I wanted to learn to type as it was a useful skill for summer jobs. At my high school I had to choose between typing and French. I have always felt strongly that a knowledge of French is essential in Canada as it is one of our official languages so i have never really learned. ( I sent the children to French Immersion for this reason. They are very happy I did) When my mother sold real estate she spent a lot of time typing up Offers for the other sales people once they discovered how well she could type. I always felt they took advantage of her good nature Jean I actually told our girls NOT to learn to type under any circumstances as I had noticed that once men in an office found out you could type, you got no further than being a secretary. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

Mum really wanted to take nurses training instead but Grandma felt Mum was not suited to nursing. Finally in 1939 Mum started training as a nurse but when WW2 started they stopped training nurses and Mum ended up working as a secretary at Metropolitan Vickers, Trafford park, Manchester. Grandma also worked there as the Nurse in Charge of the Girls' ambulance Room from 1939 to 1943. I have the copy of the poem The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller that Grandma received as a farewell present. It is signed by her fellow workers. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam My mother always worked in a factory until she got married and had me at 21. Her ambition was for me to be a secretary, and so that's what I was - except for the twelve years when I was a school Librarian, a very lucky opportunity that arose. Marj > > My mother took a secretarial course after she left school and her training > stood her in good stead for the rest of her life. Still she had always > wanted to go to university and was prevented by lack of money. She had to > leave school at 15 as Grandma was a widow. While Grandma supported them > working as a State Registered nurse she could not finance an extended > education. Expectations for girls were very different in 1936. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Suspect virus messages should be sent to the List Admin only, NOT to the list, so they can be checked out before a panic starts. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

Nice to have you back Jean, we might get some sense now :-)) Huh? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

I suppose my statistics were based on the conditions in Sutton Coldfield. The only grammar school was on the other side of Birmingham and required a very long bus trip. Mum had all the possibilities well researched by the time I was 7. I have always felt it was very ironic that had we stayed in the UK the state would have paid for my university expenses. In Canada I had to finance it by a combination of summer jobs, bursaries and loans. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam Hi Jean, glad to see you back and hope your neck continues to improve. In Southport in 1970, a child needed an IQ of 123 to pass the 11+, because there were only two grammar schools to accommodate them. In Liverpool at the same time a child needed an IQ of 108, because there were lots of grammar schools. Nowadays, the top pupils in Liverpool are creamed off at 11 to schools like St Hilda's (where my sister and I went, but it's different now because it is selective) and the Bluecoat School. There are a couple of good private schools in our part of Sefton, like Merchant Taylors, but in the main pupils go to secondary schools until 16 and then move on to the Sixth Form College, unless they are Catholics when they have the choice of going to the catholic Comprehensive school (where mine went) until they are 18. Marj > As I remember only the top 2% of children taking the 11 + were accepted into > Grammar School and around 10% were accepted to High School. Everyone else > went to a Secondary Modern. On our street in Sutton Coldfield children who > failed the 11+ and whose parents wanted them to go to university went to > private schools where they could get the university prep courses unavailable > at the Secondary Modern schools. > > This system was a main motivation for my parents immigrating to Canada. It > worked as I am the first university graduate in my family and my brother the > second. > > I doubt whether most 11 yr olds in 1957 in the UK could answer these > questions only the few who made it to grammar or high schools. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, simply resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

I understand why spelling is not corrected in the creative writing as teachers want to the children to think about what they write rather than not use a word because the child can not spell it. Thus a 6 year old will use a word like aquarium nowadays when in the past the emphasis on correct spelling would have led to avoidance of the word. My children learned by this method and both spell well now. However by the age of 8 they also had spelling words to learn. It takes a lot longer to learn to spell this way but they write very well. They did not spell well until they went to university and that seems to due to the professors demanding the use of spell checkers. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue S" <[email protected]> To: <GEN-FRIEN[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam Hi My daughters spelling is atrocious. The junior school said that if they corrected mistakes it would undermine confidence. B.......! Now at a good secondary school I am informed that because the exam boards only award 3 marks for spelling as long as the meaning is clear any spelling mistakes are ignored in exams & therefore spelling is not given a high priority in class. I note that most errors are still corrected in my daughter's books though. Standards have most definitely slipped over the years. Sue S It is no longer necessary to be reasonably proficient at English composition. From perusing my granddaughter's exercise books it seems that corrections are no longer made. According to teachers this is to ensure that students are not discouraged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

