Age is just a number, they say. Yet the vast majority of humanity is hooked on anti-aging skincare, anti-aging lifestyles, anti-aging everything. In fact, a survey has previously shown that a whopping 87% have a fear of getting old, also known as FOGO. Feeling anxious about wearing out before the warranty is something not entirely new to most people, but for many, the reservations revolve more around the outside rather than the inside.
But what if we told you that some seniors go way up the cool-ometer, leaving us, the self-obsessed millennials, far behind? You gotta see it to believe it, so ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Bored Panda’s compilation of the coolest elders.
From a smashing sense of humor to incredible skills, enviable physical shape, and the most youthful mindset, there’s a lot to learn from these badasses who may not have turned back time, but figured out how to get the most out of it. Psst! Our previous post with 90 Grandmas Who Are More Badass Than You awaits right here.
#1 My 101-Year-Old Neighbor Was So Ready For The Eclipse
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#2 My Aunt’s First Selfie With Her First-Ever Smartphone She Got For Christmas
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#3 Cool Cookies From A Cool Grandpa
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#4 Nearly Every Day This Elderly Women Stands With This Sign Up, Facing The Traffic
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#5 Punk Grandma
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#6 My 97-Year-Old Great-Grandma. She Lives Alone, Drives Herself, Mows Her Lawn, Loves Sexy Men, And Drinks On The Regular. This Is Her Proving She Can Touch Her Toes
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#7 Grandma Cosplayed As Olenna Tyrell
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#8 Was Visiting My Grandma And Found This Photo From Her New Years Cruise
#9 Old Man Sideways Holding Onto A Vertical Pole
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#10 My Grandmother On Her 100th Birthday
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#11 I Just Found Out That My Grandmother Has Spent Her Time During Covid Hitting The Weights, She Turns 85 Next Week
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#12 My 87-Year-Old Step Grandmother Decided It Was Time To Get A Tattoo
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#13 My 60-Year-Old Uncle Shredding In Kauai
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#14 My 74-Year-Old Grandpa With COPD And I On A Roller Coaster. He Was So Excited
This picture is about a year old. My grandpa really wanted to go on the ride, told us he hadn’t been in so many years. The elderly man operating the coaster understood that and let us on. I’m squeezing the oxygen on the side so it didn’t slip. My gramps laughed the entire trip!
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#15 My Grandpa, At 86, Still Making And Improving His Death Star Fire Pits
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#16 My Grandpa At 72 Years Old
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#17 My Facebook Friend Posted This Earlier Today With The Description: "How My Humble Great Grandmother Spent A Week With All Of Her Sisters After She Beat Cancer"
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#18 My Great-Grandmother, Born In 1899, Never Met Her, But Definitely A Legend
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#19 I Ordered A Wonder Woman Costume Online. It Was A Little Big For Me When It Arrived And My Grandmother Said She Wanted To Try It On. This Is The Fabulous Result
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#20 My Grandpa Water Skiing On His 91st Birthday This Week
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#21 My 106-Year-Old Great-Great-Grand-Aunt On Her 105th Birthday. She Acts Like She's Hardly 80
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#22 The Grandparents From This Weekend's Wedding. No Words
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#23 A Grandpa Got A Cochlea Implant Tattoo To Become Like His Grandson
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#24 This Grandma Just Turned 105 Years Old Today
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#25 My Grandma Passed Away Recently, I Thought I'd Share This Favorite Photo Of Mine. This Was A Gift To My Parents Christmas 2008
#26 This Is My 96-Year-Old Grandma That Lives Alone And Can Walk Around Without A Cane, Walker Or Wheelchair And Who Waters Her Flowers By Being Lifted Up On A Tractor
Also she can remember the thing she ate for dinner 3 years ago. Sharp as a tack.
