You would! I'll get you for that! Brian List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] WELL! > I have the DVD movie and noticed the resemblance immediately. > Sue* > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Anyone seen the previews of Jim Carrey's "The Grinch"? Few people know he > > is actually impersonating me. > > > > 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 ==== > 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 > > --- 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: 12/01/2002

Jean, Perhaps I should have headed the message "From one of my Canadian friends" ! David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean White" <jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] For amusement !. > Excellent, David. I especially like the last one. > > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "davspark" <davspark@ntlworld.com> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:47 PM > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] For amusement !. > > > > >From my Canadian friend > > > > David > > It's Not A Bad Thing. > > > > At 85 years of age, Morris marries LouAnne, a lovely 25-year-old. > Because her new husband is so old, LouAnne decides that on their wedding > night, she and Morris are to have separate bedrooms. The newlywed is > concerned that her new husband may over exert himself if they spend the > entire night together. > > > > After the wedding festivities, LouAnne prepares herself for bed, and > for the expected "knock" on the door. Sure enough, the knock comes, the door > opens, and there is her 85-year-old groom, ready for action. They unite as > one. All goes well, whereupon Morris takes leave of LouAnne, and she > prepares to go to sleep. > > > > After a few minutes, LouAnne hears another knock on her bedroom > door. It's Morris! And he's again ready for more action. Somewhat surprised, > LouAnne consents to further coupling. When the newlyweds are done, Morris > kisses LouAnne, bids her a fond good night, and leaves. > > > > LouAnne is set to go to sleep again. However, after a few short > minutes, there is another knock at her door, and there he is again! Morris, > as fresh as a 25-year-old is ready for a bit more action. Again they > enjoyone another. > > > > As Morris is once again set to leave, the young bride says to him, > "I am thoroughly impressed that at your age, you have such endurance. I've > been with guys less than a third your age who were only good once! You're a > great lover, Morris." > > > > Morris, somewhat embarrassed, turns to LouAnne and says, "You mean I > was here already?" > > > > Such A Deal > > > > Laszlo was almost 29 years old. Most of his friends had already > gotten married, and Laszlo just bounced from one relationship to the next. > Finally a friend asked him, "What's the matter, are you looking for the > perfect woman? Are you THAT particular? Can't you find anyone who suits > you?" "No," Laszlo replied. "I meet a lot of nice girls, but as soon as I > bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like them. So I keep > on looking!" "Listen," his friend suggested, "Why don't you find a girl > who's just like your dear ole Mother?" > > > > Many weeks past before Laszlo and his friend got together again. "So > Laszlo, did you find the perfect girl yet. One that's just like your > Mother?" Laszlo shrugged his shoulders, "Yes I found one just like Mom. My > mother loved her, they became great friends." "Excellent!!! So,.... Are you > and this girl engaged, yet?" "I'm afraid not. My Father can't stand her!" > > > > Hmmmm Ya Think? > > > > A student comes to a young professor's office after hours. She > glances down the hall, closes his door and says... > > > > "I would do anything to pass this exam" > > > > She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully > into his eyes and says... > > > > "I mean" she then whispers "I would do anything" > > > > He returns her gaze..."Anything?" > > > > "Anything" > > > > His voice softens..."Anything?" > > > > "Anything" > > > > His voice turns to a whisper..."Would you...study?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > 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 > > > ==== 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 > >

Sometimes its just the perspective of the view... :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:brian@lordbramhall.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:16 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] FW: January 18, 2002 Now you got to my sense of humour. Thanks for that. Brian List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Elting" <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:09 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] FW: January 18, 2002 > > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > > ***** > > > > Bob was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car > broadside, and knocked him out cold. Passers by pulled him from the wreck > and revived him. > > > > Bob began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the > paramedics. > > > > Later, after Bob calmed down, they asked him why he struggled so much. > > > > Bob said, "I remembered the impact. Then... nothing. I woke up on a > concrete slab in front of a huge, flashing sign. Turns out somebody was > standing in front of the 'S' on the 'Shell' sign."

