I've heard him called Chuck and Dad. I'm sure someone called him Charles and there may even been a few Charleys. I often heard him called Pappy and that suited him best.
I knew very little about him. He didn't seem like the kind of person to talk much about himself. Most everything I know about him I learned from his obituary and from two of his sons. We all played poker.
At a poker table, Pappy had a keen sense of humor and when he teasingly gave a person grief, it sometimes took that person a minute or two to catch on. And when that person decided to give Pappy some grief, he took it with a smile and a chuckle.
At a poker table a person might make think old Pappy wasn't paying close attention or maybe was a step behind. Whenever a person thought that, it usually cost them money.
We played a weird game called 3-13-33. Somehow, a very disproportional amount of times, he sat on the red 3 and and took his share of the pot. It always made me laugh. I'm sure he is now sitting on the red 3 that finds eternal peace.
John and Chuck are lucky men to have such a father.
I knew very little about him. He didn't seem like the kind of person to talk much about himself. Most everything I know about him I learned from his obituary and from two of his sons. We all played poker.
At a poker table, Pappy had a keen sense of humor and when he teasingly gave a person grief, it sometimes took that person a minute or two to catch on. And when that person decided to give Pappy some grief, he took it with a smile and a chuckle.
At a poker table a person might make think old Pappy wasn't paying close attention or maybe was a step behind. Whenever a person thought that, it usually cost them money.
We played a weird game called 3-13-33. Somehow, a very disproportional amount of times, he sat on the red 3 and and took his share of the pot. It always made me laugh. I'm sure he is now sitting on the red 3 that finds eternal peace.
John and Chuck are lucky men to have such a father.
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