My Ole Man, Do The Hustle
My ole man ahead of his time
a junk man long before Sanford and son
we even lived on a street named Sanford
My dad dead and gone over 20 years
His love for us so strong still here
Air conditon compressors and miscellaneous
metal laying around in the woods he had long left behind
My brother and I to do somethin with the land
with Gods blessing we give a lending hand
Hard work gettin to that copper but dad taught us well
if you see our faaces you could really tell
We took our load of scrap iron copper and aluminum
30 miles away to the recycle place
Our ole man still gifting us
after all these many years
946 dollars for our efforts its so clear
Do the hustle, my ole man I love so dear
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Awesome write mrmelody7. Good work.
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Love it!
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Thank you ladypoet45 very much, we wont even talk about the antiques he left behind
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Sir Wize Dom very appreciative of your comment
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Superb Capture....hustle on!!
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Thank you 2bsure I keep my eye on the curbs in case someone has left some precious metals, extra money in a fun way is always alright with me
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I can definitely relate mrmelody7, my pops was a pack rat, he made at least 75% of what he needed from the ground up. He was a welder. It'll be only a year on 5/25 since his passing. I found out why he had so much stuff. because in his days they weren't allowed to have anything so when it got to a point where things had changed, he literally kept everything. He was 82.
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I used to mig weld among many other things but welders are always in demand I have a friend who welds and he stays busy makin bbq grills or racks my mom still livin good health has about 9 China closets from the 50s that my dad, got when he ran this suburban land field,mom is 91 she collects salt and pepper shakers three of the china closets are full of these
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sorry, didnt mean to hi it twice. gotta figure out how to delete one.
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Good morning, A parent's love and lessons are definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Very nice tribute to your father!
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Good mornin and thank you we all called him POP used to take me to the race horse track ist time when I was 12, he also was a number one cook used to sell hash and rice dinners 4th of July had no hash and rice like it since he died and as Fred Sanford would say you big dummy nobody asked for the recipe
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This is a great tribute.
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Thank U much latin_lover very much appreciated he also was a number one cook
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