General Chat

It is now 11am on a lovely sunny morning here in the real world, and here's me not at church. No.1 informs me it will rain before long. I just wandered down the path that winds through the little side garden around the linden tree, hoping to emerge alive before the exploding hostas and ferns and asters and violets grabbed my ankles and dragged me down for compost.

LadyB, that was as I figured, and I hope you are feeling better. As you may have noticed, I talk about my own troubles only if I can make light of them, but I know there are some troubles that cannot be made light of.

I have received a PM warning me to watch out for Aunty. What's all this genealogy brouhaha in a perfectly civilized chitchat thread then? In answer to "is it 1 or 2?" I say "purple". If there are two with the same names already, why not 3, or 7?

Was Orlando Bloom not a character in a Virginia Woolf novel? Or am I being just too literate here?

I campaigned for the Liberals when I was 16 and Trudeau was the Paul McCartney of the political world. By the time I turned 17 I'd seen the error of my childish ways and had joined the correct party. Yes, he's dead. His son Justin is being groomed now. I named Justin. The cook in the fast-food restaurant where I was working was musing about how they should call him Gimmick. I said no, Justin! It's English, it's French, it's classical, classically educated Trudeau's motto was "the just society". They never delivered my prize. Here; drool:

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=justin+trudeau&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

His mother Margaret Sinclair Trudeau (she who had an affair with the Rolling Stones) Kemper (that last husband was a shark real estate developer I once beat in court for slum landlord practices) was featured in our own Who Do You Think You Are. Her grx4 grfather was one of the guys who built Raffles hotel in Singapore.

I have to report quite sadly that Rob Thomas and Orlando Bloom tripped over the bucket of mole stew whilst visiting Nut Lodge for afternoon tea. And with that little bon mot I will leave you to your evening while I go and practice my most refined snoring.

Auntyyyyyyyyy, as if I would leave my little babies behind anywhere! The are with me all the time, now and follow their Nanny around everywhere. Firmly imprinted, I think. :)))) Wouldn't dream of letting that Miss Janey get her mitts on them.

Yes, dear, I do know what a wooden spoon does when it is in metaphorical employment. LOLOL

I should add that you have heard nothing sweeter than my snoring. wmsl

Meriiiiiiiiiweather. Where are the Cyber Pets. Are you shirking your nanny duties.

Where are those cute little nessiemodo dragons. Don't tell me you put them in the sick bucket and knicker-elasticked them over to Canada.

That's not very sporting. Poor Janey won't know what to do with them. Those Canadians ride cows, roll cheeses downhill and actually like their prime ministers. She'll make mincemeat out of them.

I hope you haven't done irretrievable damage to our Canadian compatriots some of them knows their ways around research muddles, even with wooden spoons in their hands. (for stirring, in case you are uncomprehending as well as. .....a snorer..... oh dear, never mind).

I need a bath, my pants are wet.

All I can add is that a certain Aunty Sherlock will have a large bucket of very old mole stew waiting balanced on top of the door of Nut Lodge for when she next walks in, the naughty Ozzer.

AND I want to know how she knows I snore. Very quietly, in a ladylike way. (Have been known to even wake myself up).

As for Miss Janey, I am catapaulting some disgusting old risotto, mixed with gelignite over to her Canadian location.

Lol :))))

Well LADYbarabara.
I would think that the other lot are just about surfacing,I have been listening to them snoring since 7 am ,so they should stop soon.

Bit of luck I didnt put my oar in and say what I thought of someone last night then and ran for the anderson shelter instead,or I would have been having to give out the sorries too!!

Must say that loud one was quite restrained with the tongue,wonders never cease.

Try white wine next time,it seems not to have so much of the aggression factor in it I find,and you are obviously a lightweight as it takes at least 3 bottles to get me that wound up over nothing.

Its not the alcohol that causes the hangover,its the waking up!

Thank you. I have replied via the magic of electronic wizardry!!

Morning everyone

Just to let you know, I had downed a full bottle of Red Wine last night and now have a huge hangover, for my sins

Sorry all for getting all hot and bothered over nothing, but I was in a really shitty mood, very upset and decided to take it out on you all.

I apologise to one and all unreservedly and hope you will accept.

Barbara.

Have a question for the bright one.

Fathers name: George Whitney dob c. 1768 (note approx)
Mothers name: Catharine
Child's name: George Whitney chr 1799

Question: Catharine's maiden name/parents

1841 census has Catharine living with George and George and others at Castle St, St Mary, Shropshire.

Estimate date of marriage for Catharine and George between 1796-1799

Options from IGI - two. (1) named Catherine the other (2) Catharine

1. GEORGE WHITNEY - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Marriage: 18 FEB 1794 Norton Canon, Hereford, England

2. GEORGE WHITNEY - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Marriage: 28 DEC 1799 Middlewich, Cheshire, England

I am not going to pre-empt your answer by making assumptions. Did wonder about the localities. Not sure I have correct George Senior and correct dob.

Options please before I spend more of my money on certificates which will be used to wallpaper the dunny.

TYIAOYR

No he's dead. He was Prime Minister in the 70's. Died in 2000.
He was about 80 when he died.

Blonde hair? Arctic blonde maybe.

Edit . Just Googled he is 67 this year,

Oh heavens to murgatroid. Now who's an idiot.

Joe Biden blondish fairly pleasant looking yankee currently vice president of USA. Hey I've just managed to learn to spell Barrack Obama (well that's near enough).

And I always thought Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister of Canada. Did he retire or something. Oh doesn't time fly.

Maybe a direct trade?

We didn't elect Stephen Harper!!! you know.

The right-wing cretins get 37.6% of the popular vote and all of a sudden he's Prime Minister ... again. Two years earlier they had 36.3%, same result. I like parliamentary democracy, but not the first-past-the-post voting system!

So I'd be very, very, very happy to trade our unelected PM for yours ...

Just looked him up on Utube......Nah!....very pretty but.....If you don't want him......we have problems of our own LOL

Here we are! Stephen Harper loves little kitties!

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images/stephen-harper-kitten.jpg

Did you out there hear the furore a few years back when an Ontario tory sent out a press release describing the provincial Liberal leader as an Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet?

Tsk. When he's so obviously Norman Bates.

http://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_karen/2007_01_23Perkinty.jpg

At his best ... if he's actually a zombie.

Maybe that explains a lot ...

http://paulbuckley14059.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/stephen-harper.jpg

At his best.
I wonder if our tax money would stretch far enough to buy him a few sessions at a tanning salon?

Sorry! Wrong Stephen Harper. Silly me, the one I was talking about is from Spuzzum.

You are talking about the gorgeous Adonis looking Prime Minister of Canada.
Women swoon in his presence, men are green eyed.

Deb

*Have I buttered up his image enough?*

No, Deb, not you!!

I'm trying to get RID of Stephen Harper. C'mon now, talk him up!

Nice hair.

You sound like my baby sister. She lived with me for a year when she was in university. One day we were watching TV and my friend Michael, on whom I had a crush (ended up introducing my best friend to him, and she married him), came on the screen. Oh look, I said, it's cute Michael J!

Eeww, he's old, she said.

A couple of weeks later, reporter Corey C came on the screen. He'd covered one of my activities, and I had a crush on him. Oh look, I said, it's cute Corey C!

Eeww, he's old, she said. And his nose is weird.


Anybody doesn't want Joe Biden, fine with me! If you're good, I'll introduce you to his son ... anything would have to be better than the awful ones Chuck's got.

Oh Auntie, Thank you....I have one of my own, who prod's me in the rib's and say's " your bl...y snoring again" or would do if I did snore ;)

Misty x