>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> WHAT IF GOD HAD AN ANSWERING MACHINE? by Reverend Paul Kummer for his column for The Destine Log: I have learned to live with answering machines as a necessary part of modernization. But I've often wondered --- what if God decided to install an answering machine? Imagine praying, then hearing this: Thank you for calling My Father's House. Please press 1 for a request. Press 2 for a thanksgiving. Press 3 to complain. For all other inquiries, press 4." So I press 1 and I hear: "We're sorry. Due to heavier than expected volume we are unable to make a connection with God; please try again later. Your business is important to us." What if God used the familiar excuse: "All of the angels are helping other souls right now. Please stay on the line and your call will be answered in the order it was received." Can you imagine these kinds of recorded responses as you call on God in prayer: "To find you how many angels dance on the head of a pin, press 4." "If you'd like King David to sing a psalm for you, press 6." "to find out if your relative is here , enter the date they departed and listen for the list that follow." To confirm your reservations at My Father's House, press the letters J-O-H-N, followed by the numbers 3-1-6." "To find out what you pastor is doing at the moment, press 7." "If you want to know what I think of American politics, don't press anything. Hang up and listen for laughter." "for the answers to nagging questions about dinosaurs, the age of the earth, or where Noah's Ark is...wait till you get here!" "Our computers indicate you've called once today, already. Please hang up immediately." "This office is closed for the weekend. Please call Monday." Thank God we can call on Him anytime, and the line is never busy. God takes each call personally, and we'll never be put on "hold"! Best of all, God often calls on us. Are you waiting for His call? If you listen carefully, you just might hear music in the background and God sing, "I just called to say 'I love you!' I just called to say how much I care..." >> chirho@prodigy.net http://www.hoseahouse.org http://www.geocities.com/~hoseahouse/genealogy/index.html http://www.geocities.com/~fiannag/index.html

Welcome to the Fianna! Any given names? Dates? Places? Laura -----Original Message----- From: Dale Shipp <dshipp@sover.net> To: fianna-l@rootsweb.com <fianna-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 05, 1998 6:05 AM Subject: [FIANNA-L] ryan geneology >>To: fianna_l@rootsweb.com >>From: dshipp@sover.net (Dale Shipp) >>Subject: ryan geneology >> >>if anyone out there can help me locate my ancestors from county limerick >ireland i would appreciate it greatly. i have several last names if i can >make a start somewhere they are; cussen, ryan, pancro, and casey. i really >don't know much about then yet except the fact that they must have come over >in the early 1900's. thanks for any help you can give me. bonnie ryan shipp >> > > >==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== >The Fianna, friends helping friends! > >

>To: fianna_l@rootsweb.com >From: dshipp@sover.net (Dale Shipp) >Subject: ryan geneology > >if anyone out there can help me locate my ancestors from county limerick ireland i would appreciate it greatly. i have several last names if i can make a start somewhere they are; cussen, ryan, pancro, and casey. i really don't know much about then yet except the fact that they must have come over in the early 1900's. thanks for any help you can give me. bonnie ryan shipp >

At 09:46 AM 4/3/1998 -0500, you wrote: >I propose that we get together once in awhile depending on how close we >live to one another. I live in Boston, Massachusetts and would love to >meet with people up in this area. I also would love to travel to other >places, especially in Ireland. > >Patricia > Hi Patricia, I also live in Boston and would love to have a genealogy meeting in this area....also would love to travel, especially Ireland (but can't afford yet). I use TMG software and there is a TMG meeting once a month, but it is always on a Sunday afternoon in Framingham, so I can't make it. I bet there are others in this area who would like to get together, especially re:Ireland. Keep me posted if anything starts up. Thanks. Peg DavePeg@ix.netcom.com ..... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7401/

This is one of the options available to the list owners. It is what I was trying to test yesterday. I am sorry for all that mess, but now I would like to here everyone's opinion on the tag messages, the "To" field and having Fianna in the Subject line. Laura -----Original Message----- From: Pat Traynor To: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> Date: Friday, April 03, 1998 7:53 AM Subject: The "To:" field >Hello Laura, I have a question. I see that in many FIANNA posts that there is a "To:" field under the "From:" field. Is this peculiar to FIANNA, or is it due to one's e-mail program? > I never see this in the GENIRE posts, and they are both from Rootsweb >========== >Pat Traynor, in California's gold-rush country. tray@jps.net >

chirho wrote: > > Think I'll stick with my current patched together network of all you > wonderful folks! Peace. > > >At 05:16 PM 4/2/98 EST, you wrote: > >>In a message dated 98-04-01 07:10:12 EST, you write: > >> > >><< RE: Managed Friendship Plan > >> > >> Welcome to Managed Friendship, a whole new way of thinking about friends > >> and relationships. I propose that we get together once in awhile depending on how close we live to one another. I live in Boston, Massachusetts and would love to meet with people up in this area. I also would love to travel to other places, especially in Ireland. Patricia Patricia

