A new measure of time.
By nannacroc
@nannacroc (4049)
3 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
15 Dec 09
I have always been in favour of variable units of time. 'A minute', in practical terms, does not often equal 60 seconds, for example, especially when used with the qualifier 'juster'.
I am wondering if a Grandad is a variable multiple of a Dad and whether the actual time involved depends on the possession of a Tuit (preferably round).
@nannacroc (4049)
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15 Dec 09
You may be right, Mr Owlwings. Maybe it was just because we were never aware of the Dad unit of time that Mr Croc drove us nuts. Being aware of the Grandad means we have more patience with him.
No nannasecond as far as I know.
Merry Christmas to you.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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15 Dec 09
Firstly Owlwings and I think along similar lines in terms of "Nannaseconds" only I rather thought that there might be a food connotation there!
I already operate on Grandad time. It's the time taken for me to compute doing something and actually doing it. I might say that I'll make a cuppa but then leave it anything up to an hour whilst something more interesting occupies me.
@nannacroc (4049)
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15 Dec 09
It's just occurred to me that a nannasecond may be the time I want thing done. When I want it done, not in a grandad.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
15 Dec 09
Discovering cold cups of tea or coffee (often with the spoon still in them) is one of the delights of Grandfatherhood. I have learned to drink my (strong black) coffee cold. I don't fancy cold tea so much because my father always taught me that that was what ploughmen drink for their dockey (=lunch). I think it doesn't taste the same if you don't have a couple of sweating shires close by and a bit of cheese and an apple.
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
16 Dec 09
Yes, by ALL means, adopt it:-) Kids come up with some funny and nice new terms, and when we keep them they become a bonding of a new tradition. My family, to this day, remembers when I was a kid and came up with 'Happy Birthaversary' to commemorate somebody's birthday/wedding anniversary. Grandad Time is a neat unit of 'time' and special because it's Grandpa!! (Are you going to get your own measure of time: GrandMom?!)
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
16 Dec 09
Hehehe, treasury mape, now that's a good one lol. Definitely a keeper there! Don't 'cha just love it when kids mangle words like that and come up with something that give us a good chuckle (as well as memories of the moment)?!
@nannacroc (4049)
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16 Dec 09
We still hunt for the teasury mape at our house, it was my eldest daughters attemp at tape measure and we liked it so much we kept it.
