Excellent alert Mikey , thanks for posting it. Smiles, Sophiee McCOOEY --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 2/12/01

:-)) Sign over a gynecologist's office "Dr. Jones, at your cervix." On a Plumbers truck: "We repair what your husband fixed." On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber." Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak." At a tire shop in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout." Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "Hello. Can we pick your nose?" At a laundry shop: "How about we refund your money, send you a new one at no charge, close the store and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory?" At a towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows." On an electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts." In a nonsmoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action." On a maternity room door: "Push. Push. Push." At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place." On a taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff." In a podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels." On a fence: "Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive." At a car dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet is to miss a car payment." Outside a muffler shop: No appointment necessary. We hear you coming." In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!" At the electric company: "We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be." In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry. Come on in and get fed up." In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

Down with Peroxide, Long Live Natural Blondes. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

A short story, but true. A Murray cod has been caught for the 50th time by a man who has repeatedly returned the fish to the river because it was too thin to make good eating. In desperation the man took the fish to a nearby marine park where it was very quickly subjected to the needle to remove gas build up caused by its frequent short trips out of the water. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

Thought that you might like these Darwin Awards 2000. They have finally been released! For those not familiar with the Darwin Award, It's an annual honor given to the person who provided the universal human gene pool the biggest service by getting killed in the most extraordinarily stupid way. As always, competition this year has been tough again. Some candidates appear to have trained their whole lives for this event! DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATES 1. In September in Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys. 2. In October, a 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he ran," according to his wife, accidentally jogged off a 100-foot-high cliff on his daily run. (Another reason I don't jog.) 3. Buxton, NC: A man died on a beach when an 8-foot-deep hole he had dug into the sand caved in as he sat inside it. Beachgoers said Daniel Jones, 21 dug the hole for fun, or protection from the wind, and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom Thursday afternoon when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach, on the outer banks, used their hands and shovels, trying to claw their way to Jones, a resident of Woodbridge, VA, but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him while about 200 people looked on. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital. 4. In February, Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed in Lompoc, CA, as he fell face-first through the ceiling of bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth (to keep his hands free) rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor. 5. According to police in Dahlonega, GA, ROTC cadet Nick Berrena, 20, was stabbed to death in January by fellow cadet Jeffrey Hoffman, 23, who was trying to prove that a knife could not penetrate the flakvest Berrena was wearing. 6. Sylvester Briddell, Jr , 26, was killed in February in Selbyville, Del, as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger. 7. In February, according to police in Windsor, Ontario, Daniel Kolta, 27, and Randy Taylor, 33, died in a head-on collision, thus earning a tie in the game of chicken they were playing with their snowmobiles. DARWIN AWARD HONORABLE MENTIONS 1. In Guthrie, Okla, in October, Jason Heck tried to kill a millipede with a shot from his 22-calibre rifle, but the bullet ricocheted off a rock near the hole and hit pal Antonio Martinez in the head, fracturing his skull. 2. In Elyria, Ohio, in October, Martyn Eskins, attempting to clean out cobwebs in his basement, declined to use a broom in favor of a propane torch and caused a fire that burned the first and second floors of his house. 3. Paul Stiller, 47, was hospitalized in Andover Township, NJ, in September, and his wife Bonnie was also injured, by a quarter-stick of dynamite that blew up in their car. While driving around at 2 AM, the bored couple lit the dynamite and tried to toss it out the window to see what would happen, but they apparently failed to notice that the window was closed. MORE ALSO RANS TACOMA, WA - Kerry Bingham, had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 am. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one had brought bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. One end of the cable was secured around Bingham's leg and the other end was tied to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy river water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. "All I can say," said Bingham, "is that God was watching out for me on that night. There's just no other explanation for it." Bingham's foot was never located. AND THE WINNER: 1. PADERBORN, GERMANY - Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally let fly-and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop! Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him like a dump truck full of mud. "The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr.Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock and lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top of him," said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern. "With no one there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an hour before a watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated. "It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that happen. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

Hi folks, I may have posted this before but .............! David received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot was fully grown, with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, rude. David tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think of to try and set a good example. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird and the bird yelled back. He shook the bird and the bird just got more angry and more rude. Finally, in a moment of desperation, David put the parrot in the freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird squawk and kick. Then suddenly there was quiet. Not a sound for half a minute. David was frightened that he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto David's extended arm and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I will endeavor at once to correct my behavior. I really am truly sorry and beg your forgiveness." David was astonished at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had made such a dramatic change when the parrot continued, "May I askwhat the chicken did?" Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

