Well, Bubbles, there's no arguing with that! Marj > sitting in a greenhouse is dangerous, --- 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

sitting in a greenhouse is dangerous, I tried on an old chair with wheels, straight through the glass, caught in a real mess, fortunately the neighbours heard me and came to my rescue. I daren't move in case I cut something. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Brian's difficulty with the stairs > You should see the guy who lives opposite us getting out of his car. Every > time I see him, it is a humbling experience to me, far from great amusement. > > We have lived in this house for 25 years, and he is about 65 now and he's > always been badly crippled in the legs - his poor legs are all over the > place. We can't remember now if it was an accident or polio, but he's > always been the same since we've known him. > > About a year ago, he was sitting in his greenhouse, potting plants, when he > fell backwards and went through the glass. Tried to save himself of course, > with his hands, and severed all the arteries and tendons. > > He managed to call out to his wife, who was working down the garden. > > Fortunately, his next door neighbour, a young feller, was home from the > Police, and went in and administered first aid, while the wife called the > ambulance. They said the neighbour had saved his life - he would certainly > have bled to death if he had not had the first aid. > > It took him many months and a lot of physiotherapy to regain the use of his > hands. > > If I saw anyone laugh when he was struggling out of his car, I would kill > them myself. > > Marj > > > > I had just about decided to give up driving. I have to park on the > pavement > > so the car is on a sideways slope to help me fall out. Also our street is > > on a heavy camber so that if I am pointing a certain way I tend to fall > back > > into the car everytimg I take a swing at getting out. Great amusement for > > the neighbours though. > > > > --- > 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 > >

my mum would have said look the way you are walking -not easy is it Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <[email protected]> To: "Bubbles" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:42 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian's difficulty in getting downstairs... > My cottage has 11 which makes them much steeper. I'd be better abseiling. > > I currently travel down sideways but even so have missed the last one twice > so far. Right opposite the bottom step is a wall where you need to turn > right and it is very hard if you don't do that! > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > www.lordbramhall.co.uk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bubbles" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:12 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian's difficulty in getting downstairs... > > > > unfortunately most uk houses have 13 stairs > > Bubbles from Robin Hood Country > > > > --- > 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: 21/04/2002 > >

thanks for the advice. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Myette" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:55 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Brian's trouble with the stairs > Hi again Bubbles! > Yes...I do have trouble with my knees in that > they > my walking is 'quite stiff' when I get up in the > morning..and/or if I'm sitting too long during > the > days..i.e., at the computer...good movie on TV... > or reading for several hours. Also, my back can > give me the same 'problem' for the above noted > reasons...sometimes going into 'muscale spasms' > ..but, thankfully that does not happen too much > nowadays...Had a lot of problems in that way.. > before my back surgery...many years ago. > > As I say..I do find that 'going down the stairs > backwards' is most helpful at thest times..My > brother has had a lot of problems the last 2 yrs. > and 'did not believe this backward down the > stairs' would be 'of any use'...even when I told > him how Mom 'swore by it'...BUT..then one day he > tried it!! (stubborn fella he is ..ha ha) and > "voila"...gee..it really does work!! he now > says.. > > I feel that it is because one does not get that > 'heavy jolt..at least it seems to feel that way.. > when your legs/knees are stiff' ..and so much > easier to 'manage the stairs' until we get them > loosened up! > > > Nice chatting with you Bubbles.... > > Frances.. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > ==== 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 > >

You got Marge!!!

