Do I have Irish blood, yes, recent, no... maybe within the last 100 years or so? My family has been in America for over 350 years so heritage from across the pond is not tightly connected... :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] where are you Hi George my late father in law used to take part in the Whit Week (Whitsuntide) procession we used to have in Manchester when all the churches walked from their outlying parishes to Albert Square in the city centre. He carried one of the poles supporting the big banner of his church and it was essential especially in a breeze that the guide rope bearers kept the lines taut. Unfortunately these bearers were usually flipperty-gibbet young women who were more interested in their gossip and waving to the crowds than supporting the banner so they became the object of some choice epithets from the men. The term 'Melt' springs to mind. If you have any Irish blood in you you'll know it isn't very complimentary. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham.

You bet! Happy Birthday Marj! Hugs! Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Angela & Kostas Nicolaou [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 12:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Happy birthday Marged Morning all, I'm sure you will all want to join me in a toast to one of our dearest friends on this list Marged. We hope she has a lovely day with her lovely family. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGED !! Angela Cyprus Protected by Norton Anti Virus 2002

Morning all, I'm sure you will all want to join me in a toast to one of our dearest friends on this list Marged. We hope she has a lovely day with her lovely family. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGED !! Angela Cyprus Protected by Norton Anti Virus 2002

Never mind the birthday girl, what about the cake? Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue S" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Happy birthday Marged > Happy Birthday Marged. > > Lets have some piccies of the birthday girl! > > Sue S > > > > I'm sure you will all want to join me in a toast to one of our dearest > friends on this list Marged. > > > > We hope she has a lovely day with her lovely family. > > > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGED !! > > > > Angela > > Cyprus > > Protected by Norton Anti Virus 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 > > > > > > > > > --- > 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 > > > ==== 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: 20/04/2002

Happy Birthday Marged. Lets have some piccies of the birthday girl! Sue S > > I'm sure you will all want to join me in a toast to one of our dearest friends on this list Marged. > > We hope she has a lovely day with her lovely family. > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGED !! > > Angela > Cyprus > Protected by Norton Anti Virus 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 > > > --- 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

happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear M A R G E D H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y T O Y O U Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela & Kostas Nicolaou" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:38 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Happy birthday Marged > Morning all, > > I'm sure you will all want to join me in a toast to one of our dearest friends on this list Marged. > > We hope she has a lovely day with her lovely family. > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGED !! > > Angela > Cyprus > Protected by Norton Anti Virus 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 > >

That's a good idea. My stairs are VERY steep and also VERY narrow, far narrower than my big feet which means that on the way up I'm like a belerina on my toes [very tiring] and coming down my toes miss the step completely and I jar myself on my heels. Oh, joy, oh, bliss! Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bubbles" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! > May I suggest a large tin tray, you could sit on it and slide down the > stairs. I know what you mean, I sometimes have to pluck up courage before > trying the first step in a morning - I have to hold on tight to the banister > as I've been know to go head over elbow. > Bubbles from Robin Hood Country > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! > > > > I just got up to make a cup of tea and it took me a full ten minutes to > get > > down stairs. Easier and quicker via the window. > > > > Brian > > Staffordshire, UK > > List Admin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marged" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! > > > > > > > Sorry mate - I'm fresh out of pan scrubbers, and I've done my sick > > visiting > > > for the day. Having your back rubbed is only for sissies, anyway. > > > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > 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 ==== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== 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: 20/04/2002

We had all just finished eating in a nice restaurant when a big, green caterpillar crawled out from underneath the last lettuce leaf on my brother in law's plate. The manager was no where to be seen. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "katy nash" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Public Health Last weekend, in a hotel restaurant, my daughter had a slug crawl out from under a lettuce leaf. She complained. The waitress brought a spoon to the table and took the slug away. She asked Caroline if she wanted a clean plate. The local health office are now investigating. KN _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ==== 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

May I suggest a large tin tray, you could sit on it and slide down the stairs. I know what you mean, I sometimes have to pluck up courage before trying the first step in a morning - I have to hold on tight to the banister as I've been know to go head over elbow. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! > I just got up to make a cup of tea and it took me a full ten minutes to get > down stairs. Easier and quicker via the window. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marged" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marged has sent you a digital photo! > > > > Sorry mate - I'm fresh out of pan scrubbers, and I've done my sick > visiting > > for the day. Having your back rubbed is only for sissies, anyway. > > > > Marj > > > > > > > --- > 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 ==== > 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 > >

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARJ Hope you have a wonderful day with your family. Much love Pam. --- 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

