Thread: How old is your granny?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

And as for you, Mr HARRYWALLY, make sure ya toe da line or I'll come up there with a willow switch! There's a few miles left in my arm for teaching purposes.

Don't take a willow switch with you/make HIM cut his own when you get there. If you think it's too small you can keep making him cut one till your satisfied it's the right size! :

She is 128 and came from the West. Seems there are a lot of straight razor users that love even older traditions huh?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Don't take a willow switch with you/make HIM cut his own when you get there. If you think it's too small you can keep making him cut one till your satisfied it's the right size! :

Oh man that cutting your own switch is the worst part of the punishment.

One grandmother was a hoarder like so many other mentioned. When she passed 10 years ago (I forgot her age) we found stacks of newspaper and magazines all over the house, bags of string and twist ties, thousands of books, and money tucked into random spots! I never got to meet my grandmother on my dad's side- she got hit with a brain aneurysm the year before I was born

Originally Posted by RezDog

Oh man that cutting your own switch is the worst part of the punishment.

Not really. When I was young my dad would use what ever was handy. He's used plow lines (some folks don't know what this is) cane poles limb of what ever tree was near and of course his belt. I can't say I didn't need each and every whipping and didn't get as many as I needed. It was always more scary that painful. It wasn't abuse just discipline.

My maternal grand-mother is long dead, but it would be interesting to see if anyone on the thread has one who would have been older. My mother was 43 when I was born in 1949 and i worked out that her mother was a similar age when mom was born in 1906. Therefore that means gran was born in 1863 (or thereabouts) which was 153 years ago.

Can anyone beat that age gap - I'm 67 by the way.

I'm kinda thinkin' this thread took an unexpected turn.