--part1_bf.15e462a.25f4008c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/5/00 4:36:42 PM !!!First Boot!!!, EUZELIA@aol.com writes: << =========================================================== 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal? 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! 12. It's 2000... Do you know where your-Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples. 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it. 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... I seek! 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower. 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a thief. 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet . . . I'm hunting forebears. 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... 45. Documentation . . . The hardest part of genealogy. 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! 47. Genealogy . . . will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. 49. I researched my family tree . . . and apparently I don't exist! 50. SO MANY ANCESTORS...........................SO LITTLE TIME! ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <NCMECKLE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 11:36:42 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 11:36:10 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA18768; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:34:10 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:34:10 -0800 (PST) From: EUZELIA@aol.com Message-ID: <3a.21d1ba4.25f3e65c@aol.com> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:33:32 EST Old-To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, HUNSUCKER-L@rootsweb.com, NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 31 Subject: [NCMECKLE] Genealogy Humor Resent-Message-ID: <gTGG1D.A.ekE._xow4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com> >> --part1_bf.15e462a.25f4008c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NCMECKLE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 11:36:42 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 11:36:10 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA18768; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:34:10 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 08:34:10 -0800 (PST) From: EUZELIA@aol.com Message-ID: <3a.21d1ba4.25f3e65c@aol.com> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:33:32 EST Old-To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, HUNSUCKER-L@rootsweb.com, NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 31 Subject: [NCMECKLE] Genealogy Humor Resent-Message-ID: <gTGG1D.A.ekE._xow4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3463 X-Loop: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NCMECKLE-L-request@rootsweb.com ============================================================ 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal? 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! 12. It's 2000... Do you know where your-Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples. 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it. 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... I seek! 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower. 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a thief. 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet . . . I'm hunting forebears. 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... 45. Documentation . . . The hardest part of genealogy. 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! 47. Genealogy . . . will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. 49. I researched my family tree . . . and apparently I don't exist! 50. SO MANY ANCESTORS...........................SO LITTLE TIME! --part1_bf.15e462a.25f4008c_boundary--