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Family Tree Pleas
I'm trying to complete my Family Tree(s).
The Rainey connection has been traced back to 1837 when John
Rainey and his wife, Jane Wilson, immigrated from Ireland to Canada and
settled in Newton-Robinson,Ontario, Canada.
I'm also trying to find any connection to the Stitson name. The
only knowledge I have is with my grandparents, William and Mary, who
settled in Tottenham, Ontario, Canada at the turn of the 20th century from
England. And that's Tot'nam, NOT Tot-in-ham. Misprouncation of the name is
a big pet peeve with me.
Information on the Dodds family, who settled in Schomberg, Ontario,
Canada, would be appreciated as well. My branch of the Dodds family were
Pennsylvannia Dutch Quakers and came to Canada in the early 1800s.
If anyone thinks they might have information relating to the Rainey,
Stitson and/or Dodds families please contact me.
Thank you.
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Words
to Live By ...
- Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height.
Let
the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
- Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
- Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's
workshop". And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
- Enjoy the simple things.
- Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
- The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is
with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be alive while you are alive.
- Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your
refuge.
- Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
- Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county,
to a foreign country, but not to where the guilt is.
- Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity and
always remember: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
If you don't send this to at least
8 people ... who cares? ~George Carlin
One-Liners, Quotes, Bumper
Stickers, Facts, Truisms:
The wisdom of the wise, and the
experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations. ~Isaac
D'israeli
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Excuses for lost books:
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I have lost my Herodotus; I'm
afraid it's history.
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Your Principia Mathematica? It's
days were numbered.
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I mislaid The Egg and I.
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The Love of a Good Woman is hard
to find.
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Being and Nothingness was here
a moment ago, but it's disappeared.
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I lent Peyton Place to a friend
who is sleeping with a neighbour who gave it to his wife's boss who passed
it on to the accountant's mistress who's denying the affair.
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O.K., so I lost Much Ado About
Nothing. What's the big deal?
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My best friend talked me out of
my copy of Persuasion.
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Orlando's in Florida, I think.
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I don't know where the hell I
left Dante's Inferno.
-
I had Oliver Twist in my pocket
just a moment ago.
-
I just put A Brief History of
Time down for a moment, and Bang! -- it was gone.
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Dictionary of Useful Research
Phrases:
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"It has long been known ..." I
didn't look up the original reference.
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"A definite trend is evident ..."
These data are practically meaningless.
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"Of great theoretical and practical
importance ..." Interesting to me.
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"While it has not been possible
to provide definite answers to these questions ..." This was an unsuccessful
experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
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"Three of the samples were chosen
for detailed study." The others made no sense.
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"Typical results are shown." The
best results are shown.
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"The most reliable results are
those obtained by Jones." He was my grad assistant.
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"It is believed that ..." I think.
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"It is generally believed that
..." A couple of other guys think so, too.
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"It is clear that much additional
work will be required before a complete understanding of the phenomenon
is possible." I don't understand it.
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"Correct within an order of magnitude."
Wrong.
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"It is hoped that this study will
stimulate more work in this field." This is a lousy paper, but so are the
others in this crummy field.
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"Thanks are due to Joe Blotz for
assistance with the experimental work and to George Frink for valuable
discussions." Blotz did the work, and Frink explained to me what it meant.
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"A careful analysis of obtainable
data ..." Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass
of beer.
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"A statistically oriented projection
of the findings ..." Wild guess.
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"A highly significant area for
exploratory study ..." A totally useless topic suggested by my committee.
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Points to Ponder or More
Useless Information:
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If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months
and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup
of coffee.
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Banging your head against a wall
uses 150 calories an hour.
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Humans and Dolphins are the only
species that have sex for pleasure.
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On average people fear spiders
more than they do death.
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You can't kill yourself by holding
your breath.
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The strongest muscle in the body
is the tongue.
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Every time you lick a stamp, you're
consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
-
Did you know that you are more
likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
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Right-handed people live, on average,
nine years longer than left-handed people do.
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A crocodile cannot stick its tongue
out.
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Polar bears are left handed.
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The catfish has over 27,000 taste
buds, more than any other creature on earth.
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The flea can jump 350 times its
body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.
-
A cockroach will live nine days
without it's head, before it starves to death.
-
A cat's urine glows under the
blacklight.
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Why I'm so tired!
For a couple years I've been
blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now
I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked.
The population of this country
is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do
the work. There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do
the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government,
leaving 19 million to do the work. 2.8 Million are in the Armed Forces,
which leaves 16.2 million to do the work. Take from the total the 14,800,000
people who work for State and City Governments and that leaves 1.4 million
to do the work. At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals,
leaving 1,212,000 to do the work. Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And you're sitting
at your computer reading jokes.
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In case you needed further
proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual
label instructions on consumer goods:
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On Sears hairdryer: Do not use
while sleeping.
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On a bag of Fritos: You could
be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
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On a bar of Dial soap: Directions:
Use like regular soap.
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On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion: Defrost.
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On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: Do
not turn upside down (printed on bottom of the box)
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On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
Product will be hot after heating.
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On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
Do not iron clothes on body.
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On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.
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On Nytol sleep aid: Warning: may
cause drowsiness.
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On a Korean kitchen knife: Warning
keep out of children.
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On a string of Chinese-made Christmas
lights: For indoor or outdoor use only.
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On a Japanese food processor:
Not to be used for the other use.
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On Sainsbury's peanuts: Warning:
contains nuts.
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On an American Airlines packet
of nuts: Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
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On a Swedish chainsaw: Do not
attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.
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On a childs superman costume:
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
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"I live where the
land meets the sky, where the eagle and the raven fly free" ~Frank Fencepost
"I'm
his neighbour" ~Silas Crow
~ From one of my favourite movies "Dance Me
Outside".