Jack - (I'm still reading past emails)...no matter what, I have the feeling you reallly loved your mother. Where was your Dad...when you were a kid-teenager? Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry >Ah, I'd love to have it Jan, but will have to wait till my ships comes in ! > >I am fond of garnets also, just because they were one of my mother's favorites. She left me quite a few garnet rings that I am, one of these days, going to have remounted into a ring(s) for Kade. > >Sometimes those garnets and rubies will fool you. Mother had rubies and garnets both and sometimes I have to take them to a jeweler to see which is which, although generally I can tell the difference due to the garnets having a brownish tint to them, at least to my eye. > >Jack Childers in OKC > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

All of my jewelry needs a good cleaning...I'll put it on my to-do list! Since I moved to the desert, I don't wear much jewelry. It's too hot. Right now I'm going to do something with my house...don't know how the rest of you Listers feel about your houses, but I'm over-due for a few changes...first of all, my walls need to be cleaned, thinking about a new carpet, I have 2 chairs I'm tired of...gonna toss them & go to Pier I and buy something different. My clothes closets get hit tomorrow...I'm tired of a jillion clothes I never wear. I opened my storage shed today and it, and everything in it, is covered with red sand...including mounted deer horns (belonged to my dad, the hunter)...that's got to go. Told my Mom at lunch today about the horns and she really laughed that I still have them. I'm the last person in the world who should own mounted deer horns! I'm totally against hunting for sport... Jan C. IBSSG -----Original Message----- From: Robinosborne90@cs.com <Robinosborne90@cs.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: Opals >In a message dated 4/26/02 10:25:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >jcurtis@redrock.net writes: >> Robin - Love my Opals. Not many women wear them, but I think they represent >> everything beautiful. I'm not big on diamonds...I never wear mine. >> >> Jan C. >> > I agree :) I am going to dig mine out and give them some TLC and use now. > >Robin > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: >Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 07 Mar 2002, 10:29 AM CST AOL Time Warner's [NTSE:AOL] Netscape unit is snooping on searches performed by users of its latest Navigator browser at Google and other search sites. According to a network traffic analysis performed by Newsbytes, Netscape is capturing Navigator 6 users' search terms, along with their Internet protocol (IP) address, the date Navigator was installed and a unique identification number. Anytime a Navigator user performs a search by typing terms into the browser's URL bar and pressing the adjacent Search button, or by using the Search tab on the browser's My Sidebar feature, the user data is sent to a server at info.netscape.com using a uniform resource locator (URL) forwarding system. While search sites such as Google log data about visitors, Netscape is in a unique position to compile a meta-database of search information, according to Marc Maiffret, "chief hacking officer" for Eeye Digital Security. "Why should Netscape know about what I searched for at Google? This is way more information than they need," said Maiffret. Derick Mains, a spokesman for Netscape, said the company developed the URL forwarding system in order to bill participating search sites for sending them traffic. "We just keep track of aggregate numbers and don't monitor any terms or anything. We just need to know how many people are searching via our browser to our search partners, and that's all the information we receive," he said. By default, Navigator's Search function uses Netscape's own search service. But browser users can configure Navigator instead to use search services from Google, Lycos or Overture (formerly Goto). Netscape's interception of Web searches was first noted by Sim IJskes, a Netherlands-based software engineer, on the RISKS mailing list this week. IJskes observed that Navigator installs several scripts that are invoked during searches and forward requests through Netscape's server to the intended search engine. Using Navigator's Search button to perform an inquiry at Google, for example, invokes the URL <A HREF="http://info.netscape.com/fwd/lksidus_gg/http://www.google.com/search"> http://info.netscape.com/fwd/lksidus_gg/http://www.google.com/search</A>. A test of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser showed that data on searches conducted from IE's search page is sent directly to the designated search site and is not intercepted by Microsoft. Navigator users can avoid having Netscape log their searches by directly accessing a third-party search engine by typing its address into the browser rather than using the Search button or Sidebar. According to Richard M. Smith, an independent privacy watchdog, the privacy policy at Netscape's Web site does not mention that Navigator Search-button users' inquiries at third-party search sites are logged by Netscape. "This is yet another example of a product phoning home. It's a sleazy practice," said Smith. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175035.html Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

