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Hi?? Anybody reading The Newspapers?? Ok!! So a lot of Bad things are happening??  Is there any Good things to chat about??

Am at my wits end!! Just don't know what else to try ::) ::)

No News is good news Phoenix !

Hose pipe bans have been lifted in Essex !

  No waiting lists for  Black Death and Bubonic Plague  patients over the past 12 months  -- NHS are finally on top of  the target requirements .!

and i saw the sun today !!!!! it didnt rain for 4 hours ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Oh and I saw 2 butterflies ! for the first time this year 8)

Two butterflies do not make a summer Mac  -- but i'm sure they were having a damned good try !

they looked a bit damp to me ! :D

Morning Shopping and watching the Birds in our garden!! Afternoon ?? Heavy Rain and Hail?? Can one really beat Variety?? Wondering how the Flooded out people are getting on??

Thr Killer Petal,in the d mail this am, man slips on flower petal and is suing the shopkeeper for a million and a half pounds.already ot has cost the shopkeepr £40,000 in legal costs, the irony is, helooks like winning.I despair.
When are we going to get some judges who have got the guts to throw these cases out. Soon the leaves will start falling,then we can all use a bit of cunning and be able to retire with a nice fat handout.

Ha! Ha! and Ha! I am sure that most people are aware that 'Common Sence' Died -- Long Ago!! -- Now you know just why I Dispear?? I am totally 'Sick' of stupid people and the way some try to SUE, othere's!! -- Was they not taught to look where they are walking?? i.e. Make sure The Road Is Clear -- Before Crossing!!

We have a 'wide path' outside our bungalow and I am frequently sweeping up the fallen leaves or little apples -- Just in case someone puts their Foot on them and Slips??
Should I really do that?? Would 'they' try to 'sue' us if 'they' FELL ?? -- People?? There Is No Pleasing??

Another??  Travellers recently  vacated a site and left a terrible mess??  A nearby company, voluteered to clearup = 40 bags of rubbish including human waste??   The Council want to charge this company to Dump The Rubbish  ::) ::) IF the Travellers had cleared up, after themselves (bags given) There would have been NO CHARGE  ::) ::) ???

 Just Where Is The Logic  ::) ::)  ???

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Hi Mac, Not likely?? But then I do not put anything personal onto my computer!! Good Warning for othere's. Thank You!!

Re law suits  --- it was a big mistake to take the prohibition off Solicitors advertising their services and being able to approach prospective clients !
Why were they called solicitors in the first place ?

How Very True!!

When I was young solicitors were for helping you if you got into trouble.
Now though they are trained to find loopholes,and "no win no fee"

"When I was young I served a term
As office boy to an attorney firm.
I cleaned the windows
I washed the floors
And polished up the knockers
On the big front doors !"

(  Acknowledgements to G & S  )

Well they do have a very rigorous training !

I read today of a guy who is forgetful,he is only 57.
It is the only time i have heard of forgetfulness making any sense,apparently he bought a lottery ticket and then forgot he had bought it !
So he bought another one ! same numbers
And lo and behold he won the jackpot not once but twice !!!!!
He won £479.142 twice,but...........there were 5 winners,and if he had only bought one ticket he would have won £598.927.twice..........I dont think he will be too bothered! ;D

What day is tomorrow ?
Its shrove tuesday,the eve of Lent,one of the great christian traditions.But hardly anyone seems to know it exists or what its about.Its a sad day when even pancake day falls flat.So get your frying pans out !

Thanks Mac, didnt realise it was tomorrow, Pinnys at the ready, i will turn it with a spatula tho,the last time i tried throwing it up, I ruined mi hair style.

Oh eck William we cant have that !!!
use a smaller pan love  ;D ;D

Pancake day?? had not given it a thought!! Thinks?? Shopping tomorrow, better get me some s'lovelly pancakes and Syrup!!

Dont forget the lemons phoenix !!!

Thanks Mac,  Just goes to show, a long time since I had them. Lemon Juice on my shopping list!!

Pancake day, what a funny day - unknown in Germany. In our family we had pancake day nearly every Friday.

Pancakes?? Hum!!  I missed mine. Went shopping for Eve and got everything --- But pancakes?? Couldn't be 'bothered' to go out again???

You don't make them by yourself, you buy them already made - that's interesting. Pancakes are here one of the quick dishes.

