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« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2009, 05:26:48 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2009, 11:39:02 PM »
 :ukflag; Well thats better now 3 UK's so far 4 including me. Morein Have you ever done your family tree, I bet it is long and very interesting?
 Hope more folks say tell us where they are from.
Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????
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« Reply #27 on: December 08, 2009, 04:51:03 AM »
Quote from: Yvonne on December 07, 2009, 11:39:02 PM
:ukflag; Well thats better now 3 UK's so far 4 including me. Morein Have you ever done your family tree, I bet it is long and very interesting?
 Hope more folks say tell us where they are from.
Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????

Actually yes Yvonne, One of my uncles by marriage has put together a lot of information.  I can go back ten generations on my mother's side with names and some facts.  There are some very interesting (wacky) characters and some very inspiring ones also.  A couple of my favorites are my great grandmother and her sister (one of the first women to attend Oxford University) who had to raise 3 little girls on their own since my great grandfather died (kidney failure) when his youngest was just 10 days old. These two women ended up starting and running a private girls school in Havana, Cuba after the war up until Castro came to power.  They both spoke several languages and my great grand aunt was a latin specialist.
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« Reply #28 on: December 08, 2009, 06:59:56 AM »
 :usaflag;    I've lived in Southern Missouri for most of my adult life.  Lots of lakes and rivers.  Beautiful country. 
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« Reply #29 on: December 08, 2009, 11:56:02 AM »
I am American. My husband is a Cymro (Welshman).

Two ways to quickly irritate my husband: Ask "So, what part of England are you from?" or try "Wales? You mean, like Prince Charles??!!"  :rofl;
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« Reply #30 on: December 08, 2009, 12:49:11 PM »
I will have to remember that cariad  :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #31 on: December 08, 2009, 12:53:23 PM »
I'm not from the country.  I'm a city boy!

Oh you mean  :usaflag; with a lot of  :ukflag; baggage.
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« Reply #32 on: December 08, 2009, 01:04:14 PM »
Great State of Oklahoma in the USA.
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« Reply #33 on: December 08, 2009, 02:16:20 PM »
The bright and shiny state of California, what used to be part of the USA!
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« Reply #34 on: December 08, 2009, 02:25:22 PM »
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.
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« Reply #35 on: December 08, 2009, 07:43:22 PM »
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Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.
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« Reply #36 on: December 08, 2009, 10:02:56 PM »
I am from the great state of Georgia in the United States of America.
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« Reply #37 on: December 09, 2009, 03:49:59 AM »
Quote from: murf on December 08, 2009, 02:25:22 PM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

CARN THE SWANNIES (OMG please don't strike me down, i was only joking!)

Quote from: Hanify on December 08, 2009, 07:43:22 PM

What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.


AFL, the one supported by the Aussies in the southern/western states (used to be VFL- Victorian football). They are the ones who wear tight shorts and score a 'mark' by climbing a tower of men..... hence why it was nicknamed Australian fairies league by NRL fans (Welshies, Queenslanders and NZ's) :rofl; Sorry Richard, just joking. I'm not a huge fan of either sport, but barrack for Parra if i have to (my grandfater would turn over in his grave he had one green and gold eye and one blue and gold eye- one for wallabies in rugby union and one for parra in league). AFL players are a lot nicer to look at then rugby players though, their heads aren't as mangled.
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« Reply #38 on: December 24, 2009, 04:39:38 AM »
I'm born and bred in the Netherlands, live in England and my dad's from Surinam (south america)
I feel European though, or is that just.... cold
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« Reply #39 on: December 24, 2009, 10:05:05 AM »
Not sure how I missed this ...

England born and bred ... slight connection to royalty, but mostly descended from studious agricultural labourers living south of Watford. 

 ;D

Quote from: Yvonne on December 07, 2009, 11:39:02 PM
Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????

