Have yall ever stopped to think that our ancestors "talked funny" to our ear? If we did have them for Thanksgiving they all would talk "funny" and even some would not speak "English" of the American variety. They probably wouldn't smell great and have most of their teeth missing and would be in their 30's but look 60...but wouldn't it be great for even one day to talk to them....what would they think of us....not having to cut fire wood or go out and outsmart and shoot a turkey or goose...to have more to eat with than a wooden spoon and bowl that may have been passed around among the family...to be warm without smelling like burned wood and to be clean and in fresh clothes that did not stink because you would not bath until the streams fthawed in the spring...I think they would be so overcome with our style of living that they would be speechless....can you imagine taking them for a first ride in a car that was heated and cooled. The looks on the ladies' faces when they saw all the clothes in our closets....and oboy! I can just hear gggggrand mamas going "tisk, tisk, tisk" at the leanght of the clothes for women.....and the gggggrand dad's laughing at the gggggrandsons buying rum at the liq. store............how much fun showing them our world that they made possible with all their sacrifices and hard work................maybe that is what the aftertime is for...meeting with all that went before to compare notes...what a grand banquet that will be.........huh???? MA B.

What an interesting picture of our meeting with our ancestors you have painted. But what if we were in their world, instead of ours, would we know how to go at a slower pace? Or live a simpler life? Meet them in the afterlife, such a discussion may be deemed "politically incorrect" or even a bunch of "foolishness" by some. I wonder what our ancestors would think of that kind of thinking? Kay C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sdah13" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Middle Initials > Have yall ever stopped to think that our ancestors "talked funny" to our > ear? If we did have them for Thanksgiving they all would talk "funny" and > even some would not speak "English" of the American variety. They > probably > wouldn't smell great and have most of their teeth missing and would be in > their 30's but look 60...but wouldn't it be great for even one day to talk > to them....what would they think of us....not having to cut fire wood or > go > out and outsmart and shoot a turkey or goose...to have more to eat with > than > a wooden spoon and bowl that may have been passed around among the > family...to be warm without smelling like burned wood and to be clean and > in > fresh clothes that did not stink because you would not bath until the > streams fthawed in the spring...I think they would be so overcome with our > style of living that they would be speechless....can you imagine taking > them > for a first ride in a car that was heated and cooled. The looks on the > ladies' faces when they saw all the clothes in our closets....and oboy! I > can just hear gggggrand mamas going "tisk, tisk, tisk" at the leanght of > the > clothes for women.....and the gggggrand dad's laughing at the > gggggrandsons > buying rum at the liq. store............how much fun showing them our > world > that they made possible with all their sacrifices and hard > work................maybe that is what the aftertime is for...meeting with > all that went before to compare notes...what a grand banquet that will > be.........huh???? > MA B. > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Our ancestors might me in awe of the "new fangled things", clothes, cars, etc., but wouldn't take long before they would be horrified at what we had managed to do to our country and the " I want everything" lifestyle we live. Just a thought.... Donna. > Have yall ever stopped to think that our ancestors "talked funny" to our > ear? If we did have them for Thanksgiving they all would talk "funny" and > even some would not speak "English" of the American variety. They probably > wouldn't smell great and have most of their teeth missing and would be in > their 30's but look 60...but wouldn't it be great for even one day to talk > to them....what would they think of us....not having to cut fire wood or go > out and outsmart and shoot a turkey or goose...to have more to eat with than > a wooden spoon and bowl that may have been passed around among the > family...to be warm without smelling like burned wood and to be clean and in > fresh clothes that did not stink because you would not bath until the > streams fthawed in the spring...I think they would be so overcome with our > style of living that they would be speechless....can you imagine taking them > for a first ride in a car that was heated and cooled. The looks on the > ladies' faces when they saw all the clothes in our closets....and oboy! I > can just hear gggggrand mamas going "tisk, tisk, tisk" at the leanght of the > clothes for women.....and the gggggrand dad's laughing at the gggggrandsons > buying rum at the liq. store............how much fun showing them our world > that they made possible with all their sacrifices and hard > work................maybe that is what the aftertime is for...meeting with > all that went before to compare notes...what a grand banquet that will > be.........huh???? > MA B. > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >