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Sounds like a childrens story, don't it? Brian List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002

The Images of Mother 4 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mommy can do anything! 8 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot! 12 YEARS OF AGE~ My Mother doesn't really know everything. 14 YEARS OF AGE ~ Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either. 16 YEARS OF AGE ~ Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned. 18 YEARS OF AGE ~ That old woman? She's way out of date! 25 YEARS OF AGE ~ Well, she might know a little bit about it. 35 YEARS OF AGE ~ Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion. 45 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wonder what Mom would have thought about it? 65 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wish I could talk it over with Mom. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/2002

Nope, and I wouldn't trust them unless I knew for certain that I had played their game and won something before they sent the mail... In other words, if you weren't expecting this, it's probably a scam! Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Sharpe [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:42 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Has anyone else had on of these? Re: Jim Sharpe, User ID# 21064171, PIN# 52660427 YOUR REPLY IS URGENTLY REQUESTED - MAKE CERTAIN THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS. PLEASE VALIDATE BY: 01/27/02. Dear Jim: Recently we contacted you regarding our new Prize Payment Security System PIN #. This is for your protection. Please take a moment now to validate your PIN #. This will assure you that your prize winnings will be paid only to: Jim Sharpe. Your PIN Number is 52660427. Please click the link below to include it in the Security area provided on the F.A.S.T. entry form.

Only been to Louisiana once for 2+ months... Fort Polk. Base was, well, military... Lake Charles was lovely. Never got to see anything else... Welcome to the group! :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Alvenia [mailto:queenbee@communicomm.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:10 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Hello from Louisiana! Thanks for the warm welcome from everyone.---Alvenia

My stove is plugged into a 220 Volt line. I think it is the only one in the house. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > I see. The highest volt we use here, I think, is 220 volts and that would > only be for something of an extremely high requirement. I can remember when > electic stoves needed a 220 V outlet/line put in. > Sue* > ----- Original Message ----- > > > It may due to the fact the British system uses 240 Volts while North > America > > uses 110 - 120 Volts. > > > > Jean > > > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== 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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

It may due to the fact the British system uses 240 Volts while North America uses 110 - 120 Volts. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > I wonder why things are so different, here and there. The only time this > *might* be an issue is during a lightening storm but we have surge > protectors on things like the TV and PC to protect them. Even when we are > away on vacation/holiday we don't unplug anything. > Sue* > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Standby on a tv here is, I think, when you switch the tv off at the set, > but > > not at the wall plug. This means a red pilot light stays lit on the tv > set. > > Fires can break out this way. The fire bobby told me when he checked our > > house out recently. He also told me he head never heard of a fire in a > > computer, but if I ever noticed the noise from the tower stop, it meant > that > > the fan had gone off and I should get it looked at! > > > > Marj --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

I wonder what Max looks like? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] RAB AND THE HAGGIS > Mind you, one of the sites did suggest it was Max Wellton's Braes that were > bonny, so I should have known that information might be duff! > > Marj > > > The words to Annie Laurie ( Maxwellton braes are bonnie ...) were written > by > > William Douglas and the air was composed by Lady John Scott. The song is > in > > the NEWS CHRONICLE Songbook Ed T P Ratcliffe. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

My PC stays on overnight so that AVG can do a scan, DEFRAG can run and SCANDISK can do it's work whilst I'm in the land of nod. Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > I get up at about 8 am each day and switch on. The computer is on then > until I go to bed around midnight. > > I don't switch it off because I have permitted a University (Oxford, in UK, > and Stanford in USA) to use the spare space on my computer for cancer > research. > > If any wants further details I will be glad to send them. You don't have to > be on line for this - they set up the "problem" while you are on line, and > then your computer works on it - but the computer does have to be switched > on. > > I might be tempted to leave it on overnight, but I know Don would be unhappy > about a possible fire risk. > > Marj > > Also I never leave tv's on standby either, in fact my new tv came with the > instructions that it must NOT be left on standby for long periods. > > Roz > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/02 > > > ==== 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: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002

