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  1. Madge

    Madge Member

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    Just joined after seeing the article on Parish Chest, I'm looking forward to getting to know people.

    I've been browsing around the forums and I've just spent an hilarious five minutes reading all about the trials and tribulations of vacuum cleaners.

    I've been researching family history for a while now, my own family is quite widespread but my husband's paternal line has lived in the same Somerset village/town since the mid 1800's so it is very interesting sorting out all the inter marrying!
     
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  2. Daft Bat

    Daft Bat Administrator. Chief cook & bottle washer! Staff Member

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    Hello Madge - welcome to Top Dog! 8(:-)

    I am so pleased that the forum has given you a giggle already - we do try to have a bit of fun along with the more serious stuff. ;) It is great when a family doesn't move for hundreds of years, but trying to sort them all out can be rather like knitting fog....

    Post your questions and we will do all the we can to help.
     
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    mugwortismy cat Tenacious to the End!

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    Welcome C|:-)

    ... we even try to have fun with the serious stuff ...
     
  4. Bay Horse

    Bay Horse Can be a bit of a dark horse

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    Vacuum cleaners are serious stuff.

    Hi Madge, lovely to have you here. C|:-)
     
  5. Mealymoo

    Mealymoo A Busy Lizzy

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    Welcome Madge C|:-),

    You'll love Top Dog the home of fun with helpful and informative members
     
  6. Madge

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    Thank you for your welcome everyone, now all I have to do is to successfully upload an Avatar, I've had several attempts but just end up with a little red cross in the corner of the box - any tips anyone?
     
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    Blackmogs Moderator. General Dogs(cats)body. Staff Member

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    Hi Madge - it might be because the image is too big. What is the file size?
     
  8. Daft Bat

    Daft Bat Administrator. Chief cook & bottle washer! Staff Member

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    We appear to have a glitch in the system at the moment. :( As soon as it is fixed, I will let you know.
     
  9. MollyMay

    MollyMay Knows where to find the answers!

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    Welcome Madge, glad you have joined us it is a great place to be C|:-)
     
  10. Eve

    Eve Well-Known Member

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    Hi Madge
    Nice to have you here
    welcome

    Lesley
     
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    AnnB Editor in Chief who is Hot off the Press!

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    Welcome to the Top Dog gang Madge - have fun :)

    Ann
     
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    Daft Bat Administrator. Chief cook & bottle washer! Staff Member

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    The glitch appears to have been fixed, so please try again. :)
     
  13. Doug

    Doug Administrator. The Main Man. Staff Member

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    Hi Madge.

    Welcome to TD. Nothing funny about vacuum cleaners. They are scary things with a mind of their own. Think of the Stephen King book Christine. :cool:
     
  14. Madge

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    Thanks everyone, it was probably me that broke it not a very good start :oops: . Avatar finally attached.
     
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  15. Bookworm

    Bookworm Now in the arms of the Angels

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    Hi Madge and welcome to Top Dog - love the avatar too :)
    Yes, we like a giggle now and again in between helping with queries etc.
    You'll find us all a very friendly lot so enjoy your time with us.
     
  16. Ma-dotcom

    Ma-dotcom A Bonza Little Digger!

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    As Sheila said,....& welcome from me too Madge.
     
  17. TonyV

    TonyV He who cleans up after his ancestors...

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    Welcome Madge. Actually I gave the cleaner what for yesterday..I filled it full of plaster dust while I was decorating. It did try to trip me over and reared up to try to bite me when I gave its lead a sly tweak while it wasn't looking. Mind you I treated it to a fresh bag later and it seems to have forgiven me. It even allowed me to put its cable all the way in. It probably knows that I'm trying to buy it a new bumper because the current one is marking all the furniture it tries to hide under. I quite like the pink one with little elephants on.

    Tony
     
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    Hello Madge,
    Welcome to Top Dog. C|:-). Don't forget to enter the competition.
    Love the avatar.
    Lynda
     
  19. Madge

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    Morning all, yet more nice friendly comments, I like it here. Thanks for the comments on my avatar, unfortunately back in April our lovely Goldie was diagnosed with skin cancer and given between three weeks and six months to live, he is only eleven so we were devastated. He is still with us, but his lovely fur is so thin with lots of bald patches it is heart breaking, but he is still enjoying his walks and playing with his doggie friends, so we are making sure that he enjoys the coming weeks. As soon as he starts to suffer we'll know that the time has come to call the vet, no matter what our feelings are!

    I have two vacuums, a Vax which is very light but doesn't hold much fur from my two dogs and a nice pink girly Hettie that I talk to as I lead her around! :rolleyes:
     
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  20. Londoner

    Londoner Will always roll up her sleeves and dig around

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    We have Hetty's brother Harry - allegedly best for dog hair. Unfortunately we lost our dog ( age 17+) a few week after we bought the vac.
     

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