They are simple improvements of a type that we never get around to—like mending the staircase that always creaked in grandad's day.
But if the idea was initiated to polish up the tarnished image of the old grandad, we would have great objections to it indeed.
I have never understood why it is thought that grandads never send parcels.
These are the things that dad and grandad still remember, and they sometimes darken counsels when we debate the working out of a sensible superannuation and retirement scheme.
You can re-use the swagger of an olden-days singer or the hairstyle of some rock grandad or other.
Grandad also shows up, even though his legs are hurting.
Grandad agrees to get a taxi, which turns out to be a wheelbarrow.
Grandad clearly remembers the story behind the coin as if it were only yesterday.
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(外)祖父, (對老年人粗魯或幽默的稱呼)老爺子,老頭…
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(外)祖父, (对老年人粗鲁或幽默的称呼)老爷子,老头儿…
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abuelo, abuelo [masculine], yayo [masculine]…
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