Come On Eileen

A LOVING GRANDPA

>
> A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly
> behaved 3 year-old grandson.
>
> It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming
> for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for
> fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.
>
> Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled
> voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long, easy, boy." Another outburst,
> and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay, William, just a
> couple more minutes and we'll be out of here.
>
> Hang in there, boy." At the checkout, the little terror is throwing
> items out of the cart, and Granddad says again in a controlled voice,
> "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five
> minutes; stay cool, William."
>
> Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading
> his groceries and the boy into the car. She said to the elderly
> gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there.
>
> I don't know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your
> composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just
> calmly kept saying things would be okay.
>
> William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa."
>
> "Thanks," said the grandfather, "But I'm William, his name is
> Kevin."

Todays Pic dump...

Blast from the Past

Halloween Cartoon Time

Today in History

Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California governor, 2003

American Revolution

Patriots prevail in Carolinas, 1780

Automotive

CBS broadcasts the premiere episode of "Route 66", 1960

Civil War

North and South clash at the Battle of Darbytown, 1864

Cold War

Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy, 1960

Crime

Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship, 1985

Disaster

Massive fire burns in Wisconsin, 1871

General Interest

Battle of King's Mountain, 1780

Moving Assembly Line at Ford, 1913

East Germany created, 1949

U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins, 2001

Hollywood

Connery plays Bond in Never Say Never Again, 1983

Literary

Ginsberg reads "Howl" for the first time, 1955

Music

A New York judge reverses John Lennon's deportation order, 1975

Old West

First double-decked steamboat, the Washington, arrives in New Orleans, 1816

Presidential

President Bush announces military action in Afghanistan, 2001

Sports

Walter Payton sets a record, 1984

Vietnam War

Wheeler announces progress in the Vietnamization effort, 1969

Nixon announces a new peace proposal, 1970

World War I

Antwerp under siege, 1914

World War II

German troops enter Romania, 1940

Japanese execute nearly 100 American prisoners on Wake Island, 1943

TGIF

Steve Jobs

Todays Quotes

Toni Braxton

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
Toni Braxton

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.
Toni Braxton

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.
Toni Braxton

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.
Toni Braxton

Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't be broke again.
Toni Braxton

To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.
Toni Braxton

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