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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 22 Jan 2005 10:48 |
from jehovah witness's!!!! why can they do something useful on a saturday morning,rather than go knocking on doors?lol.susie |
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 22 Jan 2005 10:51 |
Susie - thought you were gonna say 'from the rent man' then LOL Anne in Kent |
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Christine2 | Report | 22 Jan 2005 10:52 |
Do what I do Susie - open the door and say not today thank you before they get chance to speak:))) p.s. Don't forget to close it though:)))) |
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NicolaDunbyNocula | Report | 22 Jan 2005 10:52 |
I know what you mean lol They are extremely pushy when you open up the door and say that you are not interested. Come to think of it, I quite often hide from anyone that I don't know who comes to my door. I have to tell the kids to come to me and stay quiet and they ask me why and I have to tell them that I don't want to talk to the person or people at the door. The trouble is they quite often go to the window lol One time that I remember, I forgot that the window was open and My friend and I were trying to hide and stay quiet but he heard every word that we were saying and started saying that it was extremely rude for us to have not opened the door. lol lol |
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Unknown | Report | 22 Jan 2005 10:55 |
I often quote back at them - seems to really annoy them lol |
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Anne | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:03 |
I always tell them l'm a catholic blood donor, my neighbour keeps them at his door for ages by telling them all about judism spelling xx |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:06 |
blimey kal ,you little terror,lol hubby was in the garage and actually foned me to tel me they were approaching,so i had to quickly get the dogs in from the garden and hide lol he usually tells them his mum is jewish,they soon disappear,lol susie |
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June | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:25 |
My exhusband always says he is Jewish (he isn't) and they go away immediately, I just say I have my own religion thankyou and close the door. I must admit, I have some friends that are Jehovahs, they are lovely people and they never bring up their religion. June xx |
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Clare | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:27 |
my mum gives blood and got a car window sticker for me.i have it on the front door and haven't had any knock since it has been there |
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Unknown | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:33 |
I can't quite bring myself to be rude to them - I just say that I don't want to discuss my beliefs with them, thank you, and firmly close the door. However, it has been suggested that I tell them my son is at Catholic school (true) or that I can't stop to talk as I'm just off for my blood transfusion (not true!). But they do seem to call at the most awkward times! Mandy :) |
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Trish | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:42 |
Hi Susie, try telling them you're a practicing witch, then offer them coffee and a ciggy. :-)) |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 22 Jan 2005 11:52 |
trish LOL now why hadnt i thought of that?lol susie |
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AnninGlos | Report | 22 Jan 2005 14:30 |
I usually open the door if I can't avoid it, say I am not interested thank you and shut it again before they can draw breath. But what about Mormans? they used to do the same, haven't seen any for ages though. back in the 60s we had a couple call and actually had them in and let them tell us all about it whci was quite interesting. They then went away and didn't bother us again. Nowadays i would probably ask them if they had a copy of the 1881 census on them Lol!!! Ann glos |
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badger | Report | 22 Jan 2005 14:57 |
You only need to say you are a staunch catholic and they melt away,but in Susies case ,it's a dastardly plot to seperate her from her puter,lol.fred.ptfg.xxx |
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Twinkle | Report | 22 Jan 2005 15:48 |
There's one who lives three doors down from me. There's no escape. If she calls, we don't know if it's to tell us about God or that she's had some of our post delivered accidently. People would be more inclined to talk to her if she wasn't always clutching those little pamphlets and trying to drop the end of the world into every conversation. |
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Bev | Report | 22 Jan 2005 15:51 |
invite them in!! it gets them every time! bev |
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Christine2 | Report | 22 Jan 2005 16:01 |
Bev My mum used to do that and 2 hours later she was still trying to get rid of them - hence my first reply. Chrissie |
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Tykerose | Report | 22 Jan 2005 17:22 |
I know of one Jehova's witness that uses the boards when their computor allows them access Jan PS I missed them the other week as they didn't like the sound of my dogs so they went and spent ages next door !!!!!!! |
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syljo | Report | 22 Jan 2005 20:24 |
I admire them for the way they keep coming back for more. I once refused their booklet, saying I couldn't understand the language, and the man produced the 'WATCHTOWER' in many languages. You can't win from them. Nice people to talk to, but don't mention religion or you'll never get away. Sylvia xxx |
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Denise | Report | 22 Jan 2005 21:30 |
Thirty years ago our J W neighbour upstairs regularly preached to us. He also regularly jumped down the stairs often waking our new baby.Having put up with this for a while, one day at the sound of a great thud, my husband threw open the door expecting to see him, but instead it was his mother having fallen down the stairs in drunken stupper. Hence he did not bother us again. Many years later in a different location,,witnesses knocked several times on the door. I was hiding ,when my father in law ,who was staying with us, came tearing down the stairs vestless and with a thick covering of shaving cream on his face,threw open the door and frightened them off never to be seen again. |