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Thanks for this, Scott. That's encouraging (about the lady, not your own ailments!).

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Susan, thanks for that link. I think I remember (in some distant corner of my brain) filling out that very scale). I'll  run through it tonight and see just how stressed I am.

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Carol, wen I can't find the answer/edit/comment tabs while working through a thread like this one, I click the back button as much as needed to see them. This happens frequently for me on G2G.

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That's what I'm looking for, Michelle. Getting outside and moving and breathing. I think being cooped up these last five months (along with the restrictions) hasn't been good for either my physical OR mental health.

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 Talking about xmas already, and we ain't even out of the 1st quarter of the year ... ? 

Cultural deprivation here, no Goonies and the only gremlins I ever heard about were the ones my mother blamed for items gone missing ... 

I of course apparently inherited some of those gremlins, brought them along as I went through Life ...  

Classic example -- woman I worked with picked UP her keys, the land line phone rang, she put DOWN her keys and went to answer the phone, talked, hung up, came back to GET her keys and .... they were gone. 

She spent 20 minutes hunting high and low, even picking UP stuff to see if the keys had snuck under it,.... to this day she swears at the whole situation, because where DID she find them? Right where she's set them in the first place.  

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 ANY change in your life / life style that requires you adapt to and adjust to and adopt the New Norm is by definition stressful, whether or not the event itself is considered "good" or "bad" 

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On this day:

1741: The Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. is born

1881: The Russian Tsar Alexander II. is assassinated

1954: During the First Indochina War, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu starts

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1741 for me today, Professor. Thanks!

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Alexander II suppose to be my 13 cousin 3 x removed. have not done research on him yet but on my bucket list of things to do.

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Scott, google says "computerholic" is a word already hanging around (informal) A person who is very fond of computers. Retrieved from "https://en.​wiktionary.org/w/index.

Answer 1

Today is....

        

  NATIONAL BAKED SCALLOPS DAY

March 12th celebrates National Baked Scallops Day and a popular delicacy, the scallop. 

Scallops are a cosmopolitan family and can be found in all of the world’s oceans. They are one of the most popular shellfish in the world and highly prized as a food source.

There are two fleshy parts of the scallop that are usually sold at the market for human consumption. The adductor muscle is the white medallion of meat which is rich and sweet. This is the piece that is most familiar as the  “scallop” we see on a menu.

There is also the coral or the roe which can range in color from pale coral to bright orange. This crescent-shaped piece is usually discarded before the scallop is sold at market because it may contain toxins. However, sometimes it is sold attached to the adductor muscle. It is bitter and some say it cuts the richness of the rest of the scallop.

These meaty mollusks are very low in fat and are deliciously prepared in a variety of ways.  Baking them omits much of the butter and fat that otherwise go into cooking this lean, white seafood.

HOW TO OBSERVE Baked Scallops Day

Scallops can be a little tricky to bake. However, with practice, anyone can master them. And they’re so delicious. Invite friends and family to enjoy them with you. You won’t be disappointed! We even have a recipe for you to try!  Baked Scallops recipe.

Restaurants also serve baked scallops as both an entree and an appetizer. However, if you enjoy them enough, have one as your starter and then an entree, too!

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Excellent choice, Dorothy! I love scallops and often get them baked at our local seafood restaurant here. (We're not yet brave enough to do them ourselves.)

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Not really a scallop fan or raw oysters.... crispy fry those please.   Other than that like most other seafood.

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Um...scalloped potatoes, yes! Scallops, not so much! Thank you, Dorothy!

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Agrees with Carol.

Taters all the way.

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I love scallops.  The best ones I have had were at a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia.  They were "three-bite" sized, which is enormous, and so very tasty. I know scallops are officially sized by the number of scallops per pound, but I judge them by the number of bites to eat -- 1, 2 or 3!

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Scallops are OK - I can eat them and somewhat enjoy them, but they're not my favorite. But being a midwestern boy, I'll take a 4-legged meat before one that lives in the ocean (typically)...

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I learned to cook scallops from Gordon Ramsay on Hell's Kitchen, I think he would approve of the results.

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You sure, M?  I've seen Gordon go bonkers over food that I thought looked good enough to eat through the TV!

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Probably, I pay attention to timing, and seasoning, of course he may just go nutbar, but I'm not cooking for him.

We eat a lot of fish and my salmon has improved through watching Hell's Kitchen.

I'm sure the Robbie won't throw his plate across the room!

M

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I bake them with butter and garlic

Answer 2

Hey D’, Howdy, Ho D’ my fellow Wikitreers !! Personal stuff:  Well,  I have not been on the chat in quite a while.  The move from living in the motorhome the past three plus years into a house has been full of a few sore bones (rib out of place), muscles and more than one difference of opinion :  )   Apparently, Pip, we are old enough for this *#(^   !!!!  Not saying either.         The appliances ordered in October (supposed to arrive Nov. 16) and some furniture were a nightmare !  Got the washer and dryer, and microwave pretty quick back in November only a couple weeks late and the rest well…..    Finally got the range a couple-three weeks ago and the refrigerator just came Tuesday !  Up until then we made do with 2 small fridges stacked on top of each other, and then got a small loaner fridge from the sales store for a few months, and a toaster oven which had to sit weird on the counter and I burned myself pretty often (oh yeah add burns to my list above).   The recliners, they say should come the end of March to mid-April….. had patio furniture for about a month until the, turns out not so comfy, couch arrived.    I know many of you probably have some similar stories :  )  But we are now settled in pretty good here in SW Florida, please don’t hate me, ok ? The weather is pretty great.

On the Genealogy front:   I am very honored to have been awarded my 100K new Pilot Wings on Wednesday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And a Wonderful Wikitreer award yesterday too (some really nice appreciative folks found on Wikitree for sure !)  Thank you to all that have helped me with getting to this point, and I know I will be asking you for more help during the next 100K contributions, hopefully can be of some sort of help to you also.