Shutting it off means just that, switching off at the plug and removing the plug. Many people think it dangerous to leave an appliance plugged in when not using it. Standby means there is still power going to it which is what it is designed for otherwise why have the facility in the first place? And, of course, the "experts" say this is dangerous. Everyone to their own opinion. I'm off to bed. Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:57 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > Never saw that option on a TV here. What is the purpose though, between > shutting it off or putting it on standby? > Sue* > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Standby mode is when you use the remote to switch off but leave the mains > > power switched on. Just for lazy people like us! > > > > Brian > > > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== 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: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002

I thought maybe Joseph said, "Ah, well. Only another 53 years and I can retire with a glass of wine and me bread and fish butties." Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Cotton" <pcotton@netcentral.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] I WONDERED > They didn't. It was dreamed up well after the birth of Christ by the Church > of Rome I believe. Before then they went by the movement of the sun and > moon and the changes in the climate to determine what time it was during the > day and when spring summer etc occurred. > > How could it be 53 BC (before Christ) before he had arrived? > > Anonymous > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:32 AM > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] I WONDERED > > > > I have often wondered, in 53 BC how did they know it was 53 BC? > > > > Brian > > List Admin > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/2002 > > > > > > ==== 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: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/2002 > > > ==== 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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002

They didn't. It was dreamed up well after the birth of Christ by the Church of Rome I believe. Before then they went by the movement of the sun and moon and the changes in the climate to determine what time it was during the day and when spring summer etc occurred. How could it be 53 BC (before Christ) before he had arrived? Anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:32 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] I WONDERED > I have often wondered, in 53 BC how did they know it was 53 BC? > > Brian > List Admin > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/2002 > > > ==== 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: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/2002

> > > Sunburn > > A man was on holiday in the Caribbean and, liking > the warm tropical weather, settled down for a day's sunbathing. > He fell asleep, and after a whole day his legs > became sun burnt beyond belief. He could hardly stand the pain. He > decided to go to the doctor for treatment. The doctor looked at his > lobster-colored legs and shook > his head. > "You must realize that this is only a small village surgery," he explained. > "I've really got nothing at all to help you. However, try taking this > just before bedtime..." The doctor gave him one tablet of Viagra. > Puzzled, the man asked, "I've got acute sunburn: what's a Viagra tablet > going to do?" > "Nothing at all for the sunburn," the doctor > replied, "but it will keep the sheets off your legs > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

> 1 - If you love something, set it free. > If it comes back, it will always be yours. > If it doesn't come back, it was never > yours to begin with. But, if it just sits > in your living room, messes up your stuff, > eats your food, uses your telephone, takes > your money, and doesn't appear to realize > that you had set it free . . . you either > married it or gave birth to it. > > 2 - Insanity is my only means of relaxation. > > 3 - Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every > day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a > hamstring. > > 4 - One of life's mysteries is how a 2 pound > box of candy can make a woman gain 5 lbs. > > 5 - My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves > completely. > > 6 - The best way to forget all your troubles is > to wear tight shoes. > > 7 - The nice part about living in a small town > is that when you don't know what you're doing, > someone else does. > > 8 - The older you get, the tougher it is to lose > weight because by then, your body and your fat > are really good friends. > > 9 - Just when I was getting used to yesterday, > along came today. > > 10 - Sometimes I think I understand everything, then > I regain consciousness. > > 11 - Amazing! You hang something in your closet for > awhile and it shrinks two sizes! > > 12 - Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they > say things like, "You know, sometimes I just > forget to eat." Now I've forgotten my address, > my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've > never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special > kind of stupid to forget to eat. > > 13 - A friend of mine confused her valium with her > birth control pills. She had 14 kids, but she > doesn't really care. > > 14 - I read this article that said the typical symptoms > of stress are: eating too much, impulse buying, > and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is > my idea of a perfect day. > > 15 - I know what Victoria's Secret is. The secret is > that nobody older than 30 can fit into their stuff. > > 16 - If men can run the world, why can't they stop > wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start > the day by tying a noose around your neck? > > Send this to five bright women you know and > make their day!! > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

> > A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic > tranquility had long been the talk of the town. A local newspaper reporter > was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage. > > "Well, it dates back to our honeymoon," explained the man. "We visited the > Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom on the canyon by pack mule. > We hadn't gone too far when my wife's mule stumbled. My wife quietly said, > 'That's once.' We proceeded a little further and the mule stumbled again. > Once more my wife quietly said, 'That's twice.' > > We hadn't gone a half- mile when the mule stumbled the third time. My wife > quietly removed a revolver from her pocket and shot the mule dead. I started > to protest over her treatment of the mule when she looked at me and quietly > said 'That's once.'" > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

