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Post by spaceneedle on Jul 2, 2021 23:55:04 GMT
A friend was recently telling me about the time his parents rented a house up Laurel Canyon in the late sixties and when they drove by there was often a hobo-looking guy surrounded by teenage girls who hung out at the store at the bottom of the canyon whom his parents warned him never to talk to. It was Jim Morrison. Better Jimbo than Charlie Manson....
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 14, 2021 5:19:13 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 14, 2021 6:16:57 GMT
Perfect, Patrick!
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Post by tod2 on Jul 14, 2021 6:41:44 GMT
A very special lady on Anyport is celebrating a birthday today! Yes, It's you Questa! Many happy returns - have a wonderful day.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 14, 2021 6:58:22 GMT
Questa! Have a lovely birthday & may this year bring you happiness.
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Post by mossie on Jul 14, 2021 14:27:58 GMT
Well done Questa, just don't get as old as me
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Post by mich64 on Jul 14, 2021 15:06:18 GMT
Wishing you a wonderful day Questa! Happy Birthday!
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 14, 2021 15:12:23 GMT
Questa is in bed by now.
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Post by mich64 on Jul 14, 2021 15:20:42 GMT
Of course, that makes sense. Well then, Hope you had a wonderful day Questa! Happy Belated Birthday wishes!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 14, 2021 15:49:32 GMT
Questa is in bed by now. Struck lucky on her birthday?!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 14, 2021 16:35:19 GMT
To celebrate today, which is a French holiday, FamilySearch took me to my French ancestry. I already knew that there was frog in the bloodline because of a paternal great-grandfather's mother's last name (Duhamel), but figured France was long ago & far away. This was indeed the case, but now I know that the Duhamels originated in Normandy.
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Post by htmb on Jul 14, 2021 17:03:03 GMT
Interesting, Bixa. Maybe we’re French cousins, rather than Italian. One of the dna websites consistently lists me as being 23% French and 60% Italian. I can trace some of my ancestors, but the French originally emigrated in the 17th century so it’s a bit harder to pinpoint exact locations in France. Many of the more recent ancestors were from Normandy and the Channel Islands, but earlier folks came from the area around La Rochelle and Saintonge. Some, I assume were Huguenots, but a few others appeared to be quite run of the mill. I also gather some Italians from more recent generations have migrated into France because I continue to get a lot of French matches who appear to be of Italian ancestry.
Bonne Fête Nationale !
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Post by whatagain on Jul 14, 2021 17:06:08 GMT
Happy birthday Questa !
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Post by questa on Jul 14, 2021 23:58:25 GMT
Questa is in bed by now. No, Sweetie, I'm keeping myself for you.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 28, 2021 7:58:34 GMT
Another birthday today -- for a lady in Mexico! Many Happy returns of the day Bixa. Wishing you all the best in the year to come. Have a superb day!
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 28, 2021 9:58:41 GMT
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Post by mossie on Jul 28, 2021 14:12:16 GMT
Many happy returns Bixa........and don't do anything that I wouldn't do
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 28, 2021 14:17:54 GMT
I beat everybody to it on the other thread, and the bug guy never showed up.
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Post by casimira on Jul 28, 2021 17:25:04 GMT
Warmest of wishes for a wonderful day dear Bixa. You are in good company in that today is also my father's birthday. He would have been 106 years old. I miss the days when we would exchange gifts of very cool stuff that we both collected over the course of a year and keep until each other's birthday arrived. All manner of articles that we both knew the other would enjoy and treasure. Then the move to Mexico and the f'd up postal system there put a halt to doing that. I still collected things for you and put them in a box for when we would meet up again. Sadly, my treasures from you and the box with treasures for you went up in flames... I do have a small rug that was woven there and one rebozo that were spared because they were in a location in the house that was spared destruction. I guess the last time we were able to do this was when I visited you in Oaxaca during Muertos and my visit coincided with my birthday. I think it was 1995 and you had lived there maybe a year or slightly longer. Seems like a century ago... xxxxxxx
P.S. Please know that I plan on starting a new box of goodies, I refuse to let this tradition go away. F'd up postal systems, fire, hurricanes, whatever, won't stop me!
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Post by mich64 on Jul 28, 2021 17:29:09 GMT
Wishing you a joyous eventful day Bixa! Happy Birthday!
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Post by questa on Jul 28, 2021 23:27:09 GMT
Wherever you go and whatever you do just make a day of happy memories. Put them in a special mental "box" like Casimira does and you can take them out and look at them and remember happy times. Best wishes from Q.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 28, 2021 23:55:23 GMT
Hey ~ this is so nice of all of you & my very best wishes back at you. Thank you!
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Post by fumobici on Jul 29, 2021 1:04:44 GMT
Happy Birthday to our forum empress, hope it's a nice time.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2021 1:55:49 GMT
Very kind, Huckle and Fumobici ~ thank you!
This was the first birthday in quite a while that I got to spend with good friends & I was treated royally. 👸
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Post by htmb on Jul 29, 2021 2:01:56 GMT
That’s good! I was hoping you did something fun, rather than try to ignore the day like I do sometimes.
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Post by bjd on Jul 29, 2021 6:58:26 GMT
I see I can just slip in under the time difference to wish you a happy birthday, Bixa!
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Post by Kimby on Jul 29, 2021 13:57:11 GMT
Can it really be FORTY YEARS since Bonny Prince Charles married Lady Diana? Where did the time go?
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Post by Kimby on Jul 29, 2021 14:01:13 GMT
On this date in 1974 Mama Cass Elliott choked on a hamburger and died in a London hotel room.
Can we hope for a similar fate for the deposed Cheeto?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 29, 2021 15:56:05 GMT
Can it really be FORTY YEARS since Charles married Lady Diana? Where did the time go? It went when we got old.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 29, 2021 16:09:07 GMT
I tend to ignore birthdays (as my mother did) but my best wishes and pleasure to Bixa and to Questa!
Who's the Cheeto? Still Trump, or someone in Britain?
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