Pancakes ready made = Yes!!  Have bought them, but I used to enjoy making them myself, perhaps I will remember when out shopping later this week!!  S'lovelly to smoil oneself, just now and then!!! ---- Yummy??

I have never seen or heard of ready made pancakes. they are so easy to make. Do you mean pancake mix

Hi William, Yer?? Pancakes ready made. No Fun!! ---
Make them yourself, then you can give 'em a Toss?? --
Stand wiv yer back, ter the Sink and --- TOSS??
IF it's A Miss?? -- Look in The Sink??  =   SPLAT!!

I see that bishops dropped another clanger !

Trouble is Mac, he is in a powerful position and a lot of ppl beleive everything he says.
Someone in the Telegraph descibed him as a "flower head in a frock"
I think it would be the quickest way to Enochs, river of blood.

Howdy William, Do You believe in 'Telepathy,???
Those were my words this saturday, discussing those issues!
What was that man? thinking about?? -- Perhaps he is a relation of Enoch's  ::) ::) ::)

I think we need Enoch`s relations here right now !

A strange proposition your archbishop made.

He is a strange man Teri
out of touch with reality !

Hum!!  Maybe just a 'normal' man?? That opens his mouth Without Thinking??  Could make a Good M.P.???????
Religion and Politics, should not be 'Brothers' !!

Are there any news in this respect - I couldn't find anything in our newspapers on the going on.

No Teri
he is still the bishop !

Aren't they bishop for a life time?

Perhaps The Media, are 'clouding over' the subject??

Teri I dont a about how long the are in term for,all we hear is a new bishop has been appointed.


Phoenix
Media are England...................its how they represent it that people believe.

The Media are The National Newspapers, which only 'Tell' the people wthey want the people to know ??
 Yes!! Our's is The Choice, as to what WE chose to Believe?? -- "THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH , SO HELP ME GOD" -- OR THE 'DEVIL' IF THAT JUSTIFIES THE STATEMENT????? ---
 AM NOT MAKING ANY EXCUSES!!  I JUST FEEL SO ANGRY!!

To be fair to the media,I think we knew even less in the past.

Could well be??  Accepting that not really many BAD things happened, at least with the Frequency as today??

Yes thats as may well be phoenix but.........how would we know..if they never reported it

Mac,  Quite right. I still want to believe, that People were 'better behaved'??  At least in the 50/60s.??  Since then, every decade seems to have got worse, as with so much has/is being totally abused. -- Perhaps, I would like to see more good/encouraging Items in the newspapers, just for the benifit for people?? -- Even Today!! Many crimes do not get reported, as the victims only receive a number??
This would include, Rape, Break ins, Animal Cruelty(up) and Child Cruelty, Arson, Theft and there must be many more, as the victims are sometimes, Ignored??

You are right - people behaved better in the 50/60s - but I think it's also a bit our fault - we brought up this generation. Maybe we spoilt them too much.

.... but why is it you can get prosecuted for having an overweight dog? (happened recently) - yet people can have fat kids?????

Hi C.B.- Maybe it is because an Animal cannot 'tell' a human, when it is in Pain?? -- Children can??

and they say we are confused ! >:(

Mac, Is It not, the way we are 'supposed' to be ?? the frequency is increasing with age --- and Maturity??
 The main 'culprit' is the news ?? = Remedy?? Don't Watch and Don't Read ?? --- Suggest to Ignor --Might get worse ??

Yeh Phoenix till you go to the docs and he says "you could do with some weight off" like they do !
wish they would leave us alone,they dont know what they want we are living longer and thats costing,we die young and they moan. !

Be Happy with who and what you are!! - Nobody knows your Body like you do -- A little of what you fancy, does you good --- But ?? Don't overdo it ?? That is Fair!!
 Our Doctor usually says, " Do you smoke"??  I say, "Yes thank you " -- As for weight ?? As we get Older, we all put weight On!!

Has anybody seen the video of the plane caught by a gust of wind while landing in Hamburg. Truly amazing skill by the pilot, who avoided certain disaster by his skill.

William, We missed that, but was told about it. - Not the same as seeing though??----- Well Done The Pilot!!

Yes saw that William
glad I wasnt on it  :o

Me too Mac,I bet there was a lot of mucky washing when the passengers got home.

read in the paper today, 3 illegal imigrants stowed away on a lorry trying to leave the country, they were spotted by the driver, who rang the police, guess what, they were arrested and bruught back into the country.

and the follow-up is we have to pay to send them back ! well the tax payers do

... that's everywhere in Europe the same

One must not forget ---- THEIR??   Human Rights???
After all, 'they' are being offered £3,000 to go back??
(and return)?? -- £28 million is being Paid for Children of 'their' living abroad ???????

yes I read that too phoenix
where can the brits go in the world where they would be paid child benefits for kids who dont live with them ? !!!!!

If this is Heaven?? then there is only one place, for The Brits. to go for 'equality'  ::) ::)
 It Is called ------- Hell !!!!! -----WHY?? ----
 Because British People, will Never be accepted as The Prime Race and christainanity, as we know it?? Will cease to excist??? -- Yes!! I could be wrong, but this is also as some of our friends see the future  ::) ::) ::) ::)

someone has to make a stance and soon !

That is like saying "Power To The People" ?? All one has to do, Is to find those people??  I believe the Best have Gone!!  --- Too Late!! Too Late!! Was The Cry??

Cant wait for summer
here is a canal near me.........lovely isnt it ?

Hi Mac, Thanks for your Picture!! -- It is not very often that we can really, take time off -- To think only of Peace and Tranquility  as we used to do -- What a Wonderful feeling, to get away from life's probs:

"Cruising down the river on a sunday afternoon"
 Is something everybody needs, now and then!!

Ty phoenix
I try and find the time because life too short !!

A little snippet in the mail today, it appears a man in Missouri, was putting up a new aeriel and needed to drill a hole in the house wall,despite all his efforts he couldnt, so he took his gun and shot a hole in the wall, unfortunately his wife was on the other side and he shot her. One born every mi nute.

Mac, You are so right!!  After two bad years, there are lots I would like to do. Have to wait for the blood tests on April 7th. to quantify my health standard:

William, Had to read twice to believe it ??

William that last sentence - is it British humour?

Yeh Teri we have hundreds of them lol
a bit like "not a full shilling"
and a penny short of a pound
you are getting there lol

funny humour - we call it dark humour.

I thought that people from europe, enjoyed our sense of Humour  ;D ;D ;D --- Not that WE understand it Everytime  ::) ::)

OH EUROPEANS HAVE MUCH PROBLEM IN UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH SENSE OF HUMOUR - IT'S RATHER DIFFERENT FROM GERMAN OR FRENCH HUMOUR:

There must be a 'wide' sense of humour around the world that differs, from each country???

that's quite true, but the English humour is of a "special quality"

Hi Teri,  Is that ---"Weird -Wonderful -Wacky"   ::) ::)
Nothing 'special' --- Just Different  ;D ;D

Very much, I'll require decades to understand it!

Stick with it teri you will get there ! ;D

Thank you Mac for encouraging me!

Teri,   No Complaints??  You really are doing WELL, to understand Us  --- 'types' ??  Keep at it and Enjoy??

Int she just Brill !!!
none of us could do it could we ?

Teri, Brill ????   Of course She is!!  Not only Joins in our discussions, but add's Interest to the forum!!
 Thank You Very much Teri!!

And gives us brits another countrys point !

I hope you are interested in the situation in other European countries, I'm quite interested in the UK situation.

Teri, I am sure, many people are Interested in just what is happening in Europe??  But we hear and see, so little ---- most of our news is about, far eastern places ::) ::)
Yet europe is supposed to be, very close (partners)??
 One Community ?? I don't think so, as we would have a 'daily' picture !!

I would like to speak to people on here from Brussels,you never hear them complain do you  ::)

Mac, you have something there?? -- Is it because Brussels, is The Home?? of The E.C. ?? (CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME)??
 
 

Mac, you can write to your British representative in Brussels. Every country has representatives there. However, I'm of the opinion that they don't "move" fast enough, they are working much too slow. It's true there are some sectors where they do a good job (fihting against crimes), but on others (protection of environment) they are only discussing.

HUM!! Some have already been found out??  Signed IN and gone away, then come back, -- to sign Out!! ---
 So first you have to find them?? --or write>> But only expect a reply from The Secretaries, secretary  ::) ::)
 Not from "The Horses Mouth" ??

