I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
article on Netscape.

Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
Simply amazing!
Cyndi




Woman Gives Birth to Her 15th Child!
Michelle Duggar, 37, of Fayetteville, Ark., gave birth on Sunday
to Jackson Levi Duggar, her 15th child. Her husband, and father
of the brood whose names all begin with the letter "J," is former
Arkansas state legislator Jim Bob Duggar.

See a photo of the very large Duggar family taken in April when
Michelle was named Arkansas Young Mother of the Year.

The Associated Press reports that mother and baby are doing well
after the Caesarean section. Jackson weighed in at 7 pounds, 8
ounces. "She's a trouper. She's just all smiles," grandmother
Mary Duggar told AP. She gets the job of taking care of the 14
kids while Mom is in the hospital for three or four days. The
Duggers are even considering having more children. Jim Bob told
AP that he leaves that decision to his wife. "I have always left
it up to Michelle because she's actually the one that carries
them and does all the labor," he said. "But we both love
children. Even yesterday, she said she would like to have some
more."

Find out the startling reason why children born in the middle of
the family are at a much higher risk than their older or younger
siblings of not being as successful as an adult.

Michelle is a busy woman. In addition to caring and cooking for a
family of 17, she also home schools the children and is helping
to build the family's new home from the ground up. In addition to
Jackson, the family includes: Joshua, 16; twins Jana and
John-David, 14; Jill, 13; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9;
Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; twins Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 4;
James, 2; and Justin, 1.

Find out the top 10 names for baby boys and baby girls, according
to the Social Security Administration's annual list.

Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> article on Netscape.
>
> Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> Simply amazing!
> Cyndi
>
Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
having one

Jill


>
>
> Woman Gives Birth to Her 15th Child!
> Michelle Duggar, 37, of Fayetteville, Ark., gave birth on Sunday
> to Jackson Levi Duggar, her 15th child. Her husband, and father
> of the brood whose names all begin with the letter "J," is former
> Arkansas state legislator Jim Bob Duggar.
>
> See a photo of the very large Duggar family taken in April when
> Michelle was named Arkansas Young Mother of the Year.
>
> The Associated Press reports that mother and baby are doing well
> after the Caesarean section. Jackson weighed in at 7 pounds, 8
> ounces. "She's a trouper. She's just all smiles," grandmother
> Mary Duggar told AP. She gets the job of taking care of the 14
> kids while Mom is in the hospital for three or four days. The
> Duggers are even considering having more children. Jim Bob told
> AP that he leaves that decision to his wife. "I have always left
> it up to Michelle because she's actually the one that carries
> them and does all the labor," he said. "But we both love
> children. Even yesterday, she said she would like to have some
> more."
>
> Find out the startling reason why children born in the middle of
> the family are at a much higher risk than their older or younger
> siblings of not being as successful as an adult.
>
> Michelle is a busy woman. In addition to caring and cooking for a
> family of 17, she also home schools the children and is helping
> to build the family's new home from the ground up. In addition to
> Jackson, the family includes: Joshua, 16; twins Jana and
> John-David, 14; Jill, 13; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9;
> Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; twins Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 4;
> James, 2; and Justin, 1.
>
> Find out the top 10 names for baby boys and baby girls, according
> to the Social Security Administration's annual list.

>Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
>having one
>

I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once you
get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones, and
the ecology stabilizes.

Neil

"WardNA" > wrote in message
...
> >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> >having one
> >
>
> I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once
you
> get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones,
and
> the ecology stabilizes.
>
> Neil

My husband is one of 10 kids. He jokes that he was on A lunch and B dinner.
His mother is a little thing under 5 feet tall. Everyone in his family "had"
to help out with the chores. Of course she was not a perfectionist for the
sake of her own sanity.

Barbara

In article >,
(WardNA) wrote:

> >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine
> >even
> >having one
> >
>
> I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that
> once you get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the
> younger ones, and the ecology stabilizes.

>
> Neil

My sister said that three is the magic number -- if you've got three,
you might as well have five or six.
I'm number 13 in our family. The first 10 are all within 2-1/2 years of
each other; the last four of us are all 4 years apart. There's a 28
year span between my oldest sibling and me. Mom was a real piece of
work! She was a widow at 51 and had 5 kids under the age of 21 at the
time. God rest her weary soul.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sam I Am updated 5/16/04.
Less than a month until my birthday. "Shop early, shop often, shop
big." Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred. Or is it cheap
gin and good chocolate? I can never remember. . . .

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >,
> (WardNA) wrote:
>
> > >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine
> > >even
> > >having one
> > >
> >
> > I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that
> > once you get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the
> > younger ones, and the ecology stabilizes.
>
> >
> > Neil
>
> My sister said that three is the magic number -- if you've got three,
> you might as well have five or six.
> I'm number 13 in our family. The first 10 are all within 2-1/2 years of
> each other; the last four of us are all 4 years apart. There's a 28
> year span between my oldest sibling and me. Mom was a real piece of
> work! She was a widow at 51 and had 5 kids under the age of 21 at the
> time. God rest her weary soul.
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com>

She musta done something right<g>. Or your older siblings did,
since it's often the older kids that rear the younger, as did my
Mom. Youngest sibling is 18 years her junior, and her earliest
memory is of carrying her 3-year younger brother home to change his
diaper.

maxine in ri
stepchildren are the best: see 'em and send 'em home

Z GIRL wrote:
>
> "WardNA" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> > >having one
> > >
> >
> > I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once
> you
> > get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones,
> and
> > the ecology stabilizes.
> >
> > Neil
>
> My husband is one of 10 kids. He jokes that he was on A lunch and B dinner.
> His mother is a little thing under 5 feet tall. Everyone in his family "had"
> to help out with the chores. Of course she was not a perfectionist for the
> sake of her own sanity.
>
> Barbara

The lady who rides to work with me is one of 10.
Similar to your husband's mother her mother was a
tiny person. But unlike your husband's mother hers
*was* a perfectionist. She told how her mother would
make their school lunches and makes sure each child
got the type of condiment they liked best - mayo or
mustard or ketchup. And she often stayed up all night
ironing all their clothes. They didn't have very many
chores to do. They were fairly poor and just squeaked
by. There was about 20 or 25 years between the youngest
and oldest.

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

<<<snip about a woman having an abundance of children>>>

> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > article on Netscape.
> >
> > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > Simply amazing!
> > Cyndi
> >
> Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> having one
>
> Jill
>
An Aunt of mine in Illinois had 13 children - and then she died. All
single births, would have been 14 but one was stillborn. They needed
the labor for the farm.

Suzan

"jmcquown" wrote in message > > >

> >
> Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> having one
>
> Jill
>
I worked with a woman who had 13 children. I asked her how on earth she
found time to work a 40-hour week. She looked at me absolutely amazed and
said, "It's easy - I only have nine at home now."

Dora

"maxine in ri" wrote in message > > >
> >
> She musta done something right<g>. Or your older siblings did,
> since it's often the older kids that rear the younger, as did my
> Mom. Youngest sibling is 18 years her junior, and her earliest
> memory is of carrying her 3-year younger brother home to change his
> diaper.
>
> maxine in ri
> stepchildren are the best: see 'em and send 'em home

My mother was the oldest of 7, four of them 2 years apart, a lapse of quite
a few years then three more. The youngest was only 10 years older than I
was. She said she really missed having her childhood, since the new
babies were handed over to her to raise.

Dora

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > article on Netscape.
> >
> > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > Simply amazing!
> > Cyndi
> >
> Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> having one
>
> Jill
>
My stepfather's mother had 23 children, at least 4 sets of twins in the
mix.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

limey wrote:

>
> "maxine in ri" wrote in message > > >
>> >
>> She musta done something right<g>. Or your older siblings did,
>> since it's often the older kids that rear the younger, as did my
>> Mom. Youngest sibling is 18 years her junior, and her earliest
>> memory is of carrying her 3-year younger brother home to change his
>> diaper.
>>
>> maxine in ri
>> stepchildren are the best: see 'em and send 'em home
>
> My mother was the oldest of 7, four of them 2 years apart, a lapse of
> quite
> a few years then three more. The youngest was only 10 years older than I
> was. She said she really missed having her childhood, since the new
> babies were handed over to her to raise.

My ex-wife's aunt had 9 kids. She stopped only because she had some parts
removed that are essential to the process.

The neighor down the street from her had 14 --- her oldest delivered the
youngest on the kitchen table.