A whole bunch of us told Marge Happy Birthday ;-) LOL I have an excuse, why didn't you wish Queen Elizabeth Happy Birthday Brian? Martha Texan

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THE first study to examine the effect of sending emails shows it has psychological and health benefits. University students who wrote emails about traumatic experiences, such as the September 11 attacks, were healthier in the weeks that followed than those who wrote about non-emotional topics, or did not send email. The research, conducted by the psychology department of Texas University, shows that those students who wrote about their feelings and sent the emails reported being sick for significantly fewer days than those who did not, and were less likely to miss class because of an illness. Erin Brown, a psychologist at the university, said that writing, even if it was only by email, helped foster greater self-clarity and stopped a person internalising stress. It boosted health and mood, even among pessimistic individuals, and helped a person cope with the stresses of life. "Sure, email is a fast and convenient form of communication and even a method for proliferating corny jokes and outrageous hoaxes," Ms Brown said. "But results showed that even when administered through email, emotional writing still produced positive health outcomes. People have always known that talking or writing about their problems helps them feel better psychologically. "This study provides empirical evidence that written emotional expression is beneficial to physical health, even when conducted through email." --- 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

They got their priorities right and thought of ME instead! Marj > I didn't hear anyone offering Her Majesty a birthday wish yesterday. > > Sad people. --- 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

And was it before or after he had partaken of the cup that cheers, Pam? Anyway, it's the aspirin that causes all the blood to flow like that - I know because I keep cutting my fingers. Marj > Brian's nose looks like a belisha beacon! Not only that he was talking to > my son Nigel this morning and he ADMITTED to being a YOB!!! > So there you have it from the horses mouth so to speak!!! (so did he or > didn't he hurt it falling, or was he fighting with his next door neighbour?) > :-)))) > > A word on his side, he has been very patient with me and my web pages. I > couldn't have even started it without his help and I keep shouting for HELP > and he has really been very kind. I haven't finished yet but I'm getting > there. --- 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

I didn't hear anyone offering Her Majesty a birthday wish yesterday. Sad people. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk --- 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

You missed out 1A - BRAMHALL 420,035. Don't forget the Welsh only got their names because they supported Lancashire in the so-called "Roses" War. Same as Ken DODD [Knotty Ash] and Frankie HOWERD [Castle Howerd]. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:57 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Welsh Surnames > > > > > > Top 50 English/Welsh Names > > Ever wondered if your ancestors' names were popular in early Victorian > Britain 150 years ago? > Mark Antony Lever's 'A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom' > was published > by John Russell Smith, London, in 1860. > > In Lever's book he quotes the number of different surnames existing within > England and Wales > (i.e. excluding Scotland and Ireland) as in excess of 30,000. He then > reproduces statistics from a > report of Her Majesty's Registrar-General that depict the 50 most common > surnames in England > and Wales. The following table is derived from 9 quarterly indexes of > births, 8 of deaths and 8 > of marriages extracted from the official indexes of 1838, 1851 and 1853. The > results were > accepted as statistically correct when arranged against different indexes. > > It should be noted that the 50 names embrace approximately 18 out of every > 100 registered and > that one in 28 of the whole population in the mid-19th century would answer > to the name of Smith > Jones or Williams. > > Surname No. of Entries Surname No. of Entries > > 1 SMITH 33,557 26 HARRIS 7,042 > 2 JONES 33,941 27 CLARK 6,920 > 3 WILLIAMS 21,936 28 COOPER 6,742 > 4 TAYLOR 16,775 29 HARRISON 6,399 > 5 DAVIES 14,983 30 DAVIS 6,205 > > 6 BROWN 14,346 31 WARD 6,084 > 7 THOMAS 13,017 32 BAKER 6,013 > 8 EVANS 12,555 33 MARTIN 5,893 > 9 ROBERTS 10,617 34 MORRIS 5,888 > 10 JOHNSON 9,468 35 JAMES 5,755 > > 11 ROBINSON 9,045 36 MORGAN 5,691 > 12 WILSON 8,917 37 KING 5,661 > 13 WRIGHT 8,476 38 ALLEN 5,468 > 14 WOOD 8,238 39 CLARKE 5,309 > 15 HALL 8,188 40 COOK 5,300 > > 16 WALKER 8,088 41 MOORE 5,269 > 17 HUGHES 8,010 42 PARKER 5,230 > 18 GREEN 7,996 43 PRICE 5,219 > 19 LEWIS 7,959 44 PHILLIPS 5,124 > 20 EDWARDS 7,916 45 WATSON 4,771 > > 21 THOMPSON 7,839 46 SHAW 4,759 > 22 WHITE 7,808 47 LEE 4,731 > 23 JACKSON 7,659 48 BENNETT 4,671 > 24 TURNER 7,549 49 CARTER 4,648 > 25 HILL 7,192 50 GRIFFITHS 4,639 > > > > > > --- > 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 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

