PERFECT SUPER BOWL SEAT Bob received a free ticket to the Superbowl from his company. Unfortunately, when Bob arrived at the stadium he discovered the seat was in the last row in the corner of the stadium. He was closer to the Goodyear Blimp than the field! About halfway through the first quarter, Bob noticed an empty seat 10 rows off the field right on the 50-yard line. He decided to take a chance and made his way through the stadium and around the security guards to the empty seat. As he sat down, he asked the gentleman sitting next to him, "Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?" The man said, "No." Very excited to be in such a great seat for the game, Bob said to the man next to him, "This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the Superbowl and not use it?!" The man replied, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Superbowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967." "That's really sad," said Bob, "But still, couldn't you find someone to take the seat? A relative or a close friend?" "No," the man replied, "They're all at the funeral." --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002

See, even the bad guys get to pick their destinies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Satan greets him: "Welcome Mr. Gates, we've been waiting for you. This will be your home for all eternity. You've been selfish, greedy and a big liar all your life. Now, since you've got me in a good mood, I'll be generous and give you a choice of three places in which you'll be locked up forever. Satan takes Bill to a huge lake of fire in which millions of poor souls are tormented and tortured. He then takes him to a massive coliseum where thousands of people are chased about and devoured by starving lions. Finally, he takes Bill to a tiny room in which there is a bottle of the finest wine sitting on a table. To Bill's delight, he sees a PC in the corner. Without hesitation, Bill says "I'll take this option." "Fine," says Satan, allowing Bill to enter the room. Satan locks the room after Bill. As he turns around, he bumps into Lucifer. "That was Bill Gates!" cried Lucifer. "Why did you give him the best place of all!" "That's what everyone thinks" snickered Satan. "The bottle has a hole in it!" "What about the PC?" "It's got Windows 95!" laughed Satan, "and it's missing three keys," "Which three?" "Control, Alt and Delete." --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002

Bring anyone to mind???? ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> HE'S SO MEAN THAT: 1. If you kicked him in the heart, you'd break your toe. 2. He'd steal a dead fly from a blind spider. 3. He's deaf, and never told his barber. 4. You couldn't warm up to him if you were cremated together. 5. He sends get-well cards to hypochondriacs. 6. He'd cry over your wounds so he could get salt in them. 7. He has as much use for anyone living as an undertaker. 8. He applied for a job as a prison warden so he could put tacks in the electric chair. 9. The only thing he'll share with you willingly is a communicable disease. 10. He folds his newspaper so the guy next to him on the bus can only read half the headline. 11. He has a testimonial plaque from Kenneth Starr. 12. He dreamed that he died and the heat woke him up. 13. He takes sparrows, dips them in peroxide, and sells them as canaries. 14. He'd throw a drowning man both ends of the rope. 15. He knifes you in the back, and then has you arrested for carrying a weapon. 16. He campaigned for a dry county, got it passed, and then moved away. 17. He told his children the Easter Bunny got run over by a car. 18. He was engaged to a girl with a wooden leg, but he got mad and broke it off. 19. He never hits a man when he's down--he kicks him. 20. He never eats his heart out; he'd starve to death. 21. He'd borrow your pot just to cook your goose. 22. Only gravediggers would enjoy working for him. 23. He gave his wife oysters and a rabbit's foot because she wanted pearls for her birthday. 24. He had three phones installed so that he could hang up on more people. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002

A man returns from Africa feeling very ill. He visits his doctor, who immediately rushes the guy to the Mayo Clinic. The man wakes up to the ringing of a telephone in a stark room at the hospital and answers it. "We've received the results from your tests," says the doctor on the other end of the line. "Bad news - you have Ebola." "Oh, my God," cries the man. "Doc! What am I going to do?" "Don't worry. First, we're going to put you on a diet of pizza, pancakes, and pita bread," says the doctor. "Will that cure me?" "No, but it's the only food we'll be able to get under the door." --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 1/30/2002

You can't compare the presidency to the Monarchy really as the president is not groomed from birth. He actually chooses his destiny. the monarchy is like an old established school where the training is traditional. I myself am in favour of the Monarchy as it does make us that little bit more special. Look what happenned to all the Countries that got rid of their Kingdoms, they've had nothing but trouble since. I think the freedom of the media in our lifetime has made all these events appear more than they are. The sad thing is the Queen cannot defend herself. I mean she can't give an interview like Diana did, spilling all. She also knew what she was marrying into (the firm as I think Fergie calls it) after all it is a an old established firm. Before the advent of on the spot media coverage etc, IT was going on, it was just not covered as much if at all, and we plodded along happily living in ignorance. I personally prefer it that way as from babies we were brought up to think of Kings, Queens, Princesses and Princes as like fairy tale characters and it was fantastic if you caught a glimpse or better still shook hands with a member. Now everything they do is muddied. For years they used to have a go at Princess Anne, but did anyone credit her endless diary of charitable events and work for UNICEF ?. I think myself lucky that I wasn't born with Royal blood as I couldn't do the job. Off me soap box now..... Angela Marged said "And yet, we are expected to think that being born into the Royal Family is enough to make one fit to be the Monarch."

