Genealogy Chat

Ok - so are we back on this one - or on the new one

Josie just to let you know yesterday the temperature at midday was 30 degrees - bright blue skys - very hot and humid - however today its 25 degrees very cloudy but still feels very humid and a bit stormy.

All my friends at work want to book the same weeks holiday as me next year as last week was the best week we have had weatherwise all year so far.

will pop over tot he new one now

Hello everyone. How good to have this restored. I have suggested that we stick with this one but I think the final decision should rest with Sue......

it's called passing the buck !! lol


Hope you are all well.

Happy Anniversary Cynthia. So pleased this is back. It proves it must have the blessing of GR. I was under the impression that once a thread had been deleted it couldn't be restored. Obviously that wasn't right.

I'm particulary chuffed that Cynthia's birthday party is again here for us to look back on. How great that it should reappear on her anniversary.

Luv
Jeanie
xxx

Have you noticed....

Not only are you back but you have been 'stickied' at the top of the board!!!

Or has someone already mentioned it?

Chris

Groundhog Day............

I still don't see why it was whooshed again.

Well done to Cynthia,

What were you doing up at the crack of dawn this morning anyway...relax.

Here's hoping you've had an enjoyable foot massage, prawn sandwich etc..........well that's what she said on the other side !

I've only served 33 years !

Every now and then I throw myself of my motorbike but it never works, they just put me back together and send me home ;)

Hi everyone

Just spent an interesting time looking back at the original thread and catching up on the posts I didn't see because of the deletion. Seems when something is restored after being deleted posts that were deleted are put back in:-))

Ann - Glad you enjoyed your trip but all that washing! Made me tired. Good that your bruises had nearly gone. How is the arm now? I know all about silent and deadlies but the current greyhounds hardly ever suffer in that respect I'm very pleased to say. In case you haven't seen it Evelyn's birthday is on Thursday 29th July and her party will be following weekend.

Cynthia. Doff my cap to your friend for not giving up on hers that went through a window. Have seen on TV programmes what wonderful things they can do for the injured animals nowadays but my word it must have cost her an arm and a leg.

Hope you are having success with your messaging and not getting any snooty replies.

Sylvia - I've got a ceiling fan attached to the main light. Unfortunately cannot use it. Tried to last year - threw the old boy into an absolute panic. Just keeping curtains closed on the sides where the sun is shining and opening all the windows on the opposite side. Still a bit like a sauna. Pity I cannot package some of it up and send it to Josie. As for water shortages think up north may have a hose pipe ban in place already.

You're right Josie - VAT going up to 20%. Not sure but do not think it will be this year and yes, to help the poorer members of society there is to be a rise in the Personal Allowance to compensate. Fat lot of good that will do me and probably most pensioners. Don't pay tax. Sorry - bit of a moan coming on here. Was persuaded to join two Company pensions - both on their advice that it would make my old age more comfortable. Could have done with more in my pocket at the time - but I paid in lots of my hard earned cash for a cost of living related pension. Guess what - both Companies now in liquidation and cost of living increases - haven't had one of those in years:-((

General comment: Strange that first post after restoration was deleted. Wonder what that was all about???

I take it that Susan has deleted No. 4 and we are all on this one. Glad about that. Hope this one will continue as it started out - friendly - and for the most part happy - except when the trials of life hit people and even then they must have taken comfort from the fact they had such good supportive friends on here.

Groundhog Day! Oh no, we haven't got to go through it all again have we Frank?

Jeanie

Edit: another deletion? I've been told by FBG that is BAD. It wasn't me. I now know to go in take out the offending bit - type Edit - and put something else in its place.

Hi Jeannie,

I deleted the post having made a stupid comment before realising that I was on No3 and not No4.
I deleted the comment then looked for No4 which of course was not there!!

It's my (very old) age....

Chris....you're right....we've been stickied!! Whatever next.....good for you Sue!! Let's just hope that new folk read it!


Sue just a thought though, it may be worthwhile adding to your original post that the tips are only on that first post in case people start scrolling through thinking that there are more tips available. Does that make sense??


Thank you for all your good wishes......where have the years gone?



Will try and finish a bit more messaging......Cx

This is strange coming from GR at the beginning of this thread when the previous, previous thread was deleted......

Thank you for your email. If the thread has been removed I regret it cannot be reinstated. Genes Reunited would not remove the thread unless there were inappropriate comments or the message was unsuitable for the message board.

...........and yet it is back and there are no inappropriate comments to be seen?

Well, at least we are back until someone else moans about us again ;))

Stickied as well............

Hey Cynthia, should you not be in your bed now. It's geting late for you old fogies to be out.

Very strange thing has just happened to me.

I get this feeling I have been here before,but not with a pin in me ,where did the pin come from??

But its GReat to see you all back in one piece.

Miracles do happen you see Cyn,you can get off those knees now.

Oh, you need a hand old girl??
One minute then.



Roberrrrrrrrrrt,Cyn needs a hand up,would you be a gentleman please,theres a good chap.

It her Arthurytis to blame you know.

Think her Arthuryritis may be related to my Auntyritis

Night all...