For all my friends afar! :) At 08:56 PM 4/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >Found on some far-flung region of the Net -- rjm -- : ) >------------------------------------------------------------ >The Prodigal Son (In the Key of F) > >Francis the Foolish felt a filial fondness for his flawless, fastidious >father, Ferdinand the Fourth. > >Following one February fortnight, Francis, feeling footloose and frisky, >forced his fond father to fork over five hundred forty five farthings, >then fled his fathers fertile fief. > >Fleeing to foreign fields, Francis finally frittered away his fortune on >fickle females, firkins of foaming ale, freeloading friends, and feasting. > >Fleeced by those fiendish fellows of the fleshpots, and facing fateful >failure and famine, Francis finally found himself flinging foul feed to >the swine in a filthy farmyard as a forlorn farmhand. > >Footsore and famished, he fain would have filled his flaccid frame with >filched food but found it fit for only a footman. > >"Fie!" flared Francis, "My Father's flunkies fare far finer." Fortunately >the frazzled fugitive finally faced the facts. Frustrated from failure and >fulfilled foreboding, he fled forthwith to his faraway family. > >Falling fatigued at his father's feet, Francis feebly phrased his >feelings: "Father," he fumbled, "I've flunked - and fruitlessly forfeited >family favor....forgive me." The far-sighted father, forestalling future >family fissures flagged his flunkies. "Fetch a fatling from the flock and >fix a feast for Francis. Forthwith. Fall to! Faster!" > >Frederic the Feculent, Francis' feisty, fault-finding brother, frowned >upon his father's forgiveness of Francis' former philandering. "Flog the >Flounder!" he fumed. But the faithful felt that Francis' former >foibles should be freely forgiven. "Filial fidelity is what fathers are >for, Frederick," said Ferdinand with feelings flowing. "Forsooth, the >fugitive is found, so what forbids festivity? Fly the flags freely, >amid fifes, fiddles and fanfares...FLING A FEAST!" > >Francis, face flushed, foreswore frippery forever more by forcing his >frame into a friar's frock. > >

Think I'll stick with my current patched together network of all you wonderful folks! Peace. >At 05:16 PM 4/2/98 EST, you wrote: >>In a message dated 98-04-01 07:10:12 EST, you write: >> >><< RE: Managed Friendship Plan >> >> Welcome to Managed Friendship, a whole new way of thinking about friends >> and relationships. The Managed Friendship Plan (MFP) combines all the >> advantages of a traditional friendship network with important cost-saving >> features. >> >> - How does it work? >> >> Under the Plan, you choose your friends from a network of pre-screened >> accredited Friendship Providers (FPs). All your friendship needs are met >> by members of your Managed Friendship Staff. >> >> - What's wrong with my current friends? >> >> If you're like most people, you're receiving friendship services from a >> network of providers haphazardly patched together from your old >> neighborhoods, jobs, and schools. The result is often costly >> duplication, inefficiency, and conflict. Many of your current friends >> may not meet national standards or will respond to your needs with >> inappropriate, outmoded or even experimental acts of friendship. Under >> Managed Friendship, your friendship needs are coordinated by your >> Designated Best Friend (DBF), who will ensure that quality and goodness >> fit all your friendly relationships. >> >> - How do I know that the plan's Panel of Friends is not made up of a >> bunch of losers who can't make friends on their own? >> >> Many of today's most dedicated and highly trained Friendship Providers >> are as concerned as we are about delivering Quality Friendship in a >> cost-effective manner. They have joined our network because they want to >> focus on acting like a friend rather than doing the paperwork and paying >> the high bad friendship premiums that have caused the cost of traditional >> friendship to skyrocket. Our Friendship Providers have met our rigorous >> standards of companionship and loyalty. >> >> - What if I need a special Friend, say, for poker or fishing? >> >> Special Friends are responsible for most of the unusual and expensive >> activities that burden already costly relationships. Under the Managed >> Friendship Plan, your Designated Best Friend is qualified to pre-approve >> your referral to a Special Friend within the Managed Friendship Network >> should your needs fall outside the scope of his/her friendship. >> >> - Suppose I want to see Friends outside the Managed Friendship Network? >> >> You may make friends outside of the Managed Friendship Network only in >> the event of an emergency. >> >> - What is a Friendship Emergency? >> >> The Managed Friendship Plan covers your emergency needs 24 hours a day, >> 365 days a year, even if you need a friend out of town, after regular >> business hours, or when your Designated Best Friend is with someone else. >> You might be on a business trip, for instance and suddenly find that you >> feel lonely. In such cases, you may make a New Friend and all approved >> friendly activities will be covered under the Plan, provided you notify >> the Managed Friendship Office (or 24-hour Friendship Hotline) within two >> business days. >> >> - What Friendly Activities are covered under the Plan? >> >> Friendly Activities that are typically covered include: >> - Agreeing with you >> - Appearing sympathetic >> - Chewing the fat >> - Dropping by >> - Feeling your pain >> - Gossiping >> - Hanging out >> - Holding your hand (up to 5 minutes per activity)* >> - Joshing >> - Kidding around >> - Listening to you whine >> - Partying >> - Passing the time >> - Patting your back >> - Ribbing >> - Sharing a meal >> - Shooting the breeze >> - Teasing >> * Up to 15 minutes under the Premium Gold Friendship Plan >> >> - What Friendly Activities are not covered by the Plan? >> >> Activities that would not be pre-approved include (but are not limited to): >> >> - Bar Hopping >> - Bending over backwards >> - Drinking to excess >> - Giving a hoot >> - Going the extra mile >> - Lending money >> - Real empathy >> - Sexual favors >> - Truly caring >> - Using illicit drugs >> >> - How can I find out more about the Managed Friendship Plan? >> >> A simple call is all it takes. If you need a Friend, just call our >> toll-free number or visit our web site. Sign up for the Managed >> Friendship Plan and rest easier knowing that all of you appropriate >> Friendship Needs will be met. >> >> - Who decides what's appropriate for me? >> >> We do. Isn't that what friends are for? >> >> chirho@prodigy.net http://www.hoseahouse.org http://www.geocities.com/~hoseahouse/genealogy/index.html http://www.geocities.com/~fiannag/index.html

