

24. Still Goes to the Gym 3 days a week

25. Takes me with him to the fitness center in the summer

26. Pays for me when I don't have a pass

27. Buys me Soup

28. Buys me Chocolate Milk

29. Lets me stay at his house in the summer

30. Helped build our Church

31. Masterminds the PLPC Salmon-fest

32. Writes letters to companies

33. Sends Birthday Checks

34. Gives fruit for Christmas

35. Drinks Manhattans

36. Was in the Navy in WWII

37. Was a Pilot

38. Flew a plane for Madame Chiang Kai Shek

39. Tells Great Stories

40. Grows Sweet Peas

41. Grows Marigolds

42. Is a TV Commercial Star

43. Gets Recognized in the grocery store for it

44. Puts address labels on his canes so they get returned to him

45. Feeds Hummingbirds

46. Briefly Attended St. Olaf

47. Met My Grandma (at Carleton) in Northfield

48. Remembered her name "Gladstone" using the mnemonic 'HappyRock'

49. Made my Grandma finish college before he'd marry her

50. Is a member of the Rotary Club

51. Tries to grow tomatoes

52. Reads National Geographic

53. Always tries to watch Twins games

54. Is proud of his Grandkids

55. Wanted to be an Attorney

56. Put that dream aside to raise a family

57. Wants his grandkids to be attorneys

58. Grills his grandkids about what they are going to do with their lives

59. Is proud of us all anyways

60. Bets on me to know the answers to National Geographic quiz questions

61. Keeps a good Calendar

62. Writes in all-capitals using a china marker

63. Is My Hero

64. Remembers Birthdays (well ahead of time)

65. Played Hockey for the University of Minnesota

66. Is a member of the Lake Avenue Loafers

67. Can talk to anyone

68. Worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield

69. Lets me keep my sailboat at his house

70. Pays a good wage for Grandchild labor

71. Is in a book about Airmen of Northern Minnesota

72. Always has peanuts and good cookies in the pantry

73. Has great recipes for Meatballs and Meatloaf

74. Is good at delegating

75. Sings in the Choir at Church

76. Went to Denfeld High School

77. Still Goes to his Class Reunions

78. Helped teach me how to drive

79. Tells good jokes

80. Cares about his neighbors and his work-out buddies

81. Has an awesome house on a lake

82. Lets me drive his pontoon boat

83. Has 2 fake knees

84. Worked with Bob Dylan's Dad

85. Is the Son of a Swedish Immigrant

86. Still lives in his own house

87. Has a secret German-Irish alter-ego (Werner Muldoon)

88. Also played baseball

89. Taught me to play chess

90. Is beloved by all

List #388:10 Reasons Why My Grandpa is Awesome

List #388: 10 Reasons (among many) Why My Grandpa is Awesome

1. He took me fishing and tells me stories.

2. He still goes to the gym 3 days a week at age 89+

3. He raised my Mom

4. He was a pilot in the Navy in WWII

5. He writes letters with a china marker

6. He feeds us smoked fish on chirstmas morning

7. He made me smart by telling me untruths

8. He is a famous (local) TV commercial star

9. He's really funny

10. He lives on a lake and lets me hang out there a lot.

List #160: Projects my Grandpa has had me do so far this summer

List #160: Projects my Grandpa has had me do, or help him do, so far this summer

1. Drive the Pontoon boat
2. Test the Pontoon Anchor
3. Check the sensor for the depth finder
4. Level out the patio stairs
5. Scrape and paint the garage trim, windows and planter boxes
6. Plant grass seed
7. Help my uncle make pea soup
8. Discover tears in the pontoon cover
9. Attach a new clamp to the pontoon rope
10. Pick up sticks in the yard
11. Cut a pineapple
12. Figure out why the remote control stopped working

List #154: Things I like about my Grandpa's house

List #154: Things I like about my Grandpa's house

1. Grandpa (duh!)
2. Pontoon Boat
3. The Gold Room
4. The Brown Couch
5. Sitting on the Deck watching Loons, Osprey, Eagles and Hummingbirds
6. the "keep smilin'" on the chalkboard
7. Sailboat
8. The porch 'swing'
9. The Laundry Chute
10. The chairs in the sewing room
11. The TV when baseball is on
12. Running down the sidewalk (even though it's dangerous)
13. The wooden bird by the upstairs fireplace
14. lots of pop in the closet
15. The Lake (duh!)
16. Chocolate Milk, Half-n-half, peanuts, meatballburgers, etc.



Bonus list: Things that scare me at Grandpa's house
1. The basement at night
2. The Tiger/Owl tapestry thing