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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,048 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	17 Dec 2015 21:13
	oh, yes .............. and he was sitting with his wife and a boy aged about 9 or 10 he ignored them, and they ignored him
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,048 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	17 Dec 2015 21:12
	we were in a local Sushi bar a few weeks ago, and I noticed a man at another table kept lifting his arm and then flicking something on his wrist with one finger I was sorta puzzled ............... but finally realised he was flicking at the face of his watch yep, an Apple but it looked really really weird to an onlooker!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: January 2009 Posts: 1,381 Send Message	Denburybob	Report	17 Dec 2015 20:01
	A watchmaker has been trying to mend a pocket watch for me for the last two years. It is so old, 1833, that he is having to make the tools to make the parts. We have an agreement that if he succeeds I will pay him £200, and if not, I pay him nothing. He had to make some new links for the chain, (it is a fusee movement) which to the naked eye looks like a piece of wire. Under magnification it looks like a bicycle chain. If he gets it working it will be worth about fifty quid.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 17,432 Send Message	JoyLouise	Report	17 Dec 2015 15:13
	A watch is a watch. That's all I use it for. If you have a mobile/cell phone that does it all, why bother with anything else. Although I know that dtr has a tiny gadget that does a lot, I have no idea what it's called.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Dec 2015 13:44
	:-D :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 11,687 Send Message	Merlin	Report	17 Dec 2015 13:34
	As has been said,APPLES ARE FOR NUMBSKULLS. The best use for them is decent Cider. :-D :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6,889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	17 Dec 2015 12:40
	Stick to yr Rolex let the minion's sort out yr diary Apple iz fer numskulz. If you must have a connected watch ( minion on holiday? ) at least do it properly eg http://www.tagheuerconnected.com/product
	Researching: The Man In the High Castle
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	17 Dec 2015 12:10
	remember when I was a kid reading my comics, a wristwatch radio was absolutely YEARS into the future............... was it Dick Tracey? or summat?
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Dec 2015 12:07
	well this one was working and we were at least five miles from her house - you can talk to it and it will obey messages - now who wants to go round talking to their wrist :-S
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	17 Dec 2015 12:00
	As far as we can work out, they only work if their linked phone is on close proximity - something like a couple feet?
	Researching: Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 17,432 Send Message	JoyLouise	Report	17 Dec 2015 11:46
	Funny you should mention watches, Ann. This morning, over breakfast, I was looking at Olivia Burton watches online and I thought they were very nice. I'm not sure that they would make a good gift for the person I was looking for one for but I would love one for myself.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	17 Dec 2015 11:25
	went out with friends last night and one of them was wearing an Apple watch - what an ugly looking thing - if they were giving them away I wouldn't have one - and they cost hundreds of pounds :-S
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me