Splendid story from the days of innocence. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Sharpe To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. In all my long life I only had one near encounter with a drag artiste. It was in the Isle of Man at Douglas the main resort [for the Americans etc.]. I --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02

Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings 28th May Thought for the day : " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the mightiest ever assembled. 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in other countries including Scotland. 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The entrance fee was one guinea. 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out weekly. 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He was elected again in 1804-6. 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning shortly before his death in 1948. 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café Monico, Piccadilly. 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! 85 today!! 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the Ijsselmeer. 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the world in Gypsy Moth IV. 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football club for a record £5 million. 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red Square. 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by Tracy Edwards. <><><><><><><><><> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming, terrified, like his passengers. ============================== 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: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02

No doubt for PC49 - remember him? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian has sent you a digital photo! Whitehall 1212 [if your memory is good]. Careful you don't make me jealous :-) Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "davspark" <davspark@ntlworld.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian has sent you a digital photo! > Any phone number, Brian ? > Dave > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002 ==== 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: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02

I didn't download the beta version just the normal one which is adequate. I think there is a problem obtaining the beta version. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian To: mikemail ; GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:30 AM Subject: Re: MAILWASHER PROGRAM I wonder if it is WinXP that stops it from working for me? Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "mikemail" <michael@ae.net.sa> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: MAILWASHER PROGRAM > I have also been using this for about 10 days and put nearly 100 addresses on my blacklist. As long as one remembers to open Mailwasher first I find it most useful - I have now reached a position where most of the spam is taken out by the blacklist, this is much better than in the past when I had to wade through the whole mailbox. Using Mailwasher does mean you effectively check mail twice but I find it worth it, up to now anyway. > > Mike > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02

I'm afraid Gracie is long dead and so is Boris. There's a superb theatre built in remembrance of her in Rochdale just 3 or 4 miles from me. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: mikemail <michael@ae.net.sa> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings > Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marged > To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:38 AM > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings > > > 28th May > > Thought for the day : > " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " > > > > 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage > > 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke > of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the > mightiest ever assembled. > > 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). > > 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary > who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, > it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in > other countries including Scotland. > > 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The > entrance fee was one guinea. > > 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out > weekly. > > 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime > Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He > was elected again in 1804-6. > > 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. > > 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was > President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the > government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning > shortly before his death in 1948. > > 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café > Monico, Piccadilly. > > 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in > Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. > > > 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. > > 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! > 85 today!! > > 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched > 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the > Ijsselmeer. > > 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, > Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. > > 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike > Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry > Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and > Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. > > 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into > Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the > world in Gypsy Moth IV. > > 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. > > 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football > club for a record £5 million. > > 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft > through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red > Square. > > 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread > around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by > Tracy Edwards. > > <><><><><><><><><> > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not > screaming, terrified, like his passengers. > > ============================== > 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: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not > screaming, terrified, like his passengers. > > ============================== > 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 > >

Don't know about XP it's too rich for me. But I'll ask Brendan what he uses. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] CD Writing > Who knows of a good CD Writing programme suitable for use with Win XP. This > appears to be a rather temperamental version of Windows. > > Win XP is supposed to do it for you but frequently has has "seniot moments" > like me. > > Brian

To be a Drag Artiste you must have a slight aberration at least. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. > I am told there is a difference between Drag Artistes and Transvestites who > dress that way all the time. > > I have to be extremely careful what I say to avoid causing offence. Don't > want to start off a tantrum :-) > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean White" <jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 10:47 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. > > > > Several years ago I was a volunteer at the local science museum in down > town > > Halifax. Wes came in and mentioned the two good looking girls on the > street > > corner. Catherine said "Look again, Dad. The better looking one is my > > hairdresser in drag and the other one is in drag too". She pointed out the > > local Gay bar was in the basement of the science museum. > > > > Jean > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > When there's a will, I want to be in it. > > ============================== > 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 > >

Cross me heart and hope to die! Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: Jim Sharpe <jimm.sharpe@virgin.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] MAILWASHER PROGRAM > How long will that last, Jim? > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin

It's probably your last download conflicting. Get rid of it. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] DVD > This PC keeps sending messages while I'm still writing them. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin

I just received the shredder I ordered last week from the QVC TV Channel and have to tell you I think it is very good value. For anyone thinking of buying, here is my report: It is free standing and about 16 inches high [400 mm]. It is mains driven [I wasn't sure if it was battery] and demolishes up to seven sheets of A4 at a time. It has a safety cut out if the lid is removed. Not only does it shred into quarter inch strips [2.5 mm] but each length is cut into pieces about 2 inches [50 mm] long on a cross cut. No way could anyone piece this little lot together. The machine can be set to switch on maually [if kids are around] or will automatically detect the insertion of paper and switch off after this has passed through. Cost in UK = £37:79 incl tax & del. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002

Mi dad told me! Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "mikemail" <michael@ae.net.sa> To: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian has sent you a digital photo! No doubt for PC49 - remember him? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian has sent you a digital photo! Whitehall 1212 [if your memory is good]. Careful you don't make me jealous :-) Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "davspark" <davspark@ntlworld.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Brian has sent you a digital photo! > Any phone number, Brian ? > Dave > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002 ==== 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: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002