I came back to doing some work on the Suggestions list and found a bunch of new 404 and other broken link errors in my extended family, the list had really grown…. So have been knocking it down a bit.  Hope to also get back to my very long project of looking at and correcting-completing every profile I manage, including ones I adopted back when I was “greener” at Wikitree and never made it back to give some extra TLC. 

Hope you all have stayed well and as happy as possible in the trying past few months… all willing this is coming to an end soon.   

 Wishing all the best to you and yours, Trish (adopted born Loretta Morrison-4392)

 

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Well, I have to say I sure am glad to hear from YOU, Loretta! You've been missed. Ah, the pains of moving into a new home. We've been here five years and I still wouldn't want to have to go through that again. I hope you get settled in... eventually. All good things come in their own time. Hang in there!

I believe that we will always have old profiles that need lots of TLC. I have a bunch of them, too. Working on them slowly.

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Thanks for missing me Pip, I am feeling the love  Ahhh !  We have one more move up in the Ozarks will have a house there for spring and falls, but I am putting it off for awhile.  Maybe can get my back, back to normal.

TLC a bit at time.......

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 Been me, I'd have raided every thrift shop in town I could bribe to deliver -- and appliance sales if they'd deliver  

Haha. That was BEFORE the pandemic scrambled the logistics of merchandise and of shopping-for anything ... 

Pandemic restrictions and shut-downs threw a major monkey wrench into shopping -- for household, businesses, manufacturers hunting for materials, you name it, if you wanted to buy it, it tended to be an uphill struggle to get it ... 

There's things we ordered a week before the shutdown that we did not get for over 4 months ... 

Congrats, anyway, and welcome once again to the new norm (making a new set of habits to suit the new way of life style) 

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What a move! That sounds like lots of work. It also sounds like you weren't able to just live in the motorhome until the "big house" was fully furnished.

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Well Kay, versed paying $900 plus electric to keep the motorhome on our lot down here instead of just $480 to put it in storage, and electric anyway at the house, we figured out how to move into the house.  Plus having a brand new shiny house to look at without moving in for 4 months... twice as much room as the motorhome....we made it happen:)

Answer 3

Better answer here this morning since, this evening, the snow is going to start.  They're thinking that we will get 8 to 16 inches here by Sunday evening!!  And it's going to be a wet snow so I'll need to be shoveling every couple of hours just to keep up.  That sounds like a lot of snow, and it is, but up in the foothills and mountains they're talkin 2 to 4 feet of snow ... yikes.

Daughter and family are starting spring break and heading down to Zion National Park in Utah for a few days.  We get to dog sit ... a Mini Golden Doodle that is about six months old and just full of energy.  She loves running around our back yard.  Oh, and most importantly, the dog's name is Eleanor Rigby!  Eleanor or Ellie for short.  She's going to brighten up our week.

Genealogy wise I'm adding in families that didn't make the 1909 Jewett book publication date.  Spouses and children mostly.  Also I've changed my Find A Grave source format and am using the WT standard:  {{FindAGrave|number}} format ... old dogs can learn new tricks!

Well, better go polish up my snow shovel!

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Bob, I saw that you had a storm on the way. Stay safe (and warm!).

Zion is on my daughter's bucket list of parks to visit (since she and her husband cannot go overseas). She did Yellowstone, the Tetons, and the Grand Canyon in two trips. Lots of hiking which they love to do.

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Have fun with Eleanor, Bob !   At least you will have her to keep you warm during the storm.   I want to visit Zion too, the list seems to grow instead of get checked off.

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Have fun with Ellie! She should be fun to watch run in the snow. Especially with a wet snow, you can make snowballs then watch her try to find them.

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Zion is just wonderful, we went there on our big 2011 south west trip.

Answer 4

Greetings to all from beautiful southeastern Arizona. Our forecast for this weekend is ugh! in my book. That dirty, 4-letter S word has been talked about. Hopefully, it will only be a dusting on the mountains!

Writing: Haven't been making much progress. Decided to spend some $ to advertise my books on a couple of websites. It takes me hours to fill out interview forms. Hopefully, this will generate a few more sales!

WikiTree: Finished the Putnam cousins and adopted Perley's profile. Plan to add information to his profile later today. Walter Howe posted a link to the Howe genealogy this week, but I hope to expand the profile a bit more. Then it's back to updating the original profiles I did from my Watchlist. One of those is poor little Melissa Willson. Her birth isn't recorded within any vital record. I plan to quote portions from Rufus and Betsey Putnam's letters. Then add better linkage to the only source which records her death.

Not much new in the way of reading. I try to support other self-published authors by reading and reviewing their novels. Just finished a horror novel. While it was an okay read, nothing about it was spectacular. Now, it's back to a book I downloaded months ago.

Thanks for hosting, Pip! The recent news about people getting their vaccines soon is awesome. Looks like the pandemic end is in sight!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

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Hi Neighbor! So glad to know you completed your vaccine routine! I totally agree that there is hope on the horizon for people getting vaccinated and the ability to truly hug parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. You are so good about reading and reviewing others novels. I don't know how you find the time! You take care. It's a bit overcast here in Tucson. I just wish it could be 75F and sunny year round!

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Diane, I saw that you were in the path of that snow storm. Maybe you will be just on the edge of it. In any case, just stay in and safe.

I'm about five days away from being able (finally) to register for a shot. The last group was 65 or older, and now they've opened up one that is for people younger than that with health issues. I'm hoping to be in the parking lot SOON and getting my shot.

Answer 5

Happy Friday from the very sunny, very north! for the past couple of days I have been working in the warm temps - almost up to 50F yesterday, to get our grapes cut back before the sap rises. No worries it won't be until the end of May or June for that. BUT, having cut everything and piled the long pieces together to give to a friend with a restaurant (she uses them to decorate her outside eating areas) and the small pieces to compost? We had a wind storm last night ahead of a front. When I checked on them this morning they were all still neatly in two piles. what a great start to my Friday!

Mags

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Hi Mags! Great to read what is going on in your slice of the world! You take care! Sending hugs...

