Anyone use a cane pole when they were young?

[mhall]

Oh yes, fond and not so fond memories.

I swear the cane pole I used was 300 lbs.

"Don't let the tip hit the water!!" "Stop scraping your feet in the boat!" I now realize that Dad was trying to teach me, but his manner left a lot to be desired for a young boy trying to please him.

Awe Robert again you bring back memories. They weren't too much on the coddling back in those days. My Dad was hard on me. I was the youngest of four, alot younger and I guess he thought he needed to be extra hard on me, lol. He was a Sea Bee in WWII and he didn't get squat for free, he earned everything he ever had...
Towards the end of his life, he and I became great buddies, something we were NOT when I was young. I look back now and see Rhyme to his reason, he was trying to teach me stuff and prepare for a world that can be flat mean sometimes.

Thanks Dad, rest easy and I miss you very much...