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Reading this in 'Metro' on the way home

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Rambling

Rambling Report 10 Apr 2010 22:23

"Warwick University sociologists warn amateur historians of pitfalls which may exacerbate family conflicts and rifts. "

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/820959-beware-of-what-might-lie-in-your-family-history

this sounded a bit familiar lol

"And a 70-year-old woman complained: ‘My husband is into family history research in a big way.
It is his constant topic of conversation and it is driving us up the wall." "

xx

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ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 10 Apr 2010 22:26

..I read that article yesterday, Rose, and wished I had copied it out., it was so funny. Didn't it say that we were a bunch of weirdos, or suchlike? lol

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 10 Apr 2010 22:34

I posted a link to this Doonesbury strip a while back. It was in the Saturday funnies here, and when I showed it to No.1, he got it immediately. ;)

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2009/db090802.gif

Click on it to enlarge for easier reading once you get there. The backstory is that Mike purchased a title a few years back ... so the strip starts out:

"Hey, did I ever tell you about the Viscount St. Austell-in-the-Moor-Biggleswade-Brixham who preceded me?"

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 10 Apr 2010 22:37

From Rose's link:

"The main dangers come from uncovering unwelcome information, coming into contact with hostile family members - or becoming addicted to the research itself, and neglecting time with loved ones."

Ha. If loved ones were more entertaining ...

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Rambling

Rambling Report 10 Apr 2010 22:40

lol Janey ....that is rather too accurate for comfort isn't it :)

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