The grandaddy of them all
Literally: the not-very-readable bunting on the back says GRANDAD. Poor bastard either died at 60 or it was decorated for his 60th birthday. The stones all around were painted with his name and many messages of love, but not what he died of.
I said to Uncle B – if I want people to put together a memorial like that after I die, I’d better get a move on performing miracles.
Hope you enjoyed these many fine benches. Good weekend, everyone!
Posted: October 10th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 5
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Comment from QuasiModo
Time: October 10, 2025, 8:19 pm
Thanks for the bench series!…have a nice weekend 🙂
Comment from Pupster
Time: October 11, 2025, 8:48 pm
“…if I want people to put together a memorial like that after I die, I’d better get a move on performing miracles.”
My headstone will be in the shape of a urinal.
Comment from Tominor
Time: October 12, 2025, 12:34 am
I barely even rate as a lurker here, but every once in a while I stop by. Today I was thinking to myself, YouTube’s interface is total shit. And it reminded me, you said that once!
So I stopped by. Benches, huh? Well, okay then. A nice weekend to you as well!
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: October 12, 2025, 10:43 am
Five women from my DAR chapter, and two SAR men (Sons of the American Revolution) cleaned 11 gravesites this weekend at a local cemetery. We do it once a year. The graves are where my chapter’s founding Daughters are buried. No benches, but an interesting variety of headstones. Granite holds up better than marble, but marble was the first choice in headstones for a long time. Even in our dry climate, marble eventually mildews.
As QuasiModo said, thank you Stoaty for the bench photos. It gives me a lot of ideas for the future.
Comment from Armybrat
Time: October 12, 2025, 6:37 pm
“ if I want people to put together a memorial like that after I die, I’d better get a move on performing miracles.”
Husband and I have left instructions (and money…lots and lots of money) for the niece and told her open bar, best catering you can find and invite everybody for a last good time on us. And fund the bar well…get drunk on me one last time…here’s to nights we don’t remember with friends we won’t forget
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