Topic: We Have Had The "Bounty Hunter" Thread, I'm Needing Some Investigating Info!

[bill440cars]

I'm real interested in what he has to say.

          Well, I just got off of the phone with my Dad. Things went pretty well at the appointment, there were some questions with some of the renal ultrasound, but he didn't know what the concerns were though. The were supposed to review the results and get back with them in a couple of days. He had gotten back and had gone to Church, being it is Wednesday. We had different things going this evening and I completely forgot about Church. We had a good talk and I got an idea while on the phone with him and I'll check it out first, before I mention it to him. You see, the "Special Needs" young man who lives with us, has wanted to go to Disney World since forever. My wife promised him that , when he graduated, we would get him there. Now, since he's been living with us, his SSI check has been going to the finance section of the place we work for and he's been building an account (before, his mother had been getting his check before and spending it on whatever she wanted to and he had NO money of his own. Anyway, he will be able to pay his own way (thank God!) and his friend since kindergarten is going (paying HIS own way also), myself and another worker will also be going. I'll be paying my way, so my part won't be as big a chunk as it could be. To be honest about it, I wasn't all THAT wanting to go. Now, it occurred to me that we'd have room in the van for my Dad to go, IF HE WANTS TO and then the 2 of us could spend time together and see some other sights while the other worker and the 2 boys could do their thing. I've got to talk to the other worker to get his take on it and then, I'll put it out to my Dad to see if he'd like to do that. We expect to be gone for 3-5 days total and my Dad would not have a problem paying his own way either. If I could afford to pay the whole thing, I would but, we're going to be able to do this because everyone IS paying their own way. If my Dad will go, it sure would be easy to get some quality time together and might just help him to kick this thing into high gear and get things settled once and for all.        
                                    Pray For Us    

[333]

When you go, and you do the monorail, hang out where the front comes to a stop.  You can ask and most of the time, they'll let you sit in the cab with the driver.  The boys(all 4 of you) will get a kick out of that!  I never got to go until I had kids of my own, and it has been a while.  I think they were 7 and 12(now 22 and 27), so it has been a long while.

[bill440cars]

When you go, and you do the monorail, hang out where the front comes to a stop.  You can ask and most of the time, they'll let you sit in the cab with the driver.  The boys(all 4 of you) will get a kick out of that!  I never got to go until I had kids of my own, and it has been a while.  I think they were 7 and 12(now 22 and 27), so it has been a long while.

               Yeah, I'd say that it has been awhile since you've been.

       I've been once, but it was in 1966 and so you know it HAD to be Disneyland, cause Disneyworld wasn't even in existence back then.   I went with my parents when I was 18 and just before I reported to Amarillo AFB in Texas to begin my Basic Training.    

[troppo]

Bill
i reckon you better get busy working on your dad about this, it will probably do the both of you the world of good to spend some time together and just relax.
From what i`ve read in this thread and your other one i dont think either of you have done too much relaxing in quite a while.
Have a blast mate and enjoy yourselves, let the worrying wait for another time.
Cheers
Troppo

[bill440cars]

Bill
i reckon you better get busy working on your dad about this, it will probably do the both of you the world of good to spend some time together and just relax.
From what i`ve read in this thread and your other one i dont think either of you have done too much relaxing in quite a while.
Have a blast mate and enjoy yourselves, let the worrying wait for another time.
Cheers
Troppo

          Yeah, I've got to get on the stick and see if I can get him to go with us. I need to check out Orlando and also places along the way out there, to see what I can find that would be of interest to him (shouldn't be hard, his interests are about the same as mine). It would really be nice to be able to get this mess taken care of before the trip and have it be a CELEBRATION! Ah, but I don't see that happening though. I'm trying not to push my Dad too hard, but I am trying to get him to realize that the sooner he gets things straight, the sooner he can start living his life in a more relaxed way.