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#27 My Grandmother 77 Graduated With Her PhD And Is The University’s Oldest Graduate. It’s Never Too Late
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#28 My 90 Year Old Grandma Just Ran, Not Walked, Ran Her First 5k
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#29 Nearly 100-Year-Old Woman "Arrested" To Fulfill Bucket List Item
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#30 My Grandma Texted Me Saying She Was Racing Today, Then Sent This Picture
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#31 My Great-Grandma On Her 100th Birthday Today
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#32 My Grandmother Turned 100 Last October, This Is Her Doing The Plank For 30 Seconds
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#33 My 96-Year-Old Grandma Playing VR Right Now
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#34 My 86yo Grandmother And Her Handmade Needle Point Chair. 25 Years In The Making And 14 Threads Per Inch
She used to pick up road kill from the side of the road to compare thread colours. She also bought a peacock for colour comparison. I am not allowed to sit in it.
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#35 My 87-Year-Old Grandpa Learned How To Scuba Dive In The Past Year So He Could Visit The Shipwrecks In Palau (He’s A Huge WWII History Buff) And Posed With His Local Newspaper
I’m so proud of him!
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#36 Like A Boss
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#37 Bought My Grandma An iPad. She's 84 And Never Had A Tablet, And Wanted It For "Art". I Bought ArtRage For Her And Left Her Alone With Her New Toy For 30 Minutes
This is what I came back to.
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#38 My Friend's Grandma Just Turned 103. For Her Birthday He Took Her To The Casino, To An All You Can Eat Crab Place, And Then He Took Her To Get Her First Tattoo
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#39 My Grandpa Is A Retired Mathematician. He Got Bored, So He Decided To Build A Castle By Hand. It's Been Like 4 Years, But He's Gettin' There
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#40 My Friend Posted A Picture Of Her Grandparents On Thanksgiving, It Definitely Needed More Exposure. Cheers To Being This Cool When I'm Old
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#41 My Grandfather At His Retirement Party In 1986
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#42 My Cousin Sent Me A Photo Of My 90-Year-Old Grandmother Playing Beer Pong
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#43 Just Saw The Coolest Old Man At The Wine Festival
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#44 My Beautiful Grandma Doing The Splits After Her 80th Birthday Party Last Night
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#45 I Found Out Today That My Grandpa Ordered A Better Gaming Rig Than Myself And Any Of My Friends
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#46 I Went Skydiving With My 83-Year-Old Grandpa Today
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#47 The Moment You Realize Grandpa Has Been Practicing Pokemon Cards And Kind Of Knows His Stuff
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#48 Sneaky Grandpa
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#49 74-Year-Old Grandpa Doing Some BBQ, Enjoying Life
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#50 My 76-Year-Old Grandpa Dressed Up As Elton John For Halloween. My Grandma Said It Was The First Time She Put Rouge And An Earring On Her Husband
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#51 Today My 73-Year-Old Grandma Finally Graduates High School
She couldn't finish high school as a kid because she had to help the family, but she always regretted never graduating.
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#52 I Think My Great-Grandma Is Pretty Damn Stylish For A 95-Year-Old. And She Still Drives Her Own Car. Not At Night Though
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#53 My Girlfriend's Grandfather Hitting 90 This Winter And Was Psyched To Try BMX Bike
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#54 This Was How My Grandparents Celebrated Their 60th Wedding Anniversary
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#55 Birthday Present From My Grandma. She Gets It, Man
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#56 My Grandma Died Today. In Her Life, She Was Kidnapped By Gypsys, Shouted At Ghosts, And Owned A Bar For 20 Years
Her last words to me before I moved out west were: "Whatever you do, don't marry an eskimo"
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#57 This 86-Year-Old Man Challenged Me To A Pole Dancing Contest While At Happy Hour, He Won
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#58 I Gave A Pair Of Circle Rim Shades To My Grandmother And Then All Her Friends Bought Matching Pairs
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#59 My 70-Year-Old Grandmother Skydiving For Her Birthday
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#60 My Grandfather Is A Champ
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#61 This Is My Grandma And Her 3rd Weather Book. She Has Recorded The Weather Every Day Where She Lives For 30 Years And Is Filling Out The Last Year Of The 3rd Book
Not sure if it counts, but it counts in my eyes.
