I was extolling the pleasures of grandparenthood when the spell checker flagged the word “grandparenting”. It suggested I add a hyphen to make it grand-parenting.
The second choice made me laugh. It was “grandpa-renting”.
John has 49 cumulative years of grandpa experience. How much do you think I could get to rent John out as an experienced grandpa???
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With his train experience, and hearty smile, a whole lot! You just have to love this.
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John has mentored many young people at the train club.
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I have no doubt! It was a fun post but also wonderful that so many serve in mentor roles for those younger. That is how we learn and prosper. Long term research shows one significant person in someone’s life can make a difference no matter what trauma they might have experienced. I can gather that John (nor you) does it for the recognition, but it is still always a nice reminder when we see it to acknowledge it. Thank you John and thank you Anne!
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Wow! You are right. We don’t do things for recognition. Thank you for the thanks!
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But does he bake cookies?
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I doubt John has ever baked a cookie in his life, but he was good at licking bowls. He can make history come alive for almost any subject for children and adults.
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I believe that. I’ve seen it with Logan!
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I am terrible at spelling but spellcheck drives me crazy.
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The spellcheck for my word processor is not set correctly and would flag every single word. I’ve turned it off and depend on checkers for WordPress and email to catch my worst errors. I found grandpa renting most amusing.
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your looking at at least 4 digits Anne!
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Good experience for grandparents. Nice title for Spell_ check. For grandpa_ renting.
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Our daughter left this morning, so I hope to get caught up with things I put aside while she was here. I haven’t forgotten your last message and hope to reply in the near future.
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Ok, don’t mind! I know it’s. You inform me. I hope you are well doing
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Oh that is the funniest thing I’ve heard today!! If you get rich renting him out do let me know!
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I laughed at the idea of getting rich by renting John out.
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See how the very thought of him lightens your day? Hahaha
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Hmmmm…what does an experienced grandpa get on the open market?
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I have no earthly idea!
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😉
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That is so funny!
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You could rent out both of you and make a fortune … plenty of takers…you’ve done a great job with your own.
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Being a grandparent is fun and such a privilege!
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This made me laugh!
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What a difference a hyphen makes! you are so Funny!!!!!
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Blame the spell checker. It put the hyphen in grandpa-renting.
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That’s funny, but until you decide how much John is worth you’re not going to get your business up and running.
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I don’t have a business plan, either. It’s a no go.
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You could probably rent John out for a lot more than you realize Anne! Anyone would be lucky to rent him as a Grandpa!
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I’ll tell John he has your vote of confidence.
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Absolutely!
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This is very funny. I do believe you could rent him out for quite a bit. Any child would be lucky to have him for a grandpa, even if only as a rental!
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Children like being with John.
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It’s funny how the placement of commas and hyphens make such a difference doesn’t it. Sometimes in reading the Facebook community forum for our city, people send out a query and two or three sentences – no punctuation. I’m left scratching my head.
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I haven’t been places where people don’t use punctuation. Well, rarely, anyway. It would be confusing.
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I see how people in my City spell when they comment on the City’s neighborhood forum. The grammar. spelling mistakes and lack of punctuation make me shake my head. I know I don’t speak or write with perfect grammar all the time, but some of this is cringeworthy. (And it is not young people … people long out of school.)
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Sad, isn’t it?
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It is because some of this stuff is basic. Our City’s school system is not the best. I learned that when I graduated high school and then went to a community college before finishing my last two years at WSU. The Dearborn school system is excellent and they have several high schools. They had read so many classic books, Shakespeare – I soon learned in my literature classes just how bad our school system was.
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TN is usually low-ranking in school ratings, but we had dedicated teachers who wanted us to succeed.
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That’s good – a good teacher makes a difference. I had some awesome elementary teachers while still in Canada. We lost our millage for two years for 10th and 11th grade, so classes were cut to four hours a day and nothing extracurricular. They laid off low-seniority teachers and we often had coaches with high seniority teach us. Seemed silly at the time. We lost everything for two years – no music, drama, arts, sports, clubs, foreign languages, just four subjects and four hours of school. It was bad for students who hoped to get scholarships for some of these amenities.
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Wow! That was drastic!
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