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This bike was from Sears. I'll never forget that Christmas as long as I live!!
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I have a sad Christmas bike story,

My parents did not have much money and I wanted a bike for Christmas. It was all that I could talk about.
So my Dad got a old bike and worked very hard to make it like new. He sanded and painted the frame. Polished the
chrome and installed new tires.
When I saw the bike, I proclaimed that it isn't what I wanted and i wasn't ever going to ride it! I stormed off upset.
I never saw the bike again.

It was many years later that Mom told me the story.

The bike was painted Ford Blue. I should have known that he did it because I remember a guy giving him a case of
Ford Blue spray paint. He painted everything that blue for years.

I was about 7 at the time and I made amends with my Dad over it when I was 30. He was a tough man and never showed
emotions but told me it hurt him a lot.

I asked what happened to the bike. He told me that he gave it to another child that didn't have a Christmas at all.
Not even a tree or a stocking filled with candy like i received.
 
That things going to add ten years to your life. I'm super glad for you!!
As long as it goes better than yesterday. Had a skid steer delivered, thankfully by the Company Owner, and it wouldn't turn left... back on the trailer. Screwing me up for what I needed it for though...
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As long as it goes better than yesterday. Had a skid steer delivered, thankfully by the Company Owner, and it wouldn't turn left... back on the trailer. Screwing me up for what I needed it for though...
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And I'm guessing the first time you were asked to perform it all worked perfectly.......................... The second time will be better!! LOL... It's all good. You're right about him seeing it happen first hand. Been there before.
 
I have a sad Christmas bike story,

My parents did not have much money and I wanted a bike for Christmas. It was all that I could talk about.
So my Dad got a old bike and worked very hard to make it like new. He sanded and painted the frame. Polished the
chrome and installed new tires.
When I saw the bike, I proclaimed that it isn't what I wanted and i wasn't ever going to ride it! I stormed off upset.
I never saw the bike again.

It was many years later that Mom told me the story.

The bike was painted Ford Blue. I should have known that he did it because I remember a guy giving him a case of
Ford Blue spray paint. He painted everything that blue for years.

I was about 7 at the time and I made amends with my Dad over it when I was 30. He was a tough man and never showed
emotions but told me it hurt him a lot.

I asked what happened to the bike. He told me that he gave it to another child that didn't have a Christmas at all.
Not even a tree or a stocking filled with candy like i received.
In the late 60's for christmas I got a new bike. It was one that I would never ride. Had to fake it to the parents that I liked it. It was when the schwinn stingrays were out and that’s what I was expecting but got one like this

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