---jkb

--
"Bam!"
-- Bam-Bam Rubble

In article <cjfullerSPAMORAMA-F69904.11243627052004
@news6.west.earthlink.net>, says...
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> > Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > > article on Netscape.
> > >
> > > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > > Simply amazing!
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> > having one
> >
> > Jill
> >
> My stepfather's mother had 23 children, at least 4 sets of twins in the
> mix.

Wow - that's a quick way to start a family when popping twins at least
what, a third of the time?

A family that large just boggles my mind. Of all my friends, the largest
family had four kids. Must be a city thing.

limey wrote:

> My mother was the oldest of 7, four of them 2 years apart, a lapse of quite
> a few years then three more. The youngest was only 10 years older than I
> was. She said she really missed having her childhood, since the new
> babies were handed over to her to raise.


I hear that. I was the oldest of eight, all born within an eleven year
span.




Brian Rodenborn

Tony P. > writes:
> A family that large just boggles my mind. Of all my friends, the largest
> family had four kids. Must be a city thing.

My SO is from a family of 5 kids, and it's fun watching her count them
off on her fingers when she's trying to list them all.

Then again, when I was growing up in Arizona, there were a number of
very large families (8+ kids, mostly, but not entirely LDS families)
with children that attended school with me and were friends.
Sometimes we jokingly refered to them as "dynasties", since as one
child would graduate another one would come up from the Junior High to
replace them.

It was interesting, since the family dynamics of my friends' large
families were very different than my own, with just my parents and a
single older brother.


--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

Nothing to be proud of.

"Richard Kaszeta" wrote in message

<snipped>
>
> It was interesting, since the family dynamics of my friends' large
> families were very different than my own, with just my parents and a
> single older brother.
> --
> Richard W Kaszeta

I think the larger family, the more laid back it is. Somehow, everyone
seems to end up OK.

Oh, I forgot - my Dad's mother had 17 children, and my Dad would say, "But
only 11 survived".
I only know that when the whole clan would get together at Christmas, we had
one fun, humdinger of a time. It's a wonder the whole house didn't fall
down.

Dora

In article >, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > article on Netscape.
> >
> > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > Simply amazing!
> > Cyndi

My wife's father was one of 15, but it was a little different, because his
father was a bigamist. There were two little houses, side by side, and
the wives were sisters. One died in childbirth leaving the other with the
15 kids.


One of my best friends in high school had 7 brothers and 7 sisters. I
went over to her house several times. It was a zoo. She showed me their
pantry, where they had a 100 pound box of cake mix, and a whole lot of
other food. They ate in two shifts. Some of the oldest were adults and
no longer lived there, and the youngest was two. They lived in this huge,
old three story house. It was a lot of fun visiting but I wouldn't want
to live there.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

Dan Abel wrote:

> My wife's father was one of 15, but it was a little different, because his
> father was a bigamist.

How can that be? Once you're married, you cannot legally marry again.

(laugh) nancy (sorry, dan, it's one of those it's illegal to commit
suicide things ... the guy had a wife and a chick on the side)

In article >,
wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > My wife's father was one of 15, but it was a little different, because his
> > father was a bigamist.
>
> How can that be? Once you're married, you cannot legally marry again.
>
> (laugh) nancy (sorry, dan, it's one of those it's illegal to commit
> suicide things ... the guy had a wife and a chick on the side)

It was a little (100 people) town in Southern Utah. It *was* illegal,
although it had been legal not too long before. They were devout Mormons,
and I suspect that they really *were* married in the church, both of
them. Every time the sheriff came by, the guy had to hide out. After one
of them died, he turned himself in, but the judge ruled that since he was
no longer a bigamist, he'd drop the charges.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

In article
>,
Cindy Fuller > wrote:

> My stepfather's mother had 23 children, at least 4 sets of twins in the
> mix.

GROUCHO: "Why do you have so many children? That's a big responsibility
and a big burden."

MRS. STORY (GAMESHOW GUEST): "Well, because I love my children and I
think that's our purpose here on Earth, and I love my husband."

GROUCHO: "I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a
while."

--
Julian Vrieslander

A friend tells the story of the time he and his sisters went to their
mother with a question:

"Mom, Alice, Beverly, Minnie and I are all spaced roughly 2 years apart,
but Charlie is 5 years younger. Was he a mistake?"