Note that I said......*usually*....and if we don't like them, we can zap them out of office. Sue* PS: you mean you didn't like his Bonzo movies? ----- Original Message ----- > What about B rate movie star Ronald Regan ? > > If you're talking about the Kennedys well yes they were groomed by their > ambitious father. > > Angela --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

I see that you've gotten out of bed on the wrong side of the duvet!! Smile.......big guy. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > > If you were asking permission, Vicky, you didn't wait for an answer, you > just ASSUMED as so many people do nowadays. Not that I'm bothered except it > is good manners. > > And if you weren't going to wait for an answer, then why ask? > > Brian --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

Subject: Words of Wisdom 1. Motherhood -- If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor! 2. Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results. 3. To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. 4. The smartest advice on raising children is to enjoy them while they are still on your side. 5. Avenge yourself -- Live long enough to be a problem to your children. 6. The best way to keep kids at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere -- and to let the air out of the tires. 7. The right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads. 8. Raising a teenager is like nailing Jell-O to a tree. 9. Parents: People who bear infants, bore teenagers, and board newlyweds. 10. The joy of motherhood: What a woman experiences when all the children are finally in bed. 11. Life's golden age is when the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car. 12. Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. 13. Grandparents are similar to a piece of string -- handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren. 14. A child outgrows your lap, but never outgrows your heart. 15. God gave you two ears and one mouth... so you should listen twice as much as you talk. 16. There are three ways to get something done: Do it yourself, hire someone to do it, or forbid your children to do it. 17. Adolescence is the age when children try to bring up their parents. 18. You know the only people in this world who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any. 19. Cleaning your house while your kids are at home is like trying to shovel the driveway during a snowstorm. 21. There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age. 22. Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch. 23. Adolescence is the age at which children stop asking questions because they know all the answers. 24. An alarm clock is a device for awakening people who don't have small children. 25. Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison? 26. How do you cope when the apple of your eye becomes a bone in your throat? 27. No wonder kids are confused today. Half the adults tell them to find themselves; the other half tell them to get lost. 28. The persons hardest to convince they're at the retirement age are children at bedtime. 29. Kids really brighten a household, they never turn off any lights. Sue McAlister HOME PAGE: www.Painter-McAlister.com Administrator for: PA-PITTSBURGH and PA-WESTMORELAND-HISTORIC Administrator for: BALLES, ECKER, KELLAWAY, KELLOWAY, MCCALLISTER, MCALLISTER, MCCOLLISTER, SKELLY, PAINTER, PAYNTER Administrator for: Adoption, Mystery, Horror, Stay-At-Home-Moms, M-W- C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen and Westie --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

I thought the royals assumed the last name of Windsor, when necessary. Thanks for the lesson. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > Brian, you must have been to the pub already. Prince Charles is big brother > and daddy is the Duke of Edinburgh, Sue. > > Jean --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

Angela, Well......yes and no. To say that a President isn't groomed for office isn't really an accurate statement. Our Presidents *usually* come from strong political families and are reared towards holding a political office. It's not their birthright as in a Monarchy, the office isn't handed down to them, and if they make too many mistakes, they won't be having Washington, DC, printed on their return address labels. That's not to say we haven't have some less than reputable people holding high offices, we surely have, but then we can either vote them out of office or have them tossed. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > You can't compare the presidency to the Monarchy really as the president is > not groomed from birth. He actually chooses his destiny. > the monarchy is like an old established school where the training is > traditional. --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

No Brian, I wasn't asking permission, I had already obtained it from the girl who sent it to me. I just thought you might get a laugh out of what cat's really think about situations.---If I was wrong, shoot me--I'm in terrible pain and need to be put out of my misery! [only when the pain pills wear off--faster and faster now adays!] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net>; "GEN-FRIENDS List" <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Fw: [LIV] Cat's Resolutions If you were asking permission, Vicky, you didn't wait for an answer, you just ASSUMED as so many people do nowadays. Not that I'm bothered except it is good manners. And if you weren't going to wait for an answer, then why ask? Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Fw: [LIV] Cat's Resolutions > With permission to pass these on. Brian, you'll love some of these!!! > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002

