I am going to be a Grandad

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I am going to be a Grandad

Now isn't that exciting news? Well, it is for me, my wife, our daughter, her old man and the other kids.

I've even started cooing at babies in the street.

think I'd better start knitting boottees.

Knitting booties? I think you may be mistaking yourself for a "grandma" there, TC... ;-) Anyway, congrats! ~PEPS~ Here's a link to a blog wot I have started... http://pepsoid.wordpress.com/

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Congratulations to you & yours!
Congrats Gramps. Now let me see, what do I remember about my dear, late Grandad. Every sunday he would threaten me with "a bunch 'o' fives." He always had his pockets full of mints and spare change. He used to bury marbles in the back yard so that my sister and I could dig them up. There was nothing better for security and comfort than climbing onto his hard, pot belly on a saturday afternoon while he sat doing his pools next to the fire. Oh! And he always smelled of Old Spice. All Grandads are great men ;) There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed - Dennett

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

"He used to bury marbles in the back yard so that my sister and I could dig them up" ... ahh, the days before PlayStation... :-) ~PEPS~ Here's a link to a blog wot I have started... http://pepsoid.wordpress.com/

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Aww. Many congratulations. When's the due date? ~ www.fabulousmother.com
May 17th is the predicted time of arrival - but I get on far too many trains to believe a word of it. It's not only women who knit (although I do admit to never having mastered the art). The Right Reverend Richard Rutt, one time Bishop of Leicester, was a phenomenal knitter - he even produced a number of books on the subject. Thankyou for your kind words. I'm just a bit flabbergasted.
Tony will make an excellent grandad I think. I am going to be an uncle soon, and a -sort of an uncle like person although not actually related- sometime next week. There's a lot of it going about. keep your grubby mits off my website http://www.too-many-monkeys.com

 

congrats!
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Exciting news! Congratulations to you and your family.
Congratulations. Knitted slipperettes on the way.
Well done Tony.
Oh, well done! Hope all goes well over the months to come. Is she feeling very ill?
Great news Tony. Gongrats!

 

I think "Well done" is going a bit far - you can't take THAT much credit, surely? But all the best and enjoy it, Tony. Are you going to buy a pipe? All the best grandads smoke one.
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Lovely news, Tony. Many congratulations. Enzo.. Read my rubbish novel as it happens! http://somesolitude.wordpress.com/
Ah, pipes! I am of an age where it was 'cool' to smoke a pipe as a youngster. Used to fill it with that vile 'clan' tobacco - sweet smelling and pungent. It went out all the time, the strem got full of flem and muck and it was generally so revolting that it's put me off pipes for life. But hiding marbles in the garden - there's a fine notion.
Better to be Granddad Cook than a cook of granddads (sorry; just being silly!)! Best wishes to you & your family!

 

Congrats, Tony! Being a granddad is great, you can indulge 'em for a while then pass them back to parents when you've had enough of them.
Being a grand dad is brilliant. I have two grandkids and I love 'em to bits. It's also great seeing how my son has to suffer all the crap that he made me endure 30years ago. I see the kids 2 or 3 times a week and when they act up I just send them home, it's real stress-free 'parenting'. In fact, I think being a grand dad is better than being a dad. No stress, no financial responsibilities, no going to meet teachers who invariably talk to the parents like kids. It does however cost me a fortune in peppermints.

 

Surely, Werther's Originals. Unfortunately my grandchild will be living in Exeter and we are still in brighton so I won't get to see him/her two or three times a week - until we move back to Devon that is!
A grandads discussion thread. This site gets less like youtube and more like catheter every day.
Was ABCtales ever like youtube? [[[~P~]]] ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com - latest... Review of "Casino Royale")

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