This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_921790567_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 3/18/99 11:33:55 AM, [email protected] wrote: << >I thought this was kind of neat. > >J.C.Johnson > >GRANDMA'S DISEASE Author unknown courtesy Connie Washburn > >There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late. >She always reading history or jotting down some date. >She's tracking back the family, we'll all have pedigrees. >Oh, Grandma's got a hobby - she's climbing the FAMILY TREE. > >Poor Grandpa does the cooking, and now, or so he states, >That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates. >Grandma can't be bothered, she busy as a bee, >Compiling genealogy for the FAMILY TREE. > >She has no time to babysit, the curtains are a fright, >No buttons left on Grandpa's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. >She's given up her club work and the soaps on TV, >the only thing she does nowadays is climb the FAMILY TREE. > >She goes down to the courthouse and studies ancient lore, >We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before. >The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze, >A minor irritation when you're climbing the FAMILY TREE. > >The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far, >Last week she got the proof she needs to join the D.A.R. >A monumental project all do agree, >All from climbing up the FAMILY TREE. > >Now some folks came from Scotland, some from Galway Bay, >Some were French as pastry, some German all the way. >Some went West to stake there claims, some stayed there by the sea. >Grandma hopes to find them all, as she climbs the FAMILY TREE. > >She wanders through the graveyard in search of date and name, >The rich, the poor, the in-between, all sleeping there the same. >She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze, >That blows above the Fathers of all our FAMILY TREES. > >There are pioneers and patriots, mixed in our kith and kin, >Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin. >But none more staunch than Grandma, who eyes light up with glee, >Each time she finds a missing branch for the FAMILY TREE. > >Their skills were wide and varied, from carpenter to cook, >And one, alas, the records show, was hopelessly a crook. >Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge - some tutored for a fee. >Once lost in time, now all recorded on the FAMILIY TREE. > >To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more, >She learns the joys and heartaches of those that went before. >They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept - and now, for you and >me, >They live again in spirit, around the FAMILY TREE. > >At last she's nearly finished and we are each exposed, >Life will be the same again, this we all supposed. >Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea. >We'll all be fat, just as before the wretched FAMILY TREE. > >Sad to relate, the preacher called and visited for a spell. >We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well. >The heathen folk, the poor and then - twas fate, it had to be, >Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the FAMILY TREE. > >He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was..... Clark? >He and Grandma talked and talked, outside it grew dark. >We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease, >Grandma's become an addict - she's hooked on FAMILY TREES. > >Our souls are filled with sorrow, our hearts sad with dismay. >Our ears could scarce believe the words we heard our Grandma say, >"It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me, >I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your FAMILY TREE. > > >==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== >Make sure you also submit your mailing list info requests to the query pages as well. You will reach more people, over a longer period of time that way than just through the mailing list. Directions for submissions at top of query pages. 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Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:30:04 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:30:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Roland Elliott" <[email protected]> Old-To: "CAM" <[email protected]>, "SOCAL" <[email protected]>, "ky" <[email protected]>, "Dutch-C" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:33:15 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Subject: [KYBATH-L] Grandma's disease Resent-Message-ID: <"0aIlCB.A.Zr.KoS82"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1603 X-Loop: [email protected] To: [email protected] Precedence: list Errors-To: [email protected] Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable -----Original Message----- Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8 23 Subject: [Grandma's disease >I thought this was kind of neat. > >Don von Wolffradt > >GRANDMA'S DISEASE Author unknown courtesy Connie Washburn > >There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late. >She always reading history or jotting down some date. >She's tracking back the family, we'll all have pedigrees. >Oh, Grandma's got a hobby - she's climbing the FAMILY TREE. > >Poor Grandpa does the cooking, and now, or so he states, >That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates. >Grandma can't be bothered, she busy as a bee, >Compiling genealogy for the FAMILY TREE. > >She has no time to babysit, the curtains are a fright, >No buttons left on Grandpa's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. >She's given up her club work and the soaps on TV, >the only thing she does nowadays is climb the FAMILY TREE. > >She goes down to the courthouse and studies ancient lore, >We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before. >The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze, >A minor irritation when you're climbing the FAMILY TREE. > >The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far, >Last week she got the proof she needs to join the D.A.R. >A monumental project all do agree, >All from climbing up the FAMILY TREE. > >Now some folks came from Scotland, some from Galway Bay, >Some were French as pastry, some German all the way. >Some went West to stake there claims, some stayed there by the sea. >Grandma hopes to find them all, as she climbs the FAMILY TREE. > >She wanders through the graveyard in search of date and name, >The rich, the poor, the in-between, all sleeping there the same. >She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze, >That blows above the Fathers of all our FAMILY TREES. > >There are pioneers and patriots, mixed in our kith and kin, >Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin. >But none more staunch than Grandma, who eyes light up with glee, >Each time she finds a missing branch for the FAMILY TREE. > >Their skills were wide and varied, from carpenter to cook, >And one, alas, the records show, was hopelessly a crook. >Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge - some tutored for a fee. >Once lost in time, now all recorded on the FAMILIY TREE. > >To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more, >She learns the joys and heartaches of those that went before. >They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept - and now, for you and >me, >They live again in spirit, around the FAMILY TREE. > >At last she's nearly finished and we are each exposed, >Life will be the same again, this we all supposed. >Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea. >We'll all be fat, just as before the wretched FAMILY TREE. > >Sad to relate, the preacher called and visited for a spell. >We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well. >The heathen folk, the poor and then - twas fate, it had to be, >Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the FAMILY TREE. > >He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was..... Clark? >He and Grandma talked and talked, outside it grew dark. >We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease, >Grandma's become an addict - she's hooked on FAMILY TREES. > >Our souls are filled with sorrow, our hearts sad with dismay. >Our ears could scarce believe the words we heard our Grandma say, >"It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me, >I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your FAMILY TREE. > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D PABRADFO Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D >Make sure you also submit your mailing list info requests to the query pages as well. You will reach more people, over a longer period of time th= at way than just through the mailing list. Directions for submissions at top = of query pages. Good luck to all. > > --part0_921790567_boundary--