Their mother didn't miss a beat. She looked them straight in the eye
and said:

"You all were."


--Lia


Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> I'm number 13 in our family. The first 10 are all within 2-1/2 years of
> each other; the last four of us are all 4 years apart.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:08:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> arranged random neurons, so they looked
like this:

>My sister said that three is the magic number -- if you've got three,
>you might as well have five or six.

<snippidy>

I always said I didn't want to have the kids outnumber the parents (or
more kids than I had hands to smack with).

Jeez, Barb - 12 sibs? Wowser!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Duncan Hines

To reply, remove replace "spaminator" with "cox"

In article >, Terry Pulliam
Burd > wrote:

> On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:08:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > arranged random neurons, so they looked
> like this:
>
> >My sister said that three is the magic number -- if you've got three,
> >you might as well have five or six.
>
> <snippidy>
>
> I always said I didn't want to have the kids outnumber the parents (or
> more kids than I had hands to smack with).

Good thinking!

> Jeez, Barb - 12 sibs? Wowser!

Were Sister Mary still alive, she'd be 87 this year. I'm pushing 59.
In less than a month. "-)
I have a niece who is two years older than I. I've got 28 nieces and
nephews, 50 grand-nieces and -nephews, and four great-grand-nephews. :-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sam I Am updated 5/16/04.
Less than a month until my birthday. "Shop early, shop often, shop
big." Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred. Or is it cheap
gin and good chocolate? I can never remember. . . .

On 27 May 2004 10:45:06 GMT, (WardNA) wrote:

> >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> >having one
> >
>
> I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once you
> get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones, and
> the ecology stabilizes.
>
The "having" part them is what grosses out women who have
done it w/o anesthetics.



Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:08:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> I'm number 13 in our family.

Lucky 13!?!

> Mom was a real piece of work!

Oh, don't say that.... it's usually a derogatory term.

> She was a widow at 51 and had 5 kids under the age of 21 at the
> time. God rest her weary soul.

Weary? I agree! I had more than I could handle with 2.



Practice safe eating - always use condiments

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > article on Netscape.
> >
> > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > Simply amazing!
> > Cyndi
> >
> Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> having one
>
> Jill
>

My Grandma on my mom's side had 15 kids, and 101 grandkids (1st generation,
this doesn't count the great grandkids or great-great grandkids). She was an
amazing woman, and raised an amazing family.
They owned a very large farm, which meant that they raised most of their own
food. She canned every year all the wonderful fruits and veggies that they
grew, and things like chicken in stock, different stocks and soups, etc. She
also made clothes...it was always something special if you got a flannel
shirt from Grandma.
I loved having my kids, and if I could, I would have more...at least one.
Despite being sick 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the whole pregnancy
(both times, though the 2nd was easier since the Doctors I had by then
actually knew what was wrong)...I loved being pregnant, and I loved giving
birth, and I am amazingly blessed to have my kids.

kimberly

"Z GIRL" > wrote in message
...
>
> "WardNA" > wrote in message
> ...
> > >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine
even
> > >having one
> > >
> >
> > I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that
once
> you
> > get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones,
> and
> > the ecology stabilizes.
> >
> > Neil
>
> My husband is one of 10 kids. He jokes that he was on A lunch and B
dinner.
> His mother is a little thing under 5 feet tall. Everyone in his family
"had"
> to help out with the chores. Of course she was not a perfectionist for the
> sake of her own sanity.
>
> Barbara

I'm one of 8. We all had to do chores too, but I tell you-- I would much
rather have done yard work than the dishes!

kimberly


>
>
>

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> (WardNA) wrote:
>
> > >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine
> > >even
> > >having one
> > >
> >
> > I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that
> > once you get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the
> > younger ones, and the ecology stabilizes.
>
> >
> > Neil
>
> My sister said that three is the magic number -- if you've got three,
> you might as well have five or six.
> I'm number 13 in our family. The first 10 are all within 2-1/2 years of
> each other; the last four of us are all 4 years apart. There's a 28
> year span between my oldest sibling and me. Mom was a real piece of
> work! She was a widow at 51 and had 5 kids under the age of 21 at the
> time. God rest her weary soul.

