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Bookers Bourbon
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My phone beeped once.

It was a notification of a message received.

It was a picture of an ultrasound from my daughter in law.

Me: Details? She: Call after church.

Phone call after church. Son gives phone to our oldest granddaughter.

My granddaughter and her husband are having a baby in August. Their first.

Our first great grand baby Smile

Gonna celebrate. New gun or new watch? Watch is 10 times more than the gun. Decisions decisions Smile





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Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it.
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Congratluations!


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Spend the money on an investment in the kid's name, a Treasury Bill perhaps. Congrats Great Grampa!
 
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Short. Fat. Bald.
Costanzaesque.


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Mazel Tov! A blessing!


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Spend the money on an investment in the kid's name, a Treasury Bill perhaps. Congrats Great Grampa!

I second this!


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Congratulations! We had our first grandchild, a girl, turned two in December. She’s been an absolute joy and a hoot to boot. There’s something different and special about grandchildren!


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Congrats

Treasury note is terrible for a newborn. Same amount 1 time invested in a good mutual fund will be worth so much more in 18 years or later.
 
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Personally, I feel like it's the parents responsibility to provide for the kid's future, not grand- or great grandparents, so I say go nuts and buy what you like. My $.02. This is most likely the result of not having kid's, so...

In any case, congratulations on the newest addition to the family. May all be healthy and happy.


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CONGRATS!!!!!

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..New gun or new watch? Watch is 10 times more than the gun. Decisions decisions Smile

Or a 529 plan contribution! Wink College education is 10x new watch.




 
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…There’s something different and special about grandchildren!



You can give them back when you are done spoiling them Big Grin






What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???


 
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Congrats!


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Congrats


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Must be a helluva watch! Buy the gun and put the extra in the 529 plan.
 
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Grandparents responsibilities is to spoil the hell out of the kids then fill them with sugar foods then send them home to the parents. .... Congrats all the way around............... drill sgt.
 
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Yeah, it's a milestone in aging when you get a great grand anything. You wonder whether people are giving birth younger these days or are you just getting that much older.



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Gun for you, watch for the kid! Congratulations!




"The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford, "it is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards."
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in."
 
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Congratulations!



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A watch will ensure you are on time for visits. And, you can also time the warming of any bottles of liquid nutrition. And, the watch will also allow you to tell your wife that you are running late for a visit. The watch also is needed for any church visits, such as a baptism, so you look presentable.


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A watch will ensure you are on time for visits. And, you can also time the warming of any bottles of liquid nutrition. And, the watch will also allow you to tell your wife that you are running late for a visit. The watch also is needed for any church visits, such as a baptism, so you look presentable.


I like the way you think! New watch it is Smile

341 miles one way to their present home, at our age I fear trips won't be too frequent. I can do it but my wife can't.

My son in law just retired as a CFP (etc) and we are preparing to set the baby up for his/her 18th birthday.





If you're goin' through hell, keep on going.
Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it.
You might get out before the devil even knows you're there.


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Congrats to all!

As to the gun v watch, let's see, if the watch is 10x the gun how about 10 guns!


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