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[Vanilla]

I had searched and searched for presents for aged Pa. This year I wanted to get something special.

I saw what I wanted in the Trespass shop, an all weather jacket, but it was over £500, it was in xs, aged pa is tiny now and I really wanted the jacket as it also has his favourite feature lots of pockets. I couldn't afford it, which made me very sad. On Christmas Eve the shop had a sale and there on the sale rail the only one left was lonely on the rail in xs was aged Pa's jacket for £80. It was meant to be.

He absolutely loves his jacket, it fits, is waterproof, warm, with an inner fleece in charcoal grey. He looks adorable, it will keep him warm when he plays his green bowls, aged Pa is the oldest player in the league and his team is top of the league. I have a newspaper clipping of aged Pa, proudly carrying his teams trophy at least one foot shorter than the smallest of the other players and grinning like the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. When he was interviewed he told the reporter he still does his Jane Fonda tape every day and he wickedly said she still looks good in a leotard. She would of course the tape is 30 years old!

If he wanted to he could climb the Eiger in his jacket, it's the real deal.

I love my aged Pa 94, aged Ma 89 has dementia and I bought her night dresses.

In 2016, aged pa is 95, aged ma is 90 and they will have been married 65 years.

Aged Pa told me, I am glad you are no longer with WH. I was so worried about you, I know he hit you and frighten you. I said aged pa WH threatened me and pushed me around but didn't hit me. Aged Pa said no his unkind ways and words did that for him, he is a very unhappy man.

I love my aged Pa.

Thanks to Dickens for the expression aged P.

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