I REALLY enjoyed it....especially the one about the house leaning...sounds like my place. Mary in SC At 06:49 PM 08/14/2000 -0500, Sharla Linex wrote: >I hope this isn't out of line, but thought you might enjoy it.... > > > > >1. You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party >with >> a >> > shovel. >> > >> > 2. To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've >asked >> all of >> > your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. >> > >> > 3. Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical >> records are >> > stored. >> > >> > 4. You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S. >> Postal >> > Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees. >> > >> > 5. 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. >> > >> > 6. 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. >> > >> > 7. 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. >> > >> > 8. The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36 >page >> > contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. >> > >> > 9. 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 McMahon's of Ohio?" >> > >> > 10. "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." >> > >> > 11. A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and >you >> ask >> > that the 1890 census be restored. > > >