My apologies to the entire list, trying to get tag messages set up at end of messages and to have a Fianna: in subject line, but rootsweb and I are having a problem today, but they are working on it. Again I apologize. I won't test anymore Laura -----Original Message----- From: Brian Donnelly <brian@hicom.net> To: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Tag 3 >What are you sending out and why? > >Fvie messages with no content in an hour is near harrassment. >- >From: Joe & Laura Schmidt <schmidtm@3-cities.com> >To: Fianna Mailing List <fianna-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Tag 3 >Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 2:49 PM > >here >

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LAWS OF GENEALOGY 1. The document containing evidence of missing links in your research invariably will be lost due to fire, flood or war. 2. The keeper of vital records you need will just have been insulted by another genealogist. 3. Your great great grandfather's obituary states he died leaving no issue of record. 4. The will you need is in the safe on the Titanic. 5. The ancient photo of 4 relatives, one of whom is your progenitor, carries the names of the other 3 6. Copies of old newspapers have holes occurring only on last names. 7. You learn that great aunt Matilda's executor just sold her life's collection of family genealogy material to a flea market dealer in New York City. 8. No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, always rented property, was never sued, and was never named in any will. 9. Yours is the only last name not found among the 3 billion in the Mormon archives. 10. Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate inversely proportional to the value of the data recorded. 11. The critical link in your family tree is named "Smith". 12. The 37- volume, 16000-page history of your county of origin isn't indexed. CONTRIBUTED BY: Betty Allen <bja_allen@juno.com> >>

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I have just resubscribed to this list and hope I am not too late for the roll call. The following are my Irish names: 1) Bernard J.TRAYNOR bn abt 1847 in ? Ireland married Maria Elizabeth JONATHAN October 09,1868 in Strabane, Co.Tyrone, Ireland. They moved to Scotland by at least 1870. 2) Henry BOYD bn abt 1844 in ? Ireland married Margaret CONNOR October 02,1865 in ?, Co.Down, Ireland. They moved to Scotland by at least 1868. Thank you Regards, Karen from Ohio U.S.A. - bschrode@valunet.com

Sure glad you, the rudest person I have heard, are not a member of the Fianna. This wonderful woman, tex^mom, alias Margaret Cobb, has been invited by most of us list owners to post any announcements that pertain to genealogy or #GenealogyForum on Afternet. She has done more for online chat research than anyone that I know of. I do believe you owe her an apology. Laura list maintainer of Fianna-L@rootsweb.com >From: Cam111 <Cam111@aol.com> >Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:43:09 EST >To: pscobb@iamerica.net >Subject: SPAM > >Look, it's obvious that you're going ga-ga over your own little world's stuff, >but 99% of the rest of us couldn't care less about your little twitty stuff. >So give us a break! Stop filling our email boxes with your SPAM! > >

>From: Cam111 <Cam111@aol.com> >Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:43:09 EST >To: pscobb@iamerica.net >Subject: SPAM > >Look, it's obvious that you're going ga-ga over your own little world's stuff, >but 99% of the rest of us couldn't care less about your little twitty stuff. >So give us a break! Stop filling our email boxes with your SPAM! > >