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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 23:03:26 GMT -5
My paternal grandparents had the first color TV in the family. Not saying we kids didn't get to watch cool things, like Thunderbirds, Stingray, Cartoons, but we would often be forced to watch... Da dum!!!! Lawrence Welk.
Playing pool with Uncle Duke, The Chairman of the Board was singing in the background. Hated it!
Though I am not a big Lawrence Welk fan I can and do watch episodes on occasion. Well, my love of The Chairman is now legendary, even DJing an Elks' Club event with nothing but Francis Albert
On the other hand, Dad loved Al Jolson. We used to watch the Jolson Story on TV once a year when shown. I grew up loving Al. Somewhere is a pic of Dad in blackface doing Al on stage.
Thanks to mom, I like Costume Movies such as Scaramouche, Scarlet Pimpernel.
What did your folks like that you either disliked but like now or liked all along. I could probably think of more
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Post by Matthew on Mar 12, 2018 23:10:06 GMT -5
Beans,brussel sprouts,and slow country music.Now beans
and cornbread are a treat,I can at least eat brussel
sprouts,and any music as long as I can understand the
words.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 23:14:48 GMT -5
I was going to go into veggies at some point. I called them the Big Four: Cauliflower, Brussell Sprouts, Broccoli, and Asparagus. I learned to like Broccoli. That's the best I can do. Hated ham, BTW. Dad always made ham steaks taste like rubber. When I got into the meat business I learned that sliced, chilled ham was a joy to have. I have sixty pounds of it in the freezer right now.
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Post by herbinedave on Mar 12, 2018 23:43:02 GMT -5
Liver.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 23:57:18 GMT -5
I hated that, too. Once in a while dad would fry it in bacon grease and I would grudgingly eat it. Love it now |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Mar 13, 2018 1:25:20 GMT -5
I absolutely HATED Lawrence Welk. My mother loved his program. She also love Country and "Hawaiian" music. I liked music written by very long dead white guys.
In the '50's, vegetables came in only one style, boiled to oblivion. Her liver could be used for body armor and she had mastered the art of vulcanizing pork chops and steaks. It wasn't that she couldn't cook when she was interested. It was just that she wasn't interested. Having grown up in the family bakery, she could bake amazing things. But Baked halibut wasn't one of them. And I swear that her shepherd's pie was made from deceased shepherds.
My father's one claim to fame was toad in a hole, which he made over an open fire on camping trips. Other than that, he could burn water.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 13, 2018 3:05:35 GMT -5
wine
and Chinese food
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 4:29:08 GMT -5
The elders in my family loved grapefruit. I thought that it was too sour until my 30s. I love it now, but can't eat it due to other issues.
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Post by briarpipenyc on Mar 13, 2018 6:32:35 GMT -5
Even to this day:
Lawrence Welk....so insipid, boring, and bland, beyond words!!
Mitch Miller Christmas songs....HATE! "The 12 Days of Christmas"...and "Must be Santa"...did I say, hate?
Jerry Vale...Italian crooner who shudda left sooner. Too, black-coffee and anisette.....yech, squared.
Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle...moronic!...Then, now, and in between.
Hearing/seeing any of the above....makes me look around for a rope and a chair.
And, throw in some of that whiny-twangy, I'm a-cryin' and a-dyin' Country music...along with those "clever" song titles, like: "All My Ex's Live in Texas"....and, "I'm Living Up To Her Low Expectations".
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Post by puffy on Mar 13, 2018 10:21:35 GMT -5
My father loved Gun Smoke. I hated it.Still do.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 13, 2018 10:30:58 GMT -5
 My Grandfather loved wrestling on TV, got so excited that I would back up not wanting to get hit. One night he went to VF hall where they had a wrestling match, villain hitting guy infuriated the old Cajuns,they picked up their folding metal chairs and wiped the villain out. No more wrestling at VF Hall. Not a rassleing fan.
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Post by Artistik on Mar 13, 2018 12:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 12:07:31 GMT -5
Mitch Miller, Jim Nabors, & others - I look on YouTube for their stuff all the time. Same reason as Welk.
Mom liked Freddie Fender. Won't go there.
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Post by cigrmaster on Mar 13, 2018 13:31:17 GMT -5
My old man used to bore me to tears with his sports talk radio when in the car. Now I do the exact same thing to my kids, they hate it.
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Post by crapgame on Mar 13, 2018 16:59:10 GMT -5
the "90 to six" news program on the AM dial my dad listened to in the car.. Now I listen to news radio in the car and bore the family silly..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 17:11:24 GMT -5
the "90 to six" news program on the AM dial my dad listened to in the car.. Now I listen to news radio in the car and bore the family silly.. Tell them you know some nut who waits for transmissions from Zeta Riticuli. That can get a little long in the tooth |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 13, 2018 17:39:16 GMT -5
Used to hate Old Farts talking about the Weather, now I'm an Old Fart that talks about the weather.
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Post by Matthew on Mar 13, 2018 21:10:51 GMT -5
My father loved Gun Smoke. I hated it.Still do. I grew up with "Old Farts" calling me Matt Dillion. That and "Matty" are the quickest way to end a conversation with me. I'ld rather watch reruns of "Wild,Wild West" or "Wagon Train" |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 22:05:55 GMT -5
My father loved Gun Smoke. I hated it.Still do. I grew up with "Old Farts" calling me Matt Dillion. That and "Matty" are the quickest way to end a conversation with me. I'ld rather watch reruns of "Wild,Wild West" or "Wagon Train" My twin's name is Daniel. Let me think. Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. It did help that we liked Fess Parker. Named after the bible dudes, though |
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Post by Matthew on Mar 14, 2018 17:42:40 GMT -5
My father loved Gun Smoke. I hated it.Still do. I grew up with "Old Farts" calling me Matt Dillion. That and "Matty" are the quickest way to end a conversation with me. I'ld rather watch reruns of "Wild,Wild West" or "Wagon Train" Slight correction,not Wagon Train but Rawhide.Dang I 'm getting feeble minded. |
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Post by Darin on Mar 16, 2018 18:03:01 GMT -5
I was the only kid who enjoyed liver but there was a special catch .... we always went to Uncle Frank's to cook it. Uncle Frank was my biggest inspiration for smoking a pipe. Liver must be carefully selected, soaked in milk overnight, pan seared with onions and then cooked in the cast iron for hours. I've never, ever tasted liver like my grandma's at ANY restaurant ... ever.  ps ... I also liked Lawrence Welk, brussell sprouts and lima beans. Weird kid! |
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My Grandfather loved wrestling on TV, got so excited that I would back up not wanting to get hit. One night he went to VF hall where they had a wrestling match, villain hitting guy infuriated the old Cajuns,they picked up their folding metal chairs and wiped the villain out. No more wrestling at VF Hall. Not a rassleing fan.