Hi Robert

As it was the venerable you - consider yourself forgiven. I think I'm catching up on your old age - geting older by the minute.

Yes, Cyn - stickied. Now it has occurred to me that can be taken one of two ways. Either we approve of this thread and your can carry on chatting OR it is being kept at the top of the board therefore you have no need to chat to keep it there. Comments please. Hope you and lucky OH had a really good day.

Thanks for posting that Frank. I was sure I had seen somewhere that they could not be reinstated. Can you believe anything you read nowadays???

Auntyritis - know her only too well Viv.

Well I agree - time we old fogies were in bed - so that's where I'm going.

Night all.

well, what a pleasure to see this thread back at the top of My Threads!

And to read that we have been stickied!!


Was at physio today ...... Matt wants me to get my knee x-rayed to prove or disprove his theory that it is arthuritis that has been causing the problems.

Off to mooch around



s
xxx

Hi Everyone

I am so pleased we are back on this one .
It vindicates us that we did nothing wrong....I am not so sure about the sticky thingy though I think we may upset even more people .

What do you all think about me telling Genes maybe we should roll up and down the boards the same as everyone else and to unstick us.

I will leave it up to you all.

Jeannie I was the same as you, once the thread was gone I thought it was gone for good.
Maybe it was a mistake on there part,I have not had any messages from them.
You have a point on the sticking by the way,time will tell.

Going to do some housework be back later.
Love to everyone
Suex

EDITE
I have made a few changes to the first post.

Hi Everyone

Just recieved message from Genes.

Dear Susan

Thanks for your email

I am sorry for the delay in replying. As you are aware we have now reinstated your thread. It looks like it's removal was a technical glitch, it had not been reported as abusive. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Best regards,

Rachel
Genes Support Team

So it looks like a tech thing afterall,I wonder if someone has worked out how to delete a thread on here.

So shall we stop it being Sticked.
Suex

Well Fanny by Gaslight......nice to see you posting on here - you obviously feel comfortable in the midst of the old fogies then????? You fit in with us very well I think.




Robert, please don't worry about me, I have managed to not only get off my knees but also to stand up straight! How near the sea is your little shell as I love the sound of the waves on the sand and find it very theraputic.




Sue, I am sure those hints of yours will help people - and I, for one, am quite happy for it to stay stickied. There is also another thread of tips by Heather Posi which I occasionally nudge up in the hope of helping new folk. The more who read these various tips, then the less messages I will need to send out!!




Jeannie, I too find that message from GR rather strange. I actually sent them a message querying the deletion asking why it had happened etc. I received a similar reply to the one received by Frank and so I immediately stated that it didn't seem very good business practice etc. when I next looked, it was back!




Housework and grandchildren. Son and his wife are going to the funeral of her cousin's wife who committed suicide a couple of weeks ago. So, very sad for her whole family.



Must go and dust the bedrooms before Arthuritis catches me!!


Love to all.

Hi Everyone,
What a wonderful surprise to find not only our no3 thread , but to find it stickered to the top as well.

Being the last person to post on this thread then finding the whole thing deleted less than an hour later,
it is with relief that it was nothing I had said.

Thanks Anne for rubbing it in.....
In the last 30 days the sun has only shone on 4 days, it has rained the rest of the time and the Temp has been between 8C and 12C.

Happy Anniversary Cynthia.

Going to take my Arthritic Knees and warm them in front of the Heater.
Catch you all later. Josie

Good morning everyone. Goodness - all this excitement must be getting to me. Slept until gone 9.00 this morning. That's a once in a blue moon occurrence.

Guess I was being a little over cautious about being stickied. Suggest we forget about it and continue as we were.

Everybody happy?

Jeanie
xxx

Hello :) Don't get me wrong, but I find it a bit odd that they've stickied this thread when they've removed stickied tips threads from the past which were ahem more genealogical and full of more tips. (no offence intended as i know you chat to help prevent it sinking down the pages)

If they were going to sticky a tips threads in my opinion, it should be just that- full of useful tips such as your initial post (and also a few from others threads) that people have come up with and then it should be locked to prevent further additions (unless authorised). This seems to work successfully on other sites.

This is not a go at anyone on here :))))), I just find GR's decision on this particular thread a bit odd that is all.

.........ahh SRS, but who can fathom the workings of GR at the best of times??? I cannot understand why Heather Posi's tips haven't been stickied for ages, but....???

I personally wonder if the thread was deleted by GR simply because another member had a moan about it. When GR realised that we are not going to be browbeaten and that the tips were helpful and the thread was, indeed, a pleasant one, they reinstated it. It may be that they have stickied it for a while as a gesture of goodwill and I am prepared to think of it as such. I like to think of the postive side of these things rather than of the negative reasons.



Ah well, must get my beloved some lunch - wouldn't do to upset the apple cart after 42 years would it....lol

Hi SRS

I too asked of the members of this thread about that very thing.
(see post page 40) but at present we are just so pleased it is back.


I think Genes are possibley sticking it so it won't delete again as they said to me in an Email it appears to be a technical hitch that deleted it in the first place but who knows.

Suex