Margot. Many thanks sweetie. I too had one of those tin broaches (29 & still holding) given to me by my children, 30 years ago. It's hiding in one of those secret places, that we can never find. That's the good thing about hiding places when you get old. They are too well hidden. Seamus ...(Tout รก fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: Margot Avey To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:36 PM Subject: [HantsLife] BIRTHDAYS In reference to the following statement: "Hear you are twenty one today, for the third time!!" - When asked how old one is on a birthday, we respond in the USA - "twenty one and holding" OR "twenty nine and holding" OR "thirty nine and holding"..rounding off to the nearest number and maintaining at that age. It actually does make a person feel younger when saying it! My English father used to say - "I'm as old as my little finger and older than my front tooth!" Margot Minnesota --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx