Some Pictures From My Father's Place

[Gatorubet]

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Holy shit.

Your Dad is Mr. Teeth?

That's Dr. Teeth to you, bub. He didn't go to dental school to be called "Mr. Teeth"!

And I've always thought Billy Preston was Dr. Teeth.

 

[sears3820]

One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.

 

[powerlifter]

He can skin a buck.....run a trot line

 

[ulukinatme]

This was the first thing of thought of when I saw the pics

 

[Buckeye86]

This was the first thing of thought of when I saw the pics

My first though was, "I don't get it?"

I think I have been living in college style conditions with roommates for too long.

 

[OCBuckWife]

They'd probably have a ball there. Thing is, he doesn't want to part with anything. You could off him $100 for one of his 20 cookies jars and he'd refuse but he'd think he may need it someday.

That is exactly what every person on the show mentioned below says. You might want to show him some episodes. It can turn into a very serious mental health issue for him and the rest of the family.

This was the first thing of thought of when I saw the pics

Me too. It's a heartbreaking problem.

 

[DubCoffman62]

That is exactly what every person on the show mentioned below says. You might want to show him some episodes. It can turn into a very serious mental health issue for him and the rest of the family.





Me too. It's a heartbreaking problem.

It's not quite as bad as the people you see on that show but it's definitely heading that way. You can at least walk around in his house and there's nothing inside that poses a health risk. A lot of the stuff belonged to his ex-girlfriend that passed away last year. It really came back to bite him a few years ago. During the housing bubble he came into possession of a property from an elderly lady he'd been helping out for about ten years. Her neighbors offered him $200,000 cash for the place but he refused it because he wanted to use her place as extra storage. Now he wants to sell it and he can't even get close to half for it.

 

[OCBuckWife]

It's not quite as bad as the people you see on that show but it's definitely heading that way. You can at least walk around in his house and there's nothing inside that poses a health risk. A lot of the stuff belonged to his ex-girlfriend that passed away last year.

Yes, that kind of trauma is exactly what can trigger the hoarding. First it's "save her stuff, can't stand to get rid of it, it hurts too much." and then it morphs into keeping more and more and it gets out of hand extremely easily. He's not there yet, but he's getting there. Access to a place to store it just makes it easier to keep more and more until suddenly he's stacking it up and living in a maze. Catch it early if you can. Those shows are extreme versions, don't wait until he becomes extreme.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I think that I may have related on here a few times that my father is a bit of an eccentric. I few years ago I took some pictures to show my wife (who won't go near him).

I think you found Taos' house...

 

[DubCoffman62]

Yes, that kind of trauma is exactly what can trigger the hoarding. First it's "save her stuff, can't stand to get rid of it, it hurts too much." and then it morphs into keeping more and more and it gets out of hand extremely easily. He's not there yet, but he's getting there. Access to a place to store it just makes it easier to keep more and more until suddenly he's stacking it up and living in a maze. Catch it early if you can. Those shows are extreme versions, don't wait until he becomes extreme.

He's gotten rid of a lot of her stuff, he's been having lots of yard sales and he even donated all of her clothes to Goodwill. She was one of those people that was addicted to buying stuff from informercials, magic bullets, George Forman grills, she had it all.

 

[OCBuckWife]

He's gotten rid of a lot of her stuff, he's been having lots of yard sales and he even donated all of her clothes to Goodwill. She was one of those people that was addicted to buying stuff from informercials, magic bullets, George Forman grills, she had it all.

Oh, that's great! Hopefully it means he isn't headed hoarder direction. Some people just like to keep stuff but just keep an eye out. That's a weird kind of sneak up on you mental health issue.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

I think that I may have related on here a few times that my father is a bit of an eccentric. I few years ago I took some pictures to show my wife (who won't go near him).

little giant? i have the generic (and larger) equivalent. good ass product, i mocked it before i tired it. that being said they are heavy as hell, i still have no idea how the 85 year old lady slings it around on the infomercial...

 

[Pheasant]

They'd probably have a ball there. Thing is, he doesn't want to part with anything. You could off him $100 for one of his 20 cookies jars and he'd refuse but he'd think he may need it someday.

That sucks, because I was willing to pay top dollar for that tree stump/bear thingy.

 

[DubCoffman62]

ah ha, I found the picture of his leftover y2k food