How many Grandads do we have?

lol... bristolboy White with lobster then please

its a bit technical for me in here lol I am more a 'which do you prefer, red or white, and would you like the steak or the lobster?' lol

Need car advice too - I have a 95 Mazda MX5 which has a leaky roof. I think it might be the sills. also any idea how to renovate a vinyl soft top?

Also need advice about fixing a new oring < is that what they are called? Anyway its the rubbery elastic thing which fits around the metal bathplug.

Anyone know how I can locate the joists in my kitchen ceiling so I can put a clothes pulley up without bringing down the whole ceiling?

Not enough, but you are very welcome, Bristolboy. Stick around and maybe visit the shed.

erm Good evening ( Looks around nervously). just how many of us are there?

I've just planted some bulb's for the spring so advice may be needed,this year I had awful luck with the plant's I put in,pansie's and livingstone daisie's they went all stringy for some unknown reason,so hopefully we will have some help at hand for the spring time,so welcome ronald to GNTrs.

My daughter started growing vegetables this year so advice will be needed next spring please. Welcome

Yet another grandad (or granddad) for the list.Although looking at this thread there doesn't seem to a great demand for our expert knowledge(?)
I'm only pretty good on vegetable growing and the odd flowers I use at the allotment to attract the bees.I used to run marathons so could give some advice on training (if I can remember).Anyway I expect i'll soon get into the swing of things

Hello Bunic, welcome to the small (but very elite) band of Granddads in here.

my first smiley face,thanks

Oh we can't promise that, bunic! Welcome, though!

i am grandad & new to this site ? use to work on building sites,still busy around the house !! so be gentle with me.

I now have registered and am already in the shed!!!! Hi to all other grandads. Look forward to interesting topics.

Hi, dc. There's a pensioners' campaigning organization - the National Pensioners' Convention that has local branches around the country. Check out the web site:
http://www.npcuk.org/
We have a lot to say with a lot of experience behind us in many professions and occupations. And we have, as you say, a huge block vote. In my experience of political canvassing, it's the older folk who will come out and vote and who still really value the privilege of having a vote.

This past couple of days i have spent perusing the many and varied comments we have posted on this website. unsurprisingly the conclusion i have reached is that we are neither unintelligent or out of touch with the world that surrounds us. we are a massive voting bloc and any thinking politician who takes a moment to to take our views and wishes into account could well be onto a winner.maybe the phrase a thinking politician could well be construed as an oxymoron, i am sure the meanining is clear. i am lead to believe that the number of seniors eligible to cast a vote could well exceed 8 million,(my fi gures are at the best a guesstimate) but if i am correct, we should have a big say in our country is run and how the politicians we electshould react to our wishes. any and all comments would be welcome.

Good bit of research BD, it's Granddad for me.

tjspompa asked about spelling: is grandad or granddad?
All the quality dictionaries I've consulted say the latter. Double "d" is the proper way to spell it.
However, as we all know, the English language is in a constant state of evolution. A word or a spelling that was accepted in one century or period falls into disuse or is changed in the next.
If common and dominant usage spells it with a single "d" then that will eventually become the "right" way.
At the moment we appear to be in a transition period: many of the population are using the "d", but lexicographers are sticking to the "dd". If the trend continues in this way, no doubt the former will become the norm.
For me, an old-school pedant, it's granddad.

Grandadbumble, yes I guess you need to register in your own name. The only problem may be if you do not have a separate email address. However many ISP's allow you to set up second email addresses on the same account, my wife and I have aliases that we use where we want to keep our primary address safe (game logins etc)

h i dont think granpas get to have their say enough dont give up where is your spirite perhaps ive had too much red wine but hey ho lets here your voice

Tjspompa, definitely get the brownie point, yes he is my other half. How do I get his own login, do i register as I did when I joined

re the state of your shed , I think the wost thing that can happen is your good lady seeing the untidy state of your shed , they seem to have a compulsion to "tidy" it.
I warn you , it happened to me and now I cant find a damn thing now , its going to take ages to sort it out.
Still it gives me an excuse to spend more time in it.

hi another grandad here living in sheffield. i have posted a couple of topics on gransnet, it,s amazing the speed of response. appropo garden sheds, to all the chaps reading this, ( the trick is to keep it in a state of untidyness, then the wife will not come anywhere near). downside to this, is , if she does happen by, you will get an earful for it being untidy.anyway good luck to you all.

Hovering or hoovering Twizzle ??? :-))