Iceland in 2015, is that for the solar eclipse? Man, I want to see that. Let's all go.
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jan 23, 2014 1:33:56 pm PST #17938 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2014 1:37:40 pm PST #17939 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've been emailing back and forth with a sixth cousin (I think). She's traced the family back to before Jews in Germany had last names. The furthest-back ancestor she's found was a man who was born in 1710, who had at least three sons, who all got different last names. One of the three names makes sense -- it's a version of the father's first name -- but we have no idea where the other two came from. Best guess is that they came from house symbols -- most houses in those villages were marked with symbols, rather than numbers, and a lot of people took their name from the symbol of whichever house they were living in at the time.
-t - Jan 23, 2014 1:47:55 pm PST #17940 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Iceland in 2015, is that for the solar eclipse? Man, I want to see that. Let's all go.
Yes, total eclipse. Also, Iceland and all its wonders! I agree, we should all go. ideally, someone planny can get everything set up and I can just tag along...
javachik - Jan 23, 2014 2:17:33 pm PST #17941 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I don't mind chiming in with 71 degrees in Oakland today, because the rest of you non-droughtees will not be suffering water rationing very soon. I am sick of the gorgeous weather and cannot enjoy it at all because it's horribly damaging to our environment and I am sick about it.
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2014 2:23:30 pm PST #17942 of 30000
brillig
Word with java. We'll probably get a wet spring to encourage the growth that will burn this summer.
Laura - Jan 23, 2014 2:51:28 pm PST #17943 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I agree, we should all go.
Indeed!
Wow Hil, that is impressive. We couldn't trace my dad off this continent. Mom is better, but lots of dead ends there too. I haven't had the energy to devote any time to this, but other relatives have.
Anne W. - Jan 23, 2014 2:51:45 pm PST #17944 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That sounds so tempting, -t.
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2014 2:54:28 pm PST #17945 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wow Hil, that is impressive. We couldn't trace my dad off this continent. Mom is better, but lots of dead ends there too. I haven't had the energy to devote any time to this, but other relatives have.
Well, getting off the continent is pretty easy, since two of my grandparents were immigrants.
-t - Jan 23, 2014 3:20:28 pm PST #17946 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Before they had last names is super impressive. My mom's done quite a bit of research for her side of the family, but not that far. My dad's side is really just lore, but there's a lot of it, which is almost like research. In the way that anecdotes are like data. You know, good enough for me to mention in cocktail chatter.
Connie Neil - Jan 23, 2014 3:25:08 pm PST #17947 of 30000
brillig
I've got several lines pretty reliably back to the 1600s. It's very handy to connect in to New England colonists and their genealogically obsessed descendents.