Actually, Vicki, lying abed all the blamed day is exactly what you should do today and tomorrow,. I hope you have put on ice packs as they will reduce the swelling and the bruising. A bag of frozen peas is an excellent ice pack as it takes the shape of the knee. RICE -Rest, Ice, Compression and elevation are the order of the day. Put a pillow under the knee and rest your ankle on another pillow. My experience is following doctor's orders from the beginning will reduce the number of days laid up and hasten healing. Time to take up knitting or embroidery or some such. My other advice is to see a sports medicine specialist. They have lots of experience with similar injuries gained on football players and the like. Physiotherapy helps too. All my wishes for a fast and complete recovery. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > I know George, already he has been a big help. If he should walk in the > house right now I would be in deep waters. But I can't lay abed all blamed > day! I'll sick him onto supper, already have the turkey roast started so all > he has to do is the spuds and veggies. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Elting" <justgeo1@attbi.com> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:34 PM > Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > > > Now you take care of yourself and let that husband of yours take care of > things... He may not do it your way, but he'll get it done eventually! :) > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > > > > --- > 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: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== 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: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

Super photo. Mine wouldn't load - Jigsaw keeps rejecting my photo - guess I must have broken the camera. Ha ha. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. ----- Original Message ----- From: <rubbish@clara.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:07 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard : : Surprise! You've just received a JigZone Puzzle Postcard : from "Sue" (rubbish@clara.co.uk)! : : To solve this puzzle postcard, click on the following : Web address at anytime within the next 60 days. : : http://www.jigzone.com/mpc/view.php?15AG6X69 : : Enjoy! : : ------------------------- : JigZone Jigsaw Puzzle Postcard is a free service. : If you'd like to send someone a Puzzle Postcard, or you want to play : more puzzles you can do so at http://www.jigzone.com : : : ==== 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 : :

I'm not a "cat" person but thought your photo was great. You should enter it for a competition - was a lovely looking pussy your Quilt is. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. ----- Original Message ----- From: <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:53 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard : : Surprise! You've just received a JigZone Puzzle Postcard : from "Sue" (starshine166@attbi.com)! : : To solve this puzzle postcard, click on the following : Web address at anytime within the next 60 days. : : http://www.jigzone.com/mpc/view.php?CCAIRU72 : : Enjoy! : : ------------------------- : JigZone Jigsaw Puzzle Postcard is a free service. : If you'd like to send someone a Puzzle Postcard, or you want to play : more puzzles you can do so at http://www.jigzone.com : : : ==== 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 : :

Sorry to hear of your break Vicki, I missed your original message. Hope all is ok. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today : I am very sorry to hear this Vicki - life is hard enough without having : broken bones to cope with. That's one thing I am terrified of - falling. : : When you do get to see the bone specialist I hope he has good news for you : and you get the right treatment quickly. : : 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: 11/01/02 : : : ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== : If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, simply resubscribe. : A full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. : : ============================== : To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 : :

Forgive my ignorance but did M Q S ever meet her husband? Bubbles from Robin Hood Country. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:12 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Happenings 19 January 19 JANUARY 1544: Birth of Francis II, King of France, son of Catherine de’Medici and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1736: Birth of James Watt, the Scottish inventor of the Steam Engine, who gave his name to a unit of power. 1793: King Louis XVI, King of France, was convicted of treason and beheaded. His wife, Marie Antoinette, followed in October of that year. 1807: Birth of Robert Edward Lee, American general and Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army in the Civil War. 1809: Birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the American poet and short story writer who pioneered the modern detective story. 1813: Birth of Sir Henry Bessemer, who gave his name to a process for converting cast iron into steel. 1839: Birth of Paul Cézanne, the French painter and pioneer of the Impressionist movement. 1853: The first performance of Verdi’s Il Trovatore in Rome. 1854: The 'Tayleur' bound for Melbourne, lost in a fog off Wirral. All 334 passengers and crew lost. 1857: Mutiny aboard the American 'James L. Bogart' while anchored in the Mersey. 1870: Two New York sisters became the world’s first stockbrokers. Victoria Caffin Woodhall and Tennessee Caffin attracted mainly female customers, but the business collapsed because of their outspoken views on Marxism and racial equality. 1884: Massenet’s opera Manon was first performed in Paris. 1903: In Paris, it was announced that a new bicycle race called the ‘Tour de France’ would be held. 1915: German Zeppelins bombed Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in the first raid on England, causing casualties. 1920: Birth in Peru of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, secretary-general of the UN from 1982. 1921: Birth of Patricia Highsmith, the American crime fiction writer. 1937: The first play written for British television, The Underground Murder Mystery by J. Bissell Thomas, was broadcast by the BBC. The 30-minute play was set in Tottenham Court Road tube station. 1942: The Japanese invaded Burma. 1955: Birth of Simon Rattle, English conductor. 1966: Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India, following her father Jawaharlal Nehru. 1966: Sir Robert Menzies resigned as Australian Premier after 16 years in office. 1969: Jan Pallach, a Czech student, immolated himself in Wenceslas Square in protest against the Russian invasion. On the 25th, he was buried as a martyr. 1971: Postal strike began throughout Britain. 1988: Christopher Nolan, a 22-year-old Irish writer, won the £20,000 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his autobiography, Under the Eye of the Clock. Completely paralysed, Nolan used a ‘unicorn’ attachment on his forehead to write the novel at a painfully slow speed. --- 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: 11/01/02 ==== 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

