From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 19:36:39 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k172adE0028560; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:36:39 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k172adxE011595 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:36:39 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1708GFI015253 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:08:16 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1708FiQ015252 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:08:15 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k16NrqFI015154 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:53:52 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k172M5Ys022053 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:22:05 -0700 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Mon Feb 6 19:22:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k172M5E0022044 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:22:05 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.40]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k172M4Lo003908 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:22:04 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-175-91-92.houston.res.rr.com [24.175.91.92]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id k172LtH9021870; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:21:56 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <001d01c62b8d$99cd4eb0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Carol Botteron" , References: <002001c62b80$f9b7fa30$6401a8c0@TOWER> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Why don't people include sources in databases? Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:24:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com << You could try ROFL (rolling on floor laughing) except that genealogists don't have time to clean floors, unless we suspect there's an ancestor buried under a heap of paper. :-) >> Carol, bless you! I've been trying to find a reason that my husband will understand when I tell him I didn't have time to day to do the floors ..... he will understand the 'ancestors buried under a heap of paper.' Got one for why I don't do windows! Trevia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Botteron" To: Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Re: Why don't people include sources in databases? > At 5:53 PM -0700 2/6/06, Kith-n-Kin wrote: > >|An expert (whose name, alas, I forget) said something like > >|"Don't show me your data. Show me your list of sources." > >| > >|Carol Botteron > > > >LMSS -- that's the best I've heard in a long time! > > > >AND, make those original, handwritten, clear and easy to read. . . . > >! NOT~ > > > >Pat (in Tucson) > > > >(oh, LMSS means "laughing my self silly" -- I'm not allowed to use > >the usual phrase.) > > > Glad you enjoyed it. I think it makes a lot of sense. > > Ever written to someone to say "I'm so happy that you found > So-and-So's parents. Where did you find that information?" only to > have them write back all offended that you don't trust them, and > refuse to tell you anything? Grr. > > You could try ROFL (rolling on floor laughing) except that > genealogists don't have time to clean floors, unless we suspect > there's an ancestor buried under a heap of paper. :-) > > Best, > Carol > > P.S. I suspect that the reason that my ancestors didn't leave me any > money is that they spent it bribing clerks to remove their names from > the records.