Genealogy Chat

Hello...........I'm here, better late than never..... :D



Sylvs..........re Dorothy Lamour.........I did know but was playing dumb....just wanted to test your memory....... :P


I'd better get out of the way ....quick!



Hello to Robert.....leaving your little shell will be a wrench for you, even if it's just for a wee while. Hurry up back again.



It's my burfday today and one of the prezzies I received was a voucher to have a hot stone back massage........I've had one before and they are very relaxing. It's just getting on and off the couch which presents a problem!!
:D



It was horribly drizzly this morning but then it cleared up and became quite nice but, apparently, more rain tonight. My son is camping in Abersoch and it seems the wind was horrific during the night. Rather them than me!



Glad your computer is up and running again Sue...I think I must have a looking at doing some clearing up on mine too. It's so easy to accumulate junk isn't it?



Keep well everyone. Love. Cx.
Wish my OH showed more interest in family history. Whenever I tell him I've found something which I think is interesting, I get a polite nod of the head and a smile as though he is humouring the village idiot.......no comments thanks......:)

Well i popped in again just to see who was around

No-one

I will look in again tomorrow and see if there is life on this thread after all

Very windy grey day today - at least I managed to get some work done on my tree

laptop works like a dream - all set up wonderfully

Take care all

Hi Susan you jumped in ahead of me while I wasn't looking - have a good visit

Never mind Sylvia - you can understand it - esp in this day and age - such a shame - never mind

Have a fantastic time in the Highlands Robert - is it the very special cave the one the other famous Robert saw the Spider in?

Well been here since 6:45 - no calls all very peaceful

I think the UK had the warmest April in many years Sylvia - what a contrast out planet is.

Bit dull and grey - thought we were going to have rain yesterday -

My OH has now got addicted to Ancestry and is on it more than I am - he has such a lot of time on his hands at the moment - so few pupils - no money - thats why I am doing all the hours I can on overtime - I do have a limit 10 hour day is my max and i always try to have one day off a week. I am beginning to feel drained but what else can we do.

My family tree is now as big as he's - in 6 weeks I have gone from a slim binder to a fatter binder - two weks ago I moved to a very large binder and now its nearly bursting out of its cover - i am soon going to have to have a very large folder and a fat folder. All we have to do now is take a few days off to go visit the record offices to confirm all the findings. finding the days off for me is a problem and petrol is even costlier - its waited this long - it can wait a bit longer.

I always write everything down in pencil and then ink it in when we confirm it. Then it gets added to Roots magic - his next job is checking his Rootsmagic tree against his main file - then I get to show him how to do a back up on a memory stick ( he knows how to do this normally but not on RM) Dread to think what would happen if he came on here.

He is really enjoying himself and he feels usefull - I may start lending him out to friends - shame there isn't any cash in it.

He has been looking for part time work - but very few driving jobs and when he does find them they all involve heavy lifting and he can't do that with his back - it makes it very difficult - not even B & Q

Never mind - these things are sent to try us and make us stronger

Will try and pop back in later if I can

Ooops just had a call (well 1 in an hour isn't bad)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ waves to all

Take care

Hi Everyone

Just got my computer back yesterday ,I have a problem come in re files that would not let me get into any of my sites on my Favorites list .

I got my computer man out and he did a good clean out for me ,I had a lot of files from updates that were not completely removed when it done updates and it was slowing my computer down and stopping me accessing my site .

He also found two viruses that my AVG did not find in its regular scan.

I am now back to normal $180 later.

We have sunshine at present .....really starting to worry about the lack of rain so far hoping we get a lot soon otherwise it will be Summer a gain before we know it..

I have a great photo of one of my Gran dies after eating Spaghetti bog...I think they all did the same thing over the years so Funny !!!!

OH watching Aussie Rules football and is not to happy as his team is losing.

Going to seeing the Mother In Law now...wish me luck .
Check in tonight.

Suex

Hi all
xxx


rainy, cloudy, bits of sun



we have had the coldest April and May since 1955



Anne ................. I'm sorry Ican't. All of J's friends and relations are under the strictest orders not to put up photos of the tiddler on any internet site. She's paranoid, especially now that he is becoming recognisable, as against "just another cute baby"



Nice to see you Robert. I hope the cave will be dry?!



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Hi all,

The quiet, old man is still watching you.

Be good but then you always are.

Leaving the shell to spend a week in my cave in the Highlands in a few weeks time.

Aaaaaaaaaah - American Grand daughter another sweetie

Both will be heartbreakers when they grow up

Surprised nothing from Robert - Reece or Evelyn I know Josie pops in & out.

Working tomorrow so will pop in early if I get the chance see what the late night gossip is.

I have managed to resist the urge to go on FB - I just chat on here.

Sylvia we need a photo of your little one on here now

Take care all - see you tomorrow

ooooooooo

C


Dorothy Lamour was a very glamourous star of the 1940s ........ ws in all, or almost all, the Road to ..... films with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby


She was very often cast as a character that had to wear a sarong!




as we tell so many newbies ............... google, google, google! :)))

She's so cute Frank....must take after your wife I guess :D


I wasn't going to do FB but was persuaded and am now hooked. It isn't all about what you had for your dinner.......you can 'chat' and, if you have permission, view your friends' photos.......I have quite a lot on there... ;-) and, you can take part in all sorts of discussions.



I was disappointed in Ryan Giggs too. He used to live not far from me and I used to drive past his house quite regularly. Sometimes I would rather no know what the rich and famous get up to......it's bad enough with everyday folk at times!!!


Hmmmm you're right Anne, Evelyn has been quiet and so has Reece and Kiwibird, not to mention the Ven. Robert. Are you still watching us discreetly Robert?


My new photo is of my mum....it's her glamorous shot! Apparently friends told her that she looked like Dorothy Lamour.....whoever she was.... ;-)


Have had my hair cut today so feel quite lightheaded and giddy.....lol


Hope everyone is okay. Love. Cx.

Sophia Alexis the American spaghetti monster...... :D

Frank she is so sweet - do you have one of the American Grandaughter on her own as well - i loved the one of the two of them together.

Glad the VS problem is sorted - will check mine next month - all seems well at the moment fingers crossed.

Do you know if the Free Fon mins we get are only used when conncected to the Fon outside the home address or is the time also calculated on your homehub use as well. I am very confused with the info on the help pages.

Why is nothing simple these days

i know except me - there said it before anyone else does.

Robert is your shell WI-FI'd or have you had broadband brought in for you?

Evelyn has been very quiet lately - wonder whats going on in France or is she back home now.

Well off to do some work - just for a change - have a day off tomorrow so I can play with the laptop and broadband at home and hopefully keep the air a nice shade of violet - rather than the stormy blue one we had last week. The fun comes when we try it out at the outlaws.

I am working Saturday & Bank Holiday Monday (need the extra pennies) as I have a week off in June with the outlaws so no overtime

Will pop back in later

Take care all

Hi all
xxx



Frank ..... I'm glad that you have sorted out your little problem


dark, rain on its way, and still cooler than normal


oh well



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This is Nieve Mary our Scottish grand daughter and she has just started crawling at ten months old............

I received an e-mail from Virgin ( Jincy Sajit ) and just decided to try the phone number that Anne had suggested.

### Thanks for your e-mail to Virgin Media querying why you?re still being
charged for your broadband service.
We're sorry that you?re uncertain of your password and would like to
explain why you?re still receiving bills.
We would like to explain the reason why you're being charged even after
receiving a MAC just as soon as you quote the correct customer
verification password (CVP). ###

I actually spoke to an English girl who told me I had not cancelled my account as required but on pointing out that Virgin had sent me an e-mail stating that my Mac code had been used and my account would be cancelled on 04/03/2011.............

"Oh, yes I can see that e-mail. We will cancel your account and refund the overpayment."

No apology, shocking.

It's not as if I was trying to withdraw cash or change details or anything really important, just to cancel an account which by their records had been cancelled but the payments had not.
I sent them all the details, bank direct debit references and passwords but no one could put two and two together to make four........ they just kept getting three. :S

The customer verification password (CVP) was the initial password I used when setting up my Virgin 24/7 account which was about seven years ago + and there is no mention of it anywhere in my account.
You have to admit that if they could forget all about little old me then I am quite entitled to forget my CVP! :P

I had thought of cancelling my Direct Debit but the worry is that if they had a good reason for charging me, then my good credit rating could be upset with a note on my file saying that I did not pay my bills as required.