OUCH! Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grace" <goodlife@picknowl.com.au> To: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: Re Brian's new friend > I still think that you are trying to pull the wig over our eyes Brian! > Grace > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 25/05/2002

Chapel hat pegs ? This was funny Jim..... Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Sharpe <jimm.sharpe@virgin.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. > In all my long life I only had one near encounter with a drag artiste. > It was in the Isle of Man at Douglas the main resort [for the Americans > etc.]. > I was barely eighteen and enjoying a couple of weeks complete freedom away > from home restrictions. In those days well brought up young working men > class had never heard of abnormal sexual behavior. The Isle of Man was > reputed for its generous licensing hours the pubs opened at 10 am and closed > after midnight. We went in a pub on the front at 10 am and started drinking > bitter with whiskey chasers called boilermakers. There was entertainment on > all day and evening and we were admiring the attractive young women who sang > the latest songs of the day. Naturally we had to pay a visit every so often > to the toilets and on one visit as I was relieving myself one of the said > young ladies breezed into the next stall, lifted her skirts and proceeded to > extract a male organ. Well my eyes came out like chapel hat pegs and I made > a mess of my trousers. I rapidly exited the urinal to tell my friends who > were equally unsophisticated > That was the first really big drinking session I had ever had and at tea > time we repaired to the digs feeling quite good and I was exalted by the > fact that I didn't feel at all sick. We went up to our rooms to wash and > change and then went down to the dining room for tea [you got tea then not > dinner] We were sitting relating our experiences when the lady of the house > brought the tea and plonked it on the table, boiled Finnan Haddock, I got > one whiff and skittered away up the stairs to shove my head down the toilet > pan. I have never before or since been as ill in my life and didn't go out > for two days after. > I've never touched Finnan Haddock since and I've also never been as near to > a drag queen. > > Jim Sharpe > Shaw, Oldham, UK > > > ==== 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 >

ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 has just been brought out for 2002 and is compatible [so they say] with all versions of windows. Cost = $49.95. I believe there is a free edition also. Has good reports. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 25/05/2002

Who knows of a good CD Writing programme suitable for use with Win XP. This appears to be a rather temperamental version of Windows. Win XP is supposed to do it for you but frequently has has "seniot moments" like me. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 25/05/2002

Jim, It's called Education !!! Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sharpe" <jimm.sharpe@virgin.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:41 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. In all my long life I only had one near encounter with a drag artiste. It was in the Isle of Man at Douglas the main resort [for the Americans etc.]. I was barely eighteen and enjoying a couple of weeks complete freedom away from home restrictions. In those days well brought up young working men class had never heard of abnormal sexual behavior. The Isle of Man was reputed for its generous licensing hours the pubs opened at 10 am and closed after midnight. We went in a pub on the front at 10 am and started drinking bitter with whiskey chasers called boilermakers. There was entertainment on all day and evening and we were admiring the attractive young women who sang the latest songs of the day. Naturally we had to pay a visit every so often to the toilets and on one visit as I was relieving myself one of the said young ladies breezed into the next stall, lifted her skirts and proceeded to extract a male organ. Well my eyes came out like chapel hat pegs and I made a mess of my trousers. I rapidly exited the urinal to tell my friends who were equally unsophisticated That was the first really big drinking session I had ever had and at tea time we repaired to the digs feeling quite good and I was exalted by the fact that I didn't feel at all sick. We went up to our rooms to wash and change and then went down to the dining room for tea [you got tea then not dinner] We were sitting relating our experiences when the lady of the house brought the tea and plonked it on the table, boiled Finnan Haddock, I got one whiff and skittered away up the stairs to shove my head down the toilet pan. I have never before or since been as ill in my life and didn't go out for two days after. I've never touched Finnan Haddock since and I've also never been as near to a drag queen. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ==== 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

I am told there is a difference between Drag Artistes and Transvestites who dress that way all the time. I have to be extremely careful what I say to avoid causing offence. Don't want to start off a tantrum :-) Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean White" <jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. > Several years ago I was a volunteer at the local science museum in down town > Halifax. Wes came in and mentioned the two good looking girls on the street > corner. Catherine said "Look again, Dad. The better looking one is my > hairdresser in drag and the other one is in drag too". She pointed out the > local Gay bar was in the basement of the science museum. > > Jean --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002

How long will that last, Jim? Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sharpe" <jimm.sharpe@virgin.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] MAILWASHER PROGRAM > I'm downloadin' nutt'n' > > Jim Sharpe > Shaw, Oldham, UK --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002

Your experience [with the Isle of Man] reminds me of my first "overseas" drinking session, also in Douglas. Tennants Lager, in bottles. Tasted like onion water and returned like carrots and tomatoes. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sharpe" <jimm.sharpe@virgin.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:41 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Drag Queen. ......................[snip]............................. > dinner] We were sitting relating our experiences when the lady of the house > brought the tea and plonked it on the table, boiled Finnan Haddock, I got > one whiff and skittered away up the stairs to shove my head down the toilet > pan. I have never before or since been as ill in my life and didn't go out > for two days after. > I've never touched Finnan Haddock since and I've also never been as near to > a drag queen. > > Jim Sharpe > Shaw, Oldham, UK > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002

This PC keeps sending messages while I'm still writing them. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/2002