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Grandpa Used to Say - 4/28/2008 5:50:23 PM
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walkin2e
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My Grandpa Rozier died at age 43 (1933) so I never knew him. My grandpa Winn died on 17 Nov 1963 (I was 11). He was a kind man, full of humor, wit and love for his family.
Two sayings of his stick out in my mind: He used to say "That's the time, or that's the ticket" meaning he agreed with you. Later on, I found out he used to work as a conductor on a streetcar in Savannah, Georgia.
He also gave me some sage advice about planting a garden (I used to plant our garden as a young boy). He said, "Dig your hole, drop in three seeds...one for the birds, one to grow, and one to rot". Pretty good advice, I think. I still do that when I plant a garden.
How about your Grandpas?
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 4/30/2008 4:20:24 PM
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JordanW
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Not relating to my Grandpa, but my Dad always used to say, "Is it the ticket?"
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/1/2008 11:50:45 AM
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Memaw.
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Grandpa was a butcher and I can remember him always telling us when we would try to pull the wool over his eyes on something to "keep your hands off the scale".
I didn't understand it then, but I sure do now. 
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/2/2008 9:11:48 AM
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My grandpa used to say "Never call yourself an expert: An "ex" is a has been and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure."
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/5/2008 5:15:33 PM
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doinkdom
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My grandparents and great-grandparents were alive when I was little.
I remember my gr-granny saying that a penny saved is a penny she didn't have to look for later.
There were tons of other sayings...not sure how many are relevent to Christian boards though  .
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/5/2008 6:38:20 PM
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gunther46
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Here's a few:
"One bad apple spoils the whole barrel."
"Spend one night with a woman and you are married to her the rest of your life."
"If you save a little money every week you will be surprised how much it will pile up."
"Bad company corrupts good morals."
"What you do when you are young magnifies what you are when you are old."
"Eat good and stay warm."
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/5/2008 8:18:55 PM
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tbrobinson
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My Grandfathers passed on to their reward early but had some great sayings:
1. Grandfather the car dealer." stop using the electric windows they only have so many uses.
2. Grandfather the carpenter - fisher, after Grandma told him how the cow ate the cabbage, he said, well I guess its time to go fishing (you gotta be from the midwest to understand that).
3. Grandpa number 1. Only hoods and toughs stay out after midnite. I had a little tardiness problem when I lived with them and had the big motorcycle.
My favorite. I was buying bait with them one day, and I told the proprietor, my grandfather is a rich car dealer... he was poor like everyone else in the day.
EDIT: my biggest favorite. Aint no one going to buy the cow when the milk is free. All you younger folks figger it out.
< Message edited by tbrobinson -- 5/5/2008 8:25:26 PM >
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RE: Grandpa Used to Say - 5/7/2008 6:12:23 PM
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faroukfarouk
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My grandfather said when he was a boy attended a testimony meeting, where a young man gave a moving story of a conversion experience, accompanied by an account of deep, inner struggles. Afterwards my grandfather said to the young man, how wonderful it must be to have such a testimony.
The young man replied to my grandfather, Oh, it didn't have to be true, did it?
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To this day I don't know if she actually believed that or just didn't want us spinning and falling and breaking our necks!!