Cynthia, you are quite right. My wife is on Facebook but I have better things to do with my time rather than telling old fogies what I had for dinner :S ;-) :P :D

I was the last person in the whole world to find out about Ryan Giggs.......... and I was shocked :-( :S

Scampi & peas & potatoes.............. :P

Hi Everyone

Frank what a little cutie (photo) I presume it is the granddaughter,they do grow up very quick so enjoy them when they are little and cute.

We absolutely spoilt ours.

I have been trying to help a friend of mine who was adopted at the age of three and she is now trying to find her birth father.
I do have her birth rego at birth no father entered,he was an Army Guy in 1955 stationed in Plymouth.
He did pay maintenance until she was three when her mother married and she was adopted by her stepfather.
With her mothers death she now has no where to go to find her natural father,we know his surname but that is all .
Who do we contact for details of the adoption we think it should have her real fathers details on it .

I have also put this on Genealogy Chat.

Nice bit of rain last night but still way behind what we need to survive the next summer.

Frank can't you go to your bank and stop Virgin from taking money out of your account,this is one of the worries I have with changing providers and there are a lot of good deals out there now compared to when I first signed up with mine.

Changed Dads plan with his provider on Sat he has 20gig's with a much faster speed for 39.95 month...we are much more expensive than the Uk for Internet.

Big day today changing bed and washing also trying to get my ironing done as well....that should knock off a full kilos.

Love to everyone.
Suex

Ahem. Frank. Facebook??


Love the pic by the way.



Hope everyone is okay. Bit blowy though isn't it? If it's not gales, it's volcanic ash.....just can't win!


Cx :D

Anne,

I got the same sales pitch almost in English but they did have trouble when I told them I was with ADSL and not cable ??

I actually phoned them twice to check that I was no longer with Virgin and had been transferred.One person with a strange accent said yes and one person with a strange accent said no. :S

Logged on to my old Virgin Media account using the "wrong password" and it worked perfectly so I've sent off one last e-mail with every reference number and password that I can think of, so we'll just wait and see.

Frank - why not canx your direct debit as of today - then you have all the time in the world to write to Virgin media & claim back April & May - you know they charge you for the month you disconnect.

I got throught to an English girl i used the leaving Virgin phone line 0845 454 2222 as per their website - she was very helpful but tried hard to get me to stay. She told me they were faster than BT. She said it would be on 100MB soon in my area with cable - we don't have cable - that would cost to install and it would be min £35 a month for the higher speed - Still not convinced.

Wrong we are a lot quicker with BT now and its cheaper. It will be so much faster when Infinity reaches our area - talk about beam me up Scotty

Happy days - should have our internet connection in Thorpe Bay when we are on holiday - the joy of having Internet at the in-laws bliss

Well better get some work done as I have been here 30 mins already.

Take care all - be back later

Hi all


Holiday Monday

Cloudy, dark grey clouds, sun, cloudy, dark grey clouds ..............



you get the picture????



Frank .... I hope they clean up the mess soon. That sounds pretty bad!



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Are you on FB Frank? That is the way I got my problem sorted with TalkTalk earlier in the year. Like you, I got the run around with phonecalls to India etc.etc. In desperation, I put a polite but angry comment on their FB page and the prob was sorted within a very short space of time. Worth a thought!


Cx :D

Glad to see all of our angels have come back to hell / home. ;-)

Today has seen torrential rain along with gale force winds causing lots of tree damage.
One huge tree has fallen out of our park, blocking a four lane main road along with both pavements and I watched a couple of cyclists heaving their bikes over the trunk before clambering over it and carrying on home. :S
Needles to say , the roads have suffered badly with closures due to the wind so I hope they hurry up with the chainsaws............

Now a rant about Virgin Media.

I've changed to BT after having been with Virgin for many years without the offer of any upgrade to my services while paying a lot more than the newer wireless services do.
My problem is that Virgin are still charging me!!
They sent me an e-mail confirming that my service would be disconnected on 4th March.
I sent them a copy of that e-mail along with my account and password numbers as well as reference numbers and just had a reply....

"I'm sorry but we can only deal with the bill payer and you have sent the wrong password"

Hello...................., My account should be closed, but you are still charging me and looking for passwords.???

Phoning just doesn't work as they are in India or Pakistan and while they speak English, they do seem to have a problem actually understanding it.

HEEELLLPPPP. :S

One letter presently being written to Sir whatisname. ;-)