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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.
I'm impressed by Hil's mad geneology skills!
I went to see "Baggage Claim"--it was very standard and predictable. Which I didn't mind for 75% of the movie but I kinda hated all of the ending for being ridiculous. Not sure why I would expect otherwise but whatever. The exciting part was the previews--the Mandela one made me tear up (I might be a bit overly sensitive these days) and I found out there's going to be a sequel to "The Best Man", which I am stoked about. I love that movie.
I am a bad cat mom. Just realized that since CJ is off house sitting, the litter boxes haven't been cleaned for a few days. One was gross and full and yuck while the other had barely anything. Cats are weird.
Finbarr Fancypants!!!
And yet, I'd liked that name so much I was kinda hoping you wouldn't take it so I could, whenever I get a new hellion.
But the McGee definitely makes it. Do you know what kind of cat he is?
Hil's genealogy-fu is amazing!
BTW definitely the right William Lipow. And now that I know his original name was Welwel Lipowitz , maybe I can find out the details about the family legend of his killing a Cossack.
That was amazing.
Anyone else have genealogy queries? I have fun with this stuff -- I like solving puzzles.
Do you do British questions, Hil? A part of the family believes we are related to the Barrett Brownings but I don't think they have any negro issue.
Do you do British questions, Hil? A part of the family believes we are related to the Barrett Brownings but I don't think they have any negro issue.
I can give it a try. A lot of British records are online, and generally indexed pretty well.
Do you know what kind of cat he is?
He's a shelter kitty and was listed as "stray," so technically it's impossible to say. That said, there are a lot of things about his general appearance, coat*, and behavior that make me suspect he's got a fair amount of Turkish Angora in him.
* his coat is silky, he doesn't seem to have a downy undercoat, and he sheds surprisingly little for such a fluffy guy.
Hil, if you're serious... Malcolm Cornforth emigrated to the US from England in 1963, and I'd really like to know who/where he was before he came here. Cornforth seems to be an unusual name. He was almost certainly my biological father. All I know about him is, he was an engineer of some type, he liked to race cars, and he was married to a woman named Shirley.