There is lots of evidence to show that comprehensive schools work better for the majority of children and gives them the most opportunity for advancement. The north American high school is similar to a comprehensive. Still theere are complaints by minorities that they are often shifted into course that are not acceptable for university entrance. My mother took a secretarial course after she left school and her training stood her in good stead for the rest of her life. Still she had always wanted to go to university and was prevented by lack of money. She had to leave school at 15 as Grandma was a widow. While Grandma supported them working as a State Registered nurse she could not finance an extended education. Expectations for girls were very different in 1936. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam My sister and I kind of half passed it. We went to what was then called a "Central" School, where we learnt shorthand and typing. Probably the best education for us. When I was a school secretary, and they still had the 11+ in Southport, I used to go to the Education Offices at night to mark papers for the 11+, and I realised how DAFT it was, as you had to give the exact answer that was on the paper, and any use of imagination got marked WRONG! No going off at a tangent. So I drew my own kids out of the system and sent them to the only Comprehensive School in town, where I was by then working myself. Comprehensive education is wonderful - I know so many people who would have failed the 11+ who have good degrees and excellent careers. Looking at these questions reminds me of how I felt in maths lessons - my mind just switches itself off. Marj > > Readers are therefore invited to tackle these three questions from the 11+ > > paper of February 5, 1957, and with only two caveats - a) precious little > > time was allowed and b) it was still only the first half. > > 1. Two cyclists set off from the same place and follow the same route. The > > first cyclist is slower than the second. The first leaves the starting > point > > at 10.30am and travels at 18mph. The second leaves the starting point 1 > hour > > 10 minutes later and catches up with the first after travelling three > hours. > > What is the rate of travel of the second cyclist in miles per hour? > > 2. On a journey of 441 miles, a car used 12 gallons one quart (12.25 > > gallons) of petrol. Calculate the average distance travelled on one gallon > > of petrol. > > What distance in miles and furlongs could be covered on 3 gallons 3 pints > of > > petrol? > > 3. A rectangular lawn is 24 yards long and 18 yards wide. From the middle > of > > the lawn a square flower bed is cut occupying exactly one third of the > total > > area of the lawn. > > Find (1) the length of each side of the square bed, and (2) the cost of > > edging the whole of the flower bed with edging pieces each 1ft 6ins long > and > > costing 5/9d (29p) a dozen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

Maybe Pam could solve the problem of wheeree to get the curtains. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! Oh, dear, not again. I told you once [only two weeks ago] they belong to Pam and I don't know where she got them. I'll send you a piccy so you can print it out and take it to the shops. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bubbles" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! | Where did you get the curtains Brian? | Bubbles from Robin Hood Country | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Marged" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:17 AM | Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! | | | > Marged has sent you a digital photo! | > | > You may pick it up at the following address: | > http://www.PhotoParade.com/pickup.asp?2187-7726-91833 | > | > Click on the link above to pick up your photo, or | > copy and paste the link into your Internet browser. | > ____________________________________________________________ | > | > Marged writes: | > This is a picture of the Engine Room folks. Unfortunately, our gallant | Captain could not be in two places at once, so he is not at the helm. | > | > Thought you'd like to see where it all happens. | > | > Marj | > | > ____________________________________________________________ | > | > (Your photo will be available until Monday, May 06, 2002) | > There is no charge for this service! | > ************************************************************ | > | > SPECIAL COUPON OFFER (offer expires Friday, April 26, 2002) | > Save $3.00 on PhotoParade E-Mailer! Just $9.99... click below: | > http://www.PhotoParade.com/coupon.asp?code=EZ-EMAIL2 | > | > PhotoParade E-Mailer makes mailing digital photos easy. | > * Send photos without messy e-mail attachments! | > * Automatically resizes photos to fit on your screen. | > * Photos can be seen in any web browser | > | > For more information about PhotoParade, visit us at | > http://www.PhotoParade.com/ | > | > | > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== | > Visit List General Archives at: | > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEN-FRIENDS | > | > ============================== | > 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 | > | > | | | ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== | Please change the Subject line when the subject of the reply | changes. | | ============================== | 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 | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