In a message dated 4/26/02 10:39:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > There was an article about the Arkansas diamond site in National Geographic. > It's basically a tourist trap, but people have fun looking and hoping. > They > charge $5.00 a day to sift &look &dig...think that was the charge. Which > tells me there isn't a lot to be found there. > > There is also one in KY we are going to for crytals , it cost $10.00 for > all day. > Robin

In a message dated 4/26/02 10:25:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > Robin - Love my Opals. Not many women wear them, but I think they represent > everything beautiful. I'm not big on diamonds...I never wear mine. > > Jan C. > I agree :) I am going to dig mine out and give them some TLC and use now. Robin

Thanks Jeff

Jack - I don't know how you can stand to cook with cats & their hair everywhere. Just my opinion. It's your kitchen. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 27, 2002 4:50 PM Subject: [BSChat] ONE POPULAR KITTY >I was slicing a brisket with an electric knife today, holding the brisket with my left hand. All of a sudden one of the 6 week old kitties we have here jumped up on the table and tried to snatch a piece of meat. I dropped the roast, grabbed the kitty and deposited him on the floor. > >This has made that kitty very popular. All the other kitties are licking him. Even mama is trying to clean him up. > >I bet he tastes just like brisket. > >Jack Childers in OKC >International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists >http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm >"I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" >Jaxone1234@msn.com > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: >Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Jack, that is a wonderful article. Please tell David how proud of him I am. Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member Bo-Peep Award Ogden, Utah, USA "God sent his Singers upon the Earth, With songs of Gladness and Mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them to Heaven again." --Longfellow

And I thought he was going to say he added cattail to the gravy. See my priorities? Nothing personal, Jack. :>) Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScismGenie@aol.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] ONE POPULAR KITTY > In a message dated 4/27/2002 3:53:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > jaxone1234@msn.com writes: > > > > This has made that kitty very popular. All the other kitties are licking > > him. Even mama is trying to clean him up. > > > > I bet he tastes just like brisket. > > Whew I thought you were going to say you added a finger to the gravy. > > > Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) > ~~ > Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site > Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site > manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: > B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n > d i c o t t, > S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. > Nv.) > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

In a message dated 4/27/2002 3:53:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jaxone1234@msn.com writes: > This has made that kitty very popular. All the other kitties are licking > him. Even mama is trying to clean him up. > > I bet he tastes just like brisket. Whew I thought you were going to say you added a finger to the gravy. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

Well, Jack. Now you know how to keep that little family quiet. Just dip one in brisket. :>) Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: [BSChat] ONE POPULAR KITTY > I was slicing a brisket with an electric knife today, holding the brisket with my left hand. All of a sudden one of the 6 week old kitties we have here jumped up on the table and tried to snatch a piece of meat. I dropped the roast, grabbed the kitty and deposited him on the floor. > > This has made that kitty very popular. All the other kitties are licking him. Even mama is trying to clean him up. > > I bet he tastes just like brisket. > > Jack Childers in OKC > International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" > Jaxone1234@msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I was slicing a brisket with an electric knife today, holding the brisket with my left hand. All of a sudden one of the 6 week old kitties we have here jumped up on the table and tried to snatch a piece of meat. I dropped the roast, grabbed the kitty and deposited him on the floor. This has made that kitty very popular. All the other kitties are licking him. Even mama is trying to clean him up. I bet he tastes just like brisket. Jack Childers in OKC International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" Jaxone1234@msn.com

Hey, Jack, on the video link, is that you behind him in the beginning in the dark slacks, jacket, and balding head (mine is, too, by the way)? Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/27/2002 12:20:15 PM > Subject: [BSChat] THE ARTICLE > > Use this link, it's shorter. > http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=854023&pic=none&TP=getvoluntee r > > Jack Childers in OKC > International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" > Jaxone1234@msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Hey, thanks Jeff, that is neat ! Jack Childers in OKC

