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MCHUDD
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Grandpa

Post by MCHUDD » 18 Aug 2012 03:44 pm

Hi all.
Guess what, our daughter has just come home from Germany where she live and has
anounced that she is going to have a baby next year :D :D :D
I am now going to be a Wrinkly rocker Grandpa :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
She and her husband are well pleased :D Any other grandpas out there in 300 land?
Cheers Mark.
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Re: Grandpa

Post by SteveP » 18 Aug 2012 04:02 pm

Congratulations Mark!
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Re: Grandpa

Post by volvosneverdie » 18 Aug 2012 04:26 pm

Congrats dude.
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Re: Grandpa

Post by Ride_on » 18 Aug 2012 06:30 pm

Congratulations! I hope its a Volvo driver lol
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Re: Grandpa

Post by Chris_C » 18 Aug 2012 08:29 pm

Congratulations bud!

Only other one I can think of is V6Man, but he's not a proper one...
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Re: Grandpa

Post by macplaxton » 18 Aug 2012 10:07 pm

Congrats! sm9
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Re: Grandpa

Post by thebear54 » 19 Aug 2012 12:03 am

Congrats Mark.

One nice thing about being a Grandpa....you can give them back, you can't do with your own kids. :lol: :lol:

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Re: Grandpa

Post by mattywatsit » 19 Aug 2012 01:15 am

Congrats Mark :)
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Re: Grandpa

Post by Alanovich » 20 Aug 2012 09:47 am

Great news, MC. Congratulations und viel Glűck!
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Re: Grandpa

Post by charlieog1243 » 20 Aug 2012 02:04 pm

congrats! :D
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Re: Grandpa

Post by Nimminz » 20 Aug 2012 11:14 pm

Congratulations mate!
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Re: Grandpa

Post by dubweiser666 » 21 Aug 2012 01:49 pm

congratulations mate, all the benefits of having kids, but without most of the drawbacks, satisfying to know you have already served your time in raising your own kids. sm4
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Re: Grandpa

Post by MCHUDD » 21 Aug 2012 08:20 pm

Hi all.
Thanks everyone for your kind words. Realy looking forward to this now.
Cheers Mark.
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Re: Grandpa

Post by trabitom99 » 23 Aug 2012 11:16 am

Nice one Mark :-) Grandparenthood - all the pleasures of fatherhood without the responsibility, eh ;-) I bet you're looking forward to it!

Cheers

Tom
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Re: Grandpa

Post by volvomania » 24 Aug 2012 07:42 am

trabitom99 wrote:Nice one Mark :-) Grandparenthood - all the pleasures of fatherhood without the responsibility, eh ;-) I bet you're looking forward to it!
I second that, congrats!!
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