Phoenix, herafter some of your representatives in Brussels:

Permanent Representative
Kim Darroch is the UK's Permanent Representative. He has overall responsibility for the work of UKRep and sits in the UK seat in the Committee of Permanent Representatives a.k.a COREPER II or Coreper (Ambassadors). This focuses mainly on the issues covered in European Councils and in the General Affairs, ECOFIN, Budget, Justice and Home Affairs, and Development Councils.
Deputy Permanent Representative
Andy Lebrecht sits in the UK seat in the committee of Deputy Permanent Representatives a.k.a Coreper (Deputies) or COREPER I and has particular responsibility for the specialist Councils, eg Internal Market, Consumers, Industry, Environment, Social Affairs, Telecommunications, Energy, Transport, Fisheries.
Representative to the Political and Security Committee
Tim Barrow is the United Kingdom Representative to the EU’s Political and Security Committee.
Military Representative to the EU
Vice Admiral Anthony Dymock

 

Hi Teri,  Thank you for The Information!!

Hope it will perhaps be of use to you some day!

Teri, Although your list was interesting, I have taken a 'Diplomatic' Retreat, from Political Issues!!
I, as with othere's cannot continue to accept their lie's and betrayl to our people!! -- We cannot find a person or party, capable of 'lifting this country' out of The Pit!!

All those people and just what do they do ?

Mac, I suppose they are trying their best for the UK, but it's difficult - consider there are such a lot of people of different countries and mentalities together and to reconcile them must be hard. If I think of my family - we were only four persons, but most of them individualists and it was sometimes nearly impossible.
So don't be too severe with your UK representatives in Brussels.

Is this our Teri on her hols lol

Yer!!  reckon one of 'em is oput Teri  ;D ;D ;D

Yeh Phoenix I reckon its the middle one lol

Now I am confused??  They are all good looking and happy!!

But two of them look like twins !!!!

From the D.Mail, York city council have fitted their refuse wagons with Stat Navs and maps of mainland Europe at a cost of £40,000. I bet the residents are delighted that their council tax is being spent wisely.

What a shame they have nothing else to do with OUR MONEY!!!
How on earth did we manage before SAT NAVS ?
Mainland Europe..............why ?
its all too much !!!!!! ::)

Oh!!  Goody! Goody!!  More Money Wasted??  The councils, must have a very large 'Money Tree'!! -- Thanks to all those kind people that 'Donate' ?? --- As for 'Sat Navs'??  Why be suprised ?? What makes you think that our people can actually Read Road Maps ::) ::) ::)

A man living in London is 112 today, they are bringing him to RAF Cranwell, having a fly past for him and a parachute jump display. He joined the RAF in 1918 after serving in WW1 in France. An Air Marshall is to be present. I hope he has a great day, hes earned it

I see another Euro MP has bit the dust ! for cheating on his expenses...............what can I say ? who will be next ?
He said he did nothing wrong........to the tune of 3/4 of a million lol
The sooner we come out the better thus less MPs to cheat on us !

Where is Phoenix ? has he gone away ?


Teri and where are you ? have you met a spaniard lol

William I am relying on you to answer me lol

Teri is back today Mac, as for Pheonix i am not sure, he seemed to take the huff about something I said. I hope not, because after all, it is a discussion forum.

I dont think Phoenix would take the hump William he dishes it back and is a bit long in the tooth for all that he is probably taking a break for a while and doing the garden.
Glad Teri is back have you missed her lol

Yes, I'm back again!
As to Phoenix - as far as I know he had an appointment with his doctors last week - maybe he doesn't feel well at the moment or perhaps he has to stay in hospital for some days.
He certainly will come back again!

Last post from Pheonix, he said he may retire from this scene,not sure what he meant by that.That was on June 5th and he hasnt posted since.

Wiliam, as to Phoenix this seems to be bad news - if I recollect correctly he had some blood tests on June 4th and since I'm back again, he hasn't been "online".

Well let us all hope him and Eve are both ok

Hello All, Here I am back on line. Has been a bad two weeks,for us both. -- There are times when one feels -- what the hell and don't want to do anything and personally, have never felt so bad. had my electrical tests on saturday, at addenbrookes cambridge and awaiting the results to come to my local hospital.

