Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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to carry on a thread with Tweedledumbs post belowMy ex wife
is what his nan would call a coon, and my daughter is what his nan might call a half cast, i come from a english family and the amount of hassle my nan gave me was just as bad, luckily my ex was patient and slowly won my nan over.
Since i was a kid, i would always argue about my nans view on race, (died AT 103) she kept he marbles to the end. When i was a child she would thrill me of the stories of the war but never mentioned the suffering. The very last thing she said to me was "raff sometimes i am wrong. Damn it raff no-one is perfect, i dont hate anyone it's just so easy to pick a scapegoat, and thats why we fought the war to stop scapegoating, i hated moseley and yet im talking as he did. I love my Grandaughter and because of your union with ***** (ex's name) i am not going to use colour as an excuse"
Nan you rock.
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See!You can teach an old dog new tricks.
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big-girl's-blouse owns far too much fleece, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 21:29,
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