chuckle Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Burglar Alarm > Hi Jim, > > Why don't you just take out alternate rungs? I think you would manage just > fine. And get someone else to watch! > > Brian > List Admin > ARBLASTER-L@rootsweb.com > BAGOT-L@rootsweb.com > BRAMHALL-L@rootsweb.com > GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > KINNERSLEY-L@rootsweb.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Burglar Alarm > > > > They don't even make 'Professional's how they used to, the first job was > > always check any work you hadn't done yourself. That would have saved him > 4 > > hours 'work'. > > I know exactly what you mean about ladders. I go up them using only one > leg > > now and Dorothy refuses to watch. > > > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > > > > --- > 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 > >

I just call 'em as I see 'em. S* ----- Original Message ----- > You would! I'll get you for that! > > Brian > List Admin --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

> Not to mention getting up at 6:30 am and driving the daughter to the > airfield. Thankyou Jean, I'm afraid you're quite right it probably will have to be me, as hubby will still be at work! > > No. When daughters go gliding, it is a mother's duty to get up and WORRY! I don't have time to worry! > > > So let her. You have a lie-in. I wish! If I don't have to get up for her then Joe gets me up instead! 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

>From my Canadian friend David It's Not A Bad Thing. At 85 years of age, Morris marries LouAnne, a lovely 25-year-old. Because her new husband is so old, LouAnne decides that on their wedding night, she and Morris are to have separate bedrooms. The newlywed is concerned that her new husband may over exert himself if they spend the entire night together. After the wedding festivities, LouAnne prepares herself for bed, and for the expected "knock" on the door. Sure enough, the knock comes, the door opens, and there is her 85-year-old groom, ready for action. They unite as one. All goes well, whereupon Morris takes leave of LouAnne, and she prepares to go to sleep. After a few minutes, LouAnne hears another knock on her bedroom door. It's Morris! And he's again ready for more action. Somewhat surprised, LouAnne consents to further coupling. When the newlyweds are done, Morris kisses LouAnne, bids her a fond good night, and leaves. LouAnne is set to go to sleep again. However, after a few short minutes, there is another knock at her door, and there he is again! Morris, as fresh as a 25-year-old is ready for a bit more action. Again they enjoyone another. As Morris is once again set to leave, the young bride says to him, "I am thoroughly impressed that at your age, you have such endurance. I've been with guys less than a third your age who were only good once! You're a great lover, Morris." Morris, somewhat embarrassed, turns to LouAnne and says, "You mean I was here already?" Such A Deal Laszlo was almost 29 years old. Most of his friends had already gotten married, and Laszlo just bounced from one relationship to the next. Finally a friend asked him, "What's the matter, are you looking for the perfect woman? Are you THAT particular? Can't you find anyone who suits you?" "No," Laszlo replied. "I meet a lot of nice girls, but as soon as I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like them. So I keep on looking!" "Listen," his friend suggested, "Why don't you find a girl who's just like your dear ole Mother?" Many weeks past before Laszlo and his friend got together again. "So Laszlo, did you find the perfect girl yet. One that's just like your Mother?" Laszlo shrugged his shoulders, "Yes I found one just like Mom. My mother loved her, they became great friends." "Excellent!!! So,.... Are you and this girl engaged, yet?" "I'm afraid not. My Father can't stand her!" Hmmmm Ya Think? A student comes to a young professor's office after hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door and says... "I would do anything to pass this exam" She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes and says... "I mean" she then whispers "I would do anything" He returns her gaze..."Anything?" "Anything" His voice softens..."Anything?" "Anything" His voice turns to a whisper..."Would you...study?"

My husband, who thought he had retired, has been invited to go back to discuss a work role I'm being dumped on the scrap heap. The school were I work is dubbed the worst in the country and is being closed next year. The buildings are dreadful - the kids are great, many of them have awful problems and are very damaged. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country.