Will try to keep my 'spirits' up and join in at times.

Good on you !

Thanks Mac, If you read the Daily Mail as WE do and note how much everything is getting worse, I hope that you can understand just why we get so very angry. It's not only our health. So much, is so very wrong, for our people and i feel it will get worse -- How much can we take ????
189,000 teens on the dole, don't want to work??
Junior Minister earning £192,000 per year plus high expences?? tells US "TO STOP MOANING" -- CAN YOU BELIEVE IT
Does it Help The People  ::) ::) ::)

No,but they cant take our vote............yet !!!

WISH THAT I COULD FIND SOMEONE WORTH VOTING FOR ??

Here here !!

SURELY THERE MUST BE 'SOMEONE' IN THE WHOLE OF THIS COUNTRY, THAT ACTUALLY BELIEVES, IN THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND PUT 'THEIR OWN PEOPLE' --- FIRST, ON AN EQUAL BASIS ??
THAT OF COURSE, IS TO BE WITHOUT 'TOTAL GREED' ---
 A PURE BLOODED EXTROVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW TELL ,ME, THAT IS A PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY ::) ::) ::)

A SHORT SHARP SHOCK FOR KNIVERS, STILL PUSSYFOOTING ABOUT. HOW THESE THUGS WILL ENJOY A DAY AT THE HOSP, VISITING THERE VICTIMS. PROBABLY NICK A FEW BSYRINGES AND DRUGS WHILE THEY ARE THERE. THE ONLY SHORT SHOCK THEY WANT IS AN ELECTRIC ONE.
I SOME TIMES WONDER HOW MUCH MORE STUPID WE CAN GET.

Hi William, Did'nt know whether to laugh or Cry at that Idea ?? -- It sure would NOT Help The Victim!! But just WHY do they carry KNives??  What is their intension??
 What would 'They' feel, If they was knifed ???
 We should 'Merit'  Zero Tolerance NOW!! With Maximum Penalty for The Criminal NOW!! --- How many more Deaths will there be Before the End of this Month???

I heard today it costs 4p an hour if you leave your pc on
so I now switch mine off when I am not using it !
Anyone else got any costcutting ideas.?

Stop eating Mac, you will save a fortune.

it's not so easy to find 'cost cuttings' we take so much for granted, that we forget the little things, as Mac said. --- if you are not using it?? switch it off!!  I do now and it all helps.

William I think i might be the only one to get 6 different meals from 1 chicken !
2 chicken dinners
2 chicken curries
at least 4 bowls of soup !
and the cost of the chicken already cooked to save on gas is £2.50...........not bad eh ? better than stopping eating and dying init lol
ps I have been known to get even more than that !! lol

Well done Mac, will take some beating.
One other thing on saving money,is,never leave your tv on stand by, apart from wear and tear on the works, it uses quite a lot of electric.

Don't you have "advisors for saving energy" in the UK. In Germany you can ask one to come and check where you can save energy. Some months ago they showed two families on TV who had asked one to come and they had shown there where the families could save energy. However, to be honest the families had to do without much comfort we are nowadays accustomed to.

Yes we have them Teri
and they then tell you the cost of the saving,which usually far outweighs the cost of the electric itself !lol

Read in the Telegraph this am, a planes engine stopped after it had landed, the passengers had to help push it of the runway. Must have been on a DIY holiday.

In case of cars we say it has been manufactured on a "Monday"!

MEPs yesterday voted to increase the EU budget to
£99billion  for next year.The £876m increase is on top of the £10.4 billion Brits already fork out to keep the Brussels gravy train rolling.The hike is £7.65billion more than the blocs 27 governments agreed to and £7billion more than the EU ruling commissio9n says it needs.MEPs say they need the extra money for projects like turning the EU into a role model on how to combat climate change.The tories opposed the increase but were out-voted.
Tory Richard Ashworth says this makes the EU look like a banana republic.
I think it stinks!!!! shameless !!!!!!!

