The totally off-topic thread

[Cossie]

Just watching Ernie Dingo on Who Do You Think You Are. Bit disappointed in his reaction so far. Resentful that he never knew about his father and his father's side. "Cold and hurt".

All he's finding out now was available to find out probably for decades ( writing as a family Historian of long experience). No doubt a bit of a shock to get it all in a short time, but the information would have been there if he dug for it.

For a lot of people searching family history can become all a bit too much, and overwhelming, whilst I'd love to be able to do more, I get easily sidetracked and don't have the perseverance for it.


As an aside, it's raining in Palma!

 

[GarrettM]

I’ve never been drunk. Really!.

You're not missing a great deal.

 

[Quickstatus]

For a lot of people searching family history can become all a bit too much, and overwhelming, whilst I'd love to be able to do more, I get easily sidetracked and don't have the perseverance for it.

And dead ends are often a feature of genealogy.

Usually dead ends mean that the ancestor was not well regarded.

MrsQS tracked her ancestors all the way to some “Earl” and then it went cold. Was told by some “expert” that this probably means her descendant was a servant girl of no consequence who maybe had a dalliance with said Earl

 

[drron]

I’ve never been drunk. Really!.

So if you wake up feeling awful you know you won't get better as the day goes on?

 

[Quickstatus]

Ah interesting. If I still feel Carp at midday then I can safely say I was not drunk?.

 

[love_the_life]

Oh dear, is it a sign of getting old? Only had one G&T and half a bottle of red and I feel .... well, a bit under the weather.
Not good if this is what the future holds.

Oh and a scotch.

 

[amaroo]

So if you wake up feeling awful you know you won't get better as the day goes on?

Quote from the COB.

• “I feel sorry for people that don't drink because when they wake up in the morning, that is the best they’re going to feel all day.”

 

[RooFlyer]

And dead ends are often a feature of genealogy.

Usually dead ends mean that the ancestor was not well regarded.

MrsQS tracked her ancestors all the way to some “Earl” and then it went cold. Was told by some “expert” that this probably means her descendant was a servant girl of no consequence who maybe had a dalliance with said Earl

Hmmmm ... usually a 'dead end' simply means a record hasn't survived OR it hasn't been found yet.. I think I've told the story of my family's "dead end" - 30 years of research, over 2 diligent generations, 3 different family historians.

Cracked it 5 years ago now. Records were in the UK archives all the time, just waiting to be seen.

I hope MrsQS punted the 'expert'.

 

[Quickstatus]

Hmmmm ... usually a 'dead end' simply means a record hasn't survived OR it hasn't been found yet.. I think I've told the story of my family's "dead end" - 30 years of research, over 2 diligent generations, 3 different family historians.

Cracked it 5 years ago now. Records were in the UK archives all the time, just waiting to be seen.

I hope MrsQS punted the 'expert'.

She checked further and it appears the servant girl theory was the most plausible. Much to her chagrin as she thought maybe a tiara or two might be a possibility

 

[Deleted member]

She checked further and it appears the servant girl theory was the most plausible. Much to her chagrin as she thought maybe a tiara or two might be a possibility

Even servant girls were baptised. Sometimes it needs some out of the box thinking.
The other problem is that often some births were “inconvenient “ and were not recorded properly at all. Good luck with the research

 

[Milboo]

I’ve never been drunk. Really!.

I have been tiddly but never drunk. And it’s not for want of trying along the way! I almost get to a point and start sobering up even if I keep drinking - my father does the same thing!

 

[Quickstatus]

Even servant girls were baptised. Sometimes it needs some out of the box thinking.
The other problem is that often some births were “inconvenient “ and were not recorded properly at all. Good luck with the research

The mormons has no idea either, so in the end it’s sitting on the back burner though it is back to 1718 so not bad. I think the loss of interest is because no one more famous than a servant girl was uncovered

 

[Quickstatus]

I have been tiddly but never drunk. And it’s not for want of trying along the way! I almost get to a point and start sobering up even if I keep drinking - my father does the same thing!

Ah the drunk is always the last to be convinced he is drunk!

 

[drron]

Probably shouldn't admit it but I was the Australasian med student champion 2 years running in the 60s.You were eliminated if you fell asleep/unconscious or you had a technicolour yawn.
Never had a hangover.but when I did overdo it I would have no memory of the session and could then sleep for 24 hours.Fortunately not many of those sessions.

 

[suze2000]

Some of my most shocking hangovers happened when I was relatively young and were the result of coughtail parties following close on a breakup (happened twice - I did not learn the first time). In fact all of my worst hangovers have been from coughtails (most recently margaritas, those things are TEH EVUL).

 

[Cossie]

I seem to be able to drink a lot of red wine, but my tolerance for spirits is low, which is a shame as I like whisky and brandy. I like a beer as well, but I don't like to drink it all night as I'm then up all night.
I can hear quite a few enjoying their beers right now, and it's only just gone 6pm. Almost time to go and enjoy an ice cold cerveza.

 

[Flashback]

I’ve never been drunk. Really!.

Please hand in your AFF licence to operate

For a lot of people searching family history can become all a bit too much, and overwhelming, whilst I'd love to be able to do more, I get easily sidetracked and don't have the perseverance for it.

As an aside, it's raining in Palma!

Raining cats and dogs in London. One of those days where an umbrella doesn't do much to keep your suit dry....

 

[JohnK]

I’ve never been drunk. Really!.

And I've been drunk more times than I care to remember. Wife and daughter have changed that.

 

[Denali]

This is Bazza. Bazza is on our current cruise consisting of 35 passengers. We see a lot of each other. Mostly that’s great. Good bunch. And then we have Bazza. Bazza says and does the most awkward stuff. The first day he said to our Croatian Tour Guide (female) ‘ I could just watch you all day’. (Yes, Bazza has a female partner with him.). Awkward silence amongst the rest and a bit of exchange of looks amongst the women.

Next day Bazza is found behind the bar helping himself to something - probably just a glass etc but everyone knows it’s out of bounds. Very nice and chunky Croat bar tender finds him and quickly turfs him out. My territory he says. Yup.

Swimming. One pax is seen swimming way out into the boat channel. Our Tour Guide says - I might have known it would be Bazza.

Today. During a brief lecture on the history of Croatia he asked the question “how would Croats look on a mixed marriage and he said his own race which isn’t WASP (but this isn’t a Race comment so no need to say which) and Tour Guide said ‘Yes, that marriage would be fine’ and his comment ‘oh good, I have a chance with you then’. Her comment - ‘but you have a lovely wife’ to which he replied ‘we aren’t married though’.

Bazza is a tool. Bazza has no class. Bazza has no friends on board. Bazza has been excommunicated by women.

Bazza sounds like a former dive buddy of Hubby's. He once started messaging me and I got a creepy vibe.

 

[Pushka]

Bazza sounds like a former dive buddy of Hubby's. He once started messaging me and I got a creepy vibe.

We’ve had some one on one chats today. He is fine it’s just with the group that it goes to carp.