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Draplin Design Co., North America
June 15, 2008
To Dad: Happy Father's Day
Posted at 10:07 AM

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ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES: I couldn’t have been more than three or four years old. 1976 or 1977 or something. I was asleep in my grandmother’s spare bedroom. You know, with the bed that had the same set of sheets on it since 1964 or something? Yeah, that one. So I’m woken up by my dad. And he’s got a little Lego set for me. And we build it right then and there. Opening the box. Unfolding the instructions. All of that.

I’m pretty sure this is the set: The little Tipper Truck model shown here.

We built it together and he tucked me back in. I’m gonna bet I fell asleep clutching the thing. I remember this.

Thanks, Dad. I love ya.


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Oh man, I had that Tipper Truck way back then. The loader looks familiar too, but can’t be sure. Good times.

Posted by: Pablo's Nachos on 06/16/08 at 11:59 AM

Oh man, I had that Tipper Truck way back then. The loader looks familiar too, but can’t be sure. Good times.

Posted by: Pablo's Nachos on 06/16/08 at 11:59 AM

Happy Fathers Day Big Jim! You and Lauren have always been a bit of a parental role in our lives. I remember when we moved a garage full of your boxes of tooling and dies when you were moving out of the house off Barnes Road house into your Shorter Lake Woods house. Lots of trips, lots of little trinkets and boxes But good work and you gave me a crisp $20 when we were done. Perfect, because I was in a pinch. I’ll never forget it brother. So, a huge and happy father’s day shout out to you.

Best,
-Eric (megan and hannah, too)

Posted by: Eric Campbell on 06/16/08 at 8:46 PM

Draplin, grow a friggin beard, dammit.

Posted by: Vince LaVecchia on 06/17/08 at 1:03 PM
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