Welcome to the club Penny - that's what my family tell me! Great, isn't it, better than not talking at all. Maggie

I forwarded it on and got a few bad replies from it - some people have no sense of humour !!!!!!!!! LOL Maggie

Dear penny, Can we all share in this please? Hate it to become, this list; Revelations of a personal nature; ............. Just judging¬:-)) On list or off? Appears to be in part, both at present? Best, Mikey. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Makepeacewas@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Fw: [SCOUSERS] NON PC Response To Newly Announced Revocation o... > Oh, Marj, thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I REALLY have something to > laugh at without being lynched in my own hometown! (And my boss, the judge, > will really love this!) > > Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland > > from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan > Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, > Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Browse the archives, > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L/ > Search the list archives, > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=NORTHERN-ENGLAND >

Dear lovely lady members, What's in a name.............. you lovely flowers! Oh luxury. you Prophetess....... Oh Wisdom eh or be it E or Ed? :-)) The Grass............. Mikey.

Dear lovely lady members, What's in a name.............. you lovely flowers! Oh luxury. you Prophetess....... Oh Wisdom eh or be it E or Ed? :-)) The grass............. Mikey. ----- Original Message ----- From: SOPHIEE <sophred@sprint.ca> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:56 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] NAME > Okay Sybil <--sorry couldn't resist > *snickering in Canada* > > > Changed my name back to Marged. Like it better. > > Marged > > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region. >

Penny, Some members that requested it have not responded but others have!!:-)) lol, Are you sure as it, is in parts, not too my taste and made me cringe; but certain verses gave birth to mirth in me: It is very US of A. I will not post it to you till you accept the above? Mikey. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Makepeacewas@AOL.COM> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Poem!! o lol. Twas the night before Christmas > Please send it, Mikey! I'd love to read it! > > Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland > > from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan > Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, > Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, > http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html >

Hi Penny, You forgot to mention that the fellows watch their football like fiends ! ! ! At least my family of fellows ! Happy Thanksgiving, Glenda

Probably wasn't Bread at all Penny - I'm no expert. It just sounded familiar. I know the song, though "All right now, Baby". Marj ----- Original Message ----- From: <Makepeacewas@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] CAPSTICK'S LAW made by Granada 1988/1989 | Oops! Missed this message listing David Kossoff's son as Paul. He's not | listed on the cover of my Bread album; maybe another group of the same name? | | Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland | | from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan | Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, | Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Browse the archives, | http://archiver.rootsweb.com/NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L/ | Search the list archives, | http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=NORTHERN-ENGLAND | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 15/11/00

I don't know about anyone else, but in the past few days I've received over 1000 e-mails from my various lists. A good portion of them were from Northern-England (probably close to half). I hope everyone is well, as I've been offline for a few days. A couple of general remarks: Still no president-elect in the United States; waiting for the Flori-duh Supreme Court to decide which votes they're going to allow from the hand recounts. (I wish Gore would just give in and concede already!) So sorry to hear about Australia's rainy weather. Our biggest problem here has been the snow; in the northern part of our state, they were expecting nearly a foot of snow again yesterday and today, after a foot had already fallen. (Becky, are you buried under snow? Haven't seen you online recently?) But Buffalo, New York, has had nearly four feet (at least those are the numbers the news is broadcasting) of snow in the past several days. Lake effect, and all that, but the mayor closed the roads to any driving and the news reports say people (school children included) had to spend the night in grocery stores and at school because the busses could take them anywhere. However, they're used to snow up there, and since it's so late in the year, it can't be effecting the economy like the rain in Australia is. Best wishes to all there, and everywhere where the rains have been pouring down like the Great Flood. Our Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so much for my diet! Basically a get-together where the women cook like fiends so we can all eat like fiends and then the men go and watch football (American style) on TV while the women clean up like fiends and then gossip like fiends. The good news is, I also have Friday off of work, so I can catch up on my e-mail if I'm too busy cooking on Wednesday and too tired on Thursday to read it! Looking forward to lots of exciting mail from my fellow listers, as always! Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

Didn't the idea for a census start out (at least in Anno Domini days) with William the Conquerer wanting to know who and what was under his rule? (Caesar kept track for taxing purposes, hence Joseph's trip to Bethlehem with Mary.) Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

I'd love to receive it, Marj. Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

And here I thought I was the only list member on AOL and wondered what was wrong with me! I've been on AOL since March and, aside from cursing at it from time to time, have never had a problem with my mail. Welcome to AOL, Maggie! Feel free to add me to your buddy list if you would like; I'll add you to mine if that's okay with you, although perhaps we'll not be online at the same time (11:28 pm here; what time is it there?). Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

Dear Everyone, This came just a short time ago and I thought I would send it onto the list. Glenda Be thankful The following is something to ponder.............. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million of those who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare, even in the United States. If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful...you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder...you are blessed because you can offer healing touch. If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

In a message dated 11/20/2000 11:44:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, mm@mmaychell.freeserve.co.uk writes: > August 2000 567 messages > September 2000 1706 messages > October 2000 1401 messages > I think it's my fault; I joined sometime in September, I think, and look at the increase since then! My family always did tell me I talk too much! LOL Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

