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Just a quick post to let you know I have been quiet because I have broken my finger and it’s hard to type, or use the mouse. I’m limited to doing one handed things, so writing any kind of post is not really practical.

Thanks to the people who emailed asking where I was

CP – I read your comment, I’ll be happy to do that for you. Drop me an email to let me know what kind of colours, images you would like.

Pete has posted this questionaire on his blog, and if it is a success he will make a habit of it – so go on, have a go! You can read my answers below, and below them is a nice little tune for your listening pleasure, entitled Alice, What’s the Matter, it is performed by Terrorvision whom I like because they are local (from Mexborough) and that particular song reminds me of happy nights spent in LTs (which closed and kind of became The Tunnel) in Scarborough in the mid-90s, and it ties in with question 15.

Update: Actually, you can’t see/hear the tune below because Blogger keeps telling me it isn’t a valid tag (it’s not xhtml and when I make it so it reverts back to html) anyhow, you will find it here just open in a new window and listen while you read

1… what is your favourite bird?
I’ve always liked swans, sparrows too, they are cute.

2…how many pairs of shoes do you have?
No idea. It’s a lot though, I would say at least 30

3…what did you have for dinner?
Well, I’m filling this in on Sunday when I had beef etc, no idea what I will have today.

4…could you ever eat snails?
NO!

5…what was the last thing you had in your mouth?
A glass of cranberry juice

6…what is your best feature?
Probably my hair, I have good hair

7…what is your worst feature?
I’ve never liked my elbows

8…who is your best friend?
Tracy, we have been friends since we were 8

9…who was your childhood nemesis?
The boy from over the road whom I won’t name, but he was an idiot

10…having fun?
yes thank you

11…where in the world would you like to go to tomorrow?
Norway

12…when was the last time you lied?
About a week ago

13…why?
Because it’s not kind to tell someone that their new trousers are hideous

14…how does bob marley like his donuts?
Sorry, I have got to do it – with jam in

15…tell us a secret about yourself.
When no else is in the house, I put music on and dance around the lounge

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Sorry, but I’m going in for a bit of blantant self promotion – over at my other blog, I have just posted a short piece about people from the past who would have been bloggers, and people who should have been. I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas, so if you have a moment to spare, please pop by and leave a comment.

And that’s it, have a nice Saturday

Pete has posted The Good Wife Guide, and all I can say is, if Mr Blogs thinks he is getting that kind of treatment he can think again.

I am intrigued by the line that says ‘Be a little gay and a little more interesting’. Pardon?

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I did a pretty remarkable thing yesterday, well, at least I think it was, you, Dear Reader may find it extraordinarily dull. I upgraded WordPress, actually that was quite easy, you just upload the files and open up the upgrade page. No, the remarkable thing was that I backed up the database beforehand! Databases scare me, they are mysterious and techy and I don’t understand how they work, so usually I avoid having anything to do with them. But, I needed to do the back-up in order to upgrade and so I did and it worked. I didn’t break anything.

Also yesterday, I spent a couple of hours rummaging around on ancestry.co.uk delving into my family history. This is actually more interesting than you might think, a bit like your own personal detective story, and the more you learn, the more there is to research. You find out about one relative, but then you want to know who were their siblings/parents/spouse? What did they do for a living? Occasionally, you find the odd mystery, for example yesterday I discovered a reference to my great grandmother on the 1901 census, she was 4 years old at the time. The census listed her father’s date and place of birth, but the only the town or village name was given, no mention was made of a county or even a country, so I went off to look at the map to see where this place was, only to discover it doesn’t seem to exist. I started in Wales because that is where they were from but ended up scouring England, Ireland and Scotland too with no luck. He was born in 1873 and I’m guessing that for some reason this place doesn’t exist anymore, so I’ll have to take a look at one of the old map sites to see if it turns up there.

Anyhow, as I was saying, this may all sound rather nerdy, but it’s fascinating stuff really. If you have ever thought of having a go then do. Try the site linked above, you can use a lot of the features for free, but it is worth paying for the extra stuff. Other good places are:

Genuki, it’s quite a busy site, but full of useful links and info;
1837Online, you have to pay to see records, but if you don’t want to use/don’t have a credit card you can buy vouchers in most main librarys;
UKBMD, this contains links to a load of regional sites where you can search for birth, death and marriage records, some of the archives are incomplete so if you can’t find what you are looking for keep checking back;
Rootschat, a forum full of info and helpful folk who often share resources and ideas that you don’t see in other places.

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