I use the cheap labels and find the appropriate Avery program by checking out the size of the labels and the number per sheet. I have had the disappearing label problem too. You have to save the completed label sheet using Save as. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] LABELS Good, thanks. We have Staples here so I will try and go today. I usually buy Avery but they are very expensive. Do the Staples Select ones appear in the list on Word for labels, or do you just have to guess something like 3 x 7 = 21? Marj > My labels come from Staples. AVERY do them and there are some called SELECT > Multi Purpose Labels for Laser, Copier and Ink Jet. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Visit and support: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

Hi Jim, As far as I know the TV/PC connection is only a one way connection - i.e. from TV to PC via a TV Card which can be bought from any reputable Computer Shop. This means TV pictures can be captured for inclusion in documents produced on the PC, subject to copyright of course. I also understand it is possible to watch TV in a small "window" on the monitor whilst working on a PC programme. I have NO knowledge of any hardware or software available to make use of a TV for viewing PC work. I am not saying it cannot be done, simply that I have no knowledge of it Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <[email protected]> To: "Brian" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:02 AM Subject: Your desk | Hi Brian I think Mike asked you if your TV monitor was coupled to your | computer. If it is, how did you do it and with what kind of lead? My son | wants to display photographs on his television. His computer has a multipin | rectangular video output and his TV has phono video and L/R Audio inputs. | The computer also has those new square sockets but aren't they inputs | Gratefull for any help | Best regards. | | Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002

Do you have the answers, Mike? I did the questions but I did not learn the necessary math until I reached high school when I was 13. I was a year ahead because I started school at 5 in the UK rather than 6 as children generally do in North America. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Cotton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam Hi Mike, My past nightmares have come back to haunt me. I used to do tests like this at school and they drove me to distraction. I took my 11 plus exam in 1960 and failed. Went on to "senior" school, still more tests like this, but the difference was the teacher. She explained things to us far better, then I took the 13 plus examination and passed. But don't ask me for the answers or I'll start having the nightmares all over again! :-(( Pam Readers are therefore invited to tackle these three questions from the 11+ paper of February 5, 1957, and with only two caveats - a) precious little time was allowed and b) it was still only the first half. 1. Two cyclists set off from the same place and follow the same route. The first cyclist is slower than the second. The first leaves the starting point at 10.30am and travels at 18mph. The second leaves the starting point 1 hour 10 minutes later and catches up with the first after travelling three hours. What is the rate of travel of the second cyclist in miles per hour? 2. On a journey of 441 miles, a car used 12 gallons one quart (12.25 gallons) of petrol. Calculate the average distance travelled on one gallon of petrol. What distance in miles and furlongs could be covered on 3 gallons 3 pints of petrol? 3. A rectangular lawn is 24 yards long and 18 yards wide. From the middle of the lawn a square flower bed is cut occupying exactly one third of the total area of the lawn. Find (1) the length of each side of the square bed, and (2) the cost of edging the whole of the flower bed with edging pieces each 1ft 6ins long and costing 5/9d (29p) a dozen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19-Apr-02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

As I remember only the top 2% of children taking the 11 + were accepted into Grammar School and around 10% were accepted to High School. Everyone else went to a Secondary Modern. On our street in Sutton Coldfield children who failed the 11+ and whose parents wanted them to go to university went to private schools where they could get the university prep courses unavailable at the Secondary Modern schools. This system was a main motivation for my parents immigrating to Canada. It worked as I am the first university graduate in my family and my brother the second. I doubt whether most 11 yr olds in 1957 in the UK could answer these questions only the few who made it to grammar or high schools. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Cotton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam Hi Mike, My past nightmares have come back to haunt me. I used to do tests like this at school and they drove me to distraction. I took my 11 plus exam in 1960 and failed. Went on to "senior" school, still more tests like this, but the difference was the teacher. She explained things to us far better, then I took the 13 plus examination and passed. But don't ask me for the answers or I'll start having the nightmares all over again! :-(( Pam Readers are therefore invited to tackle these three questions from the 11+ paper of February 5, 1957, and with only two caveats - a) precious little time was allowed and b) it was still only the first half. 1. Two cyclists set off from the same place and follow the same route. The first cyclist is slower than the second. The first leaves the starting point at 10.30am and travels at 18mph. The second leaves the starting point 1 hour 10 minutes later and catches up with the first after travelling three hours. What is the rate of travel of the second cyclist in miles per hour? 2. On a journey of 441 miles, a car used 12 gallons one quart (12.25 gallons) of petrol. Calculate the average distance travelled on one gallon of petrol. What distance in miles and furlongs could be covered on 3 gallons 3 pints of petrol? 3. A rectangular lawn is 24 yards long and 18 yards wide. From the middle of the lawn a square flower bed is cut occupying exactly one third of the total area of the lawn. Find (1) the length of each side of the square bed, and (2) the cost of edging the whole of the flower bed with edging pieces each 1ft 6ins long and costing 5/9d (29p) a dozen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19-Apr-02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02

