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Old 08-22-2006, 09:49 AM   #1
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Guys, i just came ont this site, gordon is my ouncle, and i am not just pulling your leg. My dad grew up with him but depated after they got older... My dad told me yesterday... I would love to meet my ouncle too... If u guys could help me out that would be great.. or even a place where i can get a hold of them
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Old 08-22-2006, 11:25 AM   #2
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I am not sure if you are serious but one thing as far as is known Gordon's siblings comprise one sister who must therefore be your mother and her husband is your father, making Gordon your
(o)uncle.To check your credentials therefore perhaps you could confirm her name for us.
In any case I am positive that she would certainly know where and how you could met Gordon
Otherwise the address of Gordon's management company is often quoted in these forums for example at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...=003582#000001
You can therefore phone or write, but not email as their/Gord's email addy is a not known or AFAIK never given out (even if it exists)
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Old 08-22-2006, 12:10 PM   #3
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Watson -

The Hamilton/Hamilton area isn't that far from Toronto - give a call to EMP and make an appt. to see him...John posted the link for info.

or check with your mum for the next time she's visiting him/he's visiting her.

I'm sure he'll be surprised to see you!
I've only ever known about one nephew. And as mentioned he has only one sister.

Let us know how it goes....
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Old 08-22-2006, 02:11 PM   #4
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hey guys im back, i am just about to press the button after i send this messege. My dad is related to him. His name is harold his real name but i dont know if the names he has now were just givin to him back then. He is also known by mike or micheal.My dad was his cousin, and i call my parents cousins either aunte or ouncle too sorry if that confused you. And i would not just go and tell you guys lies, because thats wrong...
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Old 08-22-2006, 02:26 PM   #5
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Well I'm still confused but I know my daughter calls my cousin "aunt"...
lol
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Old 08-22-2006, 02:58 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by charlene:
Well I'm still confused
You and me both Char but not half as confused as poor Sherlock Holmes!!

From a page headed obviously
"Elementary! My Dear Watson!"
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Old 08-22-2006, 05:09 PM   #7
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Quote:
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hey guys im back, i am just about to press the button after i send this messege. My dad is related to him. His name is harold his real name but i dont know if the names he has now were just givin to him back then. He is also known by mike or micheal.My dad was his cousin, and i call my parents cousins either aunte or ouncle too sorry if that confused you. And i would not just go and tell you guys lies, because thats wrong...
If your dad was Gordon's first cousin, then you'd be a cousin once removed, not his uncle.
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:28 PM   #8
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reminds me of the song "I'm My Own Grandpa"
video:


and lyrics are:
I'm My Own Grandpa
Lyrics: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe
Music: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe

Played by Jerry Garcia with David Grisman

Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter
Though it really brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy

This little baby then became
A brother-in-law to Dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
Then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
WHo of course is my step-mother

Chorus
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa

My father's wife then had a son
Who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife
She's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother
Then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandma
I am my own grandpa
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:38 PM   #9
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Charlene,

That's hilarious. I easily become confused when it comes to family relations.

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Old 08-22-2006, 07:39 PM   #10
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Um I hate to say the obvious but I would think that if one were related to somebody famous they would know how to get a hold of them.

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Old 08-22-2006, 08:00 PM   #11
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Good one Gord ! I was thinking the same thing myself but what do I know ? LOL

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Old 08-22-2006, 08:05 PM   #12
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gord H:
Um I hate to say the obvious but I would think that if one were related to somebody famous they would know how to get a hold of them.



you too Bill!

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Old 08-23-2006, 09:46 AM   #13
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Guys I know its confusing ok, your just goin to have to believe me ok. I just found out about being related to him ok? And no I dont know how to get a hold of him ok Like i said my dad and him grew up together when hey were kids. They moved away, from each other after a while, my dad wont tell me anything else ok. Tell tell u guys what happens when i call him.
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Old 08-23-2006, 05:42 PM   #14
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Quote:
Originally posted by MistyMoppens:
well "ok"
Well allright er um I mean OK,OK,. In all of this discussion I feel we have lost sight of the actual question that our new friebd was asking
"place i can meet gordon"
The correct answer as we approach Massey 2006 is surely the hallowed Hall itself and if Watson contacts EMP by phone or letter and declares that Gordon is "Mon Oncle"
i reckon he'd have a fighting chance of being able to meet him after one of the concerts
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This topic has revived pleasant memories of the great 1958 comedy film called coincidentally "Mon Oncle" by "Tatty Jack"
If you ever saw it you'll never forget the architectural wonders of his house

and especially the decoration of his Swimmimg Pool

I really must try to find a library with a copy it is many years since I last saw Monsieur Hulot
in that film or his earlier 1953 "vacances" epic

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Please note that I have not strayed off topic as it was after all, all about Watson's so-called (o/(u)ncle wasn't it?
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