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Mendalla said:
Likewise but, as line goes, there are such things.

Nice day here. Neighbour was having the stress lines cut in their new concrete driveway (yes, apparently it's contagious) so won't open windows for a while to let the dust settle.
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Control joints. They should be about 1 1/2" deep. That means shrinkage cracks should occur along the bottom of the control joint and not on the finished concrete surface.

Concrete still can have a mind of its own.
 
chansen said:
Control joints. They should be about 1 1/2" deep. That means shrinkage cracks should occur along the bottom of the control joint and not on the finished concrete surface.

Concrete still can have a mind of its own.
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A kind of hard mind as in stone bull and canon? Some personalities are just fixed ... why some speak out against idolization ...
 
Good morning! First 2 weeks going well for the student, though tinged with laundry trauma; things getting arranged for volunteering; four hour nuclear stress test, a no-treatment day and short ribs, control joints in driveways, and all the other things that arise today come with us to the Coffee Cart. Here over coffee, tea and goodies we sort it out, support each other, and connect with each other. This morning, the bakery has provided us with cinnamon buns to enjoy. The tea water is at a boil, coffee has finished brewing, and the buns are soft and warm. All things are ready, all persons are welcome. Come join in the fun!

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Redbaron said:
Good morning! First 2 weeks going well for the student, though tinged with laundry trauma; things getting arranged for volunteering; four hour nuclear stress test, a no-treatment day and short ribs, control joints in driveways, and all the other things that arise today come with us to the Coffee Cart. Here over coffee, tea and goodies we sort it out, support each other, and connect with each other. This morning, the bakery has provided us with cinnamon buns to enjoy. The tea water is at a boil, coffee has finished brewing, and the buns are soft and warm. All things are ready, all persons are welcome. Come join in the fun!

C(_)/ c(_) c\_/ c[_]
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Also the test of waiting for opinions on items of concern like selves, spouse and all related ... all related is extensive ... and many would not appreciate that concern about the fringe ... ringers of 3D+ ... tough to relate to, reckon, cotton to ... thus the device around the Shadow's neck (Ginn?) as he plunged ...TallaH assie ... just a mule ... to the lily white ... then the lily is toxic also ... unless taken in small dosage ... life is like that ... suicidal ...

Then we are free homme and can go back in that flash of that special moment ... fixed in the ineffable Psyche ... don't mention It because Chias*hy ... as the night sky ... folly?
 
Enjoy your time on the land, @Nancy .

Last night was one of those nights for me. Fell asleep at 9:30, then wide awake from 1:30. Sigh. 4 hrs sleep is not enough. Got back asleep around 5:30 until 8.

Hopefully i can stay awake tonight
 
Jayne— that’s how I often sleep too. Last night was a wide awake night for me because of too much thinking. I learned…through my brother-in-laws genealogy account— that someone is trying to track down her family…She is adopted and her biological mother was adopted too. She’s figured her grandmother is one of my husband’s sisters. I was told, in confidence, about a baby born out of wedlock. So I know who the grandma is but it is not my secret to divulge. Interesting enough, she probably has contact with a second cousin because of her field of work. I feel weird knowing all this.
 
I have dabbled a bit with Ancestry. Made contact with a few relatives in England and Wales which was fun. One woman had even met my grandmother when she visited England in the early 1960's.

Was also contacted by a second (or so) cousin who was relinquished for adoption as a child. He was seeking info about his biological family but he already knew quite a bit.

I gather these genealogy sites are turning up unexpected information for some folks.
 
I've pondered doing ancestry DNA, if only to find any unexpected siblings or cousins. My dad and my paternal grandfather were philanderers so not a stretch.

My mother went to her deathbed refusing to divulge a secret related to her sister and desired to be known by my first cousins once removed. (First cousins are deceased). I feel for them as they know their grandfather wasn't their grandpa and wanted to know who their biological grandfather was.