In a message dated 4/27/2002 10:20:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jaxone1234@msn.com writes: > Use this link, it's shorter. > http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=854023&pic=none& > TP=getvolunteer > > Jack Childers in OKC > International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" > Jaxone1234@msn.com The article is also NOW on the Other Options Page on our website. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

Use this link, it's shorter. http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=854023&pic=none&TP=getvolunteer Jack Childers in OKC International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" Jaxone1234@msn.com

Sheepers, With all this interest in gemology and gem-hunting, and with Mike hitting a low point, we should take him and ourselves on a tour of the country, hunting for gemstones in every state where they appear. Sound like fun? Mike, start packing. Diamonds in Arkansas, agates in Michigan, aquamarine in Maine, rubies and sapphires and emeralds in North Carolina, petrified wood in the west, geodes in the midwest. We can comb the beaches of five Great Lakes and two oceans. We might even visit a cemetery or two, looking for ancestors. But, PLEASE! No collecting of tombstones. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 2:40 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] DIAMONDS > > Jack > > I don't know how involved you want to get with the diamonds, how much you > want to learn, but here some leads. > > The easiest thing to do is to take them to a jeweler to get an idea of how > good their quality is and how likely that they can be faceted. Keep in mind > that it's common that 1/3 to 1/2 of the rough stone will be lost in the > faceting process. Not all stones are suitable, depending on their internal > structure. > > As for the cost of faceting, I don't know what it costs. There are some > people on line who do faceting and it's a hobby for a lot of people. The > machines they use in this country have become very sophisticated. I do know > that all the wholesalers I know have the faceting done in Sri Lanka and > other places in the Orient. The labor cost is lower, and also is far less > automated--usually teenaged girls, and their eyesight is pretty well shot by > the time they're 20, from all the 'close' work. > > As for knowing quartz from diamonds, there's a lot of difference. Glass is > softer, diamonds weigh more, the crystal form is very different, but the > rough crystals may not look like the drawings of perfect crystals. Here's a > site where you can learn more: http://www.webmineral.com There's an > alphbetical listing. Also: www.mindat.org Same thing. Under "quartz" you'll > see a photo of some Arkansas quartz, usually some spectaluar stuff, both > clear and smokey, from the Mt. Ida area. > > Jan g. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BSChat] DIAMONDS > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:02:33 -0500 > > Golly, maybe I should put mother's diamonds in a bank lock box !! Those are > the ones she mined in Arkansas. > > Jack Childers in OKC > International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" > Jaxone1234@msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I sent it to a friend in Dallas.....he replied that he didn't think it would be much of a show---they'd never make it out of Dallas!!!! Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> rofl That sounds great, Doris! What happens if no one survives... er.. I mean, wins? Does the prize roll over to the next game? lol jan g ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> Subject: Survivor, Texas Style Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do its own, entitled Survivor, Texas Style. The contestants will start in Dallas, travel to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston, and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso, then to Midland, Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there, they'll proceed to Abilene, Ft. Worth and finally back to Dallas. Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads, "I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, I voted for Al Gore, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!" The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins!

Nice story, Jack. Congrats to David. EdrieAnne with a nasty spring cold. ----- Original Message ----- From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: [BSChat] THE ARTICLE > Use this link, it's shorter. > http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=854023&pic=none&TP=getvoluntee r > > Jack Childers in OKC > International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists > http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" > Jaxone1234@msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: > Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Anyone wanting to read the newspaper article on the boy who won the award can do so at this site: http://204.29.171.80/framer/navigation.asp?charset=utf-8&cc=US&frameid=1565&lc=en-us&providerid=113&realname=Daily+Oklahoman&uid=1757185&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oklahoman.com%2F Jack Childers in OKC International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" Jaxone1234@msn.com