I have become my grandfather!

Sundae · 08-30-2013, 09:09 AM

Your Grandad sounds as cool then as you are now.
We know you're actually a fittie, but the children love you because you're Grandad.

I lived so close to school aged 5-12 that I was almost never met.
Except the one time Nanny turned up unexpectedly and I ran right past her in a world of my own. Got home to major recriminations and ended up getting such a pasting I cried crocodile tears (apparently) so hard I was sick. Not scarred by that at all.

I think it's influenced one of my greatest desires though.
I always, always, always want to be met at the end of a journey.
And I can count the amount of times it's happened on two hands. Bear in mind I'm 41 and most of the ten were racked up when I was a teen.

Airport, train station, coach station, bus stop.
Please.
Won't someone, once, be waiting for me?

I envy your grandchildren Chris.
They have many, many years with you yet, but they will treasure these memories of you.

glatt · 08-30-2013, 09:32 AM

"Any good fights?"

Times sure change.

I was just telling my kids yesterday about when I was a freshman in high school, and how one of the seniors who sat at the other end of our lunch table was playing mumbletypeg* one day. I think we were able to sit at the same table as him because nobody else would, and it was the easiest place to get an empty seat.

*(I always thought that game was called mumbletypeg, but when I checked the spelling just now, mumbletypeg is a different knife game. The knife game this guy was playing was where you stab the point of the knife into the table between your various fingers as quickly as you can. Five finger fillet, the internet calls it. This guy had a big pocket knife he was using. )

Lamplighter · 08-30-2013, 09:50 AM

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...I guess I have become my grandfather.

I notice that more and more every time I get a hair cut.

chrisinhouston · 08-30-2013, 10:00 AM

I should add a postscript that I spoke with my daughter in law this morning who told me that the 6 year old Sarah who has just started 1st grade got 2 red marks this week in her conduct folder. On Wednesday a level 3 red mark for talking when she was not supposed to and yesterday a level 5 infraction (the worst) for talking again and turning her back on the teacher while she was teaching. Way to go Sarah! For that infraction she will have to eat her lunch today sitting in solitary at lunchroom table with a teacher that the other kids claim is a Zombie and never smiles.

Guess I should start checking her conduct folder on the way home.

08-30-2013, 09:09 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Your Grandad sounds as cool then as you are now. We know you're actually a fittie, but the children love you because you're Grandad. I lived so close to school aged 5-12 that I was almost never met. Except the one time Nanny turned up unexpectedly and I ran right past her in a world of my own. Got home to major recriminations and ended up getting such a pasting I cried crocodile tears (apparently) so hard I was sick. Not scarred by that at all. I think it's influenced one of my greatest desires though. I always, always, always want to be met at the end of a journey. And I can count the amount of times it's happened on two hands. Bear in mind I'm 41 and most of the ten were racked up when I was a teen. Airport, train station, coach station, bus stop. Please. Won't someone, once, be waiting for me? I envy your grandchildren Chris. They have many, many years with you yet, but they will treasure these memories of you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-30-2013, 09:32 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"Any good fights?" Times sure change. I was just telling my kids yesterday about when I was a freshman in high school, and how one of the seniors who sat at the other end of our lunch table was playing mumbletypeg* one day. I think we were able to sit at the same table as him because nobody else would, and it was the easiest place to get an empty seat. *(I always thought that game was called mumbletypeg, but when I checked the spelling just now, mumbletypeg is a different knife game. The knife game this guy was playing was where you stab the point of the knife into the table between your various fingers as quickly as you can. Five finger fillet, the internet calls it. This guy had a big pocket knife he was using. )

08-30-2013, 10:00 AM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I should add a postscript that I spoke with my daughter in law this morning who told me that the 6 year old Sarah who has just started 1st grade got 2 red marks this week in her conduct folder. On Wednesday a level 3 red mark for talking when she was not supposed to and yesterday a level 5 infraction (the worst) for talking again and turning her back on the teacher while she was teaching. Way to go Sarah! For that infraction she will have to eat her lunch today sitting in solitary at lunchroom table with a teacher that the other kids claim is a Zombie and never smiles. Guess I should start checking her conduct folder on the way home.

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