The black sheep returns...

ZTD

elantan wrote: »

yep they really are very big on geneology ... i remember being lectured many a time on the subject matter ... i almost felt guilty for not finding it interesting ... almost but not quite lol

So almost feeling guilty for almost being interested?

I must admit, geneology was not my thing either. Reminds me of The Hobbit when introducing the Dwarves. Gain son of Thain, son of Dwain, son of...

elantan

well something like that ... almost guilty for not finding it interesting ... i doubt very much if i would ever be almost interested lol ...

for me personally i just felt it only told half the story ( if that) ... ok so we know so and so was a butcher that married whats her name and had so many whats it calleds but we dont know much else about so and so the butcher ... what was their interests ? what made them tick etc .... its the space between the info that would interest me... i reckon diaries would be more intersting to read ...

Knitting_Nora

*sticks head around door* Ooo, hi Mizmir! :wave:

Lovely diary *subscribes*

Ya boo sucks to the other dog owner - used to have a rescue which couldn't be let off her lead, and therefore really didn't like other dogs throwing themselves at her....can't count the number of times I had to tell other dog owners to *ahem* "remove themselves and their dogs" from our personal space!

Karmacat wrote: »

But she'd already saved it ....

Wouldn't bother arguing with Z, Karmacat...can't possibly win!

Nora.x

boredofbeingathome

Slinks off cos i do find genealogy interesting..but i wouldn't pay that much either. My rellies would roll around in their graves if i did

ZTD

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Ya boo sucks to the other dog owner - used to have a rescue which couldn't be let off her lead, and therefore really didn't like other dogs throwing themselves at her....can't count the number of times I had to tell other dog owners to *ahem* "remove themselves and their dogs" from our personal space!

Or you'd walk around using them as slippers...

(And the dogs as well)

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Wouldn't bother arguing with Z, Karmacat...can't possibly win!

A woman who doesn't argue..? :shocked:

I am shocked... (:shocked:)

Karmacat

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Wouldn't bother arguing with Z, Karmacat...can't possibly win!

Nora.x

This is *so* true :rotfl:

elantan wrote: »

for me personally i just felt it only told half the story ( if that) ... ok so we know so and so was a butcher that married whats her name and had so many whats it calleds but we dont know much else about so and so the butcher ... what was their interests ? what made them tick etc .... its the space between the info that would interest me... i reckon diaries would be more intersting to read ...

Oh but thats the point El, the stuff you can get when you put the records together is fascinating, and very real. Particularly for the last 100 years or so, when I have oral histories that I've taken - for instance, the outline of the facts is that my grandad lost his dad at the age of 9, in an accident on the Mersey, he worked part time till he was 13 and then worked full time on the docks. The human part - he got the usual razz of "go and get a left handed hammer", that kind of thing. And then they found out who his dad was, and apologised to this tiny little 13 year old, saying if they'd known who he was, they'd never have razzed him.

And all the stuff about my Irish rellie in England who hated the English and went to America (lived in a Greek boarding house!) and died when his whiskey still blew up! He turned himself into a comic book Irishman, I think, through his hatred of the English - born in Dublin on St Patrick's Day? I mean, some blokes must be, but what are the odds? Stuff like that, I love it :j

Its an interest, like any other, and you make of it what you want.

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

Slinks off cos i do find genealogy interesting..but i wouldn't pay that much either. My rellies would roll around in their graves if i did

I know *exactly* what my grandad would say to that local swear words are also fascinating


Miz! You're actually *producing* online courses? Sounds fascinating ...

Knitting_Nora

ZTD wrote: »

A woman who doesn't argue..? :shocked:

I am shocked... (:shocked:)

Pah! Of course I argue...I'm just learning the art *cue mystical music in the background* of picking my battles, young ferret.

Karmacat

Z as ferret! Excellent! After all, Lyra had a daemon who became a ferret in The Northern Lights (well, an ermine, but same diff). Royalty, Z, you're royalty!

Knitting_Nora

Karmacat wrote: »

Z as ferret! Excellent! After all, Lyra had a daemon who became a ferret in The Northern Lights (well, an ermine, but same diff). Royalty, Z, you're royalty!

Ooooooh, I'm gonna hear about that one, I can tell! *starts shifting stage left towards the fire exit, and hopes Z doesn't notice*

Karmacat

Yep, you are! You'll notice I laid the compliments on as thick as I could :D:D

**sidles off anyway, to brew the coffee*