Re: What's happening in your life? Part 2

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:09 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I have now traced my ancestry back to a publican in 1821.
He and his wife had a 10-year-old house servant.

Sooner or later, everyone discovers slavery and mistreatment. It's just a question of whether it was your ancestors doing it or having it done. It seems that your lot are an immoral and profiteering set of absolute bar stewards.

by Butterfield Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:36 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is it strange of me that I'm now using that genealogy site to find out the first names of my old teachers?

I think I knew all of the first names of my teachers.

by Fangirl Three Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:57 pm

I won £5 on the Thunderball last night.

I didn't mention it before because I'm used to handling sums of that size aristojar

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:10 pm

cosmictanya wrote:
Fangirl Three wrote:I've just filled in my census form online.

I did mine online. I was so excited to fill out the paper one but it never came. In 2011 I did all my best and very clearest handwriting so any descendants from 2111 and beyond aren't stressed and frustrated by trying to make out what the hell I'd written.

I did mine on Saturday night.

That done, I duly took leave of my census.

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:38 pm

I haven't done it yet.

Am I going to be sent to prison? bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:59 pm

You can still do it: https://census.gov.uk/

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:00 pm

You must complete the census by law or you could be fined up to £1,000

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:31 pm

I can afford that. aristojar

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:33 pm

Thanks to Wendi's link, I've started doing it. bowtie

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:34 pm

I don't have my 16‑character access code to hand. dontpanic

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:35 pm

It's in the kitchon. bawl

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:37 pm

Who knew that glamorous supermarkets were the lot of Ukrainian grocery shoppers?

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Everyday's a schoolday with google images.

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:42 pm

Butterfield wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is it strange of me that I'm now using that genealogy site to find out the first names of my old teachers?

I think I knew all of the first names of my teachers.

I did too. I made it my business to know. I've still never met anyone else using the Elizabeth Margaret contraction Elma. She was a nasty old bitch.

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:48 pm

Nightjar wrote:I haven't done it yet.

Am I going to be sent to prison?

You'll be carted off to Montserrat (the unfit for human habitation half) by the end of the week I'd imagine.

by Nightjar Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:19 pm

Well, it's not like I'm...

I'm,

Not...

No, no, I've just noticed Wendi's joke a few posts before and have decided to abandon this joke due to profound shame and a sense of inadequacy. sad yes

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:25 pm

Maybe you could earn £££ by glamourising British supermarkets. Then you'd be able to pay multiple fines. I'd ignorantly assumed food shopping in the former Soviet Union to be a grim affair - empty shelves, old turnips, and radioactive milk.

I'd rather shop there than go round a soul crushing Tesco Extra.

by cosmictanya Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:55 am

I just wanted to say, despite my complaints about our arguments, I don't hate or dislike my mother - the opposite. She's really a very nice and warm person, just someone who drinks too much.

by Butterfield Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:54 am

I returned to the Midlands for the first time ever as a visitor today, paying a socially distant visit au jardin. It was nice to feel so (relatively) free for the first time in months.

....Other than not being able to go in the house (apart from for a quick wee wee) and then being forced to make the 3hr return journey in the evening. rant

It was so bright on my journey there that both Leeds and Sheffield's skylines were very clear and sparkly from the M1!

by Butterfield Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:56 am

I do love how London is first signposted north of Leeds.

by cosmictanya Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:58 am

Butterfield wrote:I returned to the Midlands for the first time ever as a visitor today, paying a socially distant visit au jardin. It was nice to feel so (relatively) free for the first time in months.

....Other than not being able to go in the house (apart from for a quick wee wee) and then being forced to make the 3hr return journey in the evening.

It was so bright on my journey there that both Leeds and Sheffield's skylines were very clear and sparkly from the M1!

Oh, you've moved?

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