Living   |   Fathers know best Readers share advice from their dads June 19, 2005 We look to them for advice, even when we're not sure we want it. We look to them for support, respect, knowledge -- and $20 here and there. We look to them to make everything better, and in our mind, at least, they always do. Fathers have a special role -- even if it might take us years to understand just how smart and special they are. We asked readers for the best advice their father ever gave them. Some was straightforward: "If you can't pay for it, you can't afford it," Joseph Gregor Jr. of Livonia related from his father. Some was tough: "If you can't lead, then follow. If you can't follow, get out of the way," wrote Chad Muncie of Willamston about his father, Bill Muncie. Some was inspirational: "Always be thankful, grateful and honorable to God," sent

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