Our Awesome (Great) Grandparents - General

So after an assignment I did on asking my grandparents about their life and things they did as my age (18-19ish) I've learned that 9 times out of 10, our grandparents were a bunch of hardcore motherfuckers. Seriously, ask them sometimes. My grandfather, who I questioned had some amazing things to tell me, so instead of copy/pasting my paper, I'll name off the the cool shit he did. [quote]Born in London, 1933, was only 7 or 8 when the Battle of Britain broke out, and spent most of the day inside air raid shelters and such, he once snuck out and chased a V1 across a field, only to be returned by a member of the Observer Corps. - Worked for an oil company (can't remember, probably BP) from about 20-30 and got to tour Northern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar) - During his travels in Africa and the Middle East, he received a pet mongoose (he named Spitfire) to protect him from Cobras and other pests. -While hiking through Thailand, he got caught in sinking sand, and clawed himself out. - While also in Burma, he received a pet monkey as a gift for his travels, but when he met his girlfriend, (my grandmother) made him get rid of it. - Before my father was born, he was vacationing in Cuba when the missile crisis occured, and refused to be sent back to England, in the end he decided to go. - He backpacked through Europe in the 50s after the war, and visited most of the countries with the exception of Scandinavia, and he still wants to go back. -While working in Northern Canada, he was able to watch one of Bell Aircraft rockets launch, but can't remember the name (Will pressure him for info) - Afterwords, he moved to Canada with my grandmother, and started raising his own children.[/quote] Now go ask your grandparents what they did when they where kids, you'd be amazed and then probably ashamed you'd never see or do the amazing things they did.

My grandpa, who is 89, will be undergoing surgery for the removal of gallstones today. Hope it goes well. He also speaks Spanish. I don't. My grandma passed away nearly 10 years ago.

[QUOTE=.Cheezy.;22149189]My grandpa, who is 89, will be undergoing surgery for the removal of gallstones today. Hope it goes well.[/QUOTE] Best wishes to you and your family!

My grandfather was in the concentration camp in Auschwitz. He has a permanent bar code on his hand. :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Ektorp;22149183] Now go ask your grandparents what they did when they where kids, you'd be amazed and then probably ashamed you'd never see or do the amazing things they did.[/QUOTE] Don't tell me what to do, get off my ballz

My grandfather made documentaries about Mao. Shared a cigar with Deng Xiaoping. Got sent into some labor camp. Visited Africa and traded with different tribes (I still have the wooden figures). Became CEO of the movie/documentary bureau. And best thing, he is still alive :) Grandmother was an engineer, still alive. My grandfather on fathers side was working with the Brits against Japan. Although I don't know much since he died long before I was born. Grandmother was a classical kitchen woman, passed away a few years ago :(

All my grandparents died :frown:

My Grandpa lived in Nazi Germany and when he was about 16 he was forced to join the army due to lack of men. He used a Panzerfaust from what I've heard from various family members. Even to the day he died he had a great respect for Hitler and had a strong dislike to Jewish people. When he met my dad (my dad is Metis and looks native) he asked him "where's your bow and arrow?". He really grew to love my dad like a son. My uncle was also in the army in Nazi Germany and was captured by the Russians. [editline]07:54PM[/editline] My Grandpa on the other side of the family fought in WW2 on the Canadian side, funny how that works.

On my dads side my grandfather is dead and my grandmother is too aged to tell stories that I can comprehend. On my moms side both of my grandparents are fat hillbillies and have been so they don't have anything to say other then HURR LIFE ON THE FARM

My great grandfather lived up to be 100. He always liked to drive pretty fast, even when he was in his late 90's. One day, near his 100th birthday, a cop stopped him for speeding, but when he saw his date of birth on his ID card (1900) he didn't give him a ticket. He just said "See you in the newspapers soon!" He passed away ten years ago. It's a shame I was too young when he was around, he was a really nice and healthy person for his age.

My grandpa died in WW2.

My Great Grandfather was a German soldier in WWII, I don't know anything else due to the fact that he's dead and I never got the chance to speak to him. My Great Great Grandfather fought in WWI, same side, same story. I wish they were still alive, I have so many questions.

