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Comments on: Father’s Day al Fresco Fiasco – by Mike Rowe
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By: d
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-408
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:25:04 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-408Great story. You could write a book of short stories!
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By: Margaret
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-407
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:13:47 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-407Mike As I read this I kept exclaiming to myself that there is no way this story can be true! The naked mannequin first of all, then God’s gift to picnic tables arriving in the front yard. No way!I grew up in Catonsville and remember Agnes. I remember the second day of Agnes being warm and wet. We kids were all outside in our bare feet splashing around as the water was rushing down the street past our house. My sister and I snuck to the bottom of the street where there was a big culvert that ran parallel to Frederick Road toward the city. The water was rushing up out of the culvert and onto the street. It was scary as huge branches went hurtling through the tunnel. My mother had a fit when she found out where we had been. Did you ever see the high water mark on the telephone pole in Ellicott City? It was 18 feet high. Cool memories.
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By: Ed Ware
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-406
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:21:12 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-406This reminds me of my Dad. His thing was fixing anything broken. He’d work forever to fix a toaster, a split chair, anything. He was born in 1910 and suffered in his 20s through the great depression. So the goal was to never give up and throw something away. And, I can remember many trips to the automobile “junk yard” to get a part to fix the old car. He didn’t call it recycling but it was indeed and a necessity for survival in Appalachia.
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By: Gerald Netto
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-405
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:58:02 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-405are the daily happenings that make life so spectacular, sometimes the answers come in the future or the present, and only this one point thought to be, I am a Brazilian who loves his TV show and fan of all the things you write here….
Thanks …
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By: Deanna Hatfield
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-404
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:01:32 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-404Mike, you are a terrific writer! It seems almost effortless for you to convey so clearly your thoughts and memories to those reading this entertaining story. I can hear your voice as I read along. What a talent you have and I dearly hope you publish a book soon–this story was an appetizer and I want a full four-course meal. You are a gem of a man!
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By: Beth Eaton
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-403
Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:08:58 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-403I had a chance to reread this after having first read it about 6 months ago. This is truly one of the best, funniest, and most heartwarming stories about a dad I’ve ever read. It reminds me of growing up with a likewise frugal and no-nonsense dad. He may have not been my favorite person on earth at the time, but looking back on it, and reading this story, it makes me realize how much my dad instilled a mentality of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and if it’s broke, duct tape it” in me.
Thanks for sharing it.
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By: Cyn
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-402
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:42:12 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-402I have never laughed so hard at a story in my life. Really. “My mother can make Emily Post look like a drunken crack whore” is easily the funniest line I have ever read. The Bible says “ask and you shall receive” and sure enough, Mom got her picnic table. Even if God had to destroy the entire Baltimore area to do it. And truly, what is worse: your brother’s manequin trauma or your father abandoning him for a picnic table? Love those photos and all your hair in those photos. Please, Mike, write a book. And then come read it to me.
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By: Michelle Hartwig
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-401
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:46:07 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-401It is my opinion that memories make the best stories and what a great memory that is. I wish more people today truly understood the wonderful blessing of a ‘picnic table’. I hope that has been and will continue to be only one of many ‘picnic tables’ you will be blessed with in your life. -Thanks for sharing. 🙂 Michelle
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By: Judy Hill (Happy Quilter)
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-400
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:40:31 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-400Mike, this is absolutly priceless – what a great story about your family. My dad was cut from the same cloth as your dad and was a wonderful father. Your writing is fantastic and I love reading it. Keep up the good work with mikeroweWORKS and Dirty Jobs. You know I love the show and, of course, its host. As always, WLA
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By: NG
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-399
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:44:47 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-399Thanks. This was wonderful! I can hear you telling the story and wish I was there for the weirdness, including Molly and the acts of God. I don’t have the privilege of having these types of memories of my father, but I see the worry and gratitude in one of my best friends, Ryan. It makes me grateful to experience a great father through my godchildren: Charlie and Cody. (I read this a few days ago and I am still laughing to myself from time to time and crying just a little at other times.)
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By: Trish Armstrong
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-398
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:05:08 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-398Loved the story Mike! I grew up in Baltimore City and remember when Agnes came through. Geez what a mess. Glad your Mom finally got her picnic table though. I can almost taste those steamed Chessie Bay blues. Mmmmmmm! *LOL*
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By: Tammy
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-397
Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:14 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-397I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes! Oh my, is this a good thing that I am able to understand and relate all in this wonderful story? ………thank you so very much!
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By: tswright
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-396
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:09:07 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-396Mike, that is one of the funniest stories that I have read in a long, long time. You’ve got to write a book…in your spare time. T.
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By: Misty P.
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-395
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:13:58 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-395Well told… ok I cried! but you have an excellent point on what fathers are and do… Although I did not grow up in maryland, (Georgia is more like it) Thanks for taking me back there! it was beautiful!
Misty P.
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By: Jorey
https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/fathers-day-al-fresco-fiasco-by-mike-rowe/#comment-394
Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:10:09 +0000http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6106#comment-394Mike, this is a sweet story, and wonderfully written. The pictures are great. thank you so much for sharing this tale.