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It wasn't locked when I went in Av.

Io, I think DNA is more appealing to Americans because we're not in as fortunate a position as you are -- we haven't lived in the same place for generation upon generation and our lineages are much more interbred. I think it's fabulous, all the work you've done on your family tree. :) All true. I w...

dazed

drain

Welcome back to the Watch, IPBprez! I've purchased The Seventh Decimate , but haven't gotten around to readin it yet, being in the middle of re-reading Mordant's Need. What again??? I was going to re-read it as well but hadn't got it downloaded onto my new kindle and had turned the Wi-Fi off so I h...

Welcome back IBPrez. I just finished 7th Decimate. Read the two novellas a couple of years ago? Can't remember now.

I just cannot drum up any enthusiasm at all for DNA. I've done it all the hard way. 35 years or so of research and not a single non-English ancestor so far, back to 1605 on my father's side, and all in the same county, Cheshire. Mind you, I haven't been able to get so far back with my mother's side,...

Hi Ali. Glad to hear all that stuff with your brother is sorted. Retiring in 2 years? Why not take a trip over here? I miss you all. Could have done with Lorin last week when I had a blister - she always had a blister plaster with her when I was around. I've actually spent quite a bit of time today ...

Finished. Agree with Way and Stevie G. What a narrow minded blinkered man Bifalt is (was?). But I did enjoy the ending. Look forward to the next part.

mops

zoom

For the first time ever I was offered a flu jab this year but declined, and I haven't had flu (touch wood). Apparently I'm now on the "at risk" list. Maybe that sub arachnoid haemorrhage I had a couple of years ago, or just because I'm 65. Anyway, I'm now feeling very well. Just one bliste...

Hi Nanothnir. First time we've met, I think. Welcome to the Watch. Don't give up. I know it doesn't anyway equate, but I took my grade 8 piano exam 3 times. First time aged 16, got a low pass. Second time when 7 months pregnant with my daughter - got 2 marks more than the first time. Third time one ...

crimp

Read up to just after the ambush last night. Wasn't gripping at first, but it's getting better. None of the characters have much of my interest yet. What a blinkered lot! Never ventured beyond the boundaries? Still, it will be interesting to discover their world as they do. Haven't downloaded it to ...

Hi Linna :wave: The last time the boiler stopped, a couple of years ago now, we had to call out the people with whom we had the warranty insurance and they didn't come for 5 days! It always seems to break down on a Friday night and no-one comes out at the weekend. We bought two fan heaters which cam...

farm

bark

Hi all. Been busy reading as explained in another thread. Come up for air now. We had a lot of snow but it's all gone now. Couldn't get out 3 days last week as there were no busses or any reliance on getting home if I did manage to get a bus into town. Then the heating packed up in -2 temperatures, ...