What did your Grandfather do for a living? (2 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

a friend of my dad's was a trained cooper - he also was a spinning wheel maker, and each of his sons went through his workshop, and thankfully one of them has kept it up.

hmm, summary of the minutes from the Dublin Coopers Guild's final meeting where they voted it out of existence.

http://www.irishwhiskeynotes.com/2007/11/dublin-coopers-guild-final-meeting.html

I see my grandfather's name there, in fact it appears to be him who put forward the motion to dissolve, or at least a formal request for the ballot. These things are hard to read.

1501-1983, I have no idea how far back my family were coopers though, at least as far as my great-great grandfather anyway. Apparently they used to go to work in a suit

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

my da's da was a storeman for the council till he retired,then my da took that job.my ma's father was amongst other things a security guard,builder,dredger and a grave digger.theres a few pics of him and his da down in the maritime museum working away on the dredges,must go down and have a look at em.doubt either of them were in the 'ra either.

 

[thairock]

Me Ma's Da (Born Ireland/Died Ireland) was a painter - died from the Parkinsons.
Me Da's Da (Born Palestine/Died England) was a film maker - died from the gin lunch hours and decadent lifestyle.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

my grandad built dublin 4

 

[Mormon Nailer]

all our grandparents are way more awesomer than us

Yeah, God help future generations...

One grandad was an account manager for a services company.
The other one was a estate agent.

 

[egg_]

I thought everyone's grandad was a farmer. Mine both were. One of them was a bit of a local bigshot too, had the biggest funeral I ever saw.

After the second vatican council the parish priest asked him if he'd do readings at Mass - he said he'd read the gospel or nothing

 

[Unicron]

I thought everyone's grandad was a farmer.

Bunch of townies and city-folk on thumped.

 

[Lili Marlene]

my non-cooper grandfather who came from a farming family has a story about how he had to get a paid job because the government forced his parents to start using money.

I'll have to ask him the full story

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

all our grandparents are way more awesomer than us

most of our grandparents would have lived through pretty interesting times. my dads dad was born in the 1890s so he had the easter rising, war of independence, civil war, first world war, second world war, blueshirts, electrification, tv, the troubles and stuff, all on the doorstep. my mams dad was born in 1910 and even by then there was a fair bit of mental stuff left. the action is a bit more distant now, for most people at least. now its all "oh no, habitat has closed down" or "i was banned from boards.ie".

 

[ann post]

most of our grandparents would have lived through pretty interesting times. my dads dad was born in the 1890s so he had the easter rising, war of independence, civil war, first world war, second world war, blueshirts, electrification, tv, the troubles and stuff, all on the doorstep. my mams dad was born in 1910 and even by then there was a fair bit of mental stuff left. the action is a bit more distant now, for most people at least. now its all "oh no, habitat has closed down" or "i was banned from boards.ie".

all we had was the birth of the internet, wireless information, the turn of a millenium, one of the coldest periods even in recorded history, the disastrous re/de development of the entire country, a proper recession and hopefully a depression, shit like the rachel corrie, adams and paisley in the same office without voiceovers, a huge influx of new residents, the mccarhty report, the ryan report.... ah... i mean what isnt history these days?

 

[Scientician 0.8]

hopefully a depression?

 

[billygannon]

One was a fighter; the other was a lover.

 

[ann post]

hopefully a depression?

ok, an emergency

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

all we had was the birth of the internet, wireless information, the turn of a millenium, one of the coldest periods even in recorded history, the disastrous re/de development of the entire country, a proper recession and hopefully a depression, shit like the rachel corrie, adams and paisley in the same office without voiceovers, a huge influx of new residents, the mccarhty report, the ryan report.... ah... i mean what isnt history these days?

yeah, there interesting times alright but i dont know if they'd make a man out of you like world wars, and wars of independence and rebellions and stuff.

 

[ann post]

yeah, there interesting times alright but i dont know if they'd make a man out of you like world wars, and wars of independence and rebellions and stuff.

an emergency would.

or your just confusting what makes a man with what happened to the men you grew up with when they were your age.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i do think that people who lived through the first half of the last century lived through crazier times than those that have passed since then. i know thats relative and down to where you live to a certain degree but still. and i was only really messing about the manning up process. i reckon you get a bit more perspective on things from what goes on around you even if it doesnt make you a better person or more manly man. im way out of my depth here.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

They didn't have to deal with global climate change nor Justin Bieber.

 

[ann post]

i do think that people who lived through the first half of the last century lived through crazier times than those that have passed since then.

its only been ten years and 6 months, it might pick up.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

not since the first half of the last century it hasnt

 

[JohnnyRaz]

its only been ten years and 6 months, it might pick up.

aye 1900-1910 was pretty calm in western europe (few distant wars, like the boer one notwithstanding), empires gradually on the wane (turkey, russia, austro-hungary), and one the wax (us, japan, germany)


I reckon the next 20 years will bring us at least as much hard core political turmoil as 1910-1930. global warming aside, peak oil is gonna fuck over our cosy little lives...