All of my older brothers are 1 year apart, until it gets to my sister.
There's two years between her and my next older brother, three between her
and me, and four between me and the youngest. It's like they waited a little
longer each time...lol. Also, most of us were born in the summer, so I
always tell my mom I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for those cold
Minnesota winters!

kimberly




> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sam I Am updated 5/16/04.
> Less than a month until my birthday. "Shop early, shop often, shop
> big." Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred. Or is it cheap
> gin and good chocolate? I can never remember. . . .

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
> > I was going to check my E-mail when I stumbled across this
> > article on Netscape.
> >
> > Can you imagine what meal times are like in that household?! I
> > can't imagine how $$ it would be to feed and clothe that many!
> > Simply amazing!
> > Cyndi
> >
> Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> having one

My father is one of thirteen children. It wasn't considered that big a
deal.

Miche

--
If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
-- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"

>
>I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once you
>get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones, and
>the ecology stabilizes.

Having one child makes you a parent...
Having two children makes you a referee...

"Bill Reynolds" > wrote in message
...
: >
: >I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in
others) that once you
: >get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the
younger ones, and
: >the ecology stabilizes.
:
: Having one child makes you a parent...
: Having two children makes you a referee...
=========

So... with having 15 does that a football coach make? Or
baseball coach?

--
Cyndi
<Remove a "b" to reply>

Kate Connally wrote:
<snip>
> And she often stayed up all night
> ironing all their clothes. They didn't have very many
> chores to do. They were fairly poor and just squeaked
> by. There was about 20 or 25 years between the youngest
> and oldest.

Trim this down to six and this was my family. I remember my mother
ironing PJs!
And after eschewing this 4 full decades, I have a baby and have become a
workaholic.
blacksalt
ObFood:
In desperation, drain the hot and sour sauce off your good takeout, warm
it the next day and pour over fresh steamed veggies and rice for a
"leftovers" when all the Chinese takeout was consumed.

On Sun, 30 May 2004 00:53:57 -0500, wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2004 09:01:06 -0400, Bill Reynolds
> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once you
>>>get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones, and
>>>the ecology stabilizes.
>>
>>Having one child makes you a parent...
>>Having two children makes you a referee...
>
>I am a male and I have 29 children and no wife. All the children live
>with me, and we are all happy. What does that make me?


A guest on the Jerry Springer Show ???


<rj>

>I am a male and I have 29 children and no wife. All the children live
>with me, and we are all happy. What does that make me?
>

A katydid?

"limey" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Richard Kaszeta" wrote in message
>
> <snipped>
> >
> > It was interesting, since the family dynamics of my friends' large
> > families were very different than my own, with just my parents and a
> > single older brother.
> > --
> > Richard W Kaszeta
>
> I think the larger family, the more laid back it is. Somehow, everyone
> seems to end up OK.
>
> Oh, I forgot - my Dad's mother had 17 children, and my Dad would say, "But
> only 11 survived".
> I only know that when the whole clan would get together at Christmas, we
had
> one fun, humdinger of a time. It's a wonder the whole house didn't fall
> down.
>
I grew up the youngest of six kids. Not large by these standards, but
pretty big by today's standards. We get together often and always have a
good time. I agree with what you say about large families being laid back.
You'd have to or your nerves would be shot. LOL!!

"WardNA" > wrote in message
...
> >Our cook, Alum, in Bangkok had 20 living children. I cannot imagine even
> >having one
> >
>
> I found two to be easier than one; and I've observed (in others) that once
you
> get four or five, you start applying the older ones to the younger ones,
and
> the ecology stabilizes.

Hee hee!! My Mom says after three you run out of hands and it's all the
same no matter how many more you have.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:08:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I'm number 13 in our family.

this probably accounts for your shyness.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:40:05 -0700, Jeff Bienstadt
> wrote:
>The neighor down the street from her had 14 --- her oldest delivered the
>youngest on the kitchen table.
>
>---jkb

now *that's* bonding!

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:02:13 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
> wrote:

>
>GROUCHO: "Why do you have so many children? That's a big responsibility
>and a big burden."

i'll take this as license to post a joke. a mother who had many kids
was asked 'why so many?'

'it's the only way of know of to keep the youngest one from getting
spoiled.'

your pal,
blake