Good on yer! Too many people simply shrug their shoulders and walk away. You should have demanded the slug on the grounds that you had paid for it! I hope the rest of the restaurant were made aware of it too. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "katy nash" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Public Health > Last weekend, in a hotel restaurant, my daughter had a slug crawl out from > under a lettuce leaf. She complained. The waitress brought a spoon to the > table and took the slug away. She asked Caroline if she wanted a clean > plate. The local health office are now investigating. > > KN > --- 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

Hi Jan, Very sorry to hear about your Dad, please give him our love and best wishes. I would love to be part of an execution squad for these people who take advantage of the elderly, disabled and/or incapacitated. They don't deserve to live amongst decent people. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] youths of today > Hi everyone , > > Sorry for not posting much lately but my Dad is fairly ill at the moment and today he had his wallet stolen after he had a fall . > > Thankfully he was not injured but very shaken up (he is 83) so life at the moment is very stressful . > > Hope you are all ok and Take Care, > > Jan --- 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

So sorry to hear this, Jan. How horrible for him, being robbed in those circumstances. I do hope he gets better soon and gets over all the shocks. Look forward to seeing you back with us when things are better. Marj > > Sorry for not posting much lately but my Dad is fairly ill at the moment and today he had his wallet stolen after he had a fall . > > Thankfully he was not injured but very shaken up (he is 83) so life at the moment is very stressful . > > Hope you are all ok and Take Care, > > --- 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: 20/04/02

Dear Jan, Sorry to hear about your Dad. I hope he recovers from the fall quickly. Concerning the wallet--what can I say? It is disgusting what some people do today. I know, having been a "victim" myself on 3 occasions, what it feels like to be threatened and robbed. It takes a lot of getting over. Take care of him and yourself. Pam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:15 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] youths of today > Hi everyone , > > Sorry for not posting much lately but my Dad is fairly ill at the moment and today he had his wallet stolen after he had a fall . > > Thankfully he was not injured but very shaken up (he is 83) so life at the moment is very stressful . > > Hope you are all ok and Take Care, > > Jan > > > ==== 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: 19/04/2002

Oh Yuk!!!! Roz Last weekend, in a hotel restaurant, my daughter had a slug crawl out from under a lettuce leaf. She complained. The waitress brought a spoon to the table and took the slug away. She asked Caroline if she wanted a clean plate. The local health office are now investigating. KN _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ==== 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi everyone , Sorry for not posting much lately but my Dad is fairly ill at the moment and today he had his wallet stolen after he had a fall . Thankfully he was not injured but very shaken up (he is 83) so life at the moment is very stressful . Hope you are all ok and Take Care, Jan

It's a lovely mousemat, and guess what I found your mobile !! angela ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <[email protected]> To: Angela & Kostas Nicolaou <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] JESSOP'S > I have to say the mouse mat is very good. I'll send you a piccy, Ang. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angela & Kostas Nicolaou" <[email protected]> > To: "Brian" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] JESSOP'S > > > > What a terrible disappointment Brian. > > > > Well as long as the person you kindly gave it to appreciated it. > > > > angela > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:02 PM > > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] JESSOP'S > > > > > > > After waiting three weeks for a "guaranteed 4 day service" I finally > > > received a "mouse mat and baseball cap with my favourite photo - all for > > > £20" from Jessop's. If you've had a message advertising this service > > don't > > > bother! > > > > > > The cap was a complete load of rubbish with the picture at an odd angle > > and > > > not worth the £11 charged. I only ordered it because, as some of you > > know, > > > I collect caps. I gave it away. > > > > > > Brian > > > Staffordshire, UK > > > List Admin > > > > > > > > > --- > > > 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: 19/04/2002 >

What a terrible disappointment Brian. Well as long as the person you kindly gave it to appreciated it. angela ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] JESSOP'S > After waiting three weeks for a "guaranteed 4 day service" I finally > received a "mouse mat and baseball cap with my favourite photo - all for > £20" from Jessop's. If you've had a message advertising this service don't > bother! > > The cap was a complete load of rubbish with the picture at an odd angle and > not worth the £11 charged. I only ordered it because, as some of you know, > I collect caps. I gave it away. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > > > --- > 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 > >

Last weekend, in a hotel restaurant, my daughter had a slug crawl out from under a lettuce leaf. She complained. The waitress brought a spoon to the table and took the slug away. She asked Caroline if she wanted a clean plate. The local health office are now investigating. KN _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

I see the investigation has reopened into the UFO landing at Roswell. Any news from you guys in US? Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] --- 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