Marshall....
Here's a story from my long ago youth!
Dad's day off.
Building a 'chicken house' during WWII to raise our own for eggs and meat.
Dad measures a board and gives me the dimension, I was about 7 at the time. As he leaves for the hardware store to pick up some more supplies he says, cut those 2 X 4's to that dimension I gave you.
Dad leaves and I slave away cutting my little heart out to make him proud.
I get finished and as I am cleaning up I look at what he had written on a scrap of wood.
PANIC! I had cut all the pieces 3/4" too SHORT.
Dad returns to find me sitting on the steps with my head hanging down. Asks, "What's wrong?"
So I had to tell him, expecting a sound slap up the side of the head!
He simply looked at me and said something I still remember and tell others, "Is that the only mistake you have ever made?"
"NO", I said.
"Well you can darn well bet it will not be the last mistake you will ever make! Now let's go get us some more wood!"
Never forgot it and never will!!!
~~~GrauBeard~~~