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Hmmm.. lets see... March... so  you should be getting blueberries in just a few months

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Wind and frost, Mags? Sounds like you need to move back to your roots. It was 76 here today just north of your old stomping grounds.

Answer 6

Hails and horns, Wikipeeps!

First and foremost, thanks go out to Pip for posting the interviews Sarah and I had with Daniel's Genealogy. Check it out in his main post!

Secondly on the genealogy front, I posted a blog about the same names and what to do when encountering them: https://allroadhaverhill.blogspot.com/2021/03/52-ancestors-week-10-names-same.html

It's a bit of a no-brainer to be honest. If Joe Jones names his son, Joe Jones Jr. (Heh. JJJ), look at the dates of birth before assuming anything. Senior could have been born in the 1920s and Junior could have been born in the 1940s. It's pretty standard.

I also added brothers and sisters for my 2x great-grandfather, Felice Forgione. That was....mildly depressing. He was the only one of his siblings to make it to adulthood and have children of his own. It makes me wonder what was going on in Gesualdo in the 1840s. Well, aside from the abject poverty and government policies that catered more toward the north than the south. 

I also added brothers and sisters for Carmina Martone. That had some apparent tragedy too. But, my dad and I do have a DNA match who stems from her brother, Antonio. Antonio married his second cousin once removed, Angiola Capobianco and the rest, as they say, is history.

I also helped wrap up work on my friend Katherine Willson's tree for our week of accuracy. You can see the results here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9PiW3vtTos

On the non genealogy front, my parents and I all have our shots. I work for my dad and since he is a dentist, everyone in the office was on a list to get the vaccine. I got pfizer twice and I feel fine. So, if you have the means please go get vaccinated. Let's save the world! 

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Nice blog post Chris.   I agree that the same names are pretty easy MOST of the time if you really use the noggin'.   But I have a case with the multiple Roger Gum's, they lived on the same plots of land (right next to each other).... very few records exist that you can pinpoint whom is whom (father son especially)  grandson is pretty easy as his location changed.   Most are land records starting in around 1640's purchasing new plots.... did the father or the son purchase them ?  No way really to tell.  I need to get that book I keep meaning to order, "Leaves From the Gum Tree, " maybe someone has sorted this before.

My 70 year old hubby with co-mobiedies just got his yesterday ..... it is near impossible down here to find a shot  3 sights get up at 7 and start refreshing 3 computers for multiple days a week,.  We had to drive to the VA over 80 miles away, and will have to again for his 2nd one.   But I am with you I will be getting in line as soon as they let me!

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Thanks, Loretta! You have a point. That can happen if there a ton of people who aren't related having the same names. Best bet there would be to check out the logistics. Time period they lived in. Where they lived in relation to each other and other things like that.

I hope you and yours can get the shot, soon. The sooner, the better. Good luck! =D

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Great work, as usual. on your blog, Chris. I think I have one of those "by a thread" lines, too. Oh, yeah, one of my ancestors died while his wife was pregnant with my next gen ancestor. Close call there. Not as tragic as your family, a sole survivor of siblings.

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I'm beginning to think "Forgione" means strong willed or something to do with a "forge". I mean...it's right in the name. =D

Thanks, Pip! So many things can change the course of history. Having watched Star Trek, you can relate. I'll give ya one episode "City on the Edge of Forever". I think the Guardian of Forever was visited again in Star Trek Discovery.

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Dude, I'm glad you got vaccinated. I can't wait until our governor opens up the vaccines for everyone. Also, hopefully that will be the only time I mention that guy.

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Thanks, man. I hope you yours, soon. The more people who get the vaccine, the better. Still, even with it I am going to be masked. It's just common sense.

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https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/mathematician-all-the-covid-virus-in-the-world-could-fit-in-a-soda-can/

Mask? Guess it makes folks feel safer being near you though which is only reason I wear mine when distance isn't possible.

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The tiniest organisms can cause so much destruction as any microbiologist can tell you. So, yeah. I will wear a mask.

Answer 7

So what am I doing this weekend well in the morning I am speaking at a regional meeting of the Guild of One Name Studies about using WikiTree for collaboration with your One Name Study. Some members are already on WikiTree but I am not sure how many of them are actually using it for their One Name Study.

I have been fortunate to have others collaborate and I plan to highlight the benefits of using WikiTree.

On the home front it has been announced today that our hairdressers in Wales can open as from Monday so I need to contact mine to get an appointment.

Our greengrocer having moved premises is increasing his range of locally produced foodstuffs and today I bought a Dundee Cake to have with coffee over the weekend. We missed out on this last Christmas so hoping this will be nice. I also bought some ripe bananas which I hope to make into a cake, loaf or muffins (could be some of each).

Here is something I made earlier.

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Enjoy

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Hi Hilary! The food looks yummy! I wish I could take a flight to Wales and have banana muffins and a cuppa with you! Your presentation sounds wonderful and thank you for bringing Wikitree to light and to life for your audience! Fod yn dda!

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Thank you both this was a meal I made on Wednesday evening I was cooking along with the authors of the recipe and I shall post this photograph on their page.

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Hilary, thanks for keeping Wikitree out in front of your audience that's awesome !   And that food looks wonderful.... I am needing lunch getting very hungry and you didn't help, LOL!   

Welcome Mary Gi !!

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Thank you Loretta.  Your last named  i seem to recall in my line somewhere, But , me being me got on your profile because the name  I recalled in my line so wow we are cousins . Michael Arbogast Sr is a distant grandfather as your distant grandfather. So hello cousin. lol I found a cousin and I was not even  researching lol.

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Nice to "meet" you , cuz!  So if your ancestor walked through Southern Virginia, Eastern Tennessee or especially Kentucky you may probably bet we're kin someplace.  The Arbogast family seems to fit ultimately, to account for my Italian heritage in my DNA.

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Hilary, the meals you prepped look like the ones we are making from our meal deliveries. They sure are filling.

I had to look up Dundee cake. A new one on me.

