Grandpa used to be a cadet in the United States Air Force Academy. While at the Academy his life took a totally different direction due in large part to circus peanuts and how Grandpa dealt immaturely with his immature room mate’s disgust with Grandpa having eaten some of his circus peanuts.
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Winter Sailing in the Yard
Grandpa as a boy in Rochester Michigan in the winter went sailing. He made the sail for his Red Flyer and it was better than his brother Eugene’s. The sailing was fast on that windy day on the icy yard.
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Grandpa Sees Santa – Childhood Story – Christmas Special!
Merry Christmas!
Did you know Grandpa Hill saw the real Santa Claus? (Or at least, he thought he did.) Grandpa Hill tells the true story of one cold Christmas night in his family’s old house, way back in 1961.
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Grandpa and the RAT
In 1991, Grandpa, Don, was a development engineer by day and homeschooling and homesteading Dad at night. Some persistent and relatively large creature was eating the animal feed intended for the ducks and rabbits.
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The Fan and The Finger – Childhood Story
When Grandpa was a seven year old boy in 1964 he visited his Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Bob in Cheboygan Michigan. Upstairs in a hot room a fan was spinning trying to cool the room and boys were playing and the fan was interesting.
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Grandpa Cuts Himself With a Chain Saw – Slightly Wiser Story
In 1974 Grandpa Hill, Don Hill, was clearing stump logs around Karl Greimel’s Estate. He was 16 years old and the blade on Mr. Greimel’s saw was 16 inches long. When the blade entered his leg he knew he was in trouble. As he drove himself to the hospital his left leg was warm and wet as his boot filled with blood.
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An Incident at O’Reilly Auto Parts – A Slightly Wiser Story
Grandpa Hill was recently in the Latrobe O’Reilly Auto Parts Store and an incident occurred. It turned out to be a timely end to his search for sanding discs for his son John. Then just a few weeks later it happened again but differently and better.
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Case of the Piece of String and the Danger I Found In the Louisana Bayou – Problem Solving Story
In 1983 Grandpa Hill, Don Hill, a young metallurgical engineer was assisting with an investigation to find the root cause of a gas line explosion in the Bayous of Lousiana. He expected adventure, success and a lot of work.
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COVID19 Makes Grandpa Healthy – Health Story
Grandpa Hill, Don starts out fearful of the virus and puts on his mask, and, distances himself some from family and even has some of his friends die from COVID. At the time Don thought he probably would survive the illness just fine but didn’t look forward to finding out. Then strange things started to happen the people that promoted early safe and effective treatment were ridiculed and removed from the internet. Finally, when Kenny at work gets COVID and he gets zero treatment for it, Don gets motivated to take action. Grandpa Hill was determined to be ready for all viruses by becoming healthier and more robust against upper respiratory viruses.
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