I feel it is less creepy to email someone saying "I came across this info on Ancestry.com" rather than "I stalked you n the internet". Ancestry does not give first names, but their last name is Darling, which is super easy to trace. Just that Mrs Darling (related to my grandfather) actually was estranged from Mr. Darling and was living with some (according to my mom) really hot guy in the late 1950's.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2012 5:33:36 pm PST #19457 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 5:38:20 pm PST #19458 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I feel it is less creepy to email someone saying "I came across this info on Ancestry.com" rather than "I stalked you n the internet"
If someone found me on ancestry.com I'd feel myself pretty stalked on the internet, really. And I'd be furious at whoever put my information out there. At least with Intelius it's my own fucking fault.
Ginger - Jan 31, 2012 5:39:00 pm PST #19459 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Just that Mrs Darling (related to my grandfather)
You're related to Wendy?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2012 5:41:17 pm PST #19460 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
You're related to Wendy?
I do have a cousin Wendy, but she is not a Darling!
I do love that I have Darlings in my family. I am just waiting for the appearance of Jim, Dear.
Kat - Jan 31, 2012 5:42:47 pm PST #19461 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just that Mrs Darling (related to my grandfather)
Or Jessica (I love those books!)
Scrappy - Jan 31, 2012 5:42:50 pm PST #19462 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I made the A team in roller derby and my league got into WFTDA--the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association.
Woo to the Hoo!!!
Kat - Jan 31, 2012 5:43:43 pm PST #19463 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
K has had a sore for 2 days at least. So she says, "should I go to urgent care?"
yes, I say, but she has 100 excuses -- trafficy to get there. They open at six. Long wait. She wants me to use our otoscope and check her ear (what! doesn't every mom want an otoscope? Magic for preverbal kids). I do. I tell her it looks red, but I am not a doc nor do I play one on TV.
She hems and haws and doesn't want to go. I mention the minute clinics (which are fuckall pricey). She agrees to that. $90 and $10 script later and she has antibios.
Of course, I also have cipro ear drops which would have been much cheaper and not required a trip to the minute clinic.
Or she could have gone to urgent care.
lisah - Jan 31, 2012 5:45:52 pm PST #19464 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
If someone found me on ancestry.com I'd feel myself pretty stalked on the internet, really.
Yikes, yeah.
On the other hand, I don't think it would be too creepy if someone sent me a facebook message asking if I might be related.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2012 5:48:10 pm PST #19465 of 30001
brillig
The main reason I don't sign up for Ancestry is I'm less than an hour from the main genealogical library of the LDS church and I can dig around in the records for myself. Also, I'm cheap. Also again, I don't like the way they're making money off of other people's labor. But their corporate headquarters are just down the hill from where I work. I am often tempted however, and if I come up with the energy to do enough work online to justify the cost, I may grit my teeth and sign up.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 5:50:47 pm PST #19466 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No one ever wonders if they're related to me. They either know for sure, or they can't work it out. My family's clear like that. Naming conventions are helpful.
If I had these sheets, I'd start having casual sex in my home, I swear. Can you imagine how cool that would be???
Too 'spensive.