Morning. Day off finally and a chance to relax and get things sorted out for dinner tomorrow. Will be shipping a Christmas dinner to my mom and brother since they aren't up to travelling to our place and the wife and I aren't up to spending time there. We are burnt out and we find my mom's place to be too dark and depressing. Besides I don't think they could handle a full day of the high energy of the Squire.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 5:26:25 AM
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And now for something weird and bizarre. Wife practices reiki and I can feel her hands really heat up when she touches me. Last night we were relaxing in bed and getting ready for sleep and she placed her hand on my back. Started doing her reiki on me and suddenly she gasped in shock. Something was pushing against her and I was feeling it as well. All of a sudden she started babbling about all my anger issues aren't mine. I was needing to atone for something my forebears had done and I was the "chosen one" to do it. She actually used the phrase that I was the "pivot". The Squire is part of the atonement for some reason and that's the reason he's here. Apparently it has to do with something on my dad's side of the family.
Needless to say I sobered up and woke up and couldn't sleep for a little while.
Occasional Reader
12/24/2020 6:41:54 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 2:
Well. Merry Christmas, in any event.
lucius septimius
12/24/2020 6:52:22 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 2:
And I thought it was weird that Fat Kitteh didn't sleep with me last night, as his his norm.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 7:02:28 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 2: Wow, the ghost of Christmas past. I would rather have the ghost of Christmas present visit me if I had the choice.
lucius septimius
12/24/2020 7:19:18 AM
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In #5 Alice in Dairyland said: I would rather have the ghost of Christmas present visit me if I had the choice.
Absolutely. Actually, I'd just like the ghost of Ed McMahon show up with a big check.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 7:21:07 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 6: Maybe tonight, never lose hope. It's what keeps you going.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 7:22:36 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 3:
Reply to lucius septimius in 4:
Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 5:
Yeah real "ghost of Christmas Past". Worst part is that I don't have a clue. Dad's side of the family is a complete mystery to me and I have only barely pieced together bits and pieces of my Great Grandfather's life and travels. Anything outside of that is terra icognita. Just know where the family came from originally.
lucius septimius
12/24/2020 7:37:37 AM
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In #8 PaladinPhil said: Just know where the family came from originally.
Where was that?
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 7:40:09 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 9:
Keighly Yorkshire. According to Family Search the first forefather they have found is about mid 18th century. Lots of info missing apparently.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 7:46:34 AM
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And my mom is headed back to the hospital. She had a bad fall this morning and is in intense pain. Knew that they released her too soon.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 7:57:04 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 10: Is that the Mormon website?
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 7:58:46 AM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 12:
Yes, has a lot of great information if you are looking for family history.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 8:12:01 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 13: I started looking into this after I was permanently laid off. Early retirement, yippee! I also found useful, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com and www.findagrave.com websites. Although none of them are 100% completely accurate. People entering the data do make mistakes. There should be a law that a first name can only be used once in each family. The findagrave really helps confirm birth and death dates. Quite often shows family lineage.
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 8:13:43 AM
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I'm dreaming of a wet Christmas....
Forecast for tomorrow is 1-2" of rain, on top of the snow already on the ground.
As iirc Accuweather said, Santa will need a boat.
Taking today off in addition to tomorrow holiday.
Will be making corned beef today. I do it differently than most people; I use a covered roasting pan with some water on the bottom, and then when there is about 1 1/2 hours left, wash and throw in small potatoes. Baste every so often so the potatoes absorb the flavorful liquid.
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 8:18:19 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 2:
Kabbalistically, we are all here to correct past mistakes. I know a lot of people dismiss the spiritual side, and a lot of others have some perverted form of it (New Agers, etc.), but there is something there that we generally don't see.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 8:38:37 AM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 14:
I think I would need to make a physical trip to England.
My English peeps were from Devon. I still have relatives in Brighton, but that part of the family moved down from Scotland in the early 19th century.
lucius septimius
12/24/2020 8:55:23 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 17:
Just don't have a butter knife.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 9:02:19 AM
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In #17 PaladinPhil said: I think I would need to make a physical trip to England.
I don't think they'll let you in right now.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 9:05:31 AM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 21:
I know, will have to save the shekels and get the vacation time. Wife is talking about saving our money and stop buying incidental items. This whole lockdown theater has us both worried for long term economies.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 9:06:40 AM
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Newspapers.com is another resourceful tool also. It's worth the subscription for a short term. Lots of interesting stories in world-wide newspapers about your family. Things they never told you about. Found out one relative on my in-laws side used to be a she before they were a he. That's never been brought up at family gatherings!