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#62 Mom Is 68 And Has Been Playing Fallout 4 For 3+ Years. She's At Level 132 With 600+ Hrs
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#63 What My 80-Year-Old Grandmother Did When Told To "Dress Up As A Ninja"
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#64 Yesterday I Took My Grandmother On Her First Bike Ride In 59 Years, I Need A New Word For Awesome
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#65 My Grandparents: Hardcore Pokemon Go Players. Hearing Them Talking About Their Adventures Is The Highlight Of Going To See Them. Both Level 37 And Going Strong
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#66 My Grandma Turns 101 Today. Here's A Photo Of Her Working Out
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#67 Ending The "My Dad Will Beat-Up Your Dad Arguments"? - Nope. Presenting My Grandpa On His 89th Birthday
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#68 I Present To You - My Grandmother. She Turns 94 At The End Of The Month
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#69 My Grandmother Seems To Be Enjoying Her Time In Bangkok
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#70 My Grandfather Punching Muhammed Ali In The Jaw
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#71 My Grandpa Showing Us The Place He Lived As A Child In Google Earth VR, Telling Us Stories Of All The Buildings And Areas
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#72 Stupid Dog. Ooga Booga Booga
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#73 Grandmother Turned 100 Yesterday, She Wanted Jell-O Shots For Her Toast
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#74 Get It Granny
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#75 My Dad Just Graduated College Today At 63 Years Old
With his fine arts and liberal arts degree. I couldn't be more happy for him to finally experience his college graduation. He had to drop out when he was young to take care of his younger siblings and never went back. congrats pops.
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#76 My Grandfather, Who Was The First Person To Roll Three Perfect Games In Bowling History, Turns 90 Today
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#77 A 92-Year-Old Man Who Sky Jumped Off The Stratosphere In Las Vegas
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#78 My Grandpa Just Passed Away And We Were Going Through Old Pictures. This Is Me And Him In 1986. Yes, He Has A Cigarette In His Mouth While Filling The Gas In The Lawn Mower
Probably my favorite picture of him.
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#79 My Grandparents Got New Aprons For Their Anniversary And Made Me Want To Draw Them As The Characters
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#80 81-Year-Old Just Bought His First Gaming System, So He Can Play Farming Simulator 17
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#81 My Friends Grandmother Being Jet Ski'd Out Of Her Living Room In Houston
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#82 My 84-Year-Old Great Grandmother Had Her Day Made
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#83 This Is My 75-Year-Old Grandma In Her Costume She Made For The 70s Party At The Bingo Hall. She Won 2nd Place But She Is 1st In My Heart
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#84 My Grandma Is 78 And Refuses To Slow Down. This Is Her On Her 14-Day Vacation In Cambodia
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#85 My Husband's 82-Year-Old Grandpa Taking In The Eclipse On An Old Dirt Road
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#86 My 80 Year Old Grandpa Jumping Into A Lake
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#87 My Grandmother Turns 102 Today
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#88 I Say Again, My Grandma Is A Boss. Always Ready To Have Fun, Even At 100 Years Old
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#89 Caught This Cool Granny Driving Around In Her Black Minivan With Ghost Flames
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#90 My Great-Grandma Turned 91
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#91 My Grandma Got Bit By A Pelican On The Pier And Then Began To Scold It
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#92 This Is How My Grandma Cuts Onions
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#93 84-Year-Old Grandmother Won Cards Against Humanity During Family Gathering
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#94 My Grandfather Ringing In His 90th Birthday In Style
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#95 This Is My Grandma Firing A Gun For The First Time In Her Life. Enjoy It As Much As She Did
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#96 My Cousin Was Browsing Twitter And Came Across This Picture Of Our Grandpa At The Mall With His Friends That A Stranger Took And Captioned “Squad Goals”
It had been retweeted thousands of times. My grandpa is the one looking straight at the camera.