Local paper today.  121 hypodermic syringes found near childrens play area, by a man that normally cleans there. When will the powers to be ?? actually ban those type of drugs ?? After all, 'they' have banned 'Smoking' so it's not impossible ??  -- E.U. ?? Ha!!  Don't forget 'they' will be banning the low emmision Light Bulbs ??  Letter in the Mail. A Woman suffered from bad eye's and it seemed to be from all the low energy bulbs she had in Her Home. She changed back to the normal bulbs and progressively, her problems got better. Well!!  We had already done that a few weeks ago, when we realised that both of us were having sore/tired eye's !!  I kid you not!! our eye's are not so tired and it is Not just in the Mind. Worth a try to see if it can Help anyone else ???

Phoenix you can get the 100 watt low energy now I find they are great after 5 minutes.

HELLO

I WISH YOU ALL A

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

THANKS TERI, MY GOOD WISHES TO YOU TOO

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU TOO TERI

Hello Phoenix
I just heard you havent been too good lad

Best wishes from me too Pheonix, for a speedy recovery. I will leave the hugs to Mac.

DONT WANT HIM GETTING THE WRONG IDEA WILLIAM  :o ;D

Phoenix surely won't - Eve will be watching over him.
Phoenix, I also wish you a quick recovery and I hope you will come back to the forum again soon. :D

Read on the internet this am. A man on te paris express, dropped his mobile down the loo, on reaching in to get it back the suction pulled his whole arm in and he was stuck fast.Emergency services were called, After an hour they managed to ease his plight. He was carried of the train on a stretcher with the loo still on his arm. He was later freed. The emergenct services were flushed with success.

R.I.P

Read on the net that theQE2 has run aground  atSouthhampton. The old girl making a last ditch effort to stay in this country.

She is supposed to sail to New York - they make a lot of publicity for this trip here in Germany!

The EU has now relented, we can legally sell curved cucumbers and forked carrots. Is there an election due.

 Thinks ??  Am I going into my 3rd.4th. childhood ??  So much of Todays News appears so Crazy, I just have to Laugh at the things some People actually DO ?? Is it down to the food that is eaten with all those 'goodie' additives ?? or is it that people have lost all contact with how 'they' should relate to othere's around them ?? -- perhaps I should simply put it down to my senior moments (He! He!) or my young age, being 78 years Young tomorrow. Shucks!! Will everything become even worse for next year ??
 Wonder what " Old Moores Almanck" Projects for 2009 ???
 Ah!!  Those Past Happy Days long Gone Bye ???????

happy 78th phoenix :-*

Hello Mac, had a hard time, blowing out those candles?? left me 'breathless' but had to have a 'ciggy' to get me breath back again ??? OK ??   so a brandy helped too !!

Good for you Phoenix !!!
if you have gotten this far with the odd ciggy and a brandy it cant be that bad !
this one should be easier  ;D

Hello Phoenix,
belated birthday greetings from Germany, too!
What about some nice flowers instead of candles to blow out?

Received those Lovelly Flowers that You sent me.
 Thank You so very much.

Hello Phoenix,
I hope you are keeping well!

Val, I think this story will please you.

"The yellow shirt  had long sleeves, four extra-large pockets trimmed in black thread and
snaps up the front.  It was faded from years of wear, but still in decent shape.  I found it
in 1963 when I was home from college on Christmas break, rummaging through bags of clothes
Mom intended to give away.  'You're not taking that old thing, are you?' Mom said when she
saw me packing the yellow shirt.  'I wore that when I was pregnant with your brother in
1954!'


'It's just the thing to wear over my clothes during art class,

Mom.  Thanks!'  I slipped it into my suitcase before she could object. The yellow shirt be
came a part of my college wardrobe.  I loved it. After graduation, I wore the shirt the day
I moved into my new apartment and on Saturday mornings when I cleaned.

The next year, I married.  When I became pregnant, I wore the yellow shirt during big-belly
days.  I missed Mom and the rest of my family, since we were in Colorado and they were in
Illinois   But that shirt helped.  I smiled, remembering that Mother had worn it when she
was pregnant, 15 years earlier.

That Christmas, mindful of the warm feelings the shirt had given me, I patched one elbow,
wrapped it in holiday paper and sent it to Mom.  When Mom wrote to thank me for her 'real'
gifts, she said the yellow shirt was lovely.  She never mentioned it again.


The next year, my husband, daughter and I stopped at Mom and Dad's to pick up some
furniture.  Days later, when we uncrated the kitchen table, I noticed something yellow taped
to its bottom.  The shirt!

And so the pattern was set.