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 9:10:09 AM
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Reply to PaladinPhil in 22: My fear is once the lockdowns are all lifted, we won't have enough money to live on. Right now we're only spending money on heat, food and toilet paper. Once we are able to go places again, we may find out we can't afford too now.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 9:14:31 AM
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Well no matter what else happens today, have the turkey brining for tomorrow. Wife is baking cookies in the morning and after that's done I will be popping the turkey in the oven. The Squire is going to be spoiled rotten this year. Wife and I will be getting a single present each and I hope she likes what I got her.
JCM
12/24/2020 9:23:35 AM
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Clear and cold, 28°F this morning. Thick layer of frost on everything.
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 9:34:54 AM
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Reply to JCM in 26:
50's here today; 60's tomorrow. Boy, global warming is moving fast!////////////
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 9:37:38 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 19:
I know my father's side was from Lithuania, just from the name. Mother's side was from the same region, but with a stop in England, and their name was Anglicized on the way.
Both sides came to the US a bit over 100 years ago or so.
Beyond that, nothing.
Occasional Reader
12/24/2020 9:52:54 AM
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In #11 PaladinPhil said: And my mom is headed back to the hospital. She had a bad fall this morning and is in intense pain. Knew that they released her too soon.
Oh, wow. So sorry to hear this. Wishing her a speedy and complete healing.
Occasional Reader
12/24/2020 9:54:58 AM
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In #25 PaladinPhil said: Wife and I will be getting a single present each and I hope she likes what I got her.
Let me guess: you got her tortoiseshell hair combs, and she got you a platinum watch fob...
Occasional Reader
12/24/2020 9:55:58 AM
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In terms of family origin: I’ll have you know, my ancestors stole horses from some of the finest families in Ireland.
One side there was a likely a name change and move so so the trail dies out, it is suspected that part of the family needed a new start.
On my father's side she tracked back to Scotland and England. The Scottish side we are Clan Thompson, tartan and everything.
The other part of my father's side goes back to the first Protestant preacher in Kent, England and long line of abolitionist activists, who came her late 1600's to for the greater religious freedom.
Occasional Reader
12/24/2020 10:13:59 AM
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In #34 JCM said: Clan Thompson
I love the submachinegun you guys invented!
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 10:14:41 AM
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My family appears to have come from England, France, Ireland and Germany. The earliest Americans are on my mother's side. They came in the 1600's. According to the names, I think some of them became Quakers/Amish types. I always thought I'd make a good Amish wife. Except I don't like cooking, hard work, no mirrors (I would need one to put my mascara on in the morning), no indoor plumbing and I scared of animals larger than myself. Other than that, I think I'd be good at it.
Alice in Dairyland
12/24/2020 10:17:08 AM
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Oh, we had car thieves, poachers and boot leggers in our family. That was after they came to America. I think just about everybody had boot leggers in their families.
PaladinPhil
12/24/2020 10:28:25 AM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 37:
Dad's father was a rum runner in the prohibition era.
Reply to PaladinPhil in 38: I have heard that the runners were the founding fathers of Nascar Racing. They needed faster and faster cars to outrun the revenuers. The rest is history.
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 10:45:25 AM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 37:
Tailors on both sides of my family, but I did have an uncle who was an electrician by title but a numbers runner by trade.
(One of his daughters was in the Boston West End theater group, and knew Leonard Nimoy)
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 10:46:05 AM
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In #36 Alice in Dairyland said: always thought I'd make a good Amish wife. Except I don't like cooking, hard work, no mirrors (I would need one to put my mascara on in the morning), no indoor plumbing and I scared of animals larger than myself. Other than that, I think I'd be good at it.
In #40 Alice in Dairyland said: I have heard that the runners were the founding fathers of Nascar Racing.
The WWII PT boats were based on rumrunner boats. Those boats were fast; 3 large Packard engines. The designer went on to design the PT boats, which also had to be fast.
So I guess it was appropriate for the crew to distill torpedo juice to make it drinkable.
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 10:51:01 AM
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In #37 Alice in Dairyland said: boot leggers in our family
JCM
12/20/2020 8:50:46 PM
Kosh's Shadow
12/24/2020 8:13:43 AM