[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

I have been an amateur genealogist chasing my family tree for the past 20 years and my mind is continuously boggled. There are lords and ladies; scholars and notables (Mayflower Compact signatory); low down reprobates; and dirt farmers galore. They even spent about 120 years living in Newport Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (howdy neighbor).

The farthest back I have gotten so far is my 30th great grandfather Ivo de Taillebois (1026 Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France - 1094 Spalding, Lincolnshire, England). Ivo was a close confidant of, and fought with William the Conqueror in his conquest of England in 1066. He also led King William's forces in the Seige of Hereward the Wake in Ely, Cambridgeshire 1069-1071. He was reward with huge amounts of land and numerous Titles. Earl of Holland; Sheriff of Linconshire; Baron of Kendal; Steward to King William the 2nd. He was also granted all of the land that makes up the present day Counties of Lincolnshire and Cheshire.

Did I ever see any of this vast largess? Nooo.. the ensuing generations pissed it all away and left me with bupkis. Still, this stuff fascinates me, and I am a hopeless geneholic who has done trees for many family and friends over the years.

Thats very interesting, I'd actually like to have a look at my family past. My problem is where to start and how to do the research as my family in the past few generations is a bit of a mess with divorces and blending.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

I have been an amateur genealogist chasing my family tree for the past 20 years and my mind is continuously boggled. There are lords and ladies; scholars and notables (Mayflower Compact signatory); low down reprobates; and dirt farmers galore. They even spent about 120 years living in Newport Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (howdy neighbor).

The farthest back I have gotten so far is my 30th great grandfather Ivo de Taillebois (1026 Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France - 1094 Spalding, Lincolnshire, England). Ivo was a close confidant of, and fought with William the Conqueror in his conquest of England in 1066. He also led King William's forces in the Seige of Hereward the Wake in Ely, Cambridgeshire 1069-1071. He was reward with huge amounts of land and numerous Titles. Earl of Holland; Sheriff of Linconshire; Baron of Kendal; Steward to King William the 2nd. He was also granted all of the land that makes up the present day Counties of Lincolnshire and Cheshire.

Did I ever see any of this vast largess? Nooo.. the ensuing generations pissed it all away and left me with bupkis. Still, this stuff fascinates me, and I am a hopeless geneholic who has done trees for many family and friends over the years.

Wifey is into that stuff. Her family founded a few towns in Massachusetts. This statue in Salem is Roger Conant, one of her great-great-something-or-others.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

Thats very interesting, I'd actually like to have a look at my family past. My problem is where to start and how to do the research as my family in the past few generations is a bit of a mess with divorces and blending.

Wifey traced my Mom's family back a ways to Belfast, Ireland. We found the house where my grandmother was born. But that was about it. Mom's father was married twice (first wife died), so there's this split in the tree, so to speak. We have some info on Dad's family, but not much. One of his distant relatives served in the Civil War and we have a copy of his discharge papers. But aside from that, there isn't much.

[Boomer 2019]

For all who are interested in learning about your family tree there is no better place to start than Ancestry. com. You would be amazed at the amount of information they have gathered there. Not just names and dates, but documents and pictures too. You can build a pretty complete life story of ancestors you never even knew of. But beware, it's a gateway drug.

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Mind boggling.




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Or just a Petri dish with DNA of two strangers

[Lady Jane]

Which building is out front?

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Which building is out front?


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The one on the left.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Buug959

The one on the left.

Agreed. But man, those are some butt ugly buildings.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Agreed. But man, those are some butt ugly buildings.

Maybe they're nicer on the inside.

[iminhell1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Agreed. But man, those are some butt ugly buildings.

But it's a neat way to play shadows and perspective.

[Lady Jane]

“The Bennie Railplane being demonstrated in Glasgow. The Bennie Railplane was a form of rail transport invented by George Bennie, which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers (United Kingdom 1930) “

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Railplane

[Lady Jane]

Good morning! Just having my Dali coffee.

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Good morning! Just having my Dali coffee.


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We were just at the Dali museum last week.

[Lady Jane]

Cpl Thomas Ellis- “The Weary Marine” photographed during the Battle of Saipan. He was later killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945







As Baker Company attempted to advance on D-plus-13, a fortified position manned by determined Japanese troops opened fire, stopping the forward movement. Corporal Underwood took charge of the situation, deploying his under-strength squad for an attack on the enemy. As he did, a Japanese bullet struck and shattered his carbine in his hands. “Undaunted by this narrow escape, he picked up a Browning Automatic Rifle and continued to lead his men in a successful assault,” recalled a battalion officer. This valorous act would be his last. A shell fragment tore into his back, and Thomas Ellis Underwood’s life ended on 4 March 1945. He was twenty-two years old.

[Lady Jane]

Two cup timer at the nursing station. Not that it really matters as you end-up nuking your coffee several times until it turns into transmission sludge.

[Boomer 2019]

That point is known as perfection in multi user facilities. An extra dash of milk/creamer/sweetener of your choice, and just get on with it.

[Buug959]

I used to work with a Scandinavian guy who was the self-appointed coffee maker. He would have the coffee ready by the time everyone else arrived in the morning. He always brewed too much. There would almost always be three or four cups left in the pot way past lunch. At least once a week around 2:30 or 3:00 he would ask around if anyone wanted any more coffee. Of course nobody did because it was nearly asphalt by that time after sitting on the heat all day. He would then take the pot and pour the remaining coffee into the water tank and run it through the old coffee grounds again. The paste that came out of that poor coffee maker was absolutely disgusting and he loved it.
Now I don't like the smell of coffee at the best of times (I've never had a cup of coffee, ever) but the smell of his twice-brewed tar would turn my stomach. It was next level bad.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Buug959

He would then take the pot and pour the remaining coffee into the water tank and run it through the old coffee grounds again.

Coffee with a fork...Hardcore!

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Coffee with a fork...Hardcore!

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When I think of some of the rot gut coffee I've drunk over the years, I'm afraid sometimes I haven't been too picky.

[3798j]

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[Pauly Wauly]

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[Lady Jane]

This picture looks very ordinary but it's made of 365 slices of pictures taken one a day.