Category: Stories
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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. As the battle with the creature continued, Don came to realize that is was a RAT that he was dealing with. …
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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. As Don was considering putting his fingers into the fan, perhaps…
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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…
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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. This time he was sent there by his son…
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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. Dr. Ray Fessler was the lead investigator. Highly experienced, Ray came highly prepared but carried no…
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COVID19 Makes Grandpa Healthy – Health Story
The Manager Said “I got vaccinated, I took all the boosters, I wore my mask every day, and I am so sick. I just don’t get it???
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Grandpa, The Gun, and The Liquor Store – A slightly wiser story.
It was Halloween and Grandpa was 19 years old in 1976 in Rochester MI. He wore his mummy/robber costume into a liquor store in Troy Michigan. It was a dumb thing to do. Grandpa Hill’s Grand Children beg for stories of when Grandpa Hill does something stupid or gets in trouble. Gorf and Marshmallow discuss…
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A Covid 19 Blessing, Grandpa Meets Melissal at the “Y”
Grandpa Hill and Grandma Hill homeschooled their eight children from 1989 to 2016. Grandpa had been disappointed, he had wished for a surge in homeschooling coming out of the whole Covid 19 scene. It never seemed to have happened. Then he met Melissa at the Y. Her story motivated Grandpa Hill to check out the…
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When Grandpa Was a BEE Target – Children’s Story
In 1974 Grandpa was 16 years old and was cleaning the outside steps that went up through the woods to the front door of Mr. Griemel’s house. There was to be a party that night and the steps would be clean of dirt and debris. As he sprayed the water to clean the railroad ties…