Hi Pam I cried! Sue S > Sent to me by a good friend. I think it applies to us all that have lost a parent. > > Pam > > Her hair up in a pony tail, her favorite dress tied with a bow --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002

Good, thanks. We have Staples here so I will try and go today. I usually buy Avery but they are very expensive. Do the Staples Select ones appear in the list on Word for labels, or do you just have to guess something like 3 x 7 = 21? Marj > My labels come from Staples. AVERY do them and there are some called SELECT > Multi Purpose Labels for Laser, Copier and Ink Jet. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02

My labels come from Staples. AVERY do them and there are some called SELECT Multi Purpose Labels for Laser, Copier and Ink Jet. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] LABELS | I have just run out of labels so I may try this some time, but not before I | go away as I don't have time to learn Publisher | | Where do you buy those cheap labels and what brand are they? | | Marj | | | > Why don't you use Publisher for your labels. I take it they are in sheets | > of so many. Mine are 18 labels per A4 sheet because that is an ideal size | > of label for floppy discs [which I rarely use nowadays]. But there are | 1800 | > per box for about £4:00. | > | > | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02 | | | ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== | Please delete unwanted taglines and signatures before | sending your message to avoid over-long messages. | | ============================== | 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 | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002

I have just run out of labels so I may try this some time, but not before I go away as I don't have time to learn Publisher Where do you buy those cheap labels and what brand are they? Marj > Why don't you use Publisher for your labels. I take it they are in sheets > of so many. Mine are 18 labels per A4 sheet because that is an ideal size > of label for floppy discs [which I rarely use nowadays]. But there are 1800 > per box for about £4:00. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02

No - we had a builder from down the road to build an extension on the back of the house, and he did the front roof while he was at it (for a small fee) Marj > Is Donald the Tiler? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02

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Sorry about the poison ivy, Martha. Hope you are better soon Marj > Actualy I am felling a little sorry for myself today. I have a really > bad case of poison Ivy :-( Went crazy cleaning out the overgrown brush > and junk in the back yard of my new house and was stupid enough to wear > short. Both legs are covered. Well bye for now. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02

Will try this Roz - thank you Marj > Just do the Mail Merge again if the label set up page isn't there. It's not > a problem. That's the beauty of Word, that page is there for posterity > unless you close it without saving. Next time save the pages and all you > have to do is go back to them. > Roz > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02

Nice to have you back Jean, we might get some sense now :-)) Glad your neck is recovering. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] I am back | Hi, | | It was too strange not having any email so I am back. My neck is getting | better. | | A lot seems to have happened. Marged has red hair. You look very nice there, | Marged, and she is going to Cyprus. I shall be watching the international | news closely next week. | | What is the Damilola case? | | Our news is full of the 4 Canadian soldiers, on a night training exercise | in Afghanistan, who were killed by American friendly fire. Two were from | Halifax. The last of the four was buried yesterday. They are the only | Canadian fatalities so far. | | Brian's desk looks very practical. | | Today we had snow followed by very cold rain. My poor daffodils are lying on | the ground. I am glad I decided to wait until mid May to uncover my | miniature rose bushes. The Magnolia across the street is almost out but it | may wait another few days now. | | On Sunday I am going to see Stars on Ice starring Kristi Yamaguchi, Lucinda | Ruh ( the world's best spinner) and Brian Orser. He is 40 and planning to | retire soon so this may be my last chance to see him skate. Kristi is | planning to retire too. | | Jean | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02 | | | ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== | If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, | simply resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, | or spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. | | ============================== | 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 | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002