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How many Grandads do we have?

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Magsie Mon 23-May-11 16:49:05

How many Grandads do we have and are they happy to be asked things? Step forward lads!

twizzle Fri 27-May-11 17:19:41

Michael, we are all hovering outside your shed..... waiting to be invited in.

wink

Michael Fri 27-May-11 17:13:26

We are out numbered.There must be a way to keep them out of our shed. Until they are invited in....smile.

nanny1 Thu 26-May-11 21:31:53

:-)

Notsogrand Thu 26-May-11 08:34:25

Thank you for the link Vindiboy , will check it out later. Thanks again smile

tjspompa Thu 26-May-11 07:33:29

Good morning everyone smile

Vindiboy Wed 25-May-11 23:41:52

Try this site Notsogrand. http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/consumerProducts/pdf/entertainment/BT_Vision_selfinstall_guide.pdf

Notsogrand Wed 25-May-11 17:54:36

There'll be tears before bed-time....
I'm going to duck.....
smile

tjspompa Wed 25-May-11 17:34:03

Ouch !!! Geraldine such sexist remarks cut me to the core :-(.

BUT !!!!

It does mean we didn't start the sexist banter -- bring it on Guys grin

GeraldineGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 25-May-11 16:38:08

Notsogrand, yes, I'm lurking, and so is JosieGransnet. There's an organisation in Australia I've always liked the sound of, called "Men in sheds". So perhaps we should have a "Grandads in sheds".

Is the plan for the grandads to stay in there until summoned out onto "Ask a grandad" to answer those tricky masculine questions involving spanners? It could be very interesting to find out what they talk about when they think we're in the kitchen. (Not their emotions, presumably.)

Sorry, grandads, for the hideous gender stereotyping. Only teasing.

Notsogrand Wed 25-May-11 15:56:41

OK, my first question. Not really DIY.
Does anyone have BT Vision? I signed up for it, all the bits have arrived, I've opened the box......and it's sat there for 3 weeks.
They talk about connecting to a home hub. Don't have one of those, have a router. I tried talking to BT tech support but they assume a level of tech awareness and widget comprehension that I just don't have.
So if anyone has set this up themselves and can explain in words of one syllable.....I would be very grateful.

Thank you. smile

Notsogrand Wed 25-May-11 15:49:24

How about a virtual shed daddydaycare?

daddydaycare51 Wed 25-May-11 13:27:16

Grandad AKA daddydaycare I dont have a shed lol grin

JosieGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 25-May-11 10:27:13

Hi all, glad to see the grandads have turned up!
This discussion is actually IN the new 'Ask a grandad' topic which we set up - to those (tjspompa and notsogrand) who were asking.

You'll see it on our Topics page, so you can get asking questions and hopefully one of our grandads will be able to help you out.

PoppaRob Wed 25-May-11 02:04:27

Hi all. 10:25am on a cold overcast autumn Wednesday here in South Australia.

tjspompa, I had some health dramas a while back and the only employment I could get as a broken down mid 40s jack of all trades and master of none was working in a call centre. I'd wanted a solidbody electric mandolin but none were available here so I decided to build one myself. Long story short eventually left the callcentre and I now build mandos, ukes and tenor guitars (the two I just finished are my 511th and 512th instruments) in the evenings and on weekends and during the day I look after my 2 year old grand-daughter while the kids go off to work. It's a "broke but happy" situation, but I'm single, my needs are simple and my mortgage is small. :-)

helshea Tue 24-May-11 23:50:22

It suddenly has become a grandad fest! wow.. it's amazing what can happen in one day! I'm now putting all my DIY queries in alphabetical order.. but suddenly feel sexist for doing it. Funny thing is that probably most of the grandads are into cooking, and cleaning, and half of the grandmas are probably into DIY, and cars. lol. I'm just into anything I can do, and want help at anything i can't .. so still doing that list but just changing it a bit.

Vindiboy Tue 24-May-11 22:49:40

Hello all. I am Grandad to six gorgeous girls. I trained for the Merchant Navy on the "Vindicatrix" at Sharpness in 1959.

tjspompa Tue 24-May-11 22:20:29

LOL, no, as I said earlier RL wanted a share of me.

glassortwo Tue 24-May-11 22:18:03

Well hello grandads, we thought you had done a runner grin

tjspompa Tue 24-May-11 22:03:37

Cakes for the shed - that sounds good, for me, rock cakes, yummy.

I'm OK with a glass of wine in the shed. hic.

bikergran Tue 24-May-11 21:48:00

Wow!! just popped in and what ahs happened!! we have males in the camp....thats brill! woooohooo..[smile]...should make things interesting, and will be great to hear "grandads views on things that make the world go round".. wine cheers to all..(maybe we should have a beer glass smiley)! or perhaps there are a lot more wine drinking grandads? I know my hubby loves both [smile] thats when I unlock the cabinet {wink] lol

Notsogrand Tue 24-May-11 21:42:01

What cake/s will you need in the shed?

Michael Tue 24-May-11 21:27:13

It's Co-op 99.

tjspompa Tue 24-May-11 21:24:59

Hi Michael, we are going to need a bigger shed soon :-)

Michael Tue 24-May-11 21:22:01

OK, Im Here, what more do you nice Ladies want..wink.

tjspompa Tue 24-May-11 21:06:09

Hello Grumpy, pub, garden, who cares, so long as you are here :-)

Oh, and I've just realised that "Ask a Grandad" was Crimson's idea.

Grandad or Granddad, which is correct, my spell-check says Granddad, but that just looks wrong.