h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*kicks hotmail*

I was going to send you an email about that but hotmail is seeing fit not to let me in

MSN services, and some of the Hotmail alone, have been quite fickle lately. If you do get in there, there ought to be a note with a few alternate e-mail addresses. Should you find yourself really bored.

I have another email address I'm just always worried people won't realise it me

Mine are all pretty simple, incorporating my real name in one way or another. Not a lot of imagination, ya see.

ahh well this is my real name which is why I worry people won't realise its me

I suppose it's the "Herbert" part of it that gets confusing, eh? Or the Ignatius.

On hootoo, I respect pseudonyms always. Unless an individual is comfortable with their given names. In my case, I don't have a worry as I don't think there'll be another researcher closer than 150 miles.

My husbands called Nick by the way

I actually rather like it. It simple, strong, and not entirely too common.

By an odd coincidence, the senior of our family to arrive in Canada, around 1848, was also named Nicholas. We only learned this when I was about 30'ish.

*blinks*


Couldn't tell you anyting about my family, past my grnadfather.


No offence, but it seems to be more of an american thing finding out about your ansestors than a British thing. I think it's because we're worried we might find out we're related to Dick Turpin, or Robin Hood.</> Good grief that would never do!!

*ahem* We CANADIANS like to know from what stock we come as well.

If you take into account that our country is only 138 years old, everything about us is quite young. So knowing that not so many generations ago, my family spoke German as a primary language is of a bit of interest. And called themselved "Prussians" first, and Canadians secondly. Your country, on the other hand, goes back how long? It's quite likely you are related to your neighbor, even if it is separated by 30, 50 or 150 generations ...

not me, my family is Dutch *grins*

In the old "tongue", we were Deutsch. I guess there are still quite a number Keip's around Austria, Germany and even a few in France. There's no way to know if we're related, so we're generally content to know what little we do.

It's commonly understood that my family had a great fascination with the new world. Just days before the constabulary came to call. Something about more horses in their stables than they had purchase papers for.

tsk tsk

I've always thought it's better to be known, even if as an unsavoury character, than to be invisible.

So, have you fiercely and intimidatingly scowled at your Hotmail account until it submitted to your will?

it refuses to yeild I'm afraid


*sigh*

Well, if you have a notion to drop a note, by the other wires, I'm at work... Keip dot NJ at forces dot gc dot ca

complicated have you stolen all the dots for yourself

It's a government issued e-mail account. So it MUST look mightily important. I'm surprised they haven't insisted I get a bigger name too.

ooohhhhhh

Ah well, I'm just contracted help. Beneath much consideration, if not actual contempt. So they don't worry over-much.