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5 things we didn't know about each other

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 19:31

Ok so it has been done before but there are new people on here since then.

Here are 5 things you didn't know about me

1 I was a nun

2. My father is a policeman

3 I am a twin

4 Queen Victoria was my Great Great Grandmother

5........ Will tell you when you tell me your 5

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 19:37

Tsk!

Is no-one going to play?....I have time to waste and want some-one to waste it with me.

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 23 Nov 2013 19:40

Have you got to tell the truth I would get RR`d on my No1. :-D :-D :-D

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 19:43

tsk! BR

Think of 4 then! :-D

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 23 Nov 2013 19:47

Susan, afraid I didn`t lead a very sheltered life and so I think I may pass on this one ,if its all the same to you. he,he ;-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 19:49

I 'll let you give it a miss then BR :-D



have to say that your Avatar is great.....is it real or has it been tweaked?

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 23 Nov 2013 19:54

Sorry to say I stole it...
Its incorporating the Yin and yang symbol did you notice?

It goes with this...
Inside each of us there are two wolves fighting..
One is evil. The other is good
The one that wins?... The one you feed the most.

:-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 19:58

Yes I did notice that it was yin and yang and also love the words.....they are so true.....sometimes the fight takes over the good and the bad.though and neither get fed.......where are we then?.......tsk!....don't start me off! :-D

Annx

Annx Report 23 Nov 2013 20:04


Here goes being as no one else will play!

1. I have an american civil war cavalry saddle.

2. I can tap dance.

3. I used to paint and upholster horsedrawn carriages.

4. I am descended from one of the early Quakers to settle in Pennsylvania in the 1700s.

5. I was one of 10 finalists in a nationwide driving competition.

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 20:06

Ooooo I am impressed Ann :-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 20:14

Awwwww......come on people.....don't just view.....join in or I will get paranoid and think you are not talking to me :-D

Annx

Annx Report 23 Nov 2013 20:19

I'm wondering what your No 5 is now SusanwithNos. :-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 20:22

Ah....well as much as I loved your answers Ann.....there would need to be quite a few more before I reveal my no 5 answer. :-D

tell me more about yours....I can tap dance too by the way :-D

How did you get into painting and upholstering horse drawn carriages.....I have always wanted one of them

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 23 Nov 2013 20:23

1. Somebody in my family tree brought the first turkey to England
2. three people in my family tree where murdered
3. one member of my family tree was hung as a witch
4.My Grandsons a little cracker
5. if this little doggy doesn't stop running off with my slippers i wont be happy ;-) ;-)

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 23 Nov 2013 20:26

Wow Joy interesting :-)

Tell us the story of the witch and how you found out.....did you look in any old newspapers?....how long ago was it?


3? Hmmmmm not a good family to have been brought up in then.......have you got all the newspaper articles about them.....I ask cos this is one of my hobbies.....reading old newspapers and transcribing the juicy bits....as in murders
:-D


All grandsons are crackers :-D

When did you get a puppy?

Dermot

Dermot Report 23 Nov 2013 20:43

1. I was born with a 'stiff upper lip' - but I'm not Brittish.

2. I obtained Cilla Black's autograph outside the BBC Shepherds Bush studios - c1970s.

3. I took 3 flying lessons at Exeter Airport - c.1992. Twin-seater Cessna.

4. Two of my older brothers were involved in stock-car racing.

5. I have 4 sibblings; but I'm the only one without a second Christian name. I felt deprived!

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 23 Nov 2013 20:51

sarah the witch
got a pardon a year after her death
as they found out her husband was having an affair
and he was her accuser with a neighbor
but its all over the internet about her
i got a email from a lady who had a tree match and she lives in the USA
she told me lots of facts about

herhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/wild2.html


the murders are well know in yorkshire
and theirs been books written about them
a father and his two small sons aged 8 and 5
the 5 year old was never found
and the dalesman (mag) has run the story

http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/23rd-november-1872/3/the-very-gruesome-murder-discovered-last-week-in-c

Dobby came to us in May
when poor Benson went to Rainbow bridge

Jane

Jane Report 23 Nov 2013 21:00

1…I am adopted
2My Birth Mother knew the Kray Twins :-S
3.I met and shook hands with Terry Waite
4Rupert Murdoch had to stand aside to let me out of a lift :-D
I was given a ring by Ozzie Osbourne when I was 15

Reading back this it looks like I'm name dropping lol..
I used be able to tap dance like Ann and even do the splits .Sadly those days have passed now :-S.I would end up in A&E if I tried to do the splits now :-S :-S

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 23 Nov 2013 21:00

1 I am the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter.

2 I won a competition for a short story when I was only 14 - I beat adults :-D

3 I went on stage and danced with a Balinese dancer.

4 I can't sing to save my life :-(

5 I was only 19 when I married my OH.

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 23 Nov 2013 21:17

I) I fell in a silage pit when I was a child.....my brother pulled me out.

2) I fell off a tractor shed roof beam when I was an 11.....the ploughman broke my fall.

3) I was pushing my little cousin on a swing that swung back and hit me on the nose.......result 2 black eyes.

4) I once broke my wrist in 6 places

5) I still had a wonderful childhood.

XX :-D :-D