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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	13 Apr 2018 00:50
	You should go back....good excuse
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	13 Apr 2018 00:50
	Wish I'd filmed him, then I could get others' views.
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	13 Apr 2018 00:39
	:-D
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	13 Apr 2018 00:17
	Hmmmm.............
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:58
	Oh maybe a pike had his little ankle
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:57
	...but his feet weren't moving - he was going at 4x what he could paddle - if not more!
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:56
	Swan do that well, think about how they swim....all smug above the water and madness under water
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:54
	Never thought of that! ....but was his 'Royal' smugness hiding his panic?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:52
	Aren't all Swans smug what with them all being Royal and all.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:50
	YES! I want to know if the swan was making himself go faster, or was panicking!!! He looked quite smug to me (general body language etc.), but swans don't have much facial expression - I don't want to think he may have been scared, or I'll feel awful!!!
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 23:31
	Does it matter for you Maggie, sitting on the bank with a glass in hand
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 21:29
	:-S :-S :-S ...but does it make the boat go faster?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5 061 Send Message	BrianW	Report	12 Apr 2018 21:15
	You "gull wing" a sailing boat when running before the wind, mainsail on one side and the jibsail on the other. Often a "jib stick" is used to hold the jibsail out as a jib on a dinghy doesn't have a boom and without it the sail would easily collapse inwards.
	Researching: Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 21:00
	It is. We will go again when it's warmer. That sounds like we don't go very often - we do - and find new places every time :-D
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 15:58
	Ringwood is a lovely place for sure....even on half close Wednesdays.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 63 293 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	12 Apr 2018 13:17
	When I was a child from about 8 to 15 we used to go to Ringwood for our Sunday school outing (from Fareham), kids on the coach parents who had cars followed the coach. so simple, sports...... sack races, 3 legged, a huge field with cut grass that we made into dens and tea in a local church hall, returning home sunburnt (no sunscreen in those days) and tired and happy. :-) :-)
	Researching: Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	11 Apr 2018 23:48
	:-D
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	11 Apr 2018 23:31
	.............................................
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	11 Apr 2018 23:22
	Sorry just orange juice was it Maggie??
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	11 Apr 2018 23:17
	:-S :-S :-S :-S
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

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