General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

New posts
No new posts
Thread closed
Stickied, new posts
Stickied, no new posts

Profile	Posted by	Options	Post Date
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 1,918 Send Message	MayBlossomEmpressofSpring	Report	25 Feb 2013 22:36
	A virus is going around called Housework. If you feel the need to start housework- stop immediately! This virus affects your sleep and wipes out your social life. It causes you to be late for lunch with friends and disrupts coffee get-togethers. It makes you grumpy and irritable. If you should come in contact with housework go straight to the nearest store and get the only known antidote which is called CHOCOLATE (or wine). Please forward this warning immediately to at least six friends. If you realize you do not have 6 friends, you are already infected.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,085 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	25 Feb 2013 22:40
	I thought I was going to catch this last week, but managed to fend it off successfully, as usual. Gwyn
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 1,918 Send Message	MayBlossomEmpressofSpring	Report	25 Feb 2013 23:04
	pleased about that Gwyn, my daughter worries me, always cleaning when not at work and she has a very demanding job but wonders why she is so stressed all the time, talk about OTT with housework not in it., she blames me but I've learn with age,
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 1,984 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	25 Feb 2013 23:06
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 1,984 Send Message	Well, I haven't got it yet cos I think I have been inoculated .......must get a servant
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	25 Feb 2013 23:13
	Can men catch this virus, Only I'm a stay at home husband and so I'm now responsible for all housework, problem is if i catch the virus chocolate (or wine) antidote is wasted on me, Will Bottles of Becks beer or john smiths extra smooth down the pub be equally affective Roy
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	25 Feb 2013 23:19
	Oh I just wish I could do housework again
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 7,691 Send Message	Wend	Report	25 Feb 2013 23:25
	Also, so I've heard - beware of the Ironing Virus - it can cause havoc with your piles :-D
	Researching:
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	26 Feb 2013 01:46
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	I hate housework :-( I love to cook :-D If there is a loony near me who enjoys housework I'll do a trade! You clean my house and I'll cook you a three course dinner! Bonus: you're not expected to do the washing up :-D
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 66 Send Message	Andrew	Report	26 Feb 2013 20:15
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 66 Send Message	Well I won't get it, because I'm not allowed to do Housework, on Doctor's orders. A few years ago I had bursitis on the knee a couple of times. So I asked my brother who is a GP what to do to avoid it happening again, and quick as a flash he said "Avoid Housework" So I do. (The common name for this problem is Housemaid's knee ! )
Member Since: October 2012 Posts: 11,197 Send Message	GinN	Report	26 Feb 2013 20:52
	I'm definitely immune to this virus :-D :-D
	Researching: Anything and everything that takes my fancy.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 4,002 Send Message	VIVinHERTS	Report	26 Feb 2013 21:01
	I unfortunately caught the virus on Sunday when it caused me to do VACUUMING!!! :-( :-( :-(
	Researching: Researching Tucker in London/Australia. Cliff in U.S.A. Fuller, Eaton & Sa(u)nders(on) in Bedfordshire. Turner, Morley, Blythe & Webb in Cambridgeshire/Suffolk. Want in Hertfordshire.
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 1,352 Send Message	JustGinnie	Report	26 Feb 2013 21:28
	Oh dear I had the ironing virus and was quite poorly for a couple of hours, fortunately I feel much better now. Hope I can stay clear of the housework one. :-D
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,229 Send Message	GlasgowLass	Report	27 Feb 2013 15:18
	I don't often get an attack of this but.... I caught it at the end of last week, got it bad and It's still with me, but I know the cause of this outbreak. It's called sunshine! Cold, frosty evenings are turning into beautiful sunny days and then.. I turn into my own mother. I can't wait to get the washing done and hung out to dry in the sun! I am like a woman posessed. I have even got to the stage where I am seeking things out, just to wash them. Now for the shame..... I spotted a wee bit of dust on 2 pairs of voile curtains and promptly took them down. I put them in warm soapy water... which immediatelty turned into .... a muddy brown sludge! How on earth did that happen? They looked perfectly white to me yesterday? Thankfully, they are brilliant white again... and billowing on the line, and will soon be hanging back on the( newly washed and polished) windows Off to see what else I can find for another load. Will I ever get better?
	Researching: Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	28 Feb 2013 00:35
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	lol ~ just read some of the posts I have bursitis in my right hip....... does that mean I have Housemaid's Hip? I'm trying to get laundry done (first clear day for over a week)........ but with the bursitis playing up and my cranky body, I'm NOT having a good day!! I think I enjoy cooking for a number of reasons........ 1 I enjoy eating :-D 2 It's about the only thing I can do without bending very much (getting things out of low cupboards can be a nightmare) 3 I enjoy eating 4 I enjoy eating :-D Why don't we have a "food" emoticon? :-) ;-)
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	28 Feb 2013 00:39
	Scozz I am so sorry you don't like eating - I did get that right didn't I?
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,705 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	28 Feb 2013 00:46
	I have 3 people staying at the weekend (daughter & husband and grand daughter - other daughter's daughter) - thank goodness I haven't been shoved into B & B due to the bedroom tax - yet, no, of course it won't affect my family life!!! I will be moving random boxes into my bedroom to enable peoples to access beds/sofa beds. Is this housework? Have I been infected by the virus?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

All Categories

Popular Searches

General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Icons

Attention: Very Important Information