One more quick note for Father's Day, with a story where dad ends up being right. But no one would know it for almost a half of century. That's about right for dad.  It's a quick family story that I learned only after the fact.

My mom and dad (Bob and Barb) were married in 1952 in Marietta, Ohio.  My mom designed a small house that they built, and the cost was $10,000.  They had to have a $1,000 down payment, so they saved and got it.  After the house was built, the were buying appliances.  My dad (who was by no means a big spender) wanted this General Electric refrigerator with freezer on top and the huge GE logo on the freezer door.  It was top of the line, $600!  My mom was like, "What?"  The down payment was $1,000 on the entire house.  Somehow, they bought it. (1952)  My dad then passed away in 1978.

This Is Not The ACTUAL One, But It Is The SAME One!

About 1999 or so, I was living in Florida, and I came home to visit my mom for Christmas.  I noticed that there was a brand new fridge in the kitchen in her house in Berea.  They moved there in 1959 -  with that fridge, and this was still before I was born.  Not knowing anything about the original fridge story, I asked my mom what happened to that old fridge?  She said, "Oh nothing, it wasn't making ice as fast as it used to, so I donated it to the theater department at Baldwin-Wallace College for keeping drinks cold"  So I asked her when she got that fridge, she said 1952 for $600.  "Your father just HAD to have it."  She laughed. 

So I asked, "So you had that fridge for 47 years???"  She nodded.  I asked, "What??  So how many times did you have it serviced?"   And she said, "Ummm, Oh, I never had it serviced."  I was like, are you kidding me? 47 years from an appliance that runs 24 hours a day, every day?  She smiled and laughed and said, "Yes, I guess your father was right..." Should be pointed out, it was still working when she donated it. Nice job dad!

I guess sometimes dad really does get it right.  I think they got their $600 out of it.   (BTW, these are now worth about $4,800 restored)