Hey, Pearl! I too make mistakes sending stuff! Look what just came back! THANK YOU, OH GREAT AUTOMATED MESSAGE RETURNER! annie >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:00:52 -0400 >To: NCJOHNST-D-request@rootsweb.com >From: Ann Massengill/John Evans <NICOJAK@ftc-i.net> >Subject: I hardly know where to begin! > >Though it is for general consumption by all interested parties, this is in response to messages posted by Diane Keisler, Meredith Page, Mamie Tate, and Edward L. Black (who plans to live forever): > >Mamie, I take your comments to heart and will endeavor to keep future notices either short or properly punctuated. Actually, one of my favorite chapters my new book includes a note to readers, which says "If in these first three pages you find one single convention of the English language that has not been thoroughly violated, please let me know and I will remedy the problem." > >I hope you will try to join us for the first JoCo Heritage Day because there will always only be ONE first event. Whatever seeds we may plant this first go-round will grow in ways we cannot at this moment even begin to anticipate. But no seed is likely to grow into a major theme park. > >Your message confirms my idea that we who are able to attend must make it a priority to be in e-touch with those who have the interest but cannot be there. I have said we must have access to a computer, so we can e-mail the folks back home. This will be better than what happened at our last trip to a convocation at the Duke Chapel -- to our utter horrification, there was more than one person attending who thought it would be so cool to call folks on his cell phone and let them hear the choir! [This accounts, no doubt, for the sign now Gothically engraved in the front door that reads: The use of cell phones in this building is strictly prohibited by fire and safety regulations. If God doesn't strike you dead by lightening, the crucifer will trip you as you exit the building and break both your legs!] > >Meredith, your magnanimous offer is a God-send to all those who want to get back to the regular tracking of their ancestors, and we do thank you for it. Of course, the others thank you even more for it. Yes, I do mean that the first annual Heritage Day will be this coming summer, the week of July 4th, 2001. > >Diane, you must forgive whoever that thoughtless insensitive clod is who did not acknowledge you interest. I think I have explained about the death of my dear Aunt Mary Ellen, but you also should know that since my husband's stroke 16 months ago, I tend to miss a lot, no matter how hard I try. In the future, if someone should express interest, I want you all to understand that acknowledging that interest is a committee responsibility we all SHARE... and if someone gets 8 or 10 acknowledgments, all the better. > >If I may use your response as an example, here's what I think we need in the way of a response: we would like to know which portion of the county the Pollards hails from and, for the benefit of the yet-to-be-organized steering committee, which sites in the county have come down to you through your research that we would need to locate and obtain the owner's permission for you and your family to access. (Accessing a site sounds a lot better than trespassing, but some people don't mess around with those tender linquistic distinctions! Bootleggers, for example! Actually the root for is the same for both: "ssing", old English for "Lord, get me out of here, and I'll get out of the next one all by myself!") > >Edward, I am obliged to you for your support and you may rest assured that you are on the list! Whether you want to be or not. And I really do value your privacy, but WHO ARE ALL THESE WOMEN WHO KEEP SIGNING THEIR NAMES TO YOUR STUFF? I would say it is definitely in your best interests to plan to live forever, Bubba! > >Now, what I would also appreciate is for each you to re-read the recent epistles to Warren and come back with your ideas. Of course, if Meredith is on schedule, we can do this on her website UNLESS I MISTAKE YOUR INTENT, MEREDITH??????? I don't know much about websites. > >AND, LET ME SAY THIS: MAMIE, YOU CAN KID ME ALL YOU WANT... BUT I REALLY AM A FRAGILE SOUTHERN FLOWER. LOL and one of those smiley faces my daughter keeps trying to get me to remember how to make! I hate to lose face and flunk Smiley Face 101! > >Life is good and I love y'all all, annie > > > > >