Sentences with phrase «talk about her grandfather»

As you eavesdrop on them, you realize they are talking about your grandfather as if they knew him well, yet you have never heard some of the stories they are telling.

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My grandfather was in the towel business and loved talking about China and the World Trade Organization.

Considering it was a Mormon missionary who befriended my Grandfather and talked him into to joining the church at 70 years old, and than stole a million dollars worth of real estate from him, something the family knew nothing about until he was on his death bed, because he was too ashamed to tell anybody that he lost the family property.

You may be talking about his great grandfather Miles Park Romney who had 5 wives, but only one had been married before and she was a widow when Miles married her.

Once again, when Legend talks about these issues, he begins to slip from pop star to preacher, perhaps inadvertently channeling his grandfather's passion.

Yes, we're talking about everyone's grandfathers» morning ritual beverage to get those bowels moving: Metamucil.

My grandfather has talked about a German potato salad he remembers as a child (his parents were from Bavaria), but he never got the recipe.

My grandmother couldn't stop talking about it, and my grandfather hooved up every last bit.

This guy has the genetics to be great... his grandfather was named Dick Hammer and was the Marlboro Man for a time in the 70s... talk about a cool guy.

The best way to be inclusive is to explain that when you talk about «fathers», this includes fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles, other father - figures — and could include «someone who's like a dad to you» (and specify that «it could be your mum»).

However, when we talk about fathers in early years settings, we also include father figures: step - fathers, older brothers, uncles, grandfathers, mentors and others who may be the «lead adult male» in a child's life.

The House of Representatives responded yesterday by stating that Obasanjo has no moral authority to talk about corruption, accusing him of being the grandfather of corruption in the country, who introduced corruption to the National Assembly on its first day in 1999.

He once recalled that when he was 25, his grandfather «talked to me for the first time ever about physics.

In fact, at a conference in the senate when they were talking about money for regulating endocrine disruption, one of the senators jumped up and said, «None of us here today are as much a man as our grandfather.»

I can't tell you how many guy profiles looked the same: a few selfies (some with shirts off), lots of talk about working out, their grandfather was the person they most admired, and the most recent book they'd read was Rich Dad, Poor Dad or The Purpose - Driven Life.

Host David Steinberg interviews comedian and actor Chris Rock, who talks about his influences including his minister grandfather and Eddie Murphy, the type of material that plays across all cultural boundaries, his respect for Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, and his struggle for fame and success in the years after he left «Saturday Night Live.»

Sandler retreats into his baby - talking persona but relates a lovely childhood anecdote about feeling guilty for laughing at a Jerry Lewis movie that came on TV after his grandfather died.

, or seen the Saturday Night Live skit where two guys who are trying to help their grandfather understand today's movies admit that they don't know what the characters are talking about.

Max had his grandfather display his military medals and talk about his World War II experiences to the class.

I have always admired the skill of storytelling, even by listening to my grandfather talk about his life.

My grandfather served in WWII and mentioned how scared he was flying to Africa but would never talk more about it.

My grandfather and his friends all laughed, and then they talked about poetry again.

Suppose you have to talk about a family member for show - and - tell at school and the only family member who isn't busy is your grandfather.

My grandfather always talks about houses he bought for $ 1,000 s, and it just seems crazy because those same houses exist today and sell for $ 1 million +.

And we're pretty much talking about the EU here — major regulatory change is glacial in speed & impact, and sure to include grandfather clauses and / or substantial compensation payments.

Because we're talking about flushing dogs, my grandfather had several interesting dogs for this purpose.

And Guy Steuart III, Chairman of Half Moon, talks about how — more than 50 years ago — a group of 17 investors (including his grandfather) were able to buy the land, build the resort, and expand it to more than 400 acres, and how those same families still control the property today with the same vision and spirit of the original owners.

My recollections of Sega as a hardware manufacturer may come off like your grandfather talking about fighting in the Gulf War, but Sega leaving hardware manufacture is what signaled the decline of Sega.

In between levels, the player listens to a grandfather talking about his past as a wild - west cowboy hero, after his curiosity - stricken grandson found his old revolver.

Tommy wants to leave, his girlfriend Jen doesn't and his grandfather is talking about an upcoming change in the winds.

He talks to us about where the inspiration came from for the upcoming show... Brooklyn Street Art: The name of the show came from something your grandfather used to say: What was he talking about?

Of course, anyone who lived through the harrowing Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, or heard grandfathers talk about the freezing winters of the 1890s, knew that climate could be seriously different from one decade to the next.

So when we talk about a legacy, it's a legacy that people to this day tell me — oh, I remember working with your Grandfather and he was such an upright man.

Take, for example, «going forward» (as in this statement by a lawyer quoted in today's Globe and Mail: «[I] f you don't meet the grandfathering criteria you're not going to get any growth going forward because your pension is frozen as of that date...»); nearly all of the time you could — and should — omit it; other parts of the sentence do the work for you, making it clear that you're talking about the future.

If your newborn child will inherit a family heirloom that has some significant value — such as a great - great grandfather's gold pocket watch or a grandmother's diamond engagement ring — talk to your agent about whether you need to schedule it separately on your home insurance policy, Salvatore advises.

My grandfathers were veterans but they never talked about it.