That's 2 lumps and milk ........... > Sounds like > > "Drove my Chevvy to the Levy but the Levy was dry ........ " - nowhere near > Berkshire then :-) > > Dave > > > In a message dated 12/02/01 12:09:02 GMT Standard Time, > > sharpe@britishlibrary.net writes: > > > > << Hi Mags, > > I've got WADDY:-- a native stick or club. > > WADY or WADI: - the dry bed of a watercourse (Arabic). > > >> > > Thanks Jim......glad to know that I can still remember things, even if the > > song should have been the Levee...not the Waddy....rofl > > > > Maggie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 25-Jan-01

Afternoon from very wet and windy Berkshire! Dave 80,000 blondes meet in the Kansas City Chiefs Stadium for a "Blondes Are Not Stupid" Convention. The leader says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that blondes are not stupid. Can I have a volunteer?" A blonde gingerly works her way through the crowd and steps up to the stage. The leader asks her, "What is 15 plus 15?" After 15 or 20 seconds she says, "Eighteen!" Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then 80,000 blondes start cheering, "Give her another chance! Give her another chance!" The leader says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place and we have the world-wide press and global broadcast media here, gee, uh, I guess we can give her another chance." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?" After nearly 30 seconds she eventually says, "Ninety?" The leader is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh-everyone is disheartened - the blonde starts crying and the 80,000 girls begin to yell and wave their hands shouting, "GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE!" The leader, unsure whether or not he is doing more harm than damage, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?" The girl closes her eyes, and after a whole minute eventually says, "Four?". Throughout the stadium pandemonium breaks out as all 80,000 girls jump to their feet, wave their arms, stomp their feet and scream... "GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HER ANOTHER CHANCE!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A dietician was once addressing a large audience in Chicago. "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago." "Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realises the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. "But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?" A 75-year-old man in the front row stood up and said, "Wedding cake." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A blonde decided she needed something new and different for a winter hobby. She went to the bookstore and bought every book she could find on ice fishing. For weeks she read and studied every book, hoping to become an expert in the field. Finally she decided she knew enough, and out she went for her first ice fishing trip. She carefully gathered up and packed all the tools and equipment needed for the excursion. Each piece of equipment had its own special place in her kit. When she got to the ice, she found a quiet little area, placed her padded stool, and carefully laid out her tools. Just as she was about to make her first cut into the ice, a booming voice from the sky bellowed, "There are no fish under the ice!" Startled, the blonde grabbed up all her belongings, moved further along the ice, poured some hot chocolate from her thermos, and started to cut a new hole. Again the voice from above bellowed, "There are no fish under the ice!" Amazed, the blonde wasn't quite sure what to do, as this certainly wasn't covered in any of her books. She packed up her gear and moved to the far side of the ice. Once there, she stopped for a few moments to regain her calm. Then she was extremely careful to set everything up perfectly -- tools in the right place, chair positioned just so,everything. Just as she was about to cut this new hole, the voice came again, "There are no fish under the ice!" Petrified, the blonde looked skyward and asked "Is that you Lord?" The voice boomed back, "No, this is the manager of the skating rink!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aunt Flora went to her doctor to see what could be done about her constipation. "It's terrible," she said, "I haven't moved my bowels in a week." "I see. Have you done anything about it?" asked the doctor. "Naturally," she replied, "I sit in the bathroom for a half- hour in the morning and again at night." "No," the doctor said, "I mean do you take anything?" "Naturally," she answered, "I take a book." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 25-Jan-01

Morning Gail, Yhis dpelling lark kan be a prob;rm eh?:-)) Thanks very much 4 the lovely chuckles, nice start to the day. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail Genereau <genereau@vbe.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 1:33 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] Unique Thoughts :-) > I thought these might help to start off your Monday morning with a few chuckles. (Took me three tries to send, just couldn't speel Northern. I mean spell Northern!) It's Monday, alright! > Gail in Wisconsin > > UNIQUE THOUGHTS > > >How Do You Catch A Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It. > >How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit? Tame Way, Unique Up On It. > >How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psycho > >Path. > >What Do Fish Say When They Hit A Concrete Wall? Dam! > >What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice Too Long? Polaroids > >What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't Work? A Stick. > >What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours? Nacho Cheese. > >What Do You Call Santa's Helpers? Subordinate Clauses. > >What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand? Quarto Sinko. > >What Do You Get From A Pampered Cow? Spoiled Milk. > >What Do You Get When You Cross A Snowman With A Vampire? Frostbite. > >What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches? A Nervous Wreck. > >What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can > >Roast Beef. > >Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him. > >Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive? Because It Scares the Dog. > >What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic? Sanka. > >What Is The Difference Between A Harley And A Hoover? The Location > >Of The Dirt Bag. > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Add a link to your website here, > http://pub23.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=1926973379&cpv=1 >

