Who was your heros ?
When we were young,most of us had a hero to look up to.I didn't have a on site father in my family or any family members that impressed me much.I had a couple of friends fathers who taught me about cars,tools,guns and commen sense.MY friend Jim taught me how to ride a motorcycle and about girls.My friend Brian taught me how to drive a car fast and not crash it.He also taught me about how things use to be made and the value of good friends.I guess my friends were my heros.
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I always looked up to soldiers. I guess that's why I became one. 0 -
I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy,
and Lovin' the cowboy ways.
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes,
I burned up my childhood days.
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter,
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,
With the words of a sad country song.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery,
From being alone too long.
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare,
Knowin' well that your best days are gone.
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen,
I let the words of my years fade away.
Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories,
With no one and no place to stay.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
Artist/Band: Nelson Willie
Lyrics for Song: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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I'd have a say a man named Archie. When I lived on the coast in Oregon he kinda took me under his wing and taught me about fishing, hunting, girls, war, and life in general. He was a tough man from the south. Had a career in the military and served 4 tours in Vietnam. He drove truck after that.
He would always tell me to go for the ugliest girl in school because they would give it up to keep me.[:o)]
He cursed like a sailor, drank his whiskey daily, smoked 4 packs of cigarettes a day, and was more then willing to prove his point with his fists agianst other men. Was gentle with his wife and cared for her deeply. He drove a old 70's refurbished blue and white Ford and listened to old Willie, Waylon, Kenny, and Cash. Thats probally why I still love their music.
I was his sidekick and he was what I wanted to grow up as. Rough around the edges but a truely good person that you could depend on. He only rung my bell (smacked me in the head) twice, once for cursing infront of his wife, and once for tugging on his fishing line under his legs where he couldn't see, like he had a bite from a fish (don't mess with a mans fishin pole!).
Living that kind of rough life and he is still alive now in his 70's.
I remember...... Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.....[^] Best days of my life.0 -
everybody's got their own personal mythology. the big dudes in the neighborhood were legends to all the rest of us. we thought when they got big enough, they could kick chuck norris's, rambo's, mr. t's, and everybody else's ass at the same time. aaand, as it turns out, they just might be able to do that one on one. but they weren't heroes to us. so that's what I had, no heroes.
after I went to college and discovered more important things in life, I guess my 'hero' would be wernher von braun.0 -
Growing up, my father was my hero. After I became aware of the outside world, Anwar Sadat seemed to be the bravest, most forward thinking man in the world. Still is in my thinking. 0 -
My brother - and he still is.
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I really never had a realisitic hero when I was growing up. Just the typical sports stars, musicians, etc.
Now?
Dad
He is probably the smartest, most caring, and selfless person I've ever met.0 -
Cowboys, Army guys, Police officers,Pimps 0 -
Just one. My dad (and I still miss him every single day). [^] 0 -
Both of my granddaddies. 0 -
My Father and Grandfather are my hero's. 0 -
was is singular tense.
hero(s) is plural.
its a conflicting sentence.
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Balien of Ibelin, otherwise known as....
Robin Hood0 -
Wyatt Earp. I read Stuart Lake's biography of him thru several times and believed every word. Then some more realistic biographies were published and I saw the truth. Didn't crush me, just disappointed. 0 -
Dear old Dad was my hero in many ways. 0 -
I had many hero's growing up, I guess I was very fortunate to have quite a few great men in my life.
My grandfather, we called him Pop and he raised me for the most part. My real dad was a traveling salesman and I only saw him once a week or so. My Pop was a WWII vet and he is the one that taught me how to hunt, shoot fish, track, etc... Although he only stood 5' 2" he was the biggest man I ever met.
My other Dad, he brought me in when I was a young teen, my real parents and I understood that we didn't care for each other much so Bill brought me into his family. He was a 3 tour Vietnam vet, Marine Sniper with 69 confirmed, he quite counting after the first tour. I call him Dad and my kids call him Grandpa, although he is not my real Dad he still has all the benefits of a grandparent with my kids (and he totally spoils them)
My old shooting coach, Jim was just an amazing man, he was 4th place in the '36 Olympics, on board the USS Pennsylvania during the attack on pearl harbor, marine sniper, attacked Iwo Jima, Ect... He spent his retirement coaching small bore. To his credit he has coached 5 Camp Perry Champions and 14 California State Champions.
My other Grandfather, he was an aeronautical engineer and worked for Lockheed's skunk works. Some of the planes he worked on would include the P-38, Constellation, P-80, F-104, P-3, U-2 and SR-71. He was also very well connected in the aircraft industry and when you went to a party at my Grapa's house you would see people like Tony Levier, James Doolittle, Greg Boynton, Poncho Barnes, ect..
Yup, those men are still my hero's...0 -
Along with my dad who was a WW 1 and WW 2 vet, is Audie Murphy. A member of my WW 2 3rd Inf Division. God Bless both of them and may they both RIP. 0 -
Audie Murphy was one of my heroes too. I had other heroes like Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and William Barret Travis, Sam Houston, and Kit Carson. All of the aforementioned being soldiers that fought battles and wars because their lives, and the lives of their family, friends and neighbors were threatend. Today, I have the good fortune to know that my great grandfathers fought for the same reasons, and they are my heroes too. Some of their fathers fought alongside of Davy Crockett and Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson, and the fathers of the men of this generation fought the American Revolution. Like skyking, my Dad is my hero, too, along with other unsung heroes like the women in my life. 0 -
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Is David still alive?
My Heroes are my Dad and Robert E. Lee.
Doug0 -
Don't think I had any real life hero's, but John Wayne was always my TV cowboy hero. 0 -
quote:Anwar Sadat seemed to be the bravest, most forward thinking man in the world
Yup...and Sheep Herders did him in...'Course the sheep were proud to have the sheep herder's protecting them...ph'arkin sheep...Some of 'em even post here...ph'arkin shame...0 -
Ernest Hemingway.
Clouder..0 -
WOW the irony in this, i was going to say
whiteclouder0 -
My Dad- strongest man I knew. Made his living with dynamite and a bulldozer. My uncle- who jumped into Normandy the nite before D-Day. My other uncle, who taught me to play the harmonica, shoot, fish, and spit between my teeth. Men that loved their families. The heroes I knew from the Army are all in a cemetery. 0 -
John Wanye 0 -
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I was a big fan of a lot of athletes growing up, but my hero was and is hands down my dad.
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My dad. 12 hour shifts his entire life, 3 time state champion wrestler for brandywine high, I thought he was invincible when i was little, then i realized he was just like me, and that made me realize how much stronger he actually was. -dave- 0 -
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
WOW the irony in this, i was going to say
whiteclouder
Sure sign of a misspent youth.
Clouder..0
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