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Hilary, that meal looks tasty.

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thanks- i have worked on the Sears One Name Study here on Wikitree-  Sears Name Study (wikitree.com)

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The only Sears I have in my family is still living so I will not be adding it to your study yet. The talk went well and I have got good feedback and have made a suggestion to encourage more people to join.

No cook-along this coming week as they have a prior commitment so I have to thing what to do this week instead.

Answer 8

Hello fellow wikitree members. I finally start back to working on my Cemetery Project. ( Been off for awhile. ) I was trying  my hands at making a free space Background Images  placing  photos that  I had  took  while out and about. But, How do I get to place this in the Category Background Image page with the rest ???

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Mary, post your problem with the background image to G2G. I know that someone there knows the tech stuff I don't and can help you with the category background image.

I have to say that I love the background image you have on your father's profile. 

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Thanks for the reply on my dad`s profile.  But  the images I have no credit on that one That one  is from Sandy Craigs Images she has.  She has really nice ones. So the moonshine jug images is her credit.

Answer 9

Hello from Western Australia.  I’ve been busy working on the Popes project and getting to that interesting stage around a millennium ago.  I posted to G2G for help on naming a pope a couple of hours ago if anyone can help.

I’m off to bed have a great chat everyone.

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Deborah, I saw your post but haven't revisited it to see if you got an answer. You are working in an area that is well beyond my skill set. Hope someone was able to help you out!

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Thanks Pip, yes I’ve had a good response and resolved my question.

Answer 10

Thank You for hosting the Chat Pip, Just a quick post and then I am out the door. I will explain later I hope.

Weather, After a nice week it is getting cold again.

Homefront,

Monday, I got a call from the dealer about my new to me car. It seems that they forgot 2 papers I needed to sign so I had to go back and sign them. Still not too bad because I did most of the deal from my recliner at home and only spent a minimal amount of time in the dealership.

Tuesday, We got to babysit for the 4 month old great granddaughter. In addition to that my sister dropped off the papers she had for me to go thru from my fathers stuff. She also had some papers I needed to sign to transfer some mutual fund holdings into my name, he had something set up for all of his children but with different companies.

Wednesday, Finished up the paperwork needed to transfer the account to my name and discussed some plans for the future.

Thursday, We bought a home security system, the first step at least and I started to prep it for installation. I stopped due to a rain storm and the fact that one of the boys borrowed my step ladder and did not return it yet. I have to go get it soon.

Friday, Diane has a test at the hospital this morning but she does not need me to go with her so I can work around the house a bit but fair warning, this weekend is busy already with the dog being groomed and a Ham Radio exam session on Sunday so I may not be around much.

Genealogy, Nothing to brag about. I spent a lot of time formatting some profiles uploaded in 2010 and 2011, No they were not in the DeCoursey GED. Those profiles not only needed the proper headings but most were unsourced and not put in that category. So far I have found sources for them but it takes some time and effort. I did find one family on one census so that made it easier for them but I also created profiles for the children who did not already have profiles, all deceased naturally, taking even more time to do.

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Diane got a call from the hospital asking her to return. It seems that they messed up the test she had this morning and they needed to re do it. I also found out that I will be offline for the best part of tomorrow so have a nice weekend and I  hope to catch up next week.

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Boy, you are busy all the time! But, I know you wouldn't have it any other way. One thing is for sure, even with a bum knee you aren't the sedentary kind. Good for you. 

You're not going with an outside security company? I'm guessing you'll tie it into one of your computers to keep track of things. With all the equipment you have, you are doing a good thing.

How did you get anything done with the four-month-old in the house. I'd have had her in my arms the whole time. (Makes for a great excuse for getting out of work.)

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To all this link will show you what I did with part of my day when the great granddaughter was with us, her great grandmother spent a lot of time with her as well. No I was not sleeping but I did not want to move much and disturb Callie Rose.

https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Photos_and_sources_for_Dale_Byers-33

As for the security system One camera will be connected to a computer but the main outside one will be connected to our phones by way of our router. I plan on expanding the system over time but you have to start somewhere. I almost forgot the outside camera can work as a stand alone system or be connected to a monitoring company but for now I plan on it being stand alone.

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Gotta love that photo, Dale. That’s a classic!!

Answer 11

GEN-TALK Did you see the new activity feeds? - WikiTree G2G  From any profile's changes page, you can now click links to view a feed of changes on their ancestors' profiles, their descendants' profiles, or profiles closely connected to them in every direction on our big tree. How will these be useful? It could be a practical way to monitor profiles without having to add them to your watchlist. It could also lead to some unexpected connections and collaborations. It's way to find other members who are currently working "near you" on the tree.

I've been exploring the "ins and outs" of this, on various profiles ... I can say with confidence there are any number of people who will totally enjoy this feature and have a blast with it.   

For myself, I have not yet decided on what my opinion is. Will be.  My first criteria for any application is "How will it benefit me to use it?" It is going to require more exploration with this to see if it is useful to me.  

The BIG temptation uncovered in my exploration, so far, has been that in looking around I keep seeing profiles that could use some TLC ... but I keep telling myself I STILL HAVE a huge number of revisions remaining on my watchlist -- conversions to inline ref, (not quite 2000 more)  -- that should be attended to FIRST ... and unless this particular profile is a relative by blood, I'd better pass on by ... 

GENEALOGY (by the numbers) I'm at 1,045 Contributions (at the moment) so I have the March Club 1000 to look forward to -- I have 3,678 profiles but no worries on that -- I have no unsourced on my watchlist nor do I have any unconnected ones -- having been somewhat distracted () my earliest edit date 22 May 2020 but no major hurry since it is 10 months ago -- 

HOME FRONT -- we had several days of off/ on rainfall earlier in the week ... it's currently cold (36 F) and dry (no rain) even though it's 93% humidity ... eh. I can't see the humidity. Rain, fog, sleet, snow ... those I can see, but not humidity. 