On our next visit home, I secretly placed the shirt under Mom and Dad's mattress.  I don't
know how long it took for her to find it, but almost two years passed before I discovered it
under the base of our living-room floor lamp.  The yellow shirt was just what I needed now
while refinishing furniture.  The walnut stains added character.

In 1975 my husband and I divorced.  With my three children, I prepared to move back to
Illinois .  As I packed, a deep depression overtook me. I wondered if I could make it on my
own.   I wondered if I would find a job. I paged through the Bible, looking for comfort.  In
Ephesians, I read, 'So use every piece of God's armor to resist the enemy whenever he
attacks, and when it is all over, you will be standing up.'

I tried to picture myself wearing God's armor, but all I saw was the stained yellow shirt.
Slowly, it dawned on me.  Wasn't my mother's love a piece of God's armor?  My courage was
renewed.

Unpacking in our new home, I knew I had to get the shirt back to Mother. The next time I
visited her, I tucked it in her bottom dresser drawer.

Meanwhile, I found a good job at a radio station.  A year later I discovered the yellow
shirt hidden in a rag bag in my cleaning closet.


Something new had been added.  Embroidered in bright green across the breast pocket were the
words 'I BELONG TO PAT.'

Not to be outdone, I got out my own embroidery materials and added an apostrophe and seven
more letters.  Now the shirt proudly proclaimed, 'I BELONG TO PAT'S MOTHER.'  But I didn't
stop there.  I zig-zagged all the frayed seams, then had a friend mail the shirt in a fancy
box to Mom from Arlington , VA.   We enclosed an official looking letter from 'The Institute
for the Destitute,' announcing that she was the recipient of an award for good deeds.  I
would have given anything to see Mom's face when she opened the box.  But, of course, she
never mentioned it.

Two years later, in 1978, I remarried.  The day of our wedding, Harold and I put our car in
a friend's garage to avoid practical jokers. After the wedding, while my husband drove us to
our honeymoon suite, I reached for a pillow in the car to rest my head.  It felt lumpy.  I
unzipped the case and found, wrapped in wedding paper, the yellow shirt.  Inside a pocket
was a note:  'Read John 14:27-29.  I love you both, Mother.'

That night I paged through the Bible in a hotel room and found the verses: 'I am leaving you
with a gift: peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the
world gives.  So don't be troubled or afraid.  Remember what I told you: I am going away,
but I will come back to you again.  If you really love me, you will be very happy for me,
for now I can go to the Father, who is greater than I am. I have told you these things
before they happen so that when they do, you will believe in me.'

The shirt was Mother's final gift.  She had known for three months that she had terminal Lou
Gehrig's disease.  Mother died the following year at age
57.

I was tempted to send the yellow shirt with her to her grave.  But I'm glad I didn't,
because it is a vivid reminder of the love-filled game she and I played for 16 years.
Besides, my older daughter is in college now, majoring in art.  And every art student needs
a baggy yellow shirt with big pockets."

Good memories and good people!!

If you spent £40 every week for the last 5 weeks at MORRISONS you are entitled to £20 worth of food unpon showing your receipts.
I duly did all this and today went to get my £20 worth of food,...........wrong receipts,they want the receipt with the goods listed not the other one............so no £20 !!!!!!!!
It ruined my day,I felt cheated.

Dont worry Mac,,,there is always next year!!!! Turkies will be cheaper... :o

I have calmed down a bit now chris lol

Mac,  Where was the 'Goodwill' from the store, relative to the time of year???? -- Good thing that you did not throw the receipt away after coming out of the store ??  may well have picked up a 'liter picking' fine too. Those spies are everywhere  ::) ::)

How did I miss this? I think its wonderful, hmm I might start something similar with my daughter. Thank you Teri,   I've already stitched her her own fairy to carry with her, I've told her its my love and protection and she'll know I'm always with her.

Mac how awful, surely that receipt should be good enough, they should have made it a lot clearer, I'd have been fuming.

I was livid Val
I felt cheated,and like I was after something for nothing,they embarrased me,saying I should have read the small print ha,I can even see the small print !
but in the end I guess it was my own fault I just saved the wrong receipt not the listed one !......wont happen again.

Well I think its very poor show on their part and its splitting hairs, you had a receipt, anyone would think it was coming out of their own pocket, I expect you'll