My husband used to suggest we ground our younger daughter as a punishment. I preferred other means as keeping her in the house was more of a punishment for me rather than for her. I suggest confiscating the phone for a week and letting her go gliding. -:))) Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue S" <rubbish@clara.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > Hi Brian > >Danni shouldn't have > > problems at her age. I don't believe you. > > > You'd better believe it! We had a right do a couple of hours back as she "lost" her mobile phone. (personally I wish her Dad had never bought it for her in the first place). I had to ring BT Cellnet to get a block on it, ring the police to report it lost & then search her room for the insurance details, then I found the B....... thing in the car! If it hadn't been a present I would have binned it! All the time I was trying to sort it out she whined about how miserable she was about it & when I suggested she got on with looking for it I was shouted at! > Tomorrows gliding lesson may become a figment of her imagination unless I become desperate for peace & quiet! > Sue S > > > --- > 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: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== 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: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

That's exactly how we can to acquire her too as she was one of a litter of five, plus the mother, that 'found' us. We took the mother cat to our vet to have her spayed as we've seen her around the neighborhood for two years having litter after litter of kittens. We had to bring the babies inside while mother was having her surgery and recovery or they would have starved. I found homes for three of the litter and we kept the mother and two kittens. We already had another kitten, so our number rose to four. A few days ago our 24 year old daughter moved back home, with her cat, so now we have five felines underfoot. They're all spayed/neutered, declawed (front paws only), and very pampered. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Sue, > > I must congratulate you on being the owner (?) of such a beautiful example > of cat. I think that we should all consider giving one of the thousands of > poor homeless cats a place where they can safely reside. --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

I am very sorry to hear this Vicki - life is hard enough without having broken bones to cope with. That's one thing I am terrified of - falling. When you do get to see the bone specialist I hope he has good news for you and you get the right treatment quickly. 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: 11/01/02

Two men were out playing golf on a nice Saturday afternoon. They were getting frustrated, though, because the two women who were playing right in front of them were quite slow, and were holding up the men's game. "Don't they know their supposed to let us play through?!" asked the first man. The other man shook his head. "I'm going to go ask them if we can play through," said the first man, emphatically, "Enough is enough!" He started walking over toward the women, but as he got close, he suddenly turned around and came back, white as a ghost. "Oh God," he said to his friend, "This is awful. You're going to have to ask those women if we can play through. You see, one of them is my wife, and the other is my mistress!" The other man shrugged, and said "No sweat." He walked over toward the women, and just as he was getting close, turned around and came running back to his pal. His eyes wide open, he said - "Small world isn't it!" --- 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: 1/11/2002

I couldn't resist this one!! John had to finish cutting down a tree yesterday while I sat in the car and bawled because I hurt so much. then he had to pull the tree off the road, then had to stop at home to do a phone call---by the time we reached the hospital 45 minutes had elapsed! ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> A lady was taking her time browsing through everything at a yard sale and said to the hostess, "My husband is going to be very angry when he finds out I stopped at a yard sale." "I'm sure he'll understand when you tell him about all the bargains," the hostess replied. "Normally, yes," the lady said. "But he just broke his leg, and he's waiting for me to take him to the hospital to have it set...." --- 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: 1/11/2002

On some air bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the control tower in the middle. One day on just such a field the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower responded, "Who is calling?" The aircraft replied, "What difference does it make?" The tower replied "It makes a lot of difference. If it is an American Airlines Flight, it is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air Force, it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon. If it's National Guard, it's still a couple of hours until quitting time." --- 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: 1/11/2002

It was just after the Revolution in France in 1814, and people were being executed right and left. "Hear ye, hear ye! Today we have a triple feature: an atheist, a priest, and an Irishman!" "Huzzah! Huzzah!" The executioner said to the atheist, "We're having a special today: you can go to your Maker face up or face down. What will it be?" Atheist says, "I don't believe there is a Maker. Send me face down." So the executioner pulls the lever, and the guillotine drops, but just before it gets to him, it stops in mid-air. "A miracle!" the crowd shouts! So they let him go free. He turns to the priest. "Face up or face down?" "Oh, I'm too humble to go face up," he says. So they put him in face down, and pull the lever. It falls, but stops before it hits him. "Another miracle!" the crowd shouts, and they let him go free. The executioner turns to the Irishman, asks "Face up or face down?" "I've always been a curious guy," he says. "Let me go face up." They put him in, reach over to pull the lever, and he says, "Wait a minute! I see what the problem is, you've got a kink in that rope up there." --- 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: 1/11/2002

