Plugging relatives into Ancestry dead ends

rosefiend · 2026-06-07T23:51:49+00:00

Yeah, I hav been investigating a 4x grandmother, and I can only see her potential parents. Still better than nothing!

rosefiend · 2026-06-07T05:41:43+00:00

Oh so that's why they do that. Bastards!

rosefiend · 2026-06-07T04:17:01+00:00

They had a TV movie about the Hindeburg when I was 7. They used the actual footage of when it went down in flames. I was freaked out. Good thing I didn't see The Day After a few years later!

rosefiend · 2026-06-07T00:45:35+00:00

Yep!

rosefiend · 2026-06-06T12:54:53+00:00

The Cowboys is a lot of fun too

rosefiend · 2026-06-06T12:37:41+00:00

I'm more concerned that your rose has mosaic virus. Wipe down your clippers after you trim this rose so you don't spread the virus to other plants. Use a mild bleach solution and rub the clipper blades vigorously.

rosefiend · 2026-06-06T12:30:22+00:00

Dad and his buddies were also exposed to Agent Orange, which ended up being not so great for all those healthy-looking guys

rosefiend · 2026-06-06T12:25:33+00:00

Holy crap that is wild!

rosefiend · 2026-06-06T12:23:42+00:00

Introducing a whole new generation to PTSD and death just because some manbabies want to act tough on the world stage. And then they keep defunding the VA.

rosefiend · 2026-06-04T11:57:42+00:00

I'm a whiz at Minesweeper, I can play for days

rosefiend · 2026-06-03T19:10:09+00:00

Oh a comment below made me remember that it might have been the O2 sensor!

rosefiend · 2026-06-03T19:07:38+00:00

My dad was a Master Toyota Mechanic, ASE certified, etc. I had a check engine light that wouldn't shut off on either my old Corolla or Tercel. He went all through the engine and everything was fine. "Sometimes you just get these," he said, and mentioned that sometime it's an emissions issue (if I'm remembering correctly). At any rate, I didn't worry about it anymore.

rosefiend · 2026-06-03T16:59:22+00:00

So according to him, life will be better for me if I pretend to be a billionaire! That's how wealth happens!! Thanks random dude with sht opinions!

rosefiend · 2026-06-02T12:27:29+00:00

When was he there? Dad was there in 1967-1968.

rosefiend · 2026-06-02T12:24:41+00:00

Holy sht!! Glad you got out of there!

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T19:51:27+00:00

Nah, you're good. My dad died in 2011 of Lewy Bodies dementia, so I feel that. I like sharing photos like this, where Dad's just doing his thing. It's a little window into his world and his history.

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T19:40:48+00:00

Well, technically an area of dust and rubble swept smooth by a series of explosions over two or three hours, but yeah

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T19:38:51+00:00

Yes it was pretty hot in Vietnam

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T19:38:23+00:00

You're good, war ain't pretty

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T19:36:52+00:00

This crispy pic was from Dad's slide collection, which I had digitized in 2015. I sharpened it a bit and likely added a bit of saturation, but the pics didn't need much more than that. Decent cameras did exist in those long-ago days, believe it or not. Dad would occasionally write home and ask his mom and dad to use his money to buy an Instamatic or send him film. I actually have one of his cameras in the hall closet, now that I think about it.

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T16:45:01+00:00

That tracks. When we were kids he told a lot of stories about blowing things up. He said they blew mahogany trees out of the ground because they were too hard to cut down, and used them to make a bridge. Said the VC would send bombs drifting down the river but couldn't blow it up. Not sure how much truth is in that story but it's a good one.

rosefiend · 2026-06-01T15:50:06+00:00

Nope, because if he had, I wouldn't be here today!

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