I guess the people mention here liked wedding cake. Jean in NS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roystock@compuserve.com> To: <CHESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: [CHS] Dade Registers and Marriage Records Gay wrote..... >>I am also posting this email back to the list because there is a supplementary question I would like to ask about the difficulty in finding some marriage records. These are during the period when marriages were compulsorily required to take place in the local Parish Church under the 'Hardwicke Marriage Act' 1753?-1837. We have a lot of Unitarians in our Family Tree and whilst some did get married locally and some others a little further afield at Manchester Cathedral (I believe they didn't ask so many questions there), some marriages have not been found at all even though I an others have searched parishes even further afield. I have begun to come to the conclusion that they didn't officially marry at all. Could it be that due to strict adherence to non-conformist principles some simply chose not to marry<< THE only marriages allowed outside the Church of England under Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act 1753 (which came into effect on Jan 1 1754) were Quaker and Jewish ones. I'm afraid I can't point you to any specific research on this, but I suspect that given the social mores of the time, most Non-Conformists would probably have married in the CoE, even if it was against their principles, rather than live in sin! I can only suggest you widen your search for the missing ones. Perhaps it could be that some couples didn't wish to marry in their own local parish church since they were well known as Non-Conformists and might have faced opposition or reluctance from the incumbent, so moved temporarily to another parish where they weren't known? The real reason for Hardwicke's Act, BTW, was not to force people to marry in the Anglican Church for reasons of religious compulsion, but to do away with clandestine marriages. In fact, the full title of the Act was "An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriages". Until this law came in, it was possible to be married without the calling of banns or the issuing of a licence. There were certain clergymen who would marry couples when dispensing with these formalities (for money, usually). Prison chapels were particularly notorious for this, especially the infamous Fleet Prison in London, and on the day before Hardwicke's Act came into operation there were 217 clandestine marriages in the Fleet. Roy Stockdill, Editor, The Journal of One-Name Studies The Stockdill Family History Society Web page:- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/roystock Web page of the Guild of One-Name Studies:- http://www.one-name.org "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you. If he does not, why humiliate him?" - Canon Sydney Smith (scholar and humorist 1771-1845) CHESHIRE interests - PLEVIN and WILLIAMS at Nantwich/Acton-by-Nantwich, pre 1814 ==== CHESHIRE Mailing List ==== Cheshire Surnames Interest Directory: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/surnames/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 1/25/01

Oh Mikey....they are great but I just love that elephant one....rofl Maggie

Thanks Mikey.....this is a good day for laughter....keep them coming. Maggie

Hi Mags, I've got WADDY:-- a native stick or club. WADY or WADI: - the dry bed of a watercourse (Arabic). Jim Sharpe Manchester U K ----- Original Message ----- From: <MagsB1942@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 12/mm/01 10:42 AM Subject: [NTH-ENG] Fwd: [BackToThePast] Waddy > > --part1_6f.1105f8db.27b9182e_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Morning all, > > This came up on a list I have just joined.....I have said I think it is a dry > river bed in India or Africa and also I seem to remember a song about driving > by the waddy....possibly Mississipi or the Everglades in Florida. I am sure > that there are plenty of people on Northern who can give me, and / or the > lady enquiring, the correct answer. I have told her I am forwarding her mail > to you. > > Maggie > In a very dull, soggy but mild Essex > > --part1_6f.1105f8db.27b9182e_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <BACKTOTHEPAST-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-ye04.mx.aol.com (rly-ye04.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.201]) by air-ye01.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:08:44 -0500 > Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-ye04.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:08:07 -0500 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f1C47Vb06206; > Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:07:31 -0800 > Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:07:31 -0800 > X-Original-Sender: shirlgar@fnbnet.net Sun Feb 11 20:07:31 2001 > Message-ID: <004201c094ba$78345f60$b300f2d0@shirlgar> > From: "Shirley Garcia" <shirlgar@fnbnet.net> > Old-To: <BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:10:12 -0800 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > 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: [BackToThePast] Waddy > Resent-Message-ID: <S0lixC.A.xgB.DG2h6@lists5.rootsweb.com> > To: BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/443 > X-Loop: BACKTOTHEPAST-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: BACKTOTHEPAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Hello List, > > Lately I have been re-reading a copy of an old journal that one of my early ancestors wrote and he uses the word "waddy" several times. I have seen reference to this same word in other old writings.The word is sometimes spelled waddie. I can't find that word in any dictionary new or old. In the context it was written I believe it to mean "cowboy" or "stockman" as we know the term today. It seems like I read somewhere that the word "cowboy" was coined in the early "B" western type picture shows in the 1920-1930's. I have certainly never seen that word in print from earlier times, like around or before 1900. Does anyone out there care to comment on this, am I wrong to think the word waddy means something else besides cowboy? > > Shirley in TX > > > > > ==== BACKTOTHEPAST Mailing List ==== > Be sure to check out the web site that goes with this page at:http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.com/~backtothepast/ > > > --part1_6f.1105f8db.27b9182e_boundary-- > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Visit the lists Pulse Page here, > http://212.19.69.91/north/ > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.227 / Virus Database: 109 - Release Date: 17/01/01

