tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post7272433704001938971..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: On the Other HandJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-69308852891475671392015-06-24T23:37:53.747-07:002015-06-24T23:37:53.747-07:00...and we were so pleased with ourselves when we w......and we were so pleased with ourselves when we went to see my husband's cousin's kids and grandkids, back in Kansas, and realized that our daughter was visiting with her second cousins, once removed! Third cousins? I'm impressed, Far Side!<br /><br />Yes, definitely, that "Foundation" idea is exactly what I'd love to see. I think of it as donations for the development of the science. Of course, we aren't supposed to count a donation as tax deductible if we receive the benefit, ourselves, but something like that could definitely be a way for those who <i>can</i> afford it to help out others who'd like to test, but certainly <i>can't</i> afford it.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-62830377738789517362015-06-24T23:31:59.805-07:002015-06-24T23:31:59.805-07:00What a conceptual struggle that must have been bac...What a conceptual struggle that must have been back then, Iggy! I can't imagine an office, back then, without a fax machine! I suppose the thinking is, whatever their system was, if it worked without the new machine, why fix what wasn't broken?<br /><br />Still, some technological developments have been such work horses, I can't imagine getting business done without them. I know I could never have been the one woman show my small business was, back in the 1980s, if it weren't for my (now very rudimentary) computer.<br /><br />Though I read that thought about the fax machine many years ago, it crystalized that concept in my mind: we may pride ourselves on having the "machine"--whatever that technological invention might be--when in reality, what we've just been sold is not a new invention, but only <i>half</i> of that machine. It really doesn't deliver until there are at least two of them.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-80410646366554733312015-06-24T10:10:33.160-07:002015-06-24T10:10:33.160-07:00I know the testing is important to you, especially...I know the testing is important to you, especially since you don't have a whole bunch of cousins. I have many many cousins and second cousins and third cousins...so for us it isn't as important....howerver I wish that some "Foundation" would make it one of their tax deductions for those who want to discover their genetic relatives. :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-45894405015454081032015-06-24T08:00:49.442-07:002015-06-24T08:00:49.442-07:00This is another one of your well written posts! I...This is another one of your well written posts! I guess I fall into the "tin foil hat" crowd myself - <br /><br />The bit about the fax machine struck home with me. My father was one of the early proponents of faxing - and he had trouble getting his father to accept it in the office - I think if my grandfather had had his way - they would have been using messenger boys on horses (or bicycles) until the day he retired. :)Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com