I've seen the film!!!! Well, that's not strictly true cos I fell asleep during it.....it was on video.......so I only caught the first half hour :-)) Roz > Anyone seen the previews of Jim Carrey's "The Grinch"? Few people know he > is actually impersonating me. > > Brian > List Admin > ARBLASTER-L@rootsweb.com > BAGOT-L@rootsweb.com > BRAMHALL-L@rootsweb.com > GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > KINNERSLEY-L@rootsweb.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: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please type SURNAMES in UPPER CASE for ease of reading. > > ============================== > 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

Who started that rumor? Wasn't college hard enough, now they think that we should have studied too. Unbelievable. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > You mean I was supposed to STUDY while at college??? Now ya tell me! :) > --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

I know a young man, a large young man, who has just put his leg through the rungs of a ladder at his brother's house and SHATTERED his leg all over the place. Marj (it's being so cheerful as keeps me going) > > Why don't you just take out alternate rungs? I think you would manage just > fine. And get someone else to watch! --- 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

Hi Jim, Why don't you just take out alternate rungs? I think you would manage just fine. And get someone else to watch! Brian List Admin ARBLASTER-L@rootsweb.com BAGOT-L@rootsweb.com BRAMHALL-L@rootsweb.com GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com KINNERSLEY-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Burglar Alarm > They don't even make 'Professional's how they used to, the first job was > always check any work you hadn't done yourself. That would have saved him 4 > hours 'work'. > I know exactly what you mean about ladders. I go up them using only one leg > now and Dorothy refuses to watch. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- 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

An' top o' the marnin' to yers as well. I might have guessed you'd seen the preview. Do you breed them in ...... Ioa, is it. Hope it's nor WYOMING. Brian List Admin ARBLASTER-L@rootsweb.com BAGOT-L@rootsweb.com BRAMHALL-L@rootsweb.com GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com KINNERSLEY-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] WELL! > Well indeed Brian! Are you telling us your green, spindly, mean spirited? > Don't believe a word of it. You have [nope, won't say it.] > > Grinch Brian--top of the morning to you! --- 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

They don't even make 'Professional's how they used to, the first job was always check any work you hadn't done yourself. That would have saved him 4 hours 'work'. I know exactly what you mean about ladders. I go up them using only one leg now and Dorothy refuses to watch. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Burglar Alarm > After doing most of the installation myself I finally had to admit defeat > and call in a "professional" to mount the bell box on the outside wall as I > can't get up a ladder nowadays. It took the guy FOUR-AND-A-HALF HOURS and > an agreed charge of £30 went up to £50 just because I had put a staple > through one of the wires half way up the stairs! Poor soul, he couldn't > stop the bell from ringing. He even took the box back to the shop and > exchanged it thinking it was faulty. > > Ah well, ain't old age wonderful. It seems the younger generation just > shrug these things off with a pitying look. I found I can get away with > murder now. > > Brian > List Admin > ARBLASTER-L@rootsweb.com > BAGOT-L@rootsweb.com > BRAMHALL-L@rootsweb.com > GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > KINNERSLEY-L@rootsweb.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: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== 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 > >

To be precise Marg It was half way up the Gap of Dunloe in the McGilliecuddy's Reeks in Co Kerry near Killarney. It is normal practice to dismount from the Jaunting Car at the steepest part to benefit the horse by lightening it's load. This has caused me no problem in previous times but last year while following the car I had a right bad 'do' and had to re mount the car. Actually my wife thought I had paused for her to take piccie No 21 but I was really fighting for breath. Time marches on Eh, and it waits for no man. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: Re: 21 > Yes, that's the one I meant Jim - where did you say it was taken? Ireland? > > 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 > >

Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > ***** > > Bob was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car broadside, and knocked him out cold. Passers by pulled him from the wreck and revived him. > > Bob began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the paramedics. > > Later, after Bob calmed down, they asked him why he struggled so much. > > Bob said, "I remembered the impact. Then... nothing. I woke up on a concrete slab in front of a huge, flashing sign. Turns out somebody was standing in front of the 'S' on the 'Shell' sign." >

You mean I was supposed to STUDY while at college??? Now ya tell me! :) Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: davspark [mailto:davspark@ntlworld.com] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:48 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] For amusement !. >From my Canadian friend His voice softens..."Anything?" "Anything" His voice turns to a whisper..."Would you...study?" ==== 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

It's a RW glitch and it happens all the time. Don't worry about it. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > Has anyone else received a notice like this from rootsweb? I got the same > thing when I signed on to Living-L@rootsweb.com > --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

18 JANUARY 1485: Marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV. The marriage united the Houses of Lancaster and York. 1778: Captain Cook discovered Hawaii. He named them the Sandwich Islands, after Lord Sandwich, who was then first Lord of the Admiralty. 1779: Birth of Peter Mark Roget, English doctor and lexicographer, who produced his Thesaurus in 1852 after 47 years’ work. 1742: Birth of Daniel Webster, American statesman who in 1842 negotiated the Ashburton Treaty, setting the boundary between the US and Canada. 1818: Birth of George Palmer, of Huntley and Palmer biscuit manufacturers, who introduced the first biscuit tins. 1825: Liverpool opened an Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. 1848: Birth of Matthew Webb (‘Captain Webb’), the first person to swim the English Channel. 1849: Birth of Sir Edmund Barton, first prime minister of the Australian Commonwealth. 1871: Wilhelm of Prussia was proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles. 1879: First England-v-Wales soccer match, England won 2-1 at Kennington Oval. 1882: Birth of Alan Alexander Milne, creator of ‘Winnie the Pooh’. 1884: Birth of Arthur Ransome, English children’s writer. 1888: Birth of Sir Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer and the first pilot to land in the grounds of Windsor Castle. It was a Sopwith Camel which shot down Von Richthofen, the Red Baron. On Sopwith’s 100th birthday, a Sopwith Pup built after World War I, led a fly-past over his home in Hampshire. Blind by then, he could only hear the engines. 1879: England beat Wales 2-1 in their first international football match, played at the Oval, Kennington, London. 1879: The first edition of Boy’s Own Paper was published. During its 88-year history it published stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, G A Henty, and R M Ballantyne. The editor was S O Beeton, the husband of Mrs Beeton, the cookery book writer. 1911: Eugene Ely landed his Curtis pusher-bi-plane on a special, 120-ft platform on the US cruiser Pennsylvania, in San Francisco Bay. In so doing, he became the first pilot to land his aircraft on a ship. 1919: The Versailles Peace Conference opened, with Georges Clemenceau of France as chairman. 1934: The first arrest was made in Britain as a result of issuing pocket radios to police. A Brighton shoplifter was arrested just 15 minutes after stealing three coats. 1934: Birth of Raymond Briggs, English children’s writer who also illustrates his books. 1936: Rudyard Kipling, author and poet died aged 70. 1943: After a 16-month siege by the Germans, the Soviet army broke through and relieved the city of Leningrad. 1961: Peter Beardsley, Liverpool and Everton FC, born in Newcastle. 1972: Former Prime Minister Garfield Todd, and his daughter Judith, were placed under house arrest in Rhodesia by Ian Smith’s government, because of their campaign against legal independence for that country. 1982: In South Africa, Colonel ‘Mad’ Mike Hoare and four mercenaries were charged with hijacking an aircraft during an attempted coup in the Seychelles; the coup had South African backing. 1988: A Hindu used his own skin to make a pair of sandals and travelled across India to offer them to his family deity. --- 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

I have the DVD movie and noticed the resemblance immediately. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > Anyone seen the previews of Jim Carrey's "The Grinch"? Few people know he > is actually impersonating me. > > Brian --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002