No doubt people with dry skin appreciates that much humidity -- and without doubt almost every plant appreciates it, maybe ALL of them do 

Eldest son and wife have just gotten their own "1st covid jab" in the last week or so ... 

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Hi Susan you sure stay a busy girl nice to catch up on your goins-ons.

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Susan, I found the changes information to be very interesting.  I see several WT cousins that I already knew about and there may be more out there working on connected lines.  I love the possibility of increased collaboration on profiles.

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 Glutton for genealogical labors, that's what you are? Hahaha.  I am. Pretty sure I am. 

I have to spend the time to open that profile, whichever one, to answer "Who the blankety-blank is THIS?" because ... and the "because" is what I'm still trying to figure out ... how do I tell right off the top what the relationship is? Or is not? 

 Ella Carrivigal (Kyle) Pullin - WikiTree Profile Doesn't look familiar to me, but the icon for relationships says she is 4C1R.  Ah, she's the child of a Wooten kin. 

I click on Changes,--Lance Martin created her Jan 2019. Okay. He subsequently added 8 childen.  Hmm. There's 10 listed in her  biog. and 2 census and a marriage record as sources. Lordy, lordy, them 10 profiles of the kiddies needs LOTS of TLC ... - and they are relatives of the blood so I will "do" the work .... 

Now I click on her Connections ... There's James Frost-5595, Robert Bullington-186, William Alford-2878 (m. a cousin, and needs TLC), and lots more besides, and this Connections thingie is where all the time is spent in finding a "personal", i.e., a blood kin or by marriage kin connection 

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Susan, families with large numbers of children are attracted to you like pigs to a trough, the WikiTree trough. 

Enjoy your rain while it lasts (I saw you were going to get some). Ours arrives this weekend after about a week and a half without... unusual for us here in Rainsylvania.

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Pigs to the trough?? What am I? Chopped Liver? Oink, oink ... 

I will quote what Jalena said one Chat ... I kept a copy of it for my own comfort 

"When it's 11.15pm, you are slowly but surely getting a little bit tired and then you open a link to a family and it shows you this:

The couple had 12 children, all of them reached adult age and married. Two of them have links that give even more information and even one grandson is linked there.

This is the moment when I think (loudly) "Are you kidding me?" This is also the moment when I decide: "No, THIS family will be done the earliest tomorrow when I got up."

So yes, I am now getting ready to go to bed."

Good night!

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Lavished "hours" of labor on Ella Carrivigal (Kyle) Pullin - WikiTree Profile and her descendants ... lot of TLC was needed but now there's 26 profiles on her Family List, and I think I got them covered with at least one census and a burial plus any children listed at least if not profiled ... I'm all tuckered out 

Some of them need more TLC but let's see what the other PM does 

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Nice work on Ella's profile, Susan! 

Answer 12

Buenos dias from the Old Pueblo. It's 9am-ish and 47F (8.3)  with and expected high of 63F (17.2C). The skies are overcast with a bit of blue shining through.

I had my 7th of 8 classes in Mastering Genealogical Documentation this past Wednesday. It is a terrific class and I've learned a lot. Sometimes, it's a bit tedious, though. This week, for example, we covered Citing Online Images of Previously Unpublished Material. Mmmm Hmmmm... We have 'Exercises' with each chapter and it's a good thing that our instructor, Cyndi Ingle, has a sense of humor. When we got to one of the questions (that had eight parts), she asked if anyone answered any of the parts. I simply said 'No.' My brain was mush by the time I had gotten to that particular exercise. Cyndi demonstrated how to do several of them and it was great learning. When this class ends, I have enrolled in Mastering Genealogical Proof and looking forward to it!

I have been very busy with university work. I'm being paid for about 5 hours a week and have been putting in at least 20 hours. I am developing a global health syllabus for the university collaboratory and am really irritated with myself for signing on. I have rounded up several outstanding speakers (as I want the students engaged rather than me droning on each week); however, herding speakers is like cats, writing scripts, developing quizzes is beyond 5 hours. Sadly, I am not a quitter, or I would be done and have more time for Wikitree.

I have started working on my daughter's paternal line and she has agreed to 'spit' for Ancestry. This should help identify cousins and through lines. I've gotten her great grandparents completed. Her Irish line is now a dead end; however, I will be able to follow through for a while on her Scots, English, French and Dutch New York line for a while.

Time now to do some university work. I hope everyone has a splendid weekend. Pip, thanks for leading the chat!

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Hugs, neighbor! Like you, I hope to travel to the Midwest. But, it will probably be late summer before I go to Ohio. The historical society posted on FB this week that they were beginning renovations on the house which will hold their archives. I won't be traveling until I can see Increase's papers! The curator told me he believed some do involve the land dispute. *fingers crossed!*

Kudos to you for plugging away on the university work. Teachers are so, so often underpaid for the amount of time they spend!

I'm with you on preferring sunny, 75F days! Bring 'em on! LOL

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Caro, you sound a lot like Dale. Always something going on. I think you thrive on it. It's like my reading (usually textbook kinds of material). I just have to keep on learning, and will as long as I can. There's so much I don't know that I want to know.

Hope you find some time for yourself this weekend. Don't let the university eat you!!

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Hi Diane!  I will definitely keep fingers crossed for information when you return to the Midwest. I should have kept my mouth shut about 75F all the time because it's a stinking 50F (10C) and its noon! I'm freezing!

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Hi Pipster! I do thrive on being busy. I am just down about the university work because I've allowed myself to be taken advantage of. The irritation is with myself personally. Soon I plan to be out of this. I will continue to work collaboratively on publications with colleagues. No pay; however, the payoff is publications that contribute to community health.

And your reading is important not only for personal growth, but you extrapolate and contribute in other ways (e.g., Wikitree contributions). Hugs!

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Carol you said, I've allowed myself to be taken advantage of. 

Which means you are a muggins, as are many of us; as discussed a few weeks ago on Weekend Chat

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Hi M, I must have missed that part of the chat! Just looked up the definition. Less foolish and gullible, just ignorant and unable to say 'no' when I should know better!

