This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918442757_boundary Content-ID: <0_918442757@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII These are a hoot...and oh, so true... --part0_918442757_boundary Content-ID: <0_918442757@inet_out.mail.rh.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <xrds-return-3473-kyamada187=aol.com@returns.egroups.com> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v56.24) with SMTP; Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:27:58 -0500 Received: from mb.findmail.com (mb.findmail.com [209.185.96.152]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id VAA22725 for <kyamada187@aol.com>; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 21:27:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] by mb.findmail.com with NNFMP; 08 Feb 1999 02:26:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xrds-owner@egroups.com Precedence: list X-URL: http://www.egroups.com/list/xrds/ X-Mailing-List: xrds@egroups.com Reply-To: xrds@egroups.com Delivered-To: listsaver-egroups-xrds@egroups.com Received: (qmail 7213 invoked by uid 7770); 8 Feb 1999 02:26:09 -0000 Received: from medicine.cyberlodg.com (204.233.52.1) by vault.findmail.com with SMTP; 8 Feb 1999 02:26:09 -0000 Received: from pionex ([199.240.189.36]) by medicine.cyberlodg.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-55589U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <xrds@egroups.com>; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:24:59 -0600 From: khogan@rh.net (Kathy Hogan) To: <xrds@egroups.com> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:18:16 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 Message-ID: <19990208022459422.AAA94@medicine.cyberlodg.com@pionex> Subject: [xrds] Re: Litmus Test Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable If it is time to roar, let it be now. HAHA P.S. What if you saw yourself in the items listed below. Rachelle ---------- From: Mahala McMillan <mahalapmcmillan@worldnet.att.net> To: xrds <xrds@egroups.com> Subject: [xrds] Litmus Test Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 6:02 PM > >********** You know you're taking genealogy too seriously if... > >You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with a >shovel. > >To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've asked >all of your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. > >You were instrumental in having "non-genealogical use of the genealogy >room copy machine" classified as a federal hate crime. > >Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical records >are stored. > >You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S. Postal >Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees. > >Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned reputation for honesty >and integrity, you are willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera >while she reviews your 57 genealogical research notebooks in your home. >The armed security guard, however, will remain. > >You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family history, >blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far exceeds the >number of pages in your original publication. > >During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your >shivering spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph of >dear Uncle George. > >The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36- page >contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. > >Ed McMahon, several t.v. cameras and an envelope from Publishers Clearing >House arrive at your front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the first thing >you say is, "Are you related to the McMahons of Ohio?" > >"A Loving Family" and "Financial Security" have moved up to second and >third, respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far >behind "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader." > >A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and you >ask that the 1890 census be restored. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ZZ= ZX XXZZZ eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/xrds Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/xrds Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com --part0_918442757_boundary--