Do you have any favorite memories of your grandparents? / LJWorld.com

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Asked at Massachusetts Street on September 8, 2012

“My grandma was a bootlegger. She used to sit on top of trucks while there was booze on it, when they would investigate.”

— Rachel Kraushaar, education fundraiser, Philadelphia

“Hanging out with my grandma on the holidays. I still like to cook her original recipes.”

— Rachel Barnes, works at KU Bookstore, Lawrence

“No, because I don’t know my grandparents that well. ”

— Blair Lieby, truck driver, Forsyth, Mo.

“I love the fact that my grandma loved cats.”

— Jane Augustine,, stay-at-home mom, Pierre, S.D.

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Pitt_Mackeson 1 year, 7 months ago

I was lucky to have all my grandparents in town and my great grandmother is still living in Lecompton. They really helped out when me and my three brothers were growing up. So much wisdom they can teach you - things that your parents can't always find time to do since they have to work so much!

Kat Christian 1 year, 7 months ago

Didn't know any of my grandparents and what a lose because I always wanted a grandma. So cherish your grandparents for as long as they are alive because before too long they will leave this earth and you will lose a part of yourself in the process. So find out all you can about their lives and family history. Don't let it die with them.

g_rock 1 year, 7 months ago

Great Grandpa taught me to grow things. I inherited my Great Grandma's stubbornness. I have the lava lamp from Grandma G's house which I adore. Grandma B was fun and I think she is why I have red hair. Papa W could fix anything and made the best dill pickles ever.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year, 7 months ago

The flaming outhouse incident of '72.

rockchalker52 1 year, 7 months ago

To get great fried chicken, I had to wait until we visited Gramma's house. My mom quit cooking it after Dad compared the two. Ooh, the gravy hit the fan that night...

My grampa playing catch with my cousins & me & then tractors rides for everyone!

Harvesting persimmons with Gramma while she pointed out all the varieties of trees on their Morris County farm.

number3of5 1 year, 7 months ago

When my eldest daughter was about 1, we lived next door to my grandmother. Every day she would bring a banana over for my daughter. My daughter called her nana grandma. One day she did not have any bananas and she brought over an apple. To the child, this was not acceptable, so my grandmother went to the store on the bus and bought some bananas.

tange 1 year, 7 months ago

My grandmother, when she was a little girl, hopscotching on the front walk and swimming summer lawns in her yellow sundress.

autie 1 year, 7 months ago

No. not really. My grandma was a rather aloof individual.

The_Original_Bob 1 year, 7 months ago

Running trot lines with my Grandpa on the Gravois arm and my Grandma's Biscuits and Gravy and Chicken and noodles over mashed potatoes.

Paul R Getto 1 year, 7 months ago

Going to the grandparent's farm, climbing up the silo stairs and watching them milk the cows.

grammaddy 1 year, 7 months ago

My grandfather made liquor in the shed behind the house. I always loved the story of my father and his brother listening to the radio when the Untouchables came on.I guess it started with sirens and sounds of shooting. Legend has it that grandpa ran up out of the basemen t and (thinking it was the cops)destroyed whatever he had going on in the shed. When he realized what was really happening, he took out the 12-gauge, shot up the radio and beat my Dad and Uncle until they couldn't sit for a week..