General Chat

Hi, Ann and all, this thread reminds me of the introduction thread that someone reported and it got wooshed, I never did find out why so hope they leave this one alone....I think there are many reasons why the chat diminishes from time to time, and I have to agree the A-Zs need to be curtailed a little I used to go on them ,but after a while, its nice to share other things, I have made many lovely friends on here and you always find you are drawn to certain folk, but as Ann has said most of us are friendly and not into nasy stuff....so here I am, usually known as Just Jean, live in Lancashire,
74 years of age , still 30 in my mind although the body doesnt know that...lol...
inerests consist of crafts, mainly scrapbooks, and cards, I love crosswords and scrabble, photos are another passion too as many folk on here know, as I pester them for photos of various meets to put in a G.R. scrapbook. Ann knows all about that !! probably fed up with me now....we have some nice threads to just chat and share, always worth a look at them , if you dont like them you dont have to go on again....

Happy Christmas to you all, love Jean xx

Morning Ann

Great thread a pleasure to post here .. yes i will be posting more on gen ..and lets say just ignore the threads we dont like...

jgee..

I used to come on here daily but like most of you have said all the arguements and bitterness took over so I only pop in now and again. But I have to say I have been to a few meetings that were arranged by some memebers and met some really lovely people some who are very distantly related so have been able to swap info.

Hi Ann and everyone

What a lovely thread this is turning out to be!!

I didn't introduce myself properly when I posted last time.

As I said, I've been a member of GR since 2003. I have met several people on here on the threads over that time .............. and I guess, also have the little circle that meets over on TTF or in just searching.

I took early retirement in 2000, previous to that I had worked for 30 years inside at the university Botanical Garden here in Vancouver. I kept the records. We bought a new computer in 2003, got internet ..... and here I landed!

I'm Lancashire born and bred and OH is from Cheshire, but we left the UK in 1967, 3 days after our wedding, spent a year in Austin Texas, then moved upto Vancouver, BC, and never left although we did spend a year in Australia in the mid-70s.

I turn 70 in 2 weeks, have been married for 42 years, have 1 daughter who has been married for 10 years and is expecting her first baby on March 30. Unfortunately, she and her husband have lived for the whole of that time near Halifax, Nova Scotia. That is over 3000 miles away from us, it takes about 8 hours by plane ................... or the way we prefer, 5 nights and 6 days on the train! The train is fantastic!

We don't have any pets ...... I would love to have a dog or a cat but we are away too much for a dog, and OH is allergic to cat hair (unless the house is kept spotless, and I'm not that good a housekeeper!!).

Daughter has 2 cats, which are going to have their lives turned upside down in a few months.

We leave tomorrow (today now for you!) for a week away with OH's sister who lives 500 miles north of us, in a small town where she is the Anglican priest .... that means I get to go to church on Christmas Eve for a Carol Service held in a little church about 10 miles outside the town, no electricity or other services. It is heated by a wood stove and lit by candles or kerosene lanterns ...... it has seating for about 40 people but about 100 will crowd in or stand around the doors.



Merry Christmas everyone


see you about the 28 or 29 ..... likeLiz I usually post when you are all asleep!!

Hi everyone, you will usually find me late at night till the wee small hours, or dawn in summer, catching up with everyone's days. I hope I don't make anyone feel unwelcome, been here for almost 5 years now.

Hi Donna, glad to see you are going to join us again, give Meg a hug for me, and Dave too if you like lol

Lizxxx

Great thread and lots of nice comments
well done all
keep it up

Well 82 posts, didn't we do well. Hopefully we can keep it going tomorrow Julia and hopefully a few more people will join us.

Thanks you Elizabeth and Keith.

If I have neglected to answer anyone please give me a shout.

Donna at the top of the thread click or sometimes you have to click twice on the down arrow last reply. The thread will then invert and the last post will come up first.

Ann x

So we are all soft on animals lol.

I shall admit now, finding the latest postings on a thread is confusing me lol...doesnt take alot.

Such a nice thread xx

It is nice to see a few new people posting. I nearly said a few new posters! When I have time I try to add a comment on any unanswered posts, as sometimes it only takes one reply to start a deluge, and then the poster doesnt feel left out. I now feel able to express myself as I would at home and find I am not so out of tune with the rest of the world as I thought I was!

Dear All

Hello

I argee it would be very nice if more people who used GR for family research would also feel able to join in on the General board.

I like the posts where you can add your memories of different things.

It took me a while to pluck up the courage and add a post.
Luckily, the GR members around responded very kindly.

Whatever faith or none, may this special time of the year be a
peaceful one for you and your families.

Take care all

Very best wishes
xx

great thread Ann

Awf to feed the OH now. This has been a lovely thread. Please let us keep it up tomorrow.
Julia in Derbyshire

HaHa Maggie, I have Budgie Rustler just 10 miles down the road in Nottingham, so I get abit confused. Annina also comes from Yorkshire, in Sheffield I think.
Julia in Derbyshire

OMG Julia, a senior moment, of course you do ...lol

But Gods own county is surely Yorkshire !

Maggie x

Well, where is that then Maggie. I have several counties bordering onto meLOLOL
Julia in Derbyshire

Thanks Julia...and it's Maggie...lol

I live in Gods own county, the one next to yours !!

Maggie

I couldn't be without my pets, demanding though they are and incredibly stroppy.

My dog especially is such a gem.


Angie xx

Donna I love Westies, they are so cute. We don't have any pets at the moment, in our time we have had two dogs and three cats. Our last cat Holly weet to pussy cat heaven three years ago and we have not replaced her as we have been going on holiday quite a bit. We have a very good neighbour who looked after Holly but we started to take month long breaks and felt it wasn't fair to cat or neighbour so reluctantly we have no pets.