In a message dated 12/02/01 16:15:25 GMT Standard Time, dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk writes: << "Drove my Chevvy to the Levy but the Levy was dry ........ " - nowhere near Berkshire then :-) >> That's the one.......isn't it annoying when you know you know something but you cant remember the words....lol Must be all this wet weather.....done something to my brain....lol Maggie

Thanks Dave, just what is needed on a cold, damp day......a really good laugh. Maggie

In a message dated 12/02/01 12:09:02 GMT Standard Time, sharpe@britishlibrary.net writes: << Hi Mags, I've got WADDY:-- a native stick or club. WADY or WADI: - the dry bed of a watercourse (Arabic). >> Thanks Jim......glad to know that I can still remember things, even if the song should have been the Levee...not the Waddy....rofl Maggie

Thanks Glenda, I've just remembered .... the song was by the Levee....or however you spell it. Maggie

Thanks Gail........I'm not surprised you couldn't spell (or speel) Northern.....I cant type for laughing...... Maggie

I thought these might help to start off your Monday morning with a few chuckles. (Took me three tries to send, just couldn't speel Northern. I mean spell Northern!) It's Monday, alright! Gail in Wisconsin UNIQUE THOUGHTS >How Do You Catch A Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It. >How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit? Tame Way, Unique Up On It. >How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psycho >Path. >What Do Fish Say When They Hit A Concrete Wall? Dam! >What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice Too Long? Polaroids >What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't Work? A Stick. >What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours? Nacho Cheese. >What Do You Call Santa's Helpers? Subordinate Clauses. >What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand? Quarto Sinko. >What Do You Get From A Pampered Cow? Spoiled Milk. >What Do You Get When You Cross A Snowman With A Vampire? Frostbite. >What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches? A Nervous Wreck. >What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can >Roast Beef. >Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him. >Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive? Because It Scares the Dog. >What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic? Sanka. >What Is The Difference Between A Harley And A Hoover? The Location >Of The Dirt Bag.

Hi Maggie, A waddy is Western USA term (1897) meaning cowboy; or a cattle rustler which is a cattle thief. The origin is unknown. The term waddy was in all three dictionaries that I consulted - three of the most popular across the states...up to date. Cowboy came into existence in 1623. Hope this helps your new list person. Regards, Glenda >Morning all, > >This came up on a list I have just joined.....I have said I think it is a >dry >river bed in India or Africa and also I seem to remember a song about >driving >by the waddy....possibly Mississipi or the Everglades in Florida. I am sure >that there are plenty of people on Northern who can give me, and / or the >lady enquiring, the correct answer. I have told her I am forwarding her >mail >to you. > >Hello List, > >Lately I have been re-reading a copy of an old journal that one of my >early ancestors wrote and he uses the word "waddy" several times. I have >seen reference to this same word in other old writings.The word is >sometimes spelled waddie. I can't find that word in any dictionary new or >old. In the context it was written I believe it to mean "cowboy" or >"stockman" as we know the term today. It seems like I read somewhere that >the word "cowboy" was coined in the early "B" western type picture shows >in the 1920-1930's. I have certainly never seen that word in print from >earlier times, like around or before 1900. Does anyone out there care to >comment on this, am I wrong to think the word waddy means something else >besides cowboy? > >Shirley in TX >Maggie >In a very dull, soggy but mild Essex