I've been told my Great grandfather was a British military policeman at the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, where he and other soldiers allowed the inmates to go apeshit on the guards. Before the war he was a policeman, went into the war to serve as a military policeman and left the war to be a policeman once again. He also had an allotment. I also just found out that he was at Normandy and my other Great grandfather (On my Grand mother's side) fought through world war one.

All of my grandparents are alive, but all of my great grandparents are dead. On my dad's side, my grandpa served on the USS Newport News (the last US heavy cruiser to be decommissioned) before she was scrapped; he's now a mailman. My grandma, I'm not really sure but I do know she's a gamer. She keeps parrots, too. :buddy: On my mom's side, I don't know much about either of my grandparents except they're both hippies but they're both really cool so it's aight. I love my grandparents. :love: [img]http://www.uss-newport-news.com/images/nn_drydock.jpg[/img] USS Newport News, CA-148 in drydock.

My grandfather was a military policeman for the RAF. Then became heathrow head of security, which was renamed Head of british security. Then renamed "Head of world security" Last time I checked, he works for MI5 now. And there's me, his oldest grandson whos doing a degree in uni for film :(

My Grandma was dead before I was born, and my Grandfather died 7 years ago when I was still young. The years he was alive were spent confined to life support in a wheel chair. Guys be thankful that you have Grandparents I have never had the luxury to spend time with them.

My grandfather was in the army for awhile, i don't know much about it. I could ask my parents if they know anything, but a few months ago he passed away. I can't imagine my grandmother having an exciting life, but i'll find out anyway.

Bah it kinda sucks knowing that when you grow up the thing you are going to tell your grandchildren are. "Yeah I sat in front of the computer 6 hours a day..."

My everyone above my mom and dad is dead, never met them.

My nan hates jews

My grandfather in the netherlands was still a kid in ww2, but still remembers everything, like the poles in the farm fields to damage the gliders, the german trenches near the beach, germans marching and singing verry beautiful trough his streets, the many german planes that flew over and tons of other stuff. My grandmother on the otherhand can't talk about the war.

My grandpa said he served in war. He was captured and shot in the leg. :aaa:

One of my uncle and my grandpa (The latter's dead) both worked at NASA. My uncle was around during the Apollo missions and the beginning of the space shuttle's missions. And then my grandpa worked on the Hubble telescope. I don't know much about what they did other then that, I'm not much of a social person. :frown: I have a bunch of people in my family that works/worked in the government.

My grandfather was Hitler´s translaitor for Russian

[QUOTE=MadMaxJ;22151115]My grandfather was Hitler´s translaitor for Russian[/QUOTE] That's funny because my Grandfather was Hitler's translator and translaitor is close to translator. Maybe we are connected somehow.

My granddad was a policeman, a fireman, and is a registered Knights Templar.

My grandpa was in the Sachsenhausen camp. He escape Then got caught again Then escaped again Then got caught again Then got freed by the English. He worked in many countries, like Russia, Inda, Somewhere in africa. An engineer, about mines I think. He died last year of a tongue cancer :(

My grandfather was a journalist, letting him see amazing things. He believes he was the first person in Australia to know of Buddy Holly's death, which was a big event when it happened. He sailed across the world to Europe, and backpacked from Germany to the Netherlands or something, I can't really remember. Then he and his friends got a job on a ship and sailed across the ocean to the Caribbeans, where they helped deliver fruits from island to island, and occasionally scuba dived down to see ship wrecks. Apparently everyone in those days did stuff like this. It's a shame the world is so afraid to have an adventure. This was the most amazing thing that happened in his life, maybe aside from getting married, and I don't think I'll ever have an opportunity to do anything like this, ever.

My great-grandfather (Dad's side) was killed in the Katyn massacre while my Great-grandma died in Siberia after being deported my Uncle and Grandfather somehow got the whole family back from Russia through Persia (Iran) into Britain. But i know alot more about my great-uncles. One escaped the night before the Russians were going to kill them due to his Russian being good, he was a officer in the cavalry who was so well trained he could accurately fire a bolt-action from underneath the belly of a horse. My other Great-uncle was a member of the cichociemni who dropped into Poland and carried out sabotages while training the resistance at the same time, he then became a radio operator in a Sherman tank under Monte Cassino but i never found out the true story of what happened then as he just looked blankly into the floor and moved the conversation on.

I just found a family tree that goes back to my great great great great grandfather.