I think that some bits of the NHS are second-to-none.  But some bits are frustratingly lousy.  And I suspect that the American Health service is pretty much the same. 
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« Reply #40 on: December 25, 2009, 06:01:00 AM »
The United States of America.  My family has been here for awhile:
Edward and Grace (Norrington) Burling emigrated from Barking, Essex, England, to New York City in about 1680. Three generations of English ancestors plus thirteen generations of descendants (to the present) are presented in the book, which is fully documented and contains a 164-page index. Significant Quaker history impacts the early generations in England and America. The Burlings were wheelwrights, joiners, boat builders and merchants. They spread to Long Island, Westchester County, and upstate New York. Later migrating across America, their stories are "grist for the mill of the social historian."
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« Reply #41 on: March 23, 2010, 09:57:12 PM »
Quote from: Darthvadar on December 07, 2009, 04:45:52 AM
Dublin, Ireland...

There are two kinds of people... Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were!.... ;D

Love it!  ;)

From New Zealand here!
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.
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« Reply #42 on: March 23, 2010, 10:14:07 PM »
Quote from: -Lady Noir- on March 23, 2010, 09:57:12 PM
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.

We got rid of the Anglo Saxons when we conquered England in 1066. We shoved 'em into Wales.  :yahoo;
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« Reply #43 on: March 23, 2010, 10:27:00 PM »
 :usaflag;  :beer1;
From USA but descended from English, German, Welsh and Irish.  :bow;
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« Reply #44 on: April 08, 2010, 11:13:18 PM »
We have many more to go, so come on folks let us know where you are from or where you are living  :thumbup;
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« Reply #45 on: April 08, 2010, 11:27:38 PM »
USA.  But I was born in the Philippines and moved to America as a child.
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« Reply #46 on: April 09, 2010, 11:02:21 AM »
Quote from: okarol on March 23, 2010, 10:27:00 PM
:usaflag;  :beer1;
From USA but descended from English, German, Welsh and Irish.  :bow;

The Republic of California  :rofl;
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« Reply #47 on: April 09, 2010, 12:52:37 PM »
Quote from: Stoday on March 23, 2010, 10:14:07 PM
Quote from: -Lady Noir- on March 23, 2010, 09:57:12 PM
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.

We got rid of the Anglo Saxons when we conquered England in 1066. We shoved 'em into Wales.  :yahoo;

 :rofl;
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Mikes 'history'....
Born September 12 1983
Seizure July 2003 [Unrelated to kidney]
Diagnosed with 'Polycystic Kidney Disease' July 2003 (Wrong diagnosis)
Diagnosed with  IgA Glomerulonephritis April 2004
On active transplant waiting list 2006
Hyperparathyroidism developed gradually
Parathyroidectomy May 2009 (Affected kidney function)
Hospitalized for hyperkalemia June 2009
Catheter inserted June 2009


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« Reply #48 on: April 12, 2010, 09:37:51 PM »
Quote from: jennyc on December 09, 2009, 03:49:59 AM
Quote from: murf on December 08, 2009, 02:25:22 PM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

CARN THE SWANNIES (OMG please don't strike me down, i was only joking!)

[quote author=Hanify link=topic=16921.msg294389#msg294389 date=126033020

What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.
  an australian  with  spanish  heritage  and  its  go  bombers :yahoo;

AFL, the one supported by the Aussies in the southern/western states (used to be VFL- Victorian football). They are the ones who wear tight shorts and score a 'mark' by climbing a tower of men..... hence why it was nicknamed Australian fairies league by NRL fans (Welshies, Queenslanders and NZ's) :rofl; Sorry Richard, just joking. I'm not a huge fan of either sport, but barrack for Parra if i have to (my grandfater would turn over in his grave he had one green and gold eye and one blue and gold eye- one for wallabies in rugby union and one for parra in league). AFL players are a lot nicer to look at then rugby players though, their heads aren't as mangled.
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« Reply #49 on: April 12, 2010, 09:46:49 PM »
United States, on the central coast of California. It's beautiful here. Just over the hill from Silicon Valley (San Jose).
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