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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 13, 2012 0:41:41 GMT -5
LOL, same here. As far as I know, all good little citizens, last mine and my parent's generation has on my mother's side produced mostly teachers. Not much contact with my father's side, because his brother-in-law was quite a bastard. That's all.
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Post by jaffaninja on Sept 13, 2012 4:09:05 GMT -5
We don't even have that... every gets along and stuff. We've got people all over the place though.. an aunt in Canada, and my cousin went to England last year.
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Post by blackroses77 on Sept 13, 2012 5:39:42 GMT -5
My mom's side is German with a little bit of Irish, my dad's side is Italian and Sicilian. Nothing really exciting about my family.
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Post by ayrine on Sept 22, 2012 15:13:55 GMT -5
So, I am Algerian, as are all my family. It's a country in north Africa I am also Muslim and I love books.
We are an ancient French colony, so we have a double culture, a Arabo-Muslim one and French's one. we are a rather young country, 50 years of Independence.
We are one of the first country who lived terrorism, so it's something that stay with you forever.
For the family scandal we don't have much, we don't drink or gamble or anything like that so yeah! nothing much to say about it.
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 23, 2012 2:14:43 GMT -5
You know, I have a bit of a soft spot for Algeria, as many years ago I did read some books set there  And who needs family scandals  |
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Post by sprigofmoonlace on Sept 23, 2012 12:14:47 GMT -5
My family history isn't very interesting. Everyone (except for my Grandfather, Uncle and Father) on my Dad's side have all been farmers and from Scotland. My mothers side, is not very interesting- from Scotland and they mostly work in distilleries. Although my Mother claims that her family is related to someone who burned down Elgin Cathedral. So...yeah. Family drama...nothing really. Our family is nice, normal and boring. I've never really asked too much into our history Other than, red hair appears every second/third generation. So it seems my kids have a high chance of that. |
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 23, 2012 12:22:44 GMT -5
Oh, I love Scotland! It's a great place; I've got to visit it three years ago and enjoyed it a lot |
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Post by sprigofmoonlace on Sept 23, 2012 15:30:39 GMT -5
Really? What area of Scotland did you go to? My area is pretty boring, a good landscape but terribly rainy |
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Post by Trilonias on Sept 23, 2012 16:31:17 GMT -5
I guess I'm more a true American... I have no cultural heritage. Woot?
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 24, 2012 0:20:39 GMT -5
Really? What area of Scotland did you go to? My area is pretty boring, a good landscape but terribly rainy We came from the ferry in Newcastle and went to Edinburgh first (our hotel room had a lovely view onto the Castle  . From there to Inverness and later via Glasgow and Gretna Green home. But that were only the hotels. In between, that's some stations I remember (in no particular order, my travel journal is at my place, but I am at my Mum's right now): Blair Castle, Pitlochry, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Eilean Donan Castle, Forth Bridge, Inverewe Garden, Corrieshalloch Gorge, Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Fort Augustus and Fort William ... For you, it may be boring, but the landscape was beautiful, no doubt about it. I love the Highlands! Oh, and I know what you mean about rainy. It was the wettest holiday I had so far, though in hindsight I heard from my friends in the UK that the summer had been unusually wet, so I hoped it was mostly that. |
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Post by LoveIsLouder... on Sept 24, 2012 2:17:39 GMT -5
I'm from New Zealand but my ancestors are all from England, Ireland and Scotland my Poppy's (my mum's Father) are from Sussex and no scandal's I know about.
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 24, 2012 2:37:00 GMT -5
NZ is another place I'd like to visit. Blame Peter Jackson for it, after LotR I got really interested and saw some films and looked through some books about NZ ...
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Post by fantasy on Sept 24, 2012 2:48:06 GMT -5
I'm Australia as are my parents, but my mum's mum and grandmother were born in england and my mum's dad's side are from Germany. As for my father's side, my nana's ancestors come from France, while my grandfather's we have the irish and scottish.
My dad has been researching his ancestory and has discovered that the vast majority of people with our last name in Australia are distantly related. We're even going to catch up with a few relatives we have never met this week.
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 24, 2012 8:14:14 GMT -5
That has to be interesting, meeting relatives you don't even know Have fun, and I hope you get along well! |
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Post by sprigofmoonlace on Sept 24, 2012 11:21:04 GMT -5
Really? What area of Scotland did you go to? My area is pretty boring, a good landscape but terribly rainy We came from the ferry in Newcastle and went to Edinburgh first (our hotel room had a lovely view onto the Castle . From there to Inverness and later via Glasgow and Gretna Green home. But that were only the hotels. In between, that's some stations I remember (in no particular order, my travel journal is at my place, but I am at my Mum's right now): Blair Castle, Pitlochry, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Eilean Donan Castle, Forth Bridge, Inverewe Garden, Corrieshalloch Gorge, Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Fort Augustus and Fort William ... For you, it may be boring, but the landscape was beautiful, no doubt about it. I love the Highlands! I guess I'm just used to it, but I can agree about the landscapes being beautiful. My town is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by farms and about 2-3 hours away from any stunning scenery.  I haven't been to see many of those places in years...*sigh* Yeah don't worry about the weather, in summer that is the best you can expect. This year, I think I had only a weeks worth of sunny days out of the seven weeks of my school holiday, which was pretty good. And in the first week back, we had hail, rain and sun. ;D I had to wring out my jacket one day after walking home from school (and I live like seconds away)  |
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 24, 2012 11:41:16 GMT -5
When you live in the middle of it, I guess you mostly don't appreciate it that much. For me, the landscape was so different from home and made quite an impression.
