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From: pancetta

2011-08-28 08:24 pm (UTC)

Out of curiosity, what did he do for a living?

From: greeneyedsadie

2011-08-28 08:27 pm (UTC)

He worked for the government his entire life doing budget engineer analysis. He worked for the IRS and for the Air Force.



He was a brilliant man, but totally bonkers. And I'm totally bonkers, so I understand, hahahaha.

From: godforesaken

2011-08-28 08:29 pm (UTC)

this is some of the best stuff i've seen in this community in a long time. fascinating.

From: greeneyedsadie

2011-08-28 08:53 pm (UTC)

Thank you. It's been fascinating going through his house. I thought this community would be perfect to share some things with. Would you like me to make another post with some of the stuff I found?

From: hydrozoa

2011-08-28 08:33 pm (UTC)

dude. this is all solid gold. thanks for posting it. wow.

From: lillyluna

2011-08-28 08:57 pm (UTC)

This is amazing.



After my grandmother died, we went through her house and we noticed that the kleenex box she always had on the kitchen counter was masking taped shut.



After a few days, my dad reached in for a kleenex, found the box empty BUT grabbed out a sharpened hunting knife.



Probably since forever, my grandmother had simply refilled the same kleenex so that she could just keep the hunting knife in it. She was ready to shank us AT ANY TIME.

From: greeneyedsadie

2011-08-28 09:27 pm (UTC)





We've found over a hundred light bulbs. And a whole drawer filled with bread twisties:

From: katiechainsaw

2011-08-28 09:02 pm (UTC)

haha fantastic! what a guy :)

From: von_trampp

2011-08-28 09:34 pm (UTC)

I like the ones he signed in quotes.

From: greeneyedsadie

2011-08-28 09:42 pm (UTC)

I know. That's my favorite part.

From: chr1st1an

2011-08-28 09:55 pm (UTC)

Great stuff. Amazing how ones possessions can be like a peep into how there mind worked.

From: ms_hissyfit

2011-08-28 10:16 pm (UTC)

Great notes. And I really like his handwriting!

From: girltype

2011-08-28 10:21 pm (UTC)

Love this! I work with the elderly so this MADE MY DAY.

From: snarksnarklaugh

2011-08-28 11:03 pm (UTC)

Salad are difficult to eat ftw!

From: qnesmeralda

2011-08-28 11:09 pm (UTC)

I love his notes, so funny. :)

From: aloha_moira

2011-08-28 11:09 pm (UTC)

Excellent! Reminds me of when my husband's dad died... all his books were full of margin notes, and he had lots of complaint letters written to various companies. Ah, crazy old guys.

From: greeneyedsadie

2011-08-28 11:17 pm (UTC)





He wrote complaint letters all the time. We found photocopies of ones he had kept, like this one:

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From: stucking_foned

2011-08-29 04:50 am (UTC)

your grandpa sounds like an awesome guy. i'm sorry for your loss. the world is always a little bit more boring when we lose characters like this, imo

From: sunlit_music

2011-08-29 11:35 am (UTC)

He worked for the government his entire life doing budget engineer analysis. He worked for the IRS and for the Air Force.



It's normal for mindblowing geniuses like your grandfather to be eccentric (I don't know of any normal geniuses, really. Normality is overrated). I like how he's unashamedly oddball and eccentric, especially because I also work with elderly people. People like him always add colour to life.