That's something to hold onto for sure. I was an army brat so I grew up in Germany and never formed a tight bond with my grandparents, but thinking about the times helping him fix a broken fan or something when we would visit still brings a smile. I'm new at the grandpa thing - my grandaughter is 10 months and the second one is due in Feb., so much better than raising your own kids!That's creepy man. I loved visiting my grandparents on my mother's side in southern Alberta. We went out from Vancouver at least once a year for a couple weeks or more each time. Old farmhouse he built and a workshop with all sorts of tools but just one electric motor that he would move from machine to machine. I have one of his nutcracker bowls with little mallet that I helped him make on his home made wood lathe and really treasure it. I brought it home from my mom's last year and it's been collecting dust in the shop. Looks a lot better all cleaned up. Layers of different woods glued together and clamped for weeks before cutting into square blocks, corner sawed off with a hand saw to make an octagon them chucked into the lathe and turned into that.
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My other grandpa on my dad's side was a cobbler and I loved hanging out at his store in Vancouver and help out while he made and/or repaired shoes boots etc. Puffing away on his cheap cigars and was the guy who got me hooked on fishing. I try to take his old fiberglass fly rod out every spring and catch a trout just for him.
I have no relationship with my grandkids and that sux. So much I could have taught them and a lot they could have taught me. Hopefully once they are old enough they will seek me out.
Better for the grandparents but not so much for the parents if both aren't tuned in to how the parents want the kids raised. Sitcoms all over about those conflicts.That's something to hold onto for sure. I was an army brat so I grew up in Germany and never formed a tight bond with my grandparents, but thinking about the times helping him fix a broken fan or something when we would visit still brings a smile. I'm new at the grandpa thing - my grandaughter is 10 months and the second one is due in Feb., so much better than raising your own kids!
What do you mean dirty! I bathe at least once a month I'll have you know. My hair is half way to my ass now and still as red as my fire-bush at 63.Catholic....I used to wear a uniform in high school....lol...dirty old man...hahahaha....
Any concrete structure has radon way over naturally occuring levels also...not a concern anywhere else. Radon is a beta emitter and has a very short half life. Uranium emits gamma and like you said those tailings are all over Port Hope.That's not what the testing showed. Radon is naturally occurring everywhere especially in stone or brick buildings but every basement in town was way over naturally occurring levels.
It is likely the tailings as they processed the raw ore there back in the early days and used them for backfill all over the place.
It's sad that people still have to live in the wake of lousy gov't oversight. The ex used to bitch about what a boring crappy place Port Hope was to grow up in but when I visited there in '90 I thought it looked like a great place to grow up in. Very picturesque in it's quaint old timey fashion and I had a great seafood dinner at a small restaurant on the shore for pennies compared to Vancouver prices at the time. I got the Captain's plate with a decent sized lobster, half a pound of breaded scallops some salmon and more than I could pack away. Bottomless chip basket! Drove up to Coburg to see where my #1 son was born at St. James hospital. She named him James as well. lolAny concrete structure has radon way over naturally occuring levels also...not a concern anywhere else. Radon is a beta emitter and has a very short half life. Uranium emits gamma and like you said those tailings are all over Port Hope.
Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.I mis-quoted the song in my post but in my defense I haven't heard it in 30 years or so. The back side of the 45 was the same song played backwards and sounds like some Russian gobbledy-gook. Smoke a fattie then listen to both sides for a hoot!
Sorry to hear of both of your situations. I've had buddies screwed over bad in divorce and custody fights and I would have ended up in jail. I got lucky and split with my 1st wife before there were kids or money (& I'm still waitin' on the money...) so all it cost me was for a lawyer. I'm still with wife #2 after 28 years so I guess I'm stuck with her (or the other way around?!) We're lucky enough to have a good relationship with both our kids and they're only a few hours drive away so we see the granddaughter often.Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.
The family court system is screwed, everyone knows it. My lawyer told me everyone in the system knows it but it's so f'd up no one knows how to fix it. I was lucky that my kids were older when I split with my ex so I don't have to deal with the child support bullshit. But she hasn't worked a day since we split 8 years ago and I have to continue paying her more than the average family makes because it was a 28 year marriage and I didn't hide my income or assets (you have to do that at least 3 years prior to splitting, that's how far they look back, hint, hint). I can't even retire early, or I can, but I'd have to continue payments until I retire at 65 which would be a big dip into my retirement funds. It would have been easier to just off her and take the time, hint, hint, lol.
That totally sux. I got lucky I guess. I'm still legally married to the girl I hooked up with when I was about 24. She pulled the plug just before our 2nd anniversary and we split our possessions without much fuss. No kids and when the dog got away from her a couple times and found her way home to me she gave up the dog. No lawyers or kids and I'm a happily married man who hasn't seen his wife in over 30 years.Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.
The family court system is screwed, everyone knows it. My lawyer told me everyone in the system knows it but it's so f'd up no one knows how to fix it. I was lucky that my kids were older when I split with my ex so I don't have to deal with the child support bullshit. But she hasn't worked a day since we split 8 years ago and I have to continue paying her more than the average family makes because it was a 28 year marriage and I didn't hide my income or assets (you have to do that at least 3 years prior to splitting, that's how far they look back, hint, hint). I can't even retire early, or I can, but I'd have to continue payments until I retire at 65 which would be a big dip into my retirement funds. It would have been easier to just off her and take the time, hint, hint, lol.
That's as rare as hen's teeth tho . . . just sayin'Don't ever think that moms don't pay child support to their higher income earning exes...(the dicks)...just sayin'....
That's what I keep hearing....That's as rare as hen's teeth tho . . . just sayin'
Yeah but I'm happy and have a great relationship with my kids, grandkids and GF. She's a miserable bitch that the kids avoid. The grandkids call her the "other" grandma because they see her so seldom. I'd rather be a little lighter in the pocket book than be a miserable old man, what's that line in Dogs "hide your head in the sand, just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer", that's her other than the last part, but Karma's a bitch and she got what she sowed. Plus I get to grow weed and not have to listen to herSorry to hear of both of your situations. I've had buddies screwed over bad in divorce and custody fights and I would have ended up in jail. I got lucky and split with my 1st wife before there were kids or money (& I'm still waitin' on the money...) so all it cost me was for a lawyer. I'm still with wife #2 after 28 years so I guess I'm stuck with her (or the other way around?!) We're lucky enough to have a good relationship with both our kids and they're only a few hours drive away so we see the granddaughter often.
Talk about an anomalyDon't ever think that moms don't pay child support to their higher income earning exes...(the dicks)...just sayin'....
Nope....he's a dick...I'm good with that...