900K euros is a LOT of money too !Just replayed it and it was def GBP
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Maybe the rough day was when she arrived and saw the state of the place?Patty Martens arrived at Lalande 9/27 and stayed until 10/5. Friday 10/1 was a rough day for Patty, Why???She is not the first guest/volunteer to have a hard time. I am not a fan of Selmar, but it was very kind of him and Tatty to make her a flower arrangement. Someone will eventually will spill the tea.
9/13 Monday's gift grab live chat...
MsPmartensHello @Cat T - I'll be at Lalande next week and hope to meet you. That is if I can find it - I'll be driving
MsPmartens@Celeste R - maybe our paths will cross. I leave Oct 5.
9/28 Tuesday's CD live chat...
Patty Martens hi @jetje goes Dutch I'm watching from Lalande.
Neil Hartley @Patty Martens glad you made it there safely
Patty Martens thanks Neil.
Patty Martens it was an epic journey to get here.
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MsPmartens
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Selmar and Tatiana, your gift of flowers was so beautiful it made me cry tears of joy after having such a rough day on Friday. The two of you made my stay at Lalande really special. You are both so kind, interesting, giving, and creative. It was an honor to meet you and dine with you. And the tango lesson was the best. I wish you both all good things. You taught me so much about gratitude and positivity. I know you will attract love and goodness because that is what you give to others.
It's good to hear from you and more about your interest in family history. I'm glad to be of a little help.Sami Lee
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Can you be more precise about what you're wanting of family history? To find out about your own family? Or something more general? (TBH I'm not sure what a night school can really show you
that you can't do already!)
If you're looking specifically for your own recent British ancestors (from 1837 when registration was made compulsory) you could start here
FREE BMD - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
FREE CEN - https://www.freecen.org.uk/
(I've transcribed many census and other records for these two).
FAMILY SEARCH - https://www.familysearch.org/en/
If you haven't already watched these, I'd recommend:
Who do you think you are? (
UK TV series on notable people's family history - it's a bit light and doesn't show much how to DIY in depth)
Finding your roots
(Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jnr - US TV series on notable people's family history - shows how proper research is done and use of DNA testing. I really like this one, Prof Gates is a proper academic and usually gets to the heart of things!)
Note that all these programmes invariably become tearjerkers! It's often very moving when you find real evidence of your forebears and some of the facts of their lives and struggles.
Enjoy
Chocolategoggler said:
Thanks for your extensive reply Sami Lee
I would like to join with like-minded people in a class or something so we can bounce off each other.
I will look at what you have suggested. I have been on a site similar to Ancestry and printed off birth, marriage. death and census records but although I am not nosy I do want to know why, both for general as well as family history I sussed out through watching Who Do You Think You Are that my great grandparents didn't marry straight away as one or both was already married. I even went to mediums as I have a photo which everyone thinks is me but it is over a 100 years old and my ancestors on the other side told me to not search online but visit graveyards and where they used to live and also to get family records and photos from a family member as his wife would destroy them out of spite. When I got these records there was a letter in there which made me bawl as it was so beautiful and which made me understand a relative's behaviour due to the terrible burden placed on him as a male child. Through my family tree search I can see a thread running through the family as to why my dad is interested in certain things and chose the job he did - like osmosis. It's fascinating. Sorry for waffling on but thanks for your help.
That 'family thread' business is fascinating, isn't it? It's an odd coincidence that you should mention it. Only yesterday a kindly close friend of 30yrs suggested a very particular job that I should be doing. A highly skilled job that only a very tiny number of usually male people ever do anywhere in the world.
"Oh! Really??!", I spluttered, very surprised. "That's exactly what my great grandmother did!" (At a time when no lady did anything but run an elegant, efficient household and graciously distribute alms to villagers!)
My friend wasn't to know that. But she knows me well enough to spot the same attributes that my g grandmama, whom I never knew, had. Have to say, it's something that's never crossed my mind to do though I knew her family had long been in a related field.
It all makes me really think about caste systems. Where, as in India, historic Judaism and far east countries, people had the same occupations and interests through generations.
Then there are studies of twins, separated at birth and ignorant of each other, whose life paths are almost exactly the same....
Many of the TV programmes also depict similar occupations through generations - even though the ancestors were completely unknown to the searcher.
Maybe there are some attributes and traits that are very strong and genetically inescapable?
So, anyway, to make all this a bit more relevant to our topics here, I'd bet that SJ's antecedents were what we used to call 'Irish gypsies'. Door to door tinkers, selling 'antique' peg dolls, telling fantastic tales while reading your palm, coercing you into crossing their palms with silver in exchange for tin trinkets done up to look like silver....!
Yes, well obviously they are vying for different target groups. I could imaging staying there when visiting the Normandy coast again, and that is something you could do all year round. I do have my doubts that costs can be covered, even with a full occupation over a longer period, and maybe they are starting to realize that?
Exactly !
Pam A
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There is definitely some bro man affection going on there lol. So funny. Dan you need to talk to Steph about having a French language day once a week and everybody needs to speak nothing but French. Even if you cant speak the language, making the effort is what counts especially when you are living in France to show appreciation for the honour. Its 40 years since I lived in France but I still remember everything I learned then. Its a beautiful language.
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Pam A
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There is definitely some bro man affection going on there lol. So funny. Dan you need to talk to Steph about having a French language day once a week and everybody needs to speak nothing but French. Even if you cant speak the language, making the effort is what counts especially when you are living in France to show appreciation for the honour. Its 40 years since I lived in France but I still remember everything I learned then. Its a beautiful language.
