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! ---

Good one Margot But the only trouble is at mine and Seamus's age there isn't much to hold on to!! LOL Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margot Avey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 4:36 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 > >