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Carol; It was in the Jan 29-31 weekend chat. the colloquial def is a bit different than what you found.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1177979/welcome-weekend-chat-members-invited-january-29th-31st-2021?show=1178200#a1178200

Cheer up,

M

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LOL Carol about stinking. I glanced up from the computer yesterday just before 10, and we had a white-out! Nothing of the mountains were visible, and I couldn't see any of Hwy. 90! The snow tapered off about 11, and by noon was melted. But gosh it was cold! At least today's high will be 59 instead of the lousy 49 yesterday. Hugs neighbor!

Answer 13

Hubby bought me a battery powered chain saw. The plains of the world will grow exponentially. :)

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 Don't get too carried away, it's guaranteed you be singing WW2 patriotic songs and doing a bit of line dance with your partner the Chain Saw ...  but that don't guarantee the neighbors want their shrubs and trees shaved 

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We's gots all the saws Loretta. Hubby won't let me near the table saw................yet. It's only been 36 years. I'll wear him down eventually.

Susan,

I'll saw in the middle of the night. No one will see. :)

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 Betty, you lay that thang upside a shrub or tree no body gonna NEED to see you, they gonna HEAR you loud and clear 

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Ha! Betty, we just picked one of those up, too. Low hanging limbs beware!!

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Betty,  Kathy's been, lately, asking about operating our son-in-law's gas powered chainsaw......I tell her "you really don't want to pull on that starting cord, Boss, now get back up on your John Deere tractor and mind your own business"......I think I got away with it. 

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John,

Tractor...........drools. Get her a little bitty chain saw. They're just as fun and half as dangerous.

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Betty!   This morning I read, to Kathy, the chainsaw comments.....she laughed.....the secrets out.....she was at the Stihl dealer on Wednesday and has her eye on a miniature electric chainsaw. 

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Your shopping list:

Stihl chainsaw

Battery

Battery charger

Chain Saw sharpener.

Mine came in at around six hundred dollars.

Be safe.

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Betty,  The one Kathy noticed was a handheld, battery powered chainsaw with a 4 inch blade for 199 dollars......some of the previously topped cottonwood branches we're burning today are a foot through.

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Sounds like a Stihl (steal) to me. Buy it. And have a lot of fun with cottonwoods. Hate cottonwoods. Sometimes, in the winter, you can hear them explode by the river down from me. It's scary.

Answer 14

It is pouring rain and thundering this morning.  We need the rain for it has been very dry and windy here, which makes a situation for spreading grass fires.  This week, my neighbors grilled on their deck and then went inside.  The wind blew their grill over and their deck caught on fire.  Everyone is fine, but one needs to keep on guard when its dry and windy.

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 Eh. And there was Hawaii, too much rain in too short a time and the dam burst enough to force hasty evacuations ... 

Of course where Pip is living it  -- Think he said it was an area of 9 months of rain ... 

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Never a dull week where you live ...? At least no one was hurt ... 

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Well, that is one I've never heard before, Michelle, wind blowing over a grill.

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If it was standing independently, and not built into the ground with brick or concrete etc, but just standing on the deck, yes, the wind gusting can catch it and topple it ... saw the same result in Reno one year across the street, but there it burned into the apartment also -- the landlord was wroth, what with one expense and another and lost rents and etc ... 

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Pip, it was a standing grill with charcoal used.  It was windy enough to blow about anything not anchored down.  Susan, I used to live in an apartment complex and the grillers would throw their 'used' charcoal in the large metal garbage bins, which would later catch fire from the not-quite-out coals.  Then everyone would get letters from the landlord warning of the dangers and threatening to take our grilling rights away.

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Michelle, not a bit surprising. The number of wildfires and house fires and fires otherwise because people do NOT understand the Elemental power of Fire in all its forms

Pip, anything merely sitting on anything else, can be lifted by a wind of sufficient mph and angle of approach ... wind does blow at angles ... Wind also is an Elemental power

Answer 15

Wow the weekend already! Like Pip, our weather is a taste of spring. Just enough to show that it is the start of allergy season. It's pretty inside, why am I sitting inside at the computer?

We've also been following basketball, of course. We watch the Old Dominion University (ODU) women. They won a play-in game in OT, won the next game (which was close) and yesterday won in 2OT with 12 ties and 22 lead changes. They play again today. Why do we add such stress to our lives?

Genealogy: I seem to have been following a number of rabbit holes on WikiTree. Of course, the 52 Weeks of Accuracy have led me on some chases. Both Thomas MacEntee and Katherine Willson had family who either lived next door or across the road from my ancestors, so that had me looking at lots of maps. I found an 1829 map which showed churches -- there was only one in the northern half of the county, and none of the records have survived. The folks who lived there must have gone to the adjacent county for a grist mill or saw mill. In looking at these folks, I did find the deed where my ggg grandfather sold his farm to his son-in-law and my gg grandfather. That was interesting.

This week's profile for "Name's the Same" was an easy choice. I used Ephraim Sands. At one time in Buxton, Maine there was Ephraim Sands Sr, his sons Ephraim Jr and Samuel, Ephraim Jr's son Ephraim the fourth, and Samuel's son Ephraim 3rd as well as his sons Samuel and Ephraim. After Samuel and Ephraim 3rd moved then Ephraim was Sr and his son Ephraim was Jr. while his father was living, then just Ephraim. Got that?

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"Why do we add such stress to our lives?" Love of basketball. I'm from basketball country, and it is a yearly stress event for me to watch the NCAA playoffs. When my late mom used to watch, she would get up and leave the room. She could never handle a close game. Me? I thrive on it!

Ephraim, Ephraim, Ephraim. Sounds like a WikiTree chant of some sort. I make these kinds of sounds frequently while sitting at the computer.

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@Pip - another stressful and heartbreaking game. ODU was behind by about 12 points for most of the game, got it to just 1 with 80 seconds to go and then missed 5 free throws!  And, both the Duke and Virginia men are out of their tournament due to Covid.

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Duke defeated by a virus. That’s a new one!

Answer 16

On this day:

1913: Canberra got its name and becomes the Capital of Australia

1930: Mahatma Gandhi starts his Salt March

1968 and 1992: Mauritius gets its independence and becomes a Republic respectively

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Hi Jelena, I hope you and your mom are doing well. I think of you two often during the week. Thank you for the 'On this day' updates!

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We are ok, just trying to stay inside as much as we can, especially with these stupid mutants out there. I just heard that in one region that borders France the South African version is already at 15% of all positive tests. I. Do. Not. Want. That. Nor. Do. I. Need. That.

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Jelena, it may be driving you mad being under those restrictions, but the alternative... well, you know. Hang in there!! Are you two in range of getting a vaccine shot?

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Mum got her first one last week, the other one is on Thursday in 2 weeks. But as I said, I am far too young and too healthy to jump up in the priority range. I likely have to wait until it is said: "We have enough vaccines to vaccinate everybody who wants it."

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Jelena, I too will wait for I don't want to jump the line either.  There are too many who really need it more than I do right now.  I am so glad your mother got her first shot and I hope all goes well with the second.

Answer 17

Greetings from Everett, Washington, where frost in the morning gives way to sunny skies. I have decided, after husband subtly suggested it, to wash some of his clothes in the washer which no one has dared use since the last big load left a lot of water on the floor.  I have not yet called the plumber since I don't know when the Public Utility District will be replacing the poles on our cul-de-sac which they have aggressively marked with tape, paint and stakes. When last the PUD trucks showed up they came without warning and blocked the whole street for nearly all the day. Plumber has only ONE truck and they have three, one for the wiring, one for the cherry picker and one to carry the new pole.

Husband got his new CPAP machine but will not use it until he gets some distilled water.  He left the Zoom meeting last night in search of it and discovered the nearby CVS pharmacy was all out. I will go out in search of seafood or fish today.  I LOVE scallops but daughter is allergic. I would prefer not to go to church tonight for Stations of the Cross because of what happened to him the last two times after he injected insulin.  He has a lovely Power Point of the Stations on his computer and I want to encourage him to use it with the family even if it's not as perfect as he would like.

His mother continues to be much the same as before; Tuesday afternoon she was lively and attentive, if not talkative; Wednesday she was low on energy again.  I think over what's gone in our family since September and looked at the personal stress index, not finding exactly what affected me.  Yes, change in health of a family member, but I feel that there was a lot more stress than just that.

Last night was the Zoom meeting with the historical society with our annual visit from the Mayor of Mukilteo.  I presented what I know about a "name only" burial who may have been the man who died a stroke patient in 1876 at the state asylum in Steilacoom. I shared the history of the asylum cemetery and the Pioneer Cemetery in Snohomish.  I will submit an article on the subject to the Mukilteo Monthly in the next few days.

Washington State went into Phase 2 yesterday and are looking to enter Phase 3 March 22.  We are waiting for word about when the historical society can reopen the lighthouse and gift shop and when we can resume in-person meetings.  I haven't worn my hoop skirt and leg-o-mutton blouse in ever so long for cemetery gigs and opening events.

I have begun a spreadsheet for descendants of William Robe. Since I have been entering people on WikiTree I have sorely neglected to include living people in my database. This spreadsheet will include everyone on WikiTree, everyone in my old PAF program, everyone in short.  

I like connecting people, improving profiles, and simply adding more profiles in order to fill in gaps.  Sometimes after I jump down the hole I actually catch the rabbit.

Yours faithfully, Margaret

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Margaret it's easy to make your own distilled water

The process of distilling is simple. Heat tap water to the point that it turns to vapor. When the vapor condenses back to water, it leaves behind any mineral residue. The resulting condensed liquid is distilled water.

More info here: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-make-distilled-water-at-home-for-free/

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Margaret, I missed Stations tonight, too. Just too tired after a busy day running errands. I just don't have the energy anymore. 

I think that a stress survey doesn't take into account the compounding effect of multiple events. You have certainly had your share to deal with the past year. I do hope the lighthouse and gift shop will open soon. Wouldn't it be wonderful for you to get back to those things you love?

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Last night for the first time this spring we heard the frogs in the marsh singing.

At the Japanese restaurant last night, daughter and I saw a drake and duck on the sidewalk.  Daughter took a picture and called it "Friday Night Date." That's the kind of thing she does. She got a like for it.

Chris is not used to his CPAP machine and used it for 15 minutes last night before it got too uncomfortable. But he is going to talk to other users and keep trying.

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We haven't heard our frogs yet. In season, they sure can be noisy! Geese are passing through, but our mallards have not been here for some time. We miss them.

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we have a  pond in our communal garden.The last two years Daffy and Dilly, a pair of mallards  have been visitors. They have a track that they waddle up. Presumably they come from the river, 500m or so away in the valley. This week they arrived again Daffy, Dilly and....Donald. Donald looks more juvenile. Is he their offspring or a younger rival to Daffy?
(of course they may not be the same ducks but they take the same route and behave in a similar fashion).

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We have never had ducks in our pond, we have had frogs, a turtle, herons eating the fish and mink eating the fish.

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Margaret, Our spring peepers started this week, too.  Love their sound, and it is a good sign of spring!  M, I have never seen a mink in the wild!  Are they common there?

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We live about 100 metres from a greenbelt flood plain with a creek, it runs into a large pond about 2 km south of us, that is part of a large marshy area. I have seen mink in the greenbelt on many occasions. I think the ones that ate all our fish a few years ago must have come from there. I yelled at them as they were eating and they just ignored me.

We also have muskrats and beaver in the area. We are on the very edge of suburbia.  Mink aren't common further into the built up area.

