And I would like to add they financed much of it with their own money instead of trying to cheat the public. they were an amazing bunch of men carol In a message dated 7/2/2009 8:02:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Like I said, you had to take some of it with a big grain of salt...but the parts about some of the founding fathers' sexual exploits was based in a bit of fact. Ben Franklin was well known for being a party animal! Of course, everybody's heard about Thomas Jefferson's "other" set of children. I think the main take away from the special was that our founding fathers were just human beings and had human flaws, but managed to create an amazing Revolution! On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:09 PM, PJH <[email protected]> wrote: > Kat, Did you believe all that stuff? My husband is a Mason and he was > just shaking his head with the stuff they were saying. Sometimes you get > those "professors" and they put their own spin on stories like this!! I was > disgusted with it, but watched the whole 2 hrs. just to see what kind of > things they were going to come up with. > > Phyllis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:02 AM > Subject: VAFLOYD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 245 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. not genealogy--History Channel special (Kat Fulcher) > 2. Argabrite/Argabrigfht ([email protected]) > 3. Vacation (Rena) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:27 -0400 > From: Kat Fulcher <[email protected]> > Subject: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--History Channel special > To: vafloyd <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If you didn't watch the History Channel program "Secrets of the Founding > Fathers" last night, definitely don't miss it tonight! Wow! Really > fascinating stuff! Between hemp smoking, sleeping around, and bodies in > the > basement, it's a wonder they had time to start a Revolution! As the kids > would say, those guys were messed up!!!! > > Kat > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:09:45 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Argabrite/Argabrigfht > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: clarenceargabrite > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.floyd/1986/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > searching for parents of Jonathan Argabright. He is in the 1870 cencus for > Floyd County Virginia. Wife name Jane with children David, Rosa, John. Can > not read the rest of the childrens name.Shows his birth as 1821. > > I have a Jonathan Thomas Argabrite that was son of Issac and Elizabeth > Swope Argabrite born 1848. Could be same one with incorrect birthday of 1848 > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:39:39 -0400 > From: "Rena" <[email protected]> > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Vacation > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm on a stay-at-home Vacation, with day trips.. and i'm having internet > problems. I'm planning to return my high speed modum tomorrow.. and > hopefully get a new one. It is getting hot and shuting off. I'll be around > hopefully..as soon as i get this problem resolved.. > I have a bunch of updates, and can't stay connected long enough to > complete a transaction.. > Rena > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VAFLOYD list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the VAFLOYD mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VAFLOYD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 245 > *************************************** > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen [email protected] View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular Laptops – Shop Now! 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