Hi Everyone, Brian's nose looks like a belisha beacon! Not only that he was talking to my son Nigel this morning and he ADMITTED to being a YOB!!! So there you have it from the horses mouth so to speak!!! (so did he or didn't he hurt it falling, or was he fighting with his next door neighbour?) :-)))) A word on his side, he has been very patient with me and my web pages. I couldn't have even started it without his help and I keep shouting for HELP and he has really been very kind. I haven't finished yet but I'm getting there. Cheers Pam. www.grocott-hall.co.uk Researching the following BROWNSWORD, COLCLOUGH, GROCOTT, KINNERSLEY, COOK, ELSMORE, LIMER, MASON BRUNT, BARNETT, WALKER, WRIGHT, all in Staffordshire COURT, HYDE, MORRIS Warwickshire, POTTER, Worcestershire, BAUGH, Hereford HALL, THOMPSON, Liverpool SHACKLOCK,WILEY Notts and Yorkshire, PARSONS, Somerset and Newport, Monmouth. --- 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

Top 50 English/Welsh Names Ever wondered if your ancestors' names were popular in early Victorian Britain 150 years ago? Mark Antony Lever's 'A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom' was published by John Russell Smith, London, in 1860. In Lever's book he quotes the number of different surnames existing within England and Wales (i.e. excluding Scotland and Ireland) as in excess of 30,000. He then reproduces statistics from a report of Her Majesty's Registrar-General that depict the 50 most common surnames in England and Wales. The following table is derived from 9 quarterly indexes of births, 8 of deaths and 8 of marriages extracted from the official indexes of 1838, 1851 and 1853. The results were accepted as statistically correct when arranged against different indexes. It should be noted that the 50 names embrace approximately 18 out of every 100 registered and that one in 28 of the whole population in the mid-19th century would answer to the name of Smith Jones or Williams. Surname No. of Entries Surname No. of Entries 1 SMITH 33,557 26 HARRIS 7,042 2 JONES 33,941 27 CLARK 6,920 3 WILLIAMS 21,936 28 COOPER 6,742 4 TAYLOR 16,775 29 HARRISON 6,399 5 DAVIES 14,983 30 DAVIS 6,205 6 BROWN 14,346 31 WARD 6,084 7 THOMAS 13,017 32 BAKER 6,013 8 EVANS 12,555 33 MARTIN 5,893 9 ROBERTS 10,617 34 MORRIS 5,888 10 JOHNSON 9,468 35 JAMES 5,755 11 ROBINSON 9,045 36 MORGAN 5,691 12 WILSON 8,917 37 KING 5,661 13 WRIGHT 8,476 38 ALLEN 5,468 14 WOOD 8,238 39 CLARKE 5,309 15 HALL 8,188 40 COOK 5,300 16 WALKER 8,088 41 MOORE 5,269 17 HUGHES 8,010 42 PARKER 5,230 18 GREEN 7,996 43 PRICE 5,219 19 LEWIS 7,959 44 PHILLIPS 5,124 20 EDWARDS 7,916 45 WATSON 4,771 21 THOMPSON 7,839 46 SHAW 4,759 22 WHITE 7,808 47 LEE 4,731 23 JACKSON 7,659 48 BENNETT 4,671 24 TURNER 7,549 49 CARTER 4,648 25 HILL 7,192 50 GRIFFITHS 4,639 --- 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

