@ThrillaRilla369 When he was retired in Florida, he wanted to go down to the beach and shoot invading Haitian boat-people. LOL!

@ThrillaRilla369 How tough and smart he was. Combat medic in WW2. To come home and start as a ditch digger for the water company in Southern California (Scottish) and work his way up to becoming President of the company. My other grandpa (Irish) electrician on a ship during Midway WW2 and also

@ThrillaRilla369 My mom's father put in the work. He was my hero. WW2 veteran. A true master craftsman. He stayed busy and productive. He had a kind soul with a hint of light and dark humor. Tough as nails country boy with a Clint Eastwood charm.

@ThrillaRilla369 I'm in my late 30's, but my grandfather took a horse and buggy to school. The amount of change he witnessed in the first half of his life was mind-boggling. And his firsthand stories of WWII are something you can't get anymore.

@ThrillaRilla369 His nickname was Jack The Hammer. The old man liked ringing the bell on whichever girlfriend he had at the time. "When you stop looking, they throw dirt on ya!" He was rear gunner and mechanic on a PT boat. It took brass balls to scream across the Pacific on a plywood coffin.

@ThrillaRilla369 His love for Jesus and my Grandmother. He referred to her as his beautiful bride until he passed at 96 yrs old. He was a true blessing. I miss him so much 🙏❤️🙏

@ThrillaRilla369 He sang and played the harpsichord. Some tunes my grandmother didn’t care for(a little bawdy). 🤣🤣🤣

@ThrillaRilla369 His memories of Vietnam and Korea. Air Force. CIA ops. Then there were his 5 brothers 🫶 God bless and respect you all

@ThrillaRilla369 He has a Johnny Cash voice, and he's still alive.

@ThrillaRilla369 Taking my sister and I to see Smokey and the Bandit, an R-rated movie, when we were six and seven years old. He told my grandmother he was taking us to see a Disney movie. We absolutely loved it and today it is still one of my favorites. grandma was pretty mad at him though.

@ThrillaRilla369 He was a quiet, humble man. The only time I saw him angry was when my dad bought a Nissan in the 90s. Grandpa hated the japs, even 50 years after the war ended.

@ThrillaRilla369 He could fix anything. And he drank Coors. I miss him so much.

@ThrillaRilla369 Just one? His kindness to everyone he met. Few people are born with that gift. His great-grandson also has it.

@ThrillaRilla369 Leo - Always wore a suit, drove a Cadillac always, worked non-stop AL - WWii get, passed at 100, liked work but loved and lived for his family Miss them both everyday

@ThrillaRilla369 My dad's dad taught me an unshakable work ethic.(followed two steps behind me first time I cut his lawn) My mom's dad taught me to never fear thunderstorms(scary to 6yo me). Both men were a different breed, and i wish I had more time with each. Real men from a different era.

@ThrillaRilla369 His honesty, his deep tenor singing voice, his love of old time gospel songs, his knowledge of the Bible even though I never saw him attend church, his service to his community as a peace officer, his ability to grow the most bountiful garden. The list goes on.

@ThrillaRilla369 He had curly white hair under a ball cap, a white mustache and thick stubble. He ate hamburgers in his dining room and smoked Kools. He had greenhouses all over the property and tomatoes were in the window behind his chair, in December in North Powder Oregon.

@ThrillaRilla369 Fishing with Grandpa. Did anyone else’s Grandpa teach them to fish?

@DK3OffTheT Yes Did anyone’s grandfather also teach them to hunt?

@ThrillaRilla369 My grandfather wanted to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, so he started putting gospel tracts on people‘s front doors. Over the course of five years he walked to over 106,000 different addresses. This started when he was 80 years old and ended when he was 85.

@ThrillaRilla369 My grandpa held the long jump record until after I graduated. We both went to the same school (35yrs apart obviously). Subsequently, he didn’t whoop us when we were little, he kicked us in the ass with the inside of his foot like a soccer kick. It would bring you off your feet

@ThrillaRilla369 He had a dry sense of humor and I fell for all of his jokes

@ThrillaRilla369 He was always puttering. Getting stuff done and making sure everything worked for people to enjoy. Then he would sit on the deck with a cocktail and entertain without being political, obnoxious or self serving.

@ThrillaRilla369 He was the toughest s.o.b. I have ever met. Working on a cabin roof, he fell off of it one day back in the 70's, rolled off and landed right in front of an angry bear. He jumped up with nothing more than a buck knife. We still have that bear skin rug.

@ThrillaRilla369 His wisdom. Every time we would part ways he would say, “don’t say goodbye, say, so long until I see you”. To this day, 26 years after his passing, I still say that instead of “goodbye”.

@ThrillaRilla369 With one grandfather, his laugh and music knowledge…with the other, his smile and a question he specifically always asked me ❤️ Fortunate to have two amazing grandfathers that I miss very much.

@ThrillaRilla369 Dad's dad was an expert marxman. Made his own gun powder and bullets. Mom's dad never finished high school, was a repo man, and eventually was a real estate agent. Gave all of us a code word. If any of us say the word, EVERYBODY present who knows the word starts a brawl.

@ThrillaRilla369 Chocolate fish. He always had a box of them & as soon as you arrived, he'd go get you one! R.I.P Rocky ❤️

@ThrillaRilla369 When my grandmother died suddenly, my grandfather who was age 78 at the time said he was going to die now, too. He went on to live 20 more years and died just before he turned 98. He was such a strong man and a good person - he’s been gone now over 20 years and I still miss him.

@ThrillaRilla369 I loved my grandfather.He was a serious man.What I remember most. He was a god-fearing christian i found out years after his death.That he used to go into ghettos and housing projects and bring shoes for the children and preach the gospel to the parents. He was a humble man.He's

@ThrillaRilla369 One dropped dead in front of me. I was 5. He was walking through the kitchen & I was at the table. A big crash and he was on the floor on his back. Hard to forget that. I had no idea he was dead until later.

@ThrillaRilla369 He was a stoic man. He didn’t talk much, but showed his love through action. He was always helping around the house or helping people. Even during his final days he would help my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, through the day. He was a good man. I miss him.

@ThrillaRilla369 One was haunted by the day he was a fireman, and had to work a tanker aircraft, crashing into a neighborhood in Wichita. The other was a kind man who built churches, and taught me the power of being a good man in conducting yourself as a Christian. Both very good men.

@ThrillaRilla369 He was always kind. I remember visiting at his brass foundry and pruning roses in the back yard. I cherish his memory

@ThrillaRilla369 He was in his late 70s when our state (MN) held its first quit- smoking-day (known then as D-Day) back in 1973. He gave up his adult-life-long habit of smoking cigars that day and never smoked another.

@ThrillaRilla369 Since I was a young child, I would accompany my dad and family to drive about an hour away to visit our grandma and grandpa. When we would arrive, we got a warm welcome and then we would sit and listen to our grandpa, my father and my uncles Discuss topics from politics to