Poor you. That confirms all the bad things you hear about the weather in GB and, even more so, Scotland. It's certainly not famous for being all hot and sunny!
But I still want to get there again one day. The country is worth getting wet now and then!
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Post by eskimoRock on Sept 24, 2012 11:47:37 GMT -5
We have some freaky weather in the uk, I have to say in April, we had a heat wave, and then a week later it snowed. It was bizarre. |
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 24, 2012 14:08:45 GMT -5
You are not alone, dear. Ok, it was not exactly as extreme as snow, but from 13 C to 30 and above in two days and then back to 10 overnight is not normal, either. And we went from the driest month in the history of weather records (which was in November, which was completely crazy, as it should logically have been July or August) to one of the wettest Decembers when it rained for weeks nearly nonstop. Then, we didn't have much of a winter to begin with, but record cold (here -26 C, and further south even -29). Now, we certainly have had extremes at all times of year in all directions over the decades, but lately they are getting the norm, not the exception, and we go from one extreme to the next. One has to wonder about the weather change when watching how it gets more and more out of control. Though, the UK can be nice, too. Two years ago we were in South England and had such a great weather, we ended up having to use our scarves as head cloth to protect our poor heads (we looked like pirates!). I could barely comb my hair any longer, because the line where it was parted was so red and burnt - and how do you put suncream on there? I've got quite a bit of a tan there |
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Post by jaffaninja on Sept 24, 2012 15:00:46 GMT -5
I'm from New Zealand but my ancestors are all from England, Ireland and Scotland my Poppy's (my mum's Father) are from Sussex and no scandal's I know about. You're from NZ too! I thought I was the only one. *virtual hi-five* Which part of NZ? |
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Post by eskimoRock on Sept 24, 2012 15:13:03 GMT -5
We do he some gorgeous weather, and enjoy it while we possibly can sun comes out, everyone in England finds an excuse to go outside! |
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Post by LoveIsLouder... on Sept 25, 2012 1:13:55 GMT -5
I'm from New Zealand but my ancestors are all from England, Ireland and Scotland my Poppy's (my mum's Father) are from Sussex and no scandal's I know about. You're from NZ too! I thought I was the only one. *virtual hi-five* Which part of NZ? haha yip I'm from New Zealand *virtual hi-five* I'm from quake city AKA Christchurch |
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 25, 2012 2:08:46 GMT -5
Oh, I know a few people from there! Hopefully you got through these quakes safely - from what I know, it was pretty bad, after all.
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Post by jaffaninja on Sept 25, 2012 3:20:04 GMT -5
I'm from suburban Wellington... what used to be the quake city until a mysterious fault line showed up. I suppose one day we'll get another massive earthquake, and get the title back again.
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 25, 2012 12:12:43 GMT -5
Don't volunteer too loudly! I'd say to send the quakes somewhere where they can't do no harm. Hell or some nice place like that |
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Post by jaffaninja on Sept 25, 2012 17:34:09 GMT -5
Definitely not volunteering... Over a quarter of the country participated in a mass earthquake drill today, at 9.26 am. Wow. And yet some people do not have stored water. *bangs head against wall*
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 26, 2012 0:47:59 GMT -5
There will always be people who think they can't be touched or something like that, or are too lazy to do anything. You can't force them to protect themselves.
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Post by jaffaninja on Sept 26, 2012 23:09:29 GMT -5
Apparently there was a couple down in Christchurch and after the first quake (the September one) the wife insisted on completely stocking up on supplies - everything from water to food to tents and sleeping bags, buckets, rubbish bags, cookers - and her husband thought she was crazy. He kept saying they wouldn't need it, etc. Then the February quake came and he said "She tell me she told me so as much as she wants, we've got everything we need."
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 27, 2012 0:55:17 GMT -5
Wise woman! Hopefully, that man learned his lesson.
A friend of mine had pulled through the first quake okay, but despite no real damage, she decided to move. After the second quake, she went to see her former place - and found it in ruins ... We were all so glad she followed her instinct to move out!
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Post by LoveIsLouder... on Sept 27, 2012 1:39:06 GMT -5
i HATE it here because of the earthquakes but i LOVE it too cause its home |
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Post by Kitty279 on Sept 27, 2012 3:36:59 GMT -5
Understandable. It's a beautiful place, from what I can tell, but a bit dangerous at times. I am so glad we have no quakes and no volcanos and all that nearby!
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. From there to Inverness and later via Glasgow and Gretna Green home. But that were only the hotels. In between, that's some stations I remember (in no particular order, my travel journal is at my place, but I am at my Mum's right now): Blair Castle, Pitlochry, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Eilean Donan Castle, Forth Bridge, Inverewe Garden, Corrieshalloch Gorge, Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Fort Augustus and Fort William ...
I haven't been to see many of those places in years...*sigh* 