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24,000 views in less than 24 hours on the Two Blokes in a Van vlog……amazing!!!!! And 900 comments.
Watching SJ, can it trigger epilepsy? 
I'm kidding.Watching SJ, can it trigger epilepsy?
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Renting out bnb rooms won't be that profitable.I guess that's why they're pushing their patreon account so much
Amaury: voulez vous coucher avec moi ?
Nati: je veux coucher avec toi.
Je ne veux pas coucher avec toi.
Je vais coucher avec toi
J'ai couché avec toi.
Je coucherais avec toi.
Je dois coucher avec toi.
Je devrais coucher avec toi.
Je peux coucher avec toi.
Mais ça coûte cher...
Haha, the only people making me laugh recently are here on tattle
Oh absolutely! Much easier to push Patreon to rake in the cash vs. trying to turn rooms over on a daily basis and everything involved with that!
Dan had MySpace hair.
Reminds me of the old days. Off to practice my French on Mrs GAmaury: voulez vous coucher avec moi ?
Nati: je veux coucher avec toi.
Je ne veux pas coucher avec toi.
Je vais coucher avec toi
J'ai couché avec toi.
Je coucherais avec toi.
Je dois coucher avec toi.
Je devrais coucher avec toi.
Je peux coucher avec toi.
Mais ça coûte cher...
Haha, the only people making me laugh recently are here on tattle
Sometimes saying do you want to come to my shed in French doesn't quite cut it 
Did Steph say she was going to London this week (in her flat) ?
The 2 lads are in UK too.
Would a summit meeting be possible ?
BTW : Where is PhiPhi now ? Lalande ? Amsterdan ? or London ?
The 2 lads are in UK too.
Would a summit meeting be possible ?
BTW : Where is PhiPhi now ? Lalande ? Amsterdan ? or London ?
Hope this is OK to share. As you probably realised I am based in the NW UK. My big brother has lived and worked in the USA for most of the past 30+ years. He has Multiple Sclerosis and recently he has had a really bad attack. This has been difficult for me but more so for my elderly parents as they felt helpless when they wanted to be there to help him. Eternally grateful to my brother's ex wife and my niece who have looked after him. He was in a wheelchair, pretty much completely immobile and having to wear adult diapers as he couldn't get himself to the loo. Today he has sent me a pic of himself standing with a walking stick. The caption says "walking again!". I am overjoyed. So happy I could cry. Whenever I get stressed over stupid, trivial things I am going to click on this picture. 
We really need a facepalm reaction emoji!
Oh I am sure PhiPhi is with SJ...strapped on her back with his binky.
Yep!We really need a facepalm reaction emoji!
I'm glad you got such good news from your darling brother.Hope this is OK to share. As you probably realised I am based in the NW UK. My big brother has lived and worked in the USA for most of the past 30+ years. He has Multiple Sclerosis and recently he has had a really bad attack. This has been difficult for me but more so for my elderly parents as they felt helpless when they wanted to be there to help him. Eternally grateful to my brother's ex wife and my niece who have looked after him. He was in a wheelchair, pretty much completely immobile and having to wear adult diapers as he couldn't get himself to the loo. Today he has sent me a pic of himself standing with a walking stick. The caption says "walking again!". I am overjoyed. So happy I could cry. Whenever I get stressed over stupid, trivial things I am going to click on this picture.
The Marquis Fiancee here:
The Marquis family belongs to one of the largest Reform synagogues in Manhattan that count a lot of prominent NY Jews among its numbers. Reform Jews are liberal/progressive. They believe that Judaism is an evolving faith and emphasize the ethical/moral teachings of Judaism over ceremonial observance. They believe that it is in the heart and not the blood--so for them being a Jew is not a race, it is a choice. They believe it is the calling of every person to Tikkun Olam (repair the world) and fight against all forms of injustice. That said, even though finding Jewish partners is preferred, their synagogue is very welcoming to interfaith couples; they even have a ministry that aims for the full inclusion of Jews of color into all branches of Judaism. His family embodies the teachings of their community and therefore, has been very warm and kind to me in the most sincere way from the first day I met them. They don't tell me to convert.
The Marquis observes Shabbat in the Reform way. At sundown on Fridays, the family attends what they call Kabbalat Shabbat, a service that welcomes Shabbat. The candles are lit, they sing songs and recite a lot of prayers, hear a sermon, and end with kiddush--they share wine and break bread (the challah). They go home and eat dinner prepared and served by their domestic staff. Many observant Jewish families who don't have domestic staff prepare the food in advance but employ or seek the help of what they call a Shabbat goy (Shabbat Gentile) to help serve dinner and clean up after the meal. I read that Elvis Presley was a Shabbat goy to a Jewish family in Memphis. On Saturday morning, when in the city, the family stays at home and does whatever fills them. They read a nice book/magazine, take a nap, cuddle on the couch and watch Netflix (like now, he is watching the final episode of The Crown). (Some Saturday mornings, they/we get invited to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the synagogue usually followed by a lunch party.) We go for an early afternoon stroll (1 kilometer), and have afternoon tea at our favorite tea shop, which is fortunately just around the corner from his parents' townhouse. We go home and rest some more, have dinner, and they do Havdalah, right after dinner, a ceremony of separation between the holy and the secular signaling the end of Shabbat.
The idea is, to take a 24-hour break from activities that empty you and do things that fill you. It's very healthy.
What on earth is he doing in Thailand
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