...and neither does beta'ing (sorry nepthys_uk !), so this past week I've found myself with a little time to do some family history. I have a separate journal for that, but I thought I'd share two little things I've discovered over the past few days: (1) Until the 1760's, salmon was so plentiful and cheap in the Tay Valley (in Scotland) that the servants used to make it a condition of employment that they not be given it more than twice a week! (2) I've always known that my maternal... read more