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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: sproutmeister on Tuesday 13 December 22 21:48 GMT (UK)
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What are search angels and time travel detectives?
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Search Angels:
A non-profit organization here to assist you with your genealogy and DNA test results for those seeking help unravelling the past in search of their biological family roots
https://www.searchangels.org/
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Best I can find for "Time Travel Detectives" is a children's book: Uncle Alf and the Time Travel Detectives.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/354323.Uncle_Alf_And_The_Time_Travel_Detectives
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Didn't you find baron vin Munchausen time travelling performer who comes to Leicester every year for comedy festival
Don't know where he goes rest of year .
Many rootschatters are time travel detectives and I will vouch for them and award certificates .
Turi King approved of my business card ♦️
Did I mention that as I specialise in finding DNA relationships I wanted to distinguish myself from traditional genealogists
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What are search angels and time travel detectives?
The same as normal angels but looking for something?
The same as normal time travellers but trying to solve a crime?
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Ruskie what a great succinct definition
Fyi crime is not what I investigate most .
It's more missing people and proving fidelity or infidelity of ancestors via DNA
also investigating family myths .
Finding out use and provenance of objects and cultural differences.
Exploring changes in language .spellings and regional differences
The only crime I've investigated so far was a 1944 murder in my alley way ...the crime had been solved ..last double hanging in Leicester
last execution by Pierrepoint(the nephew )before retirement
But
I wanted to find what had become of witnesses .learn where Nora was buried..very sad her father died year later .+ If there were any people who remembered the case .
Local vicar consulted me about a board of names and if I could find the titanic connection.
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I was trying to make a joke Brigid. Not a very good one I admit. :)
Sorry, you’ve lost me with the other stuff but no matter, as it’s sproutmeister’s thread.
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Yes sproumastwr posted from a chat in chatterbox cos I couldn't type the answerlast night ..chat moves so fast
I didn't get joke ..I thought it was clever short answer .
Have altered punctuation but have a tendency to befuddle folk and say too much .
Comedy mentor says edit edit edit .
Thanks for answering ...would you consider yourself a genealogist a family historian & or a fellow time travel detective
Most of forums on here involve some kind of detective work and research
I also have grandads box of photos to identify
Photo and fashion spacialists on here have fount of knowledge
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Saw my computer geek ( their chosen title )
Liked being promoted to digital companion but wouldn't like to be a Search Angel
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Couldn't reboot return to factory settings or whatever is stopping hey google performing
I think she's just cantankerous
& My main FB page couldn't be reinstated because I've forgot password 🔑
No computer needed tomorrow
Phone call from doc
Making Feelgood boxes
Bookcllub this month's theme is books about family history can't miss that
lunch in vegetarian cafe wher I am new resident story teller
then comedy workshop .
Geek + I & upstairs neighbour had a cake tasting session instead of doing IT stuff
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What are search angels and time travel detectives?
Maybe you need to provide a bit more context before your thread gets derailed further?
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I didn't get joke ..I thought it was clever short answer .
Have altered punctuation but have a tendency to befuddle folk and say too much .
What joke?
What punctuation?
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What are search angels and time travel detectives?
Maybe you need to provide a bit more context before your thread gets derailed further?
I think I’ve worked it out Mike ….
Sproutmeister asked the above question on the rootschat “chat” board.
I think that replies come thick and fast on there because it’s live.
Brigid attempted to answer the question on “chat” but she was too slow.
She suggested that Sproutmeister ask on the normal boards so she would have more time to reply.
That’s why the question sounds a bit vague, but context would have avoided that.
I have no idea why anyone would use those terms. I have no idea about the relevance of anything else.
I attempted to make a joke of the terms as I thought they sounded a bit silly.
If I am right about how this came about, PMs between Sproutmeister and Brigid might have been a better idea. ;D
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Your deduction skills are spot on ruskie
thanks for clarifying on my behalf
Sprout probably doesn't come on the boards much .
Was a favour for me cos my eyes hurt and I was tired and I wanted to get this out
One of my first computer assistants was age 7,
I taught English + the youngster did magic stuff on my phone like add weather app.or edit photos at the speed of lightning
I also had a friend in Australia who came back one a year taught me one thing each time and I knew about Facebook so was able to set his mother up on her computer with a lot of false starts and laughter but she was then able to communicate with her son in real time when in Oz
The joke referred to was ruskies answer #
On page 1
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I got confuse with upload download copy file etc
Remember sense of triumph when my yearly lesson I learnt not to keep tapping buttons. If the little wheel was going round cos it means something is happening
+ My computer savvy mother in her 80s showed me where to find the apostrophe
It didn't help that I'd been using french keyboard for 11 years or so
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On a serious note more and more companies are becoming aware of special needs
When I phone my phone company I flag up as a person who has panic attacks they also did gas elec and home phone in days I had those utilities .
But they also have agents so when you have any questions go through your agent let them deal with it and come back to you ..no more waiting in line with grating music which is incredibly stressful to anyone with low noise sensitivity .
+ Recently I added my geek as a " .? Person "
Can't remember the term but it means they have a code word and can ask q on my behalf if I lose my words or get overwhelmed with technical terms
I know it's psychosomatic but it is like a phobia .
I have friends on autistic spectrum who can't stay on line while grating music plays cos it's like chalk on blackboard to them
Autistic society has negotiated some ways of bypassing or choosing option silent .
But I'd like more companies to do more and see how techies can help non techies
Btw I have used utility warehouse for 11 years .I ignore "tempting offers " cos cheaper phone rates is not as valuable as my time and mental health spending stupidly long at end of phone