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Post by flossieskid on Feb 10, 2022 8:16:06 GMT -5
Sorry Deb, you were a bit under the weather. I know it can take some time to get back up to normal. I hope you will be feeling tip top soon.
Although you had to share the role of Patsy, how wonderful you went home to one of my favorite places on earth - England. Although my ancestry test says I am 98% Irish and Ireland is my second favorite spot right after Laguna Beach, CA. I love, love, love England! Our daughter Nikki spent her junior year of college in an exchange program from Berkeley to schools in the U.K. She was placed in Leeds, England and we went over and spent a month with her around Christmas in 1993.
We saw the place in Leeds, where The Beatles first performed as a group. So cool! Nikki was chosen the movie and arts critic for their school newspaper called “The Lemon”. I thought that was the oddest name for the paper and Nikki never found out why it was called that. Some journalist she was back in the day!! But seeing our 6 year old son covered by a slew of pigeons in Travalgar Square in London, while he had the biggest smile on his face, is one of the best memories we have ever had of him! My husband and I have been to England four times, but, like Ireland (and Scotland) I can’t get enough!
A cute current side note: our son, Ryan, sent me a picture of a cocktail napkin he saw a few days ago at a local Mexican restaurant. It was one with trivia questions and the first one was: “During what time did “The Waltons” end their series? Of course, dork brain here thought like “… maybe 8-9 pm?” After MANY laughing emojis were sent back to me, my children said, “No Mom, they mean TIME period.” Duh -could I REALLY be that clueless?” Color me mortified!
My only saving grace in bringing up this horrific lapse of memory I feel, is that I consider myself among friends on The Forum who would not judge me…. well, at least everyone wouldn’t do it in print to my face, right?!? Your SERIOUS guffaws and head shaking will be done in private, I am sure. But I can live with that, so I thank all of you for your kind editorial restraint!
I really can’t remember and Ryan forgot to take a picture of the answer and send it along - thinking, of course, his mother would know the response in an instant! Didn’t the show end with our Victory in WW2? Again, my memory sucks but is that the right answer? I’m afraid my children called out my shameful lack of encyclopedic knowledge of “All Things Walton”! That info must have slipped through my “open weave net” of my brain! But, I trust EVERY person on the Forum, with the exception of yours truly, must know the answer to that simple question.
That is one thing I think both my husband and I did right raising our kids. We never presented ourselves as “parents who knew everything ”. But, when they asked a question and we didn’t know the answer, we would always say, open and honestly, with no shame, “Hey, I don’t know that answer but I will find out for you.” But when they were younger we’d often say, “…or let’s find out the answer together” which taught them how to do research. At least that’s what they’ve told us.
I think that helped our kids feel there is no shame in not knowing everything. However, somehow I don’t think that gracious acceptance would apply to their mother if they knew I have a copy of EVERY SINGLE WALTONS EPISODE EVER MADE!!! I won’t tell them if you won’t…..
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Post by Johnny on Feb 10, 2022 15:20:42 GMT -5
As I recall, the series ended with John-boy's most recent novel being rejected in NY. It was a war novel and there were too many of this theme trying to be published at that time. The publishers felt his wasn't strong enough. Instead he returned to Walton's mountain to become refreshed and start on a new one.. So the series ended post WW-II with John-boy struggling to find his acceptance as a novelist but encouraged by the people he knew so well back home.
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Post by patriciaanne on Feb 10, 2022 20:26:09 GMT -5
So as I was reading your story, Tracey, my mind went to 8 p.m. also. My second guess was "1981." 🤣 Guess I'm not much help. I believe Johnny is right, though, and the regular series ended as WW2 ended.
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Post by debgunnhewitt on Feb 11, 2022 0:35:41 GMT -5
Well wouldn't you know I hopped on here tonight and am watching The Waltons with the boys signing up for the war! I believe Patricia and Johnny you're right that it ended after and I do remember John-boy's novel, etc.
Thank you Tracey for your kindness! Definitely better but keep having headaches due to the sinus. This too shall pass as I have heard so many people talk about their allergies. Then again it feels like we skipped winter and spring all-together! What with the winds recently and all the flowers having no clue they aren't supposed to bloom right now... go figure we are all messed up!
Love that you love England. I did my ancestry and I am about 90% English! The others Scotland/France. Haven't been to Scotland or Ireland but they've been on a bucket list a long time. How lucky your daughter got to study there! The way you raised your kids sounds like us. I'm with you with the memory and I most definitely would have answered the question the same! I also have a reputation for saying the wrong word. My mom will always remind me of this and especially loves the story of when "the firemen came and had to decapitate someone to save their life." I think I was 10 but she waits for me to say the wrong word! She is 85 and a word whiz with a memory as sharp as a tack (although lately that is waining sadly) so it's no fun to think I've had a worse memory than her!
Goodnight for now! deb
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Post by flossieskid on Feb 11, 2022 1:36:48 GMT -5
Thanks Johnny for your prompt response. That sounds right now that I see it in print. Also, thank you PatriciaAnne for sharing your thinking. I realize the question was just worded poorly if we both thought that way about the answer. I was amazed, Deb, that there is another person who is over 90% anything: just you, me and Conan O’Brian - who said Ancestry told him he is 100% Irish. That is impressive!
But, how lucky you are, Deb, and all the Forum participants who have a parent or parents in their lives for so many years. My Mom died when I was 27 and she was only 65. While I can’t see her in person, I do consider myself lucky (as I have mentioned in so many threads) that I am blessed she (AND my Dad) can be seen whenever I want through the wonder of reruns and DVD’s. But now almost everyone in the world has their own “rerun factory” - with their personal cell phone or tablet. Wondrous technology at its best!
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Post by debgunnhewitt on Feb 11, 2022 1:58:40 GMT -5
Oh Tracey, I had wondered how old you were when your mom passed I'm so sorry. The grief stays with you especially when you're young. My youngest is 27 and I am 61 and I can't imagine. I have so many friends who have lost their parents very young. My very best friend died when we were 49, leaving 4 young adults under 23 to figure it out. Sadly their dad dated very fast and it really did a number to the kids for awhile. They lost their way.. but fast forward 12 years and they are all doing well. Just delayed in starting their lives. Their dad married the person he dated. It was just so soon for them. For him., all he knew was a partner and they say that happens a lot. I was extremely blessed to have my parents for so long. Maybe I was blessed with that because they were all I had in terms of family here in the U.S. plus my nana. She died just before I had children. Death was so foreign to me. Being "touched" by death was distant. Family who passed in England seemed so far. I longed to be near them but was very removed from grief. So perhaps this is why I grieved so hard. I can't believe I'm still awake. Definitely signing off now! Enjoy the weekend
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Post by debgunnhewitt on Feb 11, 2022 2:03:26 GMT -5
P.S. I really couldn't believe my ancestry! We all were a million percent positive we had a lot of Scot in us! Gunn Clan?? My dad had done some research and thought we came from Vikings way back. But there it was almost pure English. From the Midlands. Farmers I had no idea this was rare!! The French must be from my dad's mom's side. She ran away from home at 18, didn't look back, died at 42 and took her history to the grave. Her name was Haystead and my dad found them to be French lace makers. But who knows! Kinda sad because she had 7 siblings. My dad never knew her family.
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