How many Grandads do we have?

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. :-)

Grandad AKA daddydaycare I dont have a shed lol

How about a virtual shed daddydaycare?

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.

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

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

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

Good morning everyone

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

:-)

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

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

Hovering or hoovering Twizzle ??? :-))

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.

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.

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

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

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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