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#97 My Friend's Grandma Is Cooler Than Most
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#98 My Grandpa With His Sister. 55 Years Ago And Now
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#99 My Girlfriend's 107-Year-Old Gramma Ringing In The New Year With A Beer
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#100 My Grandfather Who Got Me Into Gaming. He Is Currently Doing His 10+ Runthrough Of Skyrim. "I Am Going Places I Haven't Been To Before"
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#101 My Grandma Has Played Wii Fit Everyday For Over 10 Years
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#102 My Grandma, Born In 1931 (She Is 89), Walked 17 Km Long Trail In The Mountains With Me Today
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#103 My 93-Year-Old Grandpa Just Had Cancer Removed From His Nose. Here He Is Showing How Tough He Is
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#104 My 83 Year Old Grandma Got Her First Tattoo Today
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#105 My Wife's Grandmother Turned 80 Years Young Today. When I Saw This Pic I Knew I Had To Post It. She's Still Having Fun Every Day
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#106 My Great-Grandmother Passed Away Recently. She Was The Coolest
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#107 My Grandpa, Nearly 90 Playing His Favorite Game Of All Time, Fate
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#108 My Grandpa Just Turned 91. This Is His Birthday Present To Himself
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#109 My Grandpa Is 104 And Enjoys Beer. He Is Throwing The First Pitch Out For The Detroit Tigers Thursday
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#110 I Photographed My Badass 75-Year-Old Grandpa. He's Channeling Liam Neeson In A Fake Blizzard
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#111 80 Years Ago My Grandparents Lived In A Shack In Tennessee, Cooked With A Wood-Burning Stove And Made Their Living In Cotton Fields
This the map of all the places they’ve traveled since.
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#112 My Grandparents At The Christmas Party
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#113 My Grandma Has Framed Her Bitmoji
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#114 My 95-Year-Old Grandfather Just Bought Himself A New Alfa Romeo
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#115 My 100-Year-Old Grandma, Enjoying A Pint At A Local Brewery
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#116 Visited My Grandmother On Her Birthday Today
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#117 My Daughter Went Trick Or Treating With Her Grandparents Tonight Last Minute. They Bought Costumes And Sent Me This Pic. It Made Me Really Happy
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#118 Elderly Woman Cosplaying As Ana From Overwatch
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#119 This 84-Year-Old Grandpa Is Now An Instagram Superstar After Letting His Grandson Dress Him
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#120 My Grandma Was Known As The Mean School Bus Driver, I Can See Why
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#121 My Grandma Who Just Woke Up From Having A Triple Bypass
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#122 My Grandpa Was Trimming The Shrubs On A Step Ladder With Scissors. When Asked What He Was Doing, He Turned Around And Flexed On Us. He's 80
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#123 My Grandparents Told Me They Were Going To A 1930's Themed Picnic. I Was Not Expecting The Guns
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#124 My Grandfather In His Bat-Catching Gear For When They Get Into The House
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#125 6 Years Ago Today My Great-Grandma Celebrated Her 100th Birthday In True Irish Catholic Fashion
Piñata full of whisky followed by a basement church service and a potato salad buffet.
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#126 My Grandmother Found A Lanyard For Her Keys
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#127 My Grandfather Turns The Big 100 Today! Here's To Many More, Grandpa
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#128 This Is A 63-Year-Old Woman Dressed As Post Malone
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#129 My 99-Year-Old Great-Grandma
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#130 My Great-Grandma Turned 98 Over The Weekend, But She's Still Young At Heart
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#131 Grandma's Leaving The Nursing Home
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#132 Here Is My Grandma And Me
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#133 My Grandfather Is Really Enjoying Easter This Year
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#134 My Grandmother Gave Herself A Nose Piercing & Lip Piercing On The Mask She Made
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#135 My Great-Grandma. Circa 1980
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#136 Here's A Pic Of My Grandma That Just Celebrated Her 93rd Birthday With Her Favorite Strawberry Milkshake
She was a R.N. for 40 years, a Red Cross nurse during WWII and is tough as nails. I love her!
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#137 My Great-Grandma Posing On Her 99th Birthday
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#138 Just Found This Picture Of My Grandma In A Wonderful Hat At My Aunt’s Wedding
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#139 My Grandma's Tumbler
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#140 My Grandma Turned 101 Today
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#141 My 94-Year-Old Grandpa Eating His First-Ever Hamburger Like A Pro
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