Lilac's Family - Grandpa
Name: Emil
What I Call Him: Grandpa, Granddaddy, G-Diddy (like Puff Daddy is P-Diddy...)
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Birthday: February 10
Family: his parents are Verona & John, 1 older sister (Louise; deceased) & 5 older brothers (John & Zeke; both deceased, Andy, Steve, & Phil), two children (Tom; deceased, & Emily)
What He Looks Like: 5'3" gray hair, dark blue eyes (exactly like mine), dark skin
Occupation: retired steel worker, also served time in the army twice during WW2, seeing active duty in Korea
Hobbies: gardening, hunting & fishing, watching sports, the outdoors, animals, movies, tv & music, sleeping.
Status: Married to Eileen Sept. 10, 1950
Pet Peeves: grandma, grandma's cooking, bad weather, when I change his radio station, when there's nothing good to watch on tv, when the Steelers lose
Biggest Fears: he's the most absolutely fearless person I know, you can't even get him to flinch!
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Color: Blue & Black
Food: Steak, venison, pasta, liver & onions, fish, corn, & peppers
Drink: Pepsi, grape fruit juice, coffee, iced tea, hot tea
Sports: Football and baseball
Sports Teams: die-hard Steelers fan (football), Pirates & Indians (baseball
Music: oldies & polka, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, anything on Lawrence Welk
TV Show: Lawrence Welk, any news show, Jerry Springer, Tonight Show
Movies: Gone With the Wind, Boom Town, The Searchers
Actor: Jphn Wayne, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Bob Hope
Actress: Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis
Personality: he's tough and he's grumpy but deep down he's a big sweetie. Everyone thinks he's like this mean old curmudgeon then they come over to the house and they see him playing with the cats LOL and sleeping with one of them curled up with him. hahaha It's hysterical. You get him around a baby and he just melts too. He's a loud person, very opinionated, very stubborn and set in his ways, like alot of older people. He likes to argue, like me, and we get in to some real heated battles because we disagree on alot of things (race relations, homosexuality, etc.) but the good thing about that is he doesn't let people walk all over him. If he doesn't like something, he's not afraid to speak up. All the local politicians get phone calls from him when he's not satisfied with the way they're running things or if he has a complaint to log. The state reps even know him. LOL He's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in and he doesn't like people to suffer or be pushed around. Maybe he gets that from being the youngest child and from being really short. He yells at the tv during the news or sports or whenever Dubya comes on. LOL He doesn't go to church but he's religous and spirtitual in his own way. He does alot of charity work. Him and his brother run a food bank that supplies groceries to the needy & elderly. And you'll never hear him brag about it. He has more female friends than male friends. He can start up conversations with complete strangers and he makes everyone laugh, coz he's so serious and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he'll crack a really off-the-wall joke that'll just kill ya. My aunt Renee always tells this story about the first time she went hunting with him, my uncle, and his friends. She had been dating my uncle for quite some time and she knew Grandpa didn't like her much (he said so to her face in fact, another thing I like about him, if he has something to say about you, he'll say it to your face, he doesn't put up with gossip and behind your back shit, he'll say it straight to ya). She was really nervous and the whole way up all he didn't say a word. Then they go out their seperate ways in the woods and a few hours go by, her and grandpa happen to cross paths. She tried pretending like she didn't see him because she didn't want him to come and confront her and yell at her, basically he scared the shit outta her and the idea of talking to him one-on-one was not very appealing. But he saw her and walked over. She said "hi" and asked if he had any luck, but he didn't respond, he just galred & ignored her. He started to walk away, then he turned around and said, "Hey Renee, you know how porcupines make love?" My aunt said, "What?!?!" And he said, "Veeeery carefully." LOL Old joke, but you see what I mean. Whenever you least expect it, he'll throw a joke at you from left field. He knows how to lighten up the situation. Great sense of humor. In my mind, he's immortal. I bet he lives to be 120. At least! We'll never see eye to eye on everything, but that's the way it goes. Alot of people tell me that we're alot alike. We have identical eyes & I guess I kinda look like him a litte bit, in a weird sorta way. Our personalities are similar in that we're both really outspoken and have similar senses of humor. And he's a big movie and music buff, like me. Maybe it's because he raised me. I dunno, in any case, that's the deal with G-Diddy. {:o)
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