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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1

Gabe1

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Gabe1

Gabe1

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Goofyernmost said:
Well, I was never very interested in the English even though my Father in law was born in London. (just another reason to be unconcerned). I was told all my life that our family (my name) came from Germany and you know how well Germans and the British have gotten along over the years.

Anyway, I am presently doing a Family Tree for my Grandkids and I, just last night, completed my surname family. Turns out we have been here since nearly the beginning of the colonies. The first to immigrate was born just outside London and was given a land grant of 100 acres in Massachusetts given out by the King (or Queen, whoever was in charge back then). In 1634 he and his son and pregnant wife sailed over to just outside Boston. Ironically he died within a year of arriving. There are literally pages of legal paperwork generated to get his widow the rights to the land he had been granted. She needed it to support their two children and it took 3 years for her to finally get half of his property.

Thou doest think the woman had no rights back then. She was part of his property. I have to wonder how she was able to survive those three years. Apparently someone did survive, cause here I am, living testimony that given enough time the British are able to produce a quality product.
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Ha! You had me hooked into the story with the wording, 'I was told all my life that our family came from Germany. Many secrets have died with both of my Grandmothers. You'd ask and get, who wants to know, why are you asking, who taught you ask questions that are not your concern. Wonder what they would have done if there was an internet back then.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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donaldtoo said:
Fortunately, we've never had any issues with DME. We check our bags here in Austin, and they show up in a timely manner at our resort room. :)
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No matter where I am going if I check luggage we all travel with one complete change of clothes, bathing suit and toiletries stuffed into a ziplock and stuffed into our own backpacks. We generally travel out on the first morning flight but once DD and I took the last flight out that time we packed jammies in that backpack too just in case. And good thing too, DME had issues that night too.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Gabe1 said:
Ha! You had me hooked into the story with the wording, 'I was told all my life that our family came from Germany. Many secrets have died with both of my Grandmothers. You'd ask and get, who wants to know, why are you asking, who taught you ask questions that are not your concern. Wonder what they would have done if there was an internet back then.
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I never thought to ask, I don't think I was even aware of family other then the ones I was currently with. But, as it turns out, they gave out very little information, even to my Mother's and Father's generation, and apparently what they did tell was made up because they didn't know either. I did know that all my grandparents except one spoke french so I naturally assumed they had come down from Quebec at some point. Turns out the one that didn't speak french was the one with the English heritage. Makes sense now.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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donaldtoo said:
Hahaaa...! :)
Funny thing is, we've never actually been there before, but, the décor kinda' gives it away. ;)

Glad y'all got there safe and are enjoyin'...!

And, I may have food-swooned a little... :oops: :hungry:
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Add it to the list! Last time we each had the combo platter. Yeah it was too much food but we couldn't pick so it was a solution. I also got my DD hooked on Dad's Electric Lemonade too. We ordered before we were seated at the bar and waitress was floored DD was of age. So good. Last time we were on a boat from Epcot to Studios and it was raining, DD made reservations for when we got off the boat while on the boat. Rain stopped by the time we were out of the restaurant and held off again until we got into Toy Story Queue indoors.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Goofyernmost said:
I never thought to ask, I don't think I was even aware of family other then the ones I was currently with. But, as it turns out, they gave out very little information, even to my Mother's and Father's generation, and apparently what they did tell was made up because they didn't know either. I did know that all my grandparents except one spoke french so I naturally assumed they had come down from Quebec at some point. Turns out the one that didn't speak french was the one with the English heritage. Makes sense now.
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My kids had to track their heritage back for a social studies class in 7th grade. We learned some stuff we didn't know as we pressed elders for photos and family trees. My Gran when she got married put every wedding, birth, death etc. in her Bible.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
No matter where I am going if I check luggage we all travel with one complete change of clothes, bathing suit and toiletries stuffed into a ziplock and stuffed into our own backpacks. We generally travel out on the first morning flight but once DD and I took the last flight out that time we packed jammies in that backpack too just in case. And good thing too, DME had issues that night too.
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Used it on our last four trips, and they've been spot on every time.
So many different experiences for all of us, and so much hit or miss, all the way around with our trips. :confused:
Us silly humans running everything. ;) :)
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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So, my phone decided yesterday that it wouldn't send or receive text messages anymore. It decided weeks ago that it wouldn't ring or vibrate when I get a call message, so I decided to get a new phone. I'm sad because the old phone and I have been together since 2011, but excited to have this new phone. I got an iPhone 6, it is fun to play with some new features. It is so lightweight to, it's just mind blowing at how much power and speed these smartphones or computer phones as my friend calls them, has.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
ajrwdwgirl said:
So, my phone decided yesterday that it wouldn't send or receive text messages anymore. It decided weeks ago that it wouldn't ring or vibrate when I get a call message, so I decided to get a new phone. I'm sad because the old phone and I have been together since 2011, but excited to have this new phone. I got an iPhone 6, it is fun to play with some new features. It is so lightweight to, it's just mind blowing at how much power and speed these smartphones or computer phones as my friend calls them, has.
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It was nice to have a light phone in my pocket, in my hand it took some getting use to and not drop. I wound up getting a case that has some grip to it, also keeps it from slipping out of my pocket too.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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ajrwdwgirl said:
So, my phone decided yesterday that it wouldn't send or receive text messages anymore. It decided weeks ago that it wouldn't ring or vibrate when I get a call message, so I decided to get a new phone. I'm sad because the old phone and I have been together since 2011, but excited to have this new phone. I got an iPhone 6, it is fun to play with some new features. It is so lightweight to, it's just mind blowing at how much power and speed these smartphones or computer phones as my friend calls them, has.
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Mind blowing, indeed.
Those little puppies, that we hold in the palm of our hand, have so much more computing power than rooms full of computers from back in '68 when my pop started workin' for IBM. :)
 

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