My 80-year-old Grandmother

[Roon]

still drinks bourbon and water on Friday and Saturday nights......LOL

[Chan790]

1. My grandfather lived to the age of 92

and would get pissed if you tried to take away his whiskey, McDonalds, ring-dings, (more or less deep-)fried eggs, Jerry Springer, pork bellies or porn. Further, he was a diabetic with a serious heart condition the last 30 years of his life who slept 2 hours a day between 1PM and 3PM.

Old people can be surprising.

I kinda miss him now.

[Roon]

4. damn!

My Grandfather is always sleeping it seems.

[Rowdyboy]

2. My backyard neighbor is an 86 year old artist....she has 2 beers a day

almost every day, between 5pm and 6pm (her "cocktail hour"). She's a delightful southern lady, full of life and ready to rumble!

[Roon]

3. When they are that age

They get ripped pretty easily...LOL

[Rowdyboy]

5. Trust me, at 86, she can still wrap me around her little finger.....

What can I say, I get ripped pretty easily too and she's older and smarter.... :shrug:

[Roon]

6. You must be little!!

:o

[lizziegrace]

7. My grandmother drank ginger brandy every single night

until she passed away at 85. She told me not to cry when she died but instead, call the owner of the liquor store and tell them that crazy old lady didn't need ginger brandy stocked anymore.

The night before her service, all the family gathered in her sister's house and we all had tiny communion cups with ginger brandy in them. We toasted my ornery grandmother and tipped back our cups. Simultaneously, 30 people coughed, sputtered and said "How did she drink this stuff??" I'm sure she was laughing at us all. I slipped the open bottle of brandy into her
coffin. I miss her terribly. She had such strength and while she complained bitterly about the little things, she never once complained about her lot in life. And she had a very hard life. I hope I can be more like her.

Thanks for giving me a chance to reminisce.

:)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

8. My grandmother was still dutifully having her evening glass of sherry

until her death last year at the age of 99. I believe my other grandmother kept the tradition up until shortly before her death at the age of 90 as well