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Where do you live?
« on: Thursday 23 May 24 17:54 BST (UK) »
I like to look on Rootschat most days.  People comment on the weather etc. or some other event.  I
sometimes click on the contributor so see what area they live in.  It would be really nice if they had added some clue as to their location.  Nothing specifice obviously, unless of course they choose to.
Welly :) :)
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 May 24 18:09 BST (UK) »
I totally agree.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 May 24 18:17 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your reply.
We get such lovely comments from Rootchatters.  My profile says I am a senior (a real old senior now) and that I live in the East Midlands. Unless someone sends me a personal message that is all anyone knows about me until I choose to enlighten them.
Welly :) :)
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 23 May 24 20:05 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Wellington66 on Thursday 23 May 24 18:17 BST (UK)
Thank you for your reply.
We get such lovely comments from Rootchatters.  My profile says I am a senior (a real old senior now) and that I live in the East Midlands. Unless someone sends me a personal message that is all anyone knows about me until I choose to enlighten them.
Welly :) :)

Nice to know you Welly.

I'm also ancient and would like the road planners to signpost the old counties and not the more "modern" area names.

I used to visit my daughter who lived in Portsmouth many moons ago.  Returning home to N.W. Lancashire I'd have to make educated guesses as to which Motorway turn off and entry I needed to use in order to use the shortest route.

For instance, today  I posed the question "Where is the "East Midlands" (I feel I should have asked "Where are the East Midlands")

Here's the answer:-

"It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland."
Aberdeen: Findlay-Shirras,McCarthy: MidLothian: Mason,Telford,Darling,Cruikshanks,Bennett,Sime, Bell: Lanarks:Crum, Brown, MacKenzie,Cameron, Glen, Millar; Ross: Urray:Mackenzie:  Moray: Findlay; Marshall/Marischell: Perthshire: Brown Ferguson: Wales: McCarthy, Thomas: England: Almond, Askin, Dodson, Well(es). Harrison, Maw, McCarthy, Munford, Pye, Shearing, Smith, Smythe, Speight, Strike, Wallis/Wallace, Ward, Wells;Germany: Flamme,Ehlers, Bielstein, Germer, Mohlm, Reupke

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 23 May 24 20:57 BST (UK) »
I would not object to a little county or country flag under our name. 

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 23 May 24 21:03 BST (UK) »
I'm guessing that the Highlands of Norfolk are something like the Lowlands of Pichincha.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 23 May 24 21:08 BST (UK) »
A Rootschatter's location is included in their profile, if they choose to include it.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 23 May 24 21:09 BST (UK) »
In God's Own Country.
BRENNANx2 Davidstown/Taghmon,Ballybrennan; COOPER St.Helens;CREAN Raheennaskeagh/Ballywalter;COSGRAVE Castlebridge?;CULLEN Lady's Island;CULLETON Forth Commons;CURRAN Hillbrook, Wic;DOYLE Clonee/Tombrack;FOX Knockbrandon; FURLONG Moortown;HAYESx2 Walsheslough/Wex;McGILL Litter;MORRIS Forth Commons;PIERCE Ladys Island;POTTS Bennettstown;REDMOND Gerry; ROCHEx2 Wex; ROCHFORD Ballysampson/Ballyhit;SHERIDAN Moneydurtlow; SINNOTT Wex;SMYTH Gerry/Oulart;WALSH Kilrane/Wex; WHITE Tagoat area

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 23 May 24 21:34 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Erato on Thursday 23 May 24 21:03 BST (UK)
I'm guessing that the Highlands of Norfolk are something like the Lowlands of Pichincha.
Norfolk is generally a flat, low-lying county protruding into the North Sea. My wife has relatives who lived in a village 20 miles from the coast. Their address was No. 5 The Slads. Slads is an old Norfolk term for "drowned land". I live in one of the highest points at 166ft above sea level. When the ice-caps melt, we will have a sea frontage. 
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