This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_908316524_boundary Content-ID: <0_908316524@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_908316524_boundary Content-ID: <0_908316524@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <EVANS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb05.mail.aol.com (v50.18) with SMTP; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:52:12 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id AAA16116; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:51:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA19421; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:49:37 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:49:37 -0700 (PDT) From: LEvans3352@aol.com Message-ID: <d4b800d3.3622dbc4@aol.com> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:49:08 EDT Old-To: EVANS-L@rootsweb.com, GMCSE8@aol.com, bevans2@tuelectric.com, Zaphodx3@aol.com Subject: Re: How You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 58 Resent-Message-ID: <"czeUGB.A.SvE.gvtI2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EVANS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EVANS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: EVANS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EVANS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1236 X-Loop: EVANS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EVANS-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Did I ever send this to you? Lela In a message dated 98-09-21 20:12:31 EDT, you write: > >>>You Know You're Taking Genealogy Too Seriously If . . . > >>> > >>>In order to put the 'final touches" on your genealogical research, you' > ve > >>>asked all of your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. > >>> > >>>You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with a > >>>shovel. > >>> > >>>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 TV 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 you any one wish, and you > ask > >>>that the 1890 Census be restored. > >>> >> > ==== EVANS Mailing List ==== If you are unsubscribed from the Evans list unintentionally, simply resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. --part0_908316524_boundary--