Right. Bang on there Jim. Marj > No Royal child gets proper parental guidance because of the remoteness > between parents and children inherent in the upper class system of > education. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/02

No Royal child gets proper parental guidance because of the remoteness between parents and children inherent in the upper class system of education. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] England and St George. > I went off them all after the way they treated Diana. She needed guidance > from a firm mother-in-law (or mother) but it was not given. > > What finished me off was the scene at Balmoral on the Sunday when I first > heard Diana was dead - when the clergyman at the Church they had all been at > stated "We did not mention her by name, but we said prayers for the dead". > > Diana's sons were there in that Church, and their mother's name SHOULD have > been mentioned. > > And then all that stuff about no flag flying at Buckingham Palace etc. > > Ok, they put it right when the People showed they would not put up with it, > but for me, it was too late. > > Marj > > > > > Glad to hear it, I think the good ole UK would be a sadder place without > all > > the pageantry, opening of parliament, trooping of the colours - just think > > what dollar earners our Royals are. > > As for a job for life, well if we had a president then s/he would have a > > pension for life - and don't tell me they don't have their hangers on - I > > know the do. > > Our royals just do it with a bit more style. > > Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/02 > > > ==== 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 > >

The fish & chips of course. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Pubs for Brian > Please tell us, Jim, which was your treat? > > Brian > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> > To: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:56 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Pubs for Brian > > > > I've just had one of my rare treats. We went out looking for a dining room > > suite and found one the right size 63"x35" extended, 47"x35" closed up, at > > Dale Interiors, Dale Mill, Milnrow. We then went shopping in Kwicksave > > opposite which is our nearest supermarket. > > Then we went over the moor about ten minutes to Hollinworth Lake chippie > and > > had haddock, chips and peas with tbb. Delicious. > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/2002 > >

Oh, Well who was the other renowned American ventriloquist. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Re: Query about two old Brit comedy shows! > Edgar Bergen had Charlie McCarthy, and his daughter was Candice Bergen. > > Marj > > > > Well who was the Charlie McArthy geezer. > > > > Jim > > > > > > That's Edgar Bergen and his daughter Candice > > > > > > Marj > > > Edgar Bergen and that other one who's always on about his > > > > prostate and has a film actress daughter, can't think of his damn name > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/02 > >

Brilliant....ROFL Roz ... > Randy the rooster... > > > > > RANDY ROOSTER > > This farmer has about 200 hens, but no rooster, and he wants chicks. So, he > goes down the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster which he > would sell. > > The other farmer says, "Yeah, I've got this great rooster, named Randy. He' > ll service every chicken you got, no problem." Well, Randy the rooster costs > a lot of money, but the farmer decides be worth it. So, he buys Randy. > > The farmer takes Randy home and sets him down in the barnyard first, giving > the rooster a pep talk, "Randy, I want you to pace yourself now. You've got > a lot of chickens to service here, and you cost me a lot of money. > Consequently, I'll need you to do a good job. Take your time and have some > fun," the farmer said, with a chuckle. Randy seemed to understand, so the > farmer points toward the hen house, and Randy took off like a shot. - WHAM! > The hens were clucking, feathers were flying and Randy nailed every hen in > the hen house three or four times, and the farmer was really shocked. > > After that the farmer hears a commotion in the duck pen and sure enough, > Randy went right from the hens to the other winged farm animal. Ducks were > quacking and trying to get away from Randy but he was way too quick for > them. In no time, Randy had serviced the entire group. > > Later, the farmer watched in amazement as Randy went after flock of geese, > down by the lake. Once again - WHAM! He got all the geese . on the run, in a > corner, or trying to take flight. > > >From the lake, the farmer watched Randy run over to the turkey corral. Even > though the turkeys were twice the size of Randy, he didn't miss a chance. > Turkeys were gobbling, running, and jogging but ol' Randy was a determined > rooster with a mission. > > By sunset the farmer watched Randy out in the fields chasing quail and > pheasants and by this time, the farmer was distraught. He was simply > worried that his expensive rooster wouldn't even last 24 hours. And sure > enough, the farmer went to bed and woke up the next day, to find Randy dead > as a doorknob - stone cold in the middle of the yard . buzzards are circling > overhead. > > The farmer, saddened by the loss of such a colorful and expensive animal, > shook his head and said, "Oh, Randy, I told you to pace yourself, tried to > get you to slow down, and now look what you've done to yourself." Randy > opened one eye, nods toward the buzzards circling in the sky and says, > "Shhh, they're getting closer ...." > > > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002 > > > ==== 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

She was also in the ATS during WW2. Roz > I am quite sure the queen can make tea. She was a Brownie, Girl Guide and > Ranger. She can probably make it over a campfire just like the rest of us > old Girl Guides. > > Wouldn't mind the odd lackey myself if they do the cooking and cleaning. > Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bubbles" <Bubbles@kvenn.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:05 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] England and St George. > > > > I've seen her at the picnic > > Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> > > To: "Bubbles" <Bubbles@kvenn.freeserve.co.uk>; > <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] England and St George. > > > > > > : WHAT TEAS? SHE DOESN'T MAKE TEA! A LACKEY MAKES IT ON HER BEHALF! > > : > > : Marj (sorry for shouting) > > : > > : > > : > > : > Metaphorically speaking, bet her teas better than some I've tasted. > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/02 > > > ==== 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Good one Vicky......rofl Roz > > > > After getting nailed by a Daisy Cutter, Osama made his way to the pearly > gates. > > There, he is greeted by George Washington. "How dare you attack the nation I > helped conceive!" yells Mr. Washington, slapping Osama in the face. > > Patrick Henry comes up from behind. "You wanted to end the Americans' > liberty, > so they gave you death!" Henry punches Osama on the nose. > > James Madison comes up next, and says "This is why I allowed the Federal > government to provide for the common defense!" He drops a large weight on > Osama's knee. > > Osama is subject to similar beatings from John Randolph of Roanoke, James > Monroe, and 65 other people who have the same love for liberty and America. > > As he writhes on the ground, Thomas Jefferson picks him up to hurl him back > toward the gate where he is to be judged. > > As Osama awaits his journey to his final very hot destination, he screams > "this > is not what I was promised!" > > An angel replies "I told you there would be 72 Virginians waiting for you, > Dummy. What did you think I said?" > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 1/28/2002 > > > ==== 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

30 JANUARY Royal Oak Day Support for Charles I Wear a sprig of oak 1649: The executioner Richard Brandon beheaded Charles I at Whitehall. 1775: Birth of Walter Savage Landor, English poet. Landor was caricatured as ‘Boythorn’ in Dickens’ Bleak House. 1776: A House of Correction was ordered to be built for Liverpool. 1790: The first purpose-built lifeboat, The Original, was launched on the River Tyne at South Shields. 1815: Birth of Sir William Jenner, Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, who discovered the difference between typhus and typhoid fever. 1858: Charles Hallé founded the celebrated Hallé Orchestra in Manchester. Charles Hallé remained its principal conductor, proprietor and performer until his death in 1895. 1882: Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, lawyer, US Democrat statesman and 32nd President. He took the US out of the Depression with his ‘New Deal’. He helped Britain with aid in the years before the US joined the Second World War, but did not live to finish his record fourth term of office. 1889: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress, the beautiful 17-year-old Baroness Mary Vetsera, were found dead in the bedroom of the royal hunting lodge at Mayerling. It is not known whether it was a double suicide or murder. 1913: Birth of Percy Thrower, English gardener and broadcaster who did a great deal to popularize gardening in Britain after World War II. 1927: Birth of Olof Sven Joachim Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, who was later assassinated. 1927: Bootle Warehousing Company, Pacific Road, Bootle, burnt out. 1933: The President of Germany, von Hindenburg, appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. 1937: Birth of English actress Vanessa Redgrave, daughter of the actor Sir Michael Redgrave. 1945: The Duke of Gloucester was appointed Governor General of Australia, the first member of the British royal family to take that position. 1948: The Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead in Delhi by a Hindu fanatic. 1958: The 23-year-old Yves Saint Laurent held his first major Paris show, and was hailed as Dior’s successor. 1965: State funeral in London of Sir Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of England. It was the biggest state funeral of its kind since the burial of the Duke of Wellington in 1852. 1972: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. British paratroopers, believing they were under fire from Catholic protesters on a banned march which had become a violent riot, opened fire, killing 13 people. 1973: Gordon Liddy and James McCord were convicted of spying on the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate building. McCord later revealed to Judge Sirica that top White House officials were also involved in the scandal. 1976: Muriel Naughton became the first woman jockey to compete under National Hunt rules when she rode her own horse in an amateur riders’ chase at Ayr. 1989: In Luxor in upper Egypt, near the foundations of the Temple, archaeologists discovered five life-sized black granite figures, Pharaonic statues dating back to 1470 BC. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28/01/02

Chatty bunch aren't we... :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:brian@lordbramhall.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:07 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] READ THIS - or else RIGHT YOU LOT! SIT UP STRAIGHT! We just passed the 2000 mark according to the archives and we still have a month to go for our first birthday. Thank you all for your support. Brian List Admin