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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.

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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26,550 Send Message	Gee	Report	2 Dec 2010 18:42
	Is that something about being better Dea?
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	2 Dec 2010 18:46
	OOOppps Sorry Ginns - I am VERY out of practice!!! - Yes - that meant 'get well soon !! (which may not be a bad comment to our Fans- tee hee!!) What I really meant was: Que te disfrutes !! Dea Xxx
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 8,905 Send Message	LadyKira	Report	2 Dec 2010 18:56
	I am not doing anything special tonight, Just staying in the warm. Still snowing here. Son just called to say he is stranded in Lewisham. OH has a trip to do.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	2 Dec 2010 19:05
	Happy Birthday LK xxx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	2 Dec 2010 19:11
	Hi all xxx cloudy but dry here, about 5C at the moment. ............... we had our cold weather last week! One reason why I like taking the train over to Nova Scotia in the winter is sitting in the warmth of the dome car looking out at the snow ........... quite magical it is. Plus being toasty and warm on the train, and knowing it might be -30C or even -45C outside! Then thinking of the lovely meal that will be served up soon in the dining car But no Canadian train goes very fast ......... 100k might be the absolute fastest, and then you may even get that lovely old clickety sound! Plus passenger trains take second billing behind freight trains ............so the one cross-country passenger train each way per day does sometimes spend quite a time stopped in side bays ............. 'cos again so much of the track across the country is single track, or the two tracks are in opposite directions. Only 10 days to go before we leave! s xxx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 20,101 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	2 Dec 2010 21:36
	Good heavens! Where IS everyone?? Hopefully Fans is tucked up in bed ready for an early start to the airport. I'm jealous Sylvs.....I love travelling by train...sounds great. -3 here but apparently a village in Scotland is down to -21 which is unbelievable. Going for a quick look round.
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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 8,905 Send Message	LadyKira	Report	2 Dec 2010 21:45
	What! You have trains that run in the snow!
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,659 Send Message	Renes	Report	2 Dec 2010 22:06
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,659 Send Message	Well the big days nearly here --- Am all ready - FBG --- all packed -- and ready too --- I hope Renes
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26,550 Send Message	Gee	Report	2 Dec 2010 22:26
	Fans....Im orf to bed now. Drop us a line before you go and of course when you get there (when is that?) Photos for FB please and not just when you get back....while youre there, Renes has all things 'E' for you ;) Have a safe trip and give that Renes and OH a big hug from me x
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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	2 Dec 2010 22:51
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	To Fans & Renes - have a great time!
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	2 Dec 2010 23:12
	Going to bed now...Frazzled from instructions/orders to Bezzie..Unpacking HIDs case and repacking when hes not been looking. Big discussion on his leg cleaner which is in an aerosol..Hope they dont chuck it out at airport.. Totally shattered,need a holiday to get over today... See you all later.. Fans
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	2 Dec 2010 23:36
	Have a great time Fans you too Renes ja...x
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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 8,905 Send Message	LadyKira	Report	3 Dec 2010 00:26
	Iam jealous. Humph
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	3 Dec 2010 01:27
	Hi LK ................... yes!! Two reasons ................. one, they have little "trucks" that can run on the lines to help keep them clear, and second, the trains themselves have snow ploughs on the front of the engines to push the snow off the tracks. The first Christmas we did the trip (ca 2004), the problem was the cold .......... it was so cold that metal was snapping. There was one place where we were stopped while they repaired the track, and it was apparently the sceond repair within a couple of hours. The first piece they put in snapped almost immediately! We were told by one of the train crew that one of the track layers had looked at that piece 'cos they're not supposed to snap that quickly ................... and discovered that there was a date of manufacture on it. 1954 It had been lying by the side of the railway since then, waiting to be used. The temperature that day was -40C s xxx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	3 Dec 2010 01:29
	Have a great time Fans, and Renes ....... try to keep her under control :)))) Have fun the 4 of you BTW .................... do your other halves know what they are being let in for?? s xx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	3 Dec 2010 01:43
	Hugely jealous, FBG. Jealous all round that you all are just a hop skip and jump from so many neat places, not just Irene's B&B. ;) Heck, I could travel the same distance and be in ... Thunder Bay, maybe. You too have a great time for all of us! Anybody looking at TTF, check out the Harris Clacton Essex thread. The fan club lives on.
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	3 Dec 2010 02:13
	Sylvia -- quite a few years ago I took VIA west to London, Ontario, at Christmas, where I was going to meet up with my old BFF who was living in Sarnia (an hour the other side of London). We hadn't thought about it, but the train I was on was the one that would continue on to Sarnia to get her, then she'd join me at my parents' for a couple of days before going back home for the holiday. The train I was on got frozen to the tracks, about two blocks before the actual train station. We all sat on it for an hour, waiting for them to tell us what was happening. Eventually, we all just started jumping out of the train into a few feet of snow, hauling our suitcases, and crawling through the snow to the street a half block away. I managed to make it a few more blocks to downtown and find a seedy hotel for the night, since nothing was moving and my dad couldn't possibly have got downtown to get me. I think my friend finally got there next day! Train frozen to the tracks. Ah, only in Canada.
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	3 Dec 2010 03:26
	lol! definitely only in Canada!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	3 Dec 2010 03:38
	Ahhh But have you had the excuse for trains not running because "It's the wrong kind of snow" ja...x
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,113 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	3 Dec 2010 05:00
	oh yes! that's usually the excuse given when public transit has problems in Vancouver! Our buses are mainly built in Winnipeg, and our (equivalent to) subway cars are built in Quebec Literally every single new design that we have had here fails the first snow test ...... and it's always "the wrong kind of snow"! They DO manage to get the problem fixed, usually the same winter, at the most it will take 2 winters, and then all is fine ............. until the next time we get a new design! s xxx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.