Gee, Angela, can anyone come to Sunday dinner at your house? I'll admit, Cyprus is a bit of a commute from the States, but for a dinner like that, I'd manage it! My culinary delights consist of using my slow cooker for pot roast and the occasional giant pot of soup (aside from the recipes I've already posted). Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

Oh, Marj, thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I REALLY have something to laugh at without being lynched in my own hometown! (And my boss, the judge, will really love this!) Penny (Wasalaski) Rowland from the beautiful Great Lakes State of Michigan Searching for: Makepeace, Holmes, Fowler, Pierce, Quay, John, Spalding, Dilworth, Wasalaski, Gill, Osborne, Shimmons

Okay Sybil <--sorry couldn't resist *snickering in Canada* > Changed my name back to Marged. Like it better. > Marged

Evening Marged, I think , on balance , if we're going to get mad cow disease then it should be "English" ! Mind you the best peppered steak I had was in France ( Brive ). Now that's 25 years ago , am I safe ? Know what you mean about egg shell, very off-putting. I'm almost the same with fish bones - never have been able to eat kippers. Like smoked haddock ( or should I say dyed ? ) , cod etc , but I do pick through it , just in case. Had cod and chips for my pub lunch today - only 5 bones ! Dave You're not alone when your e-mail's working. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] MAD FRENCH COW DISEASE > Well, I've got my name down for French Mad Cow Disease. I was going to write > that in French, but I think my brain has started to go already. > > A year or two ago we were on holiday in Paris and ate a few times at a > Restaurant that Don had found in a book called "Pauper's Paris" (don't knock it, > it's a good book, and very appropriate). > > I tried many dishes on their lunch menu. It was one of those places with oil > cloth on the tables and where you sit cheek by jowl with complete strangers, > most of them drunk and/or smoking Gauloise. > > The black pudding was very good, so one day I thought I'd try the Steack Tartare > (their spelling, not mine). > The patron was very determined that I was not going to have it, so I chose > something else. But it was on my mind, so next time we went back, I ordered it > again, and this time I had thought out the French for "No, I am determined to > have the Steack Tartare". > > With a gallic shrug he went off to get it. Well, most of you will know the > punch line. Steack Tartare is raw minced beef, served with a raw egg in half > the shell, plus capers and chips. Oh, and Tabasco sauce in a little bottle. > > I was determined not to let down the British (on this occasion they were > British) and I gamely mixed the raw egg into the mince, sprinkled it with the > various accoutrements, and ate most of it. As I remember it, we were going for > the plane an hour after lunch, and I just had to hope and pray that the > galloping Salmonella didn't hit me, from the egg. I had no fears about the beef > in those days - after all it was French. > > No ill effects resulted, but I know that if M le Patron tries to give me advice > in future, I will try to understand what he is saying and even if I don't, I > won't have what I was trying to order. > > PS - I truly loath and detest egg shell. Won't even eat an egg sandwich made by > someone else in case they didn't get all the egg shell out - and half a one was > on my plate! > > > Marged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14-Nov-00

Marged, The good old US of A will miss out, "that figures"?:-)) Mikey. 11.21.2000. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 5:38 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] THE DATE > Watch out on 20th January next year - we will write it as 20.01.2001 > > I find that sort of thing interesting, especially since I remember the teacher > at school saying "Remember when you write this date, because it will never be > written like this again. 12.3.45" > > Of course, we didn't put noughts in in those days (well, we had to make it work, > didn't we). > > > Marj > > Always looking for: > INGHAM, FISCHER, BENTLEY, > HUGHES, PEACOCK, MOUNIER, LATINIER > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list in mail mode send a message to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe and nothing else. > If you are in digest mode, then send the command instead to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com >

Well, I've got my name down for French Mad Cow Disease. I was going to write that in French, but I think my brain has started to go already. A year or two ago we were on holiday in Paris and ate a few times at a Restaurant that Don had found in a book called "Pauper's Paris" (don't knock it, it's a good book, and very appropriate). I tried many dishes on their lunch menu. It was one of those places with oil cloth on the tables and where you sit cheek by jowl with complete strangers, most of them drunk and/or smoking Gauloise. The black pudding was very good, so one day I thought I'd try the Steack Tartare (their spelling, not mine). The patron was very determined that I was not going to have it, so I chose something else. But it was on my mind, so next time we went back, I ordered it again, and this time I had thought out the French for "No, I am determined to have the Steack Tartare". With a gallic shrug he went off to get it. Well, most of you will know the punch line. Steack Tartare is raw minced beef, served with a raw egg in half the shell, plus capers and chips. Oh, and Tabasco sauce in a little bottle. I was determined not to let down the British (on this occasion they were British) and I gamely mixed the raw egg into the mince, sprinkled it with the various accoutrements, and ate most of it. As I remember it, we were going for the plane an hour after lunch, and I just had to hope and pray that the galloping Salmonella didn't hit me, from the egg. I had no fears about the beef in those days - after all it was French. No ill effects resulted, but I know that if M le Patron tries to give me advice in future, I will try to understand what he is saying and even if I don't, I won't have what I was trying to order. PS - I truly loath and detest egg shell. Won't even eat an egg sandwich made by someone else in case they didn't get all the egg shell out - and half a one was on my plate! Marged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00