It is surprising what can develop from a simple action. I fell on my nose this morning. Sounds funny and I had to laugh later but my hand slipped when I was helping myself on hands and knees on the stairs, and I landed - yes, you guessed it - on my nose. After losing about ten gallons of blood I recovered my composure and screamed for help - which was not forthcoming. Isn't it amazing that when people want help, their message arrives much quicker to you than yours to them. Must be atmospherics. <SARCASM> My address book now has many more names blocked. I hope you all remember tomorrow is St Georges Day. I knew you would - God bless you - but how many knew St George was/is also the Patron Saint of Palestine? I hope he can help them against the present murderous onslaught. I have to think that had Saddam-from-Iraq had done what Sharon has done he would be no more. I know this is not a political list but the world is going mad and you all know, I say what I think. Pity Arafat hasn't got any oil, isn't it? Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk --- 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

Happy belated birthday Marj. Pleased you had a good day. KN _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Has anyone else been flooded with 'returned mail' of which address/time/ and author is unknown to you? Since I opened my e-mail last night I have had 15 "returned mails" as address unknown, not available, not even found, and all supposedly from this computer--none of which I knew/ wasn't even here at times stated, and it bother's me. Could someone else be using my e-mail address somewhere? Victoria B Iowa, USA Smile, makes people wonder what you have been up to! --- 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

You should see the guy who lives opposite us getting out of his car. Every time I see him, it is a humbling experience to me, far from great amusement. We have lived in this house for 25 years, and he is about 65 now and he's always been badly crippled in the legs - his poor legs are all over the place. We can't remember now if it was an accident or polio, but he's always been the same since we've known him. About a year ago, he was sitting in his greenhouse, potting plants, when he fell backwards and went through the glass. Tried to save himself of course, with his hands, and severed all the arteries and tendons. He managed to call out to his wife, who was working down the garden. Fortunately, his next door neighbour, a young feller, was home from the Police, and went in and administered first aid, while the wife called the ambulance. They said the neighbour had saved his life - he would certainly have bled to death if he had not had the first aid. It took him many months and a lot of physiotherapy to regain the use of his hands. If I saw anyone laugh when he was struggling out of his car, I would kill them myself. Marj > I had just about decided to give up driving. I have to park on the pavement > so the car is on a sideways slope to help me fall out. Also our street is > on a heavy camber so that if I am pointing a certain way I tend to fall back > into the car everytimg I take a swing at getting out. Great amusement for > the neighbours though. --- 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

I had just about decided to give up driving. I have to park on the pavement so the car is on a sideways slope to help me fall out. Also our street is on a heavy camber so that if I am pointing a certain way I tend to fall back into the car everytimg I take a swing at getting out. Great amusement for the neighbours though. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: RE: [Gen-Friends] Brian's difficulty with the stairs > I certainly know that identical feeling with my legs Brian. It prompted me > to get my Renault Scenic car because of the high seats. I was sick of > collapsing into my seat and getting out of the car was a major operation. I > thoroughly recommend a people carrier type my next one on a couple of years > will probably be a Citroen Xsara Picasso. I believe the Vauxhall one isn't > very good. > > 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: 21/04/2002

I certainly know that identical feeling with my legs Brian. It prompted me to get my Renault Scenic car because of the high seats. I was sick of collapsing into my seat and getting out of the car was a major operation. I thoroughly recommend a people carrier type my next one on a couple of years will probably be a Citroen Xsara Picasso. I believe the Vauxhall one isn't very good. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Brian's difficulty with the stairs My knees are certainly week so that I can't lower myself slowly. I get to a point when I just have to let go and end up often sitting with a thump. But my main problem is arthritis in my spine which is aggravated by frequently trapped nerves and dicky hips. Certainly no Elvis! :-)) Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bubbles" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Brian's difficulty with the stairs > But do you have trouble with your knees now? Brian and I certainly do > Bubbles from Robin Hood Country > ----- Original Message ----- --- 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: 21/04/2002 ==== 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 --- Incoming 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 --- 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