Congrats, Ursula. Hope all goes well. The little darling will of course call you Omi Ushi for quite some time (perhaps forever), so get to like it. And the adults, according with transcendental laws of mimicry, will follow suit. One more grump: Not being believed by children when you tell them there was a time when the Monopoly game had no electronic banking. Bank cards, would you believe. Pass Go, $400 (inflation) is deposited electronically into your bank account. Bah, humbug! Never giving up his bank book and needing to see the whites of a bank clerk's eyes when transacting, Walter O. Quoting Ursula Stange <ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hey Opa Walter, I'm in my sixties (grump #1) and am just now (in 8 or 9 days > or so) going to be called Oma for the first time (grump #2 is that it took so > long...). > > Grump #s 3,4,5,6, etc... > Making a list and checking it twice... > > Be brave, everyone, > Ursula > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Feeling the years / grumping away: > >> > > >> 3. Beig referred to as "Opa Valter" come March. > >> > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html