[goon 1492]

Hey Bill sorry to hear about all that Jazz but if theres ever been anything on this person you can find it here:
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This should be bookmarked by everyone as it is a very helpful tool for background checks old court cases etc... Hope it helps

[bill440cars]

      Well, looks like getting my Dad to go on that trip to Orlando, is out. He says that there are too many things that he needs to take care of. Maybe, me asking him about doing that trip has kinda jogged him a bit and he'll be more into getting this thing wrapped up and finished. I then told him that I wasn't sure where right off, but I really wanted to get him out and take him somewhere (just the 2 of us) and he agreed that that would be nice. There is a really cool Aquarium over at Jenks, Oklahoma (I've been there already) and maybe that could be a starting place. If I get wind of a car show around her (that I didn't know about) I'm going for that with him.

If I can get him to go to that attorney that he and I both know, I feel like he will see that this has to be done and the sooner, the better.  

This may seem a bit "mushy", but I've got something that I might not should even bring up, if you think I should not have, just ignore it. Here goes:  My family has never been the type where the men of the family would show emotion and I NEVER heard mt Granddad or my Dad say the words, "I Love You". Well, about a week ago (or so), I started ending the conversation with, "I Love You Dad" and he responded that he loved me too. And I've started giving him a hug as I get ready to leave his place. I can not tell you how this makes me feel. He just seemed like he needed that and, after I started doing those 2 things, I realized that I needed them too!

        That's it, I'm gone. I'm really tired and I'm not sure, but I think I just embarrassed myself.   

[DarkRider]

Perhaps it just gave both of you reassurance that there is at least some hope in this mess...

[bill440cars]

Perhaps it just gave both of you reassurance that there is at least some hope in this mess...

       
            Probably got a good point there Chris.

[CBGhia]

This may seem a bit "mushy", but I've got something that I might not should even bring up, if you think I should not have, just ignore it. Here goes:  My family has never been the type where the men of the family would show emotion and I NEVER heard mt Granddad or my Dad say the words, "I Love You". Well, about a week ago (or so), I started ending the conversation with, "I Love You Dad" and he responded that he loved me too. And I've started giving him a hug as I get ready to leave his place. I can not tell you how this makes me feel. He just seemed like he needed that and, after I started doing those 2 things, I realized that I needed them too!

        That's it, I'm gone. I'm really tired and I'm not sure, but I think I just embarrassed myself.   

Dude,  my family is the same way.  It wasn't until i was in Iraq that my dad said "I love you" on the phone with me.  We just aren't the touchy-feely type.

[333]

   I'm not sure, but I think I just embarrassed myself.  

I doubt that.  I don't see how saying what you feel, regardless of what others might think is embarrassing.  And you didn't have to tell us about, but you did.  That take's extra large brass ones!

[bill440cars]

This may seem a bit "mushy", but I've got something that I might not should even bring up, if you think I should not have, just ignore it. Here goes:  My family has never been the type where the men of the family would show emotion and I NEVER heard mt Granddad or my Dad say the words, "I Love You". Well, about a week ago (or so), I started ending the conversation with, "I Love You Dad" and he responded that he loved me too. And I've started giving him a hug as I get ready to leave his place. I can not tell you how this makes me feel. He just seemed like he needed that and, after I started doing those 2 things, I realized that I needed them too!

        That's it, I'm gone. I'm really tired and I'm not sure, but I think I just embarrassed myself.   

Dude,  my family is the same way.  It wasn't until i was in Iraq that my dad said "I love you" on the phone with me.  We just aren't the touchy-feely type.

          Yeah, The guys in my family weren't the "touchy-feely" type either. I don't know exactly how to explain it but, one day (as I was getting ready to leave), he just looked like he needed something and that's when we started it. Afterwards, I could quickly tell that that was it.    

[goon 1492]

Ya gotta remember Bill that in the society that we live in and have lived in for many decades is was not a very acceptable trem for the "men" to show feelings, just like the old saying I remember personally about children being seen and not heard. It is a major mile stone for a man and his family to make it to that level of compassion to show feelings for each other, believe me in the last two years I lost 2 grandfathers a grand mother and a uncle and I saw the ol' patrick clan that stayed separated for most of my life finally come together, and also saw my immedate family (my mothers side and her sister my aunts side) split because of things like power of attorney and the final will. I just backed away on that fire and watched family members show colors I didn't know they had, take care.