Cold, what do you mean by cold?
It is presently 0 F here!
As for Scandinavian heritage, I am the bastard descendant of the Swedish
Royal family. Family folklore has it that my great-great-grandmother was the
mistress of the Swedish King. When she became pregnant another man was paid
a silver watch to marry and become the father of this bastard royal child.
The story goes that this watch was passed down through the family and it
ended up with my grandfather (who was born in Sweden and moved to Canada
with his family around 1910). I was told my grandfather took this watch to
jewellery in the 50's and the watch was never seen again. BUT when my
grandfather moved into a senior's home I moved into his home and was then
given the task of cleaning out his home. Well guess what I found, a silver
watch! This was in 1993. I of course did not hear the story of the watch
until a family reunion in 2000, unfortunately my grandfather had passed away
in 1998 so I was not able to discuss this with him.
At the 2000 family reunion my grandfather's younger brother's widow was
talking about the story and she is convinced that the heart attack that
killed her husband on a bus in Sweden was partly due to the Swedish Royal
family because her and her husband were on their way to the Royal house to
ask about this bastard child.
Believe it or not, but something to think about on a cool snowy Saturday
night.
Blaine Dumkee
Fort Smith NT
Canada
http://photos.yahoo.com/bdumkee
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steven E. Jackson
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:49 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] RE: Swedes, Norwegians, Minnesota cold
I didn't mean to start a discussion of the relative virtues of the
Scandinavian foke, I was just trying to paraphrase a saying the an old
Native American friend would use. His version wasn't very PC but it was
quite colorful. Lets just say it involved a another part of a tall Native
American's anatomy.
Steve
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