I didn't know any of it until a few years before my mother's death when i heard my mom and dad talking about them having approached her. All generations that might have known are now dead, so only DNA would disclose. My mom was adamant that it was not her secret to disclose. Her sister didn't want to tell though from what i gather it was a love that lasted for years with two or her 3 children fathered by him.
 
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Imagine how many have an unknown father ... many unknowing and not a clue ... because of some loss ... care?

I Carrie Us ... who's that "I" a capital one ... hmmmm ... many will judge ... star chamber ...
 
My little brother has become the family genealogist, replacing my late mother and, before her, her brother. He's found a lot using both records and DNA but no real scandals of note. He has largely confirmed our British, heavily English, origins though he has looked a little more into the one branch that breaks that, a French-Canadian great-great-great (or something like that) grandmother on Mom's side.
 
Good morning. We had a great dinner with friends last night. The ribs turned out great and the accompanying food was wonderful. Laundry got done. It was tiring. I recovered with a sit on the recliner for a bit.
 
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Jayne— that’s how I often sleep too. Last night was a wide awake night for me because of too much thinking. I learned…through my brother-in-laws genealogy account— that someone is trying to track down her family…She is adopted and her biological mother was adopted too. She’s figured her grandmother is one of my husband’s sisters. I was told, in confidence, about a baby born out of wedlock. So I know who the grandma is but it is not my secret to divulge. Interesting enough, she probably has contact with a second cousin because of her field of work. I feel weird knowing all this.
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Adoption often gives families some head scratching. A friend's mum told him just before she died that she gave birth to a child before marraiage who was adopted. No way to find out who that was.
An adopted young friend felt like she was being starred at and talked about by another group at an event. . Eventually she went over and asked what was going on. It turned out that they were some of her siblings who had also been removed from the mother. My young friend looked like she belonged to the family and they had been searching for more members for many years.

Keeping secrets is tough.
 
We always thought our grandparents were married in July 1931. They were married in July 32. My mother was born in November 32 and said that information made a lot of things in her life make sense. :)

My best friend growing up had an Irish Protestant mother. A few years ago she told me one of her parents had a child before her parents were married. She showed me a photo of a man with her mother's eyes. Apparently there was a work party where one thing lead to another and voila a baby. He was raised in England in a non-religious family. When they connected, everyone was living in BC. His profession - Catholic Priest. God has a sense of humour.
 
Northwind said:
We always thought our grandparents were married in July 1931. They were married in July 32. My mother was born in November 32 and said that information made a lot of things in her life make sense. :)

My best friend growing up had an Irish Protestant mother. A few years ago she told me one of her parents had a child before her parents were married. She showed me a photo of a man with her mother's eyes. Apparently there was a work party where one thing lead to another and voila a baby. He was raised in England in a non-religious family. When they connected, everyone was living in BC. His profession - Catholic Priest. God has a sense of humour.
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Now there's something that has been gotten right ... yet many fight the thing that god has a side of laughter ... indicates where this essence arose in a number of saints said to be the master's laughter ... like a Jacob Brake ... Br. my abdomen aches ... its all there in the song and myth ...


Ever hear someone say that a soul was attracted by another's laughter ... and then we go ... dune gone or just dunned ... dum A' ... or DU*mei? Some say fini when it all piles up as run into itself ... man-horse concoction! Some question exists ... about windmills and Don Qui out eh?

Counter spin for balance ... there are classic icons like Savastae and it's opposite of power torque ... savant ... ide om!
 
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paradox3 said:
I had a scandalous great grandmother myself. :p
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Damn it, I want interesting stuff like that in my family tree. When the most interesting thing in your family tree is a Welsh circuit rider (Grandad's paternal line were Methodists who came here from Cardiff and an ancestor in Wales was a circuit rider), you can't exactly mine it for story ideas.

(Footnote: Being Methodists in Canada, they joined the new UCCan when it formed and Grandad was ordained fairly early in the UCCan's history)
 
I also had a Jewish grandfather who was estranged from his family of origin. Not sure if he went "no contact" before or after marrying my Irish Protestant grandmother.

Before seems most likely based on the bare facts of the story.
 
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