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Michelle.... that's the term my Grandpa used growing up in my adopted family "peepers" and one I use to this day.  He had a large pond back of his house for the cattle.  Before we sold our house we had a small pond (compared to his anyway) in our front yard.  Down here in Florida what we get is white tree frogs (which one I had to take outa my new house not long back and then a pretty large toad jumped on to my leg at an outside park meeting.  My girlfriend said she woulda lost it !.)   !  One night we heard a strange sound, like they are building a new building around you and pecking out rocks or something.  First time we heard it, I was looking for new construction the next day around us!  After talking to the neighbors found out what the racket was all about and was made by an bity little Cuban frog !! Nature is amazing !

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Whatever Events that occur the ones that cause this stress response are the ones where we feel compelled to alter the way we do things -- it could be merely our daily routines to annual happenings like family reunions 

Stress is like the waters of a river -- some rain is okay but the more rain that falls in span of time the more danger there is the river will overflow ... too much water in too short a time and the river will flood 

How much is too much will vary from one individual to another

One thing is that the effects of the stress tend to show up as an illness on the average of 18 months later -- for instance from say 15 to 21 month span ... 

Answer 18

This week has been pretty good. I've had a little more energy lately. My work shoes did fall apart on me and I didn't have the money to replace them. But, my wonderful bosses purchased a new pair of shoes for me from Shoes for Crews. They're the best made shoes I've ever owned, so they should last me a good long while. Our store has begun our annual MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Icon sales. Our goal is $3000 by March 21, and in three days we've already gotten $900 in donations. I also recieved my Gold Boomerang badge for getting 25 good comments from guests. 

Genealogy wise: Other than my Greeter duties, I've been working on expanding some of my Dodge branches.

 

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25 good comments? I believe it, Chandra!!! It's the same reason you are such a great greeter. Congratulations!!! 

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Awesome recognition Chandra. Congratulations!!

Answer 19

Greetings and Salutations, Fellow WikiTreers!

Been a busy week - it's getting to that point where saying that becomes redundant, but oh well. I'm finally finishing some home projects that have been lingering for quite awhile. But it's like trying to slay the hydra. Cut off one head and two more arise. And so the list grows... My grandson - who is about 4 1/2 months now - appears to have figured out the roll-over stuff, so scooting, crawling, and/or walking are in the future now. I haven't seen it myself yet, but they're coming over tomorrow so I'm all for a demonstration. Of course we KNOW he'll cooperate, or more likely look at us like we're completely and utterly stupid for even suggesting he put on a performance without us first contacting the Actors Equity Guild, but I suppose we'll see...

From a Genealogy perspective, I've been busy plugging away at the Fulkerson tree and am almost to Fulkerson-2900. I think I hit 2892 already, and might get 2900 before the end of the day if I can get focused. It's still going to be tough to hit 3000 by my birthday (April 16), but I'll give it my best shot. But I keep finding another rabbit hole to jump in and then it's off to the races. Last month I suspended most of my family research for a good cause - I hammered away at Meadowlark Lemon's profile and family in hopes that I'd either get him connected or build one of the biggest unconnected branches out there. I failed on both counts, but I did grow his unconnected branch to 205 profiles and based on the WikiTree+ evaluation, he's now the 171st largest unconnected branch out there. I was hoping for a bit more, but it's a good start. There were still more profiles to add, so one day I'll go back and see what more can be done.

Of course, a squirrel went by this week when Norman Juster (author or the Phantom Tollbooth) passed away. So I'm down the bunny hole again and have found a solid research path on Ancestry that could easily add hundreds of new profiles, should I choose to go deep. We'll see how far I go...

Hope everyone's week goes well. Stay safe!

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Wow! 205 profiles for Lemon and it's only the 171st largest unconnected? I wonder what the largest is.

Hey, just so you know, when the little one starts to speed crawl, the 3000 Fullkersons by your birthday wiull be down the tubes (but it will be more fun, right?).

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Scott, I have 11 connected Lemons, but they are all 18th and 19th century Irish UELs in Canada so no help to you.

Answer 20

Hello from windy Germany,

Covid numbers rise - our chief epidemiologist said today "we are at the start of the third wave" and - now it's my opinion - it'll be dominated by the British version. Yikes.

Personally, we wanted to prepare the balcony for spring. Blame it to the wind that we couldn't. The earth is waiting to be put in the boxes...

WikiTree-wise I did a bit on the longest line of the connected tree. Some of the profiles were unsourced although they didn't have the template. And then I added some more profiles in my personal project, which led me to one of the most popular German poets, Joachim Ringelnatz. I was quite surprised, but it was a nice surprise. And I announced that I will kick ass suggestions in the DeCoursey Gedcom.

Stay safe whatever your challenges are. Keep the distance please and wear a mask!

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Yes! You stay safe too! Despite being vaccinated, I am going to keep wearing my mask.

Stay safe, Jelena!

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Lucky you being vaccinated. I can't wait to be vaccinated, but I am too young and too healthy to jump up in the order. First there are/were the Over80s to be vaccinated, now the Over70s and people with COPD, Diabetes, transplants and other chronic diseases. I so hope that soon there will be enough vaccines that everybody who wants can get the vaccine.

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I only got mine because I work in a doctors' office. Namely my dad's. He is a dentist. I hope you get yours, soon.

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Jelena, I regularly find unsourced profiles that aren't tagged as such. Lots of them, so the WT stat that says we have so many unsourced is really far short of what the real total is.

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@Pip - Unsourced but not tagged.... is exactly why I created the BioCheck app... to find those.

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True, Kay, and that’s been helpful. Most of the ones I find are not in my family lines. Lots of the are from gedcoms. Usually, I come across these working on something else.

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Kay, I worked a bit on DeCoursey last night. Nearly all of the profiles I worked on were unsourced without being marked. They didn't have the headers neither for biography nor for sources. For most of the profiles I worked with I could find sources, the others I marked as {{unsourced}}

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@Jelena, I was thinking of this yesterday... Do you use the auto text expander on your browser? There is one for Chrome and also one for Firefox. It sure does save time to enter 3 characters and end up with == Biography ==

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Thanks Kay for that tip with the auto text expander. I told it to write

==Biography==

==Sources==

<references />

once I type "bsr". What a timesaver!