Genealogy Chat

Jennie, the flowers are always a good idea - but if you do forget to chuck them out when they are dead, when a visitors eyes graviate to them, you walk over to them (NEVER ignore hot spots - front up to them - only the guilty ignore), touch the vase lovingly and gently and say 'My son(enter any suitable relative at this point) sent me these, bless him, I cant bear to throw them out'. Sorted. And lets all praise the lord for the hosepipe ban - filthy car in the drive - using the front up, not back down method - 'Bloody hose pipe ban, look how filthy my car is, I took it to a drive in wash but even that was banned. Oh well, I suppose it wont go on forever'.

A vase of fresh flowers works wonders for convincing everyone that the house has been thoroughly cleaned. Don't forget to throw them away when they are dead tho'.

Look at the time I have just put on the washing, had a shower, cleaned the bathroom made the childrens breakfast, swept the floors and duly washed them, hoovered and dusted upstairs and taken the dog for a walk.........Oh ok then I have been up an hour and intended to do all those things, but I just had to check first if I could find something on ancestry......yep still sitting here!!! Thanks to Heather for the fantastic housework tips.....when can I sign on for the course? think I would go in at the beginners level I obviously have a lot to learn! Fuzzy x

Glad to see I am not alone! I switch on computer as soon as I wake - while it's waking up, go and feed the cat and make cup of tea. Let cat out, rush upstairs - log on here. 1 hour later - rush into bathroom - shower - get dressed - have breakfast - out to work (thank goodness it's only a 2 minute walk away!) Once a week have to drive OH to work - drat, drat, double drat - less time on here. Back from work - let cat back in - switch on computer - any more messages - deal with those. Dinner - what's that? Study - well if I must ( and I should, essay due next week) Eventually, eyelids tell me time for bed. You'll note - no housework mentioned. Another addict owns up.

I never clean apart from load the dishwasher and change the sheets etc on the bed and do the laundry. Basic housework is done by a cleaner that I have for 3 hrs a week. Works wonders.

Just think OC, in a century or two some of your descendants might be getting really excited when they're thumbing through the archives and find out what scandalous things their ancestor got up to...

Oh yes, they do Heather ...I'm hoping for a nice open prison with the very latest in computers.... OC

Dont they also get arrested quite a lot, Olde Crone?!

Oh, Jean's reminded me.... What the heck does PMSL mean??? I see it every so often - don't have a clue what it is & when it's been mentioned on 'shortenings' threads no one seems to want to come clean..... tell me tell me please BTW it's so I can say OMG, LOL ! ! (see, I do know some of them!) Sarah :-) UPDATE - couldn't wait & posted a separate thread with this question - I know now!!

Serious now....people who have an obsession, be it good or bad, live longer and stay mentally alert longer. OC

I have boys 8 and 10 and what ever i do there is always a wet dog smell, i also have a potty training toddler so have given up on callers any way ive just trained the dog to bark a lot when someone calls Caro;ine

Lol brilliant thread, my mother told my hubby when we first got together that i would never been chained to the kitchen sink lol something that he reminds me of on occasions. my answer: Housework will always be around but we wont. lifes to short.

Strangely enough I actually do more ironing than the rest of my family put together. What that amounts to is that occasionally, if I have a job interview or suchlike, I iron a shirt for it. No-one else ever does any.

What do you mean, Dust? Thats an art installation just waiting for the nod from the Tate! My tip, tumble all clothes for 5 minutes, place on hangers on the line. Result, no ironing to be done. After 5 months I have only 2 pure cotton blouses that need ironing. No doubt I'll take them into my shop one day. (I work for Barnardos)

Gawd knows whats happened to this thread - I had this the other night. Quentin Crisp, now you are talking - he is actually one of our founder members The motto for the college is taken directly from the sacred Quentin's lips ' After the first two years the dust doesnt get any deeper' There is an example to all of us.

PMSL all of you. Heather I would like to sign up for the advanced course please. I already belong to the Quentin Crisp School of How Not To Waste Time Doing Mundane Jobs so I think I am ready to step up to a higher level now. Jean x.

I'll have to settle for the Anorak's School of Student Living: 1. Choose the only hall on campus where you don't get your room cleaned for you, in order to eliminate distractions. 2. Ensure the floor is always covered in junk - if people can't see it, they can't tell if it's clean or not. 3. Eat off the chopping board to save having to wash up a plate. 4. When moving rooms, dump stuff in the new room but don't unpack it for a week or two. This isn't very good, is it? I'll shut up and leave it to the experts.

I have a confession to make everyone,while the last five or so posts have been made i have ...............................................................................................................................................................................................cleaned the windows. Sorry,apologies,i seek forgiveness from my peers and promise that i shall do 10,000 birth look ups before supper time. Glen

A Good Genealogist always has a display of 'Get Well Soon' cards on the mantlepiece in case of unexpected callers. You can quickly apologise for the mess saying you have been ill and perhaps they will even offer to help tidy up!! :-) Anna x

One more tip - just to induce you all to sign up - praise to god if you have a completely non computer literate OH. This can be used in various ways - for instance they will not appreciate that you have the ability to have two screens on the go and can minimise one as soon as you hear them approaching. Further, particularly, if like me you actually work for OH - when he comes into the office (and you have already minimised) - you then sigh, wipe your forehead and say, 'Thank God, Ive had error 4405EXE on there for 2 hours and Ive only just managed to get rid of it. I can get on with the work now'