Oh that's yummy! It is lunchtime here too. Time to eat. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marj" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Marj has sent you a digital photo! > Marj has sent you a digital photo! > > You may pick it up at the following address: > http://www.PhotoParade.com/pickup.asp?2118-3283-04072 > > Click on the link above to pick up your photo, or > copy and paste the link into your Internet browser. > ____________________________________________________________ > > Marj writes: > Here it is cooked! > ____________________________________________________________ > > (Your photo will be available until Monday, February 04, 2002) > There is no charge for this service! > ************************************************************ > > SPECIAL COUPON OFFER (offer expires Friday, January 25, 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/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

I have often wondered, in 53 BC how did they know it was 53 BC? Brian List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/2002

Wow, Brian. Any house I have been in the remote has been permanently glued to the hand of the eldest male. We must frequent different circles. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > I've never known a man to be allowed to touch the remote when there's a > woman in the house! > > Brian > List Admin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angela" <titina23@spidernet.com.cy> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] shutting down > > > > Invented by a man Sue ! > > > > You have to get off your posterior to switch off the T.V. To put it on > > standby, you use the remote control. > > > > Angela > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

25 JANUARY Burns Night in Scotland. 1327: Edward III acceded to the English throne. 1533: The Bishop of Lichfield secretly married King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, the second of his six wives. 1540: Birth of St Edmund Campion, English scholar and the first Jesuit martyr. He went to Rome and returned to England as a missionary. He was accused of spying, and was hanged, drawn and quartered on Tower Hill. He was canonized in 1970. 1627: Birth of the Honourable Robert Boyle, one of the pioneers of modern chemistry and physics. 1759: Birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet. His birthday is celebrated as ‘Burns Night’ by Scotsmen all over the world. 1874: Birth of William Somerset Maugham, English novelist and short story writer. 1878: The first torpedo was fired in war as a Russian torpedo boat sank a Turkish steamer. 1882: First meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce. 1882: Birth of Virginia Woolf, English novelist who was a leading member of the Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. 1891: Birth of English actress and centenarian Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, who died in 1992. 1895: The first hockey international was held at Rhyl, Wales. Wales lost 3-0 to the Irish. 1899: In Chelmsford, England, the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company began manufacture of the first radio sets. 1899: Birth of Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian prime minister, founding father of the EEC, and first president of the UN General Assembly. 1917: The Virgin Islands (formerly the Danish West Indies) were sold to the US for $25 million. 1919: Founding of The League of Nations, forerunner of the United Nations. 1924: Start of the first Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France. 1928: Birth of Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet foreign minister who brought a new spirit of pragmatism and co-operation to the Soviet Union’s dealings with the West during perestroika. 1938: Intense sunspot activity caused the aurora borealis to be visible as far south as London’s West End and most of western Europe. 1944: Due to the shortage of ordained priests in the Far East towards the end of the Second World War, the Reverend Florence Tim-Oi Lee of Macao became the first Anglican woman priest. 1953: Empress of Canada caught fire in the Liverpool Gladstone Dock. 1950: American Alger Hiss was convicted and sentenced to five years for perjury. He had concealed his membership of the Communist Party, but there was no evidence of him spying against the US. 1955: The USSR proclaimed the end of belligerency with Germany, ten years after the end of World War II. 1971: A period of unprecedented barbarism began as Idi Amin deposed Milton Obote and became President of Uganda. 1981: ‘The Gang of Four’ (Roy Jenkins, Dr David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers) split from the British Labour party to form the Social Democrats. 1981: Chiang Ch’ing, Mao’s 67-year-old widow, was dragged shouting from a Peking court after being found guilty of ‘counter-revolutionary’ crimes during the Cultural Revolution. 1985: Bernard Goetz, who shot four black youths trying to mug him in a New York subway, was told he would only face a charge of possessing an illegal weapon. Some considered him a hero, others a criminal. 1989: Actor John Cleese won damages for libel at the High Court over an article in the Daily Mirror, which claimed he had become like Basil Fawlty. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 22/01/02