Well Frances, no they didn't send me home with meds, I had to go to our local Wal-Mart and pick them up. They worked for a while but I'm getting used to them now. The bone specialist is in Omaha, 80 miles from here, and only in Denison once a week. Ice packs and meds are their idea of comfort, and a walker which John had to fetch from a local drug store as well. My mom will be bringing her's down tomorrow for my use. My daughter had a fit when she was informed. She wanted to come and get me and take care of me at her house. NO. She has two little ones, a blazer [van type car] which rattles everytime you look at it, and a bossiness she got from me. We clash at times--Thanks for your well wish's-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Myette" <divafran2000@yahoo.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Vicky, we are all so sorry to hear of your more than 'disastrous fall'...and our thoughts and good wishes will certainly be with you until you're 'on the mend'...I was absolutely amazed that they even sent you home!!...You're not 21 gal!..I would think they would have kept you in hospital whereby they could treat you much better for pain and let the 'bone specialist' attend you there, or, at least arrange that you be taken to see him/her. As you say...you BROKE your knee and TORE a muscle...plus, fell so hard on your wrist which you are still 'getting over from a break only 5 weeeks ago'....!!....It seems the 'same' everywhere...in, look at you, and 'ship you out'....PLUS, you say you 'had to find some drugs'....did they not send you home with something from the hospital pharmacy .... My prayers are with you Vicky that you will be able to make a quick and full recovery.... Frances --- 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: 1/11/2002

Thanks you guys/gals. Your thoughtfullness and prayers will be a blessing all around. Hubby was awake most of the night in case I needed something, bless his heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "janis" <janis.burns@ntlworld.com> To: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today Vicky , Sorry to hear about your fall , I hope you get to see the bone specialist soon ,I would have thought they would have had one at the hospital to see to you straight away . Really painful injuries you have I hope you are feeling better soon ,it can really shake you up a fall like that ,just take care and rest as much as you can . Thinking about you , Jan --- 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: 1/11/2002

Now Jim, its not that you can't do them fast enough---all hubby's have two left hands as well as two left feet. [VBG] Really however, I appreciate everything he does, he just isn't around the house enough to know the routine! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today That is the universal plight which all husbands are in. We can never do things fast enough for those alien beings we marry. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- --- 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: 1/11/2002

I know George, already he has been a big help. If he should walk in the house right now I would be in deep waters. But I can't lay abed all blamed day! I'll sick him onto supper, already have the turkey roast started so all he has to do is the spuds and veggies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Elting" <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today Now you take care of yourself and let that husband of yours take care of things... He may not do it your way, but he'll get it done eventually! :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. --- 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: 1/11/2002

So right Davey me boyo, only trouble is, being a minister my hubby is totally against drinks of any kind unless its water, pop, or juice. Bummer. I could stand some Jim Beam about now liberally mixed with my coke. Or a cool refreshing Grasshopper. Ummm, my friend makes wicked Grasshoppers, now there is a church to slip one home--can't go to church tomorrow, the Lord will pardon my transgressions. Many a woman had wine in the bible after all! As for the artistic part, I heard John shout just as I went down, then I knew nothing until he was trying to lift me. Ooooohhhhhh that hurt! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Allen" <dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk> You'll have to take more water with the 40% proof girl ! Just as there was nobody holding up a score for "artistic interpretation" ! Regards Dave --- 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: 1/11/2002

And we've been blessed with wonderful friends, neighbors, and church... We've had many meals brought over by them... it has really helped, especially in the first week or two... Now, be nice and get your leg up so the swelling goes down! :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Vicky Ballantine [mailto:cobolt47@frontiernet.net] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:29 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today I know George, already he has been a big help. If he should walk in the house right now I would be in deep waters. But I can't lay abed all blamed day! I'll sick him onto supper, already have the turkey roast started so all he has to do is the spuds and veggies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Elting" <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today Now you take care of yourself and let that husband of yours take care of things... He may not do it your way, but he'll get it done eventually! :)

Or their way of doing them! :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:43 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today That is the universal plight which all husbands are in. We can never do things fast enough for those alien beings we marry. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Elting <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > I'm in the same boat as Vicky's hubby, so I know what's going on! I do > things my way and I do get them done, just takes a bit longer! :) > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Allen [mailto:dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk] > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:46 AM > To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > > > Now you take care of yourself and let that husband of yours take care of > > things... He may not do it your way, but he'll get it done eventually! :) > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > Now <whose> side are you on George ? > > Speaking as one who <never> manages to do things <that> way

Retired because he was a bad boy... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:37 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] FW: 14 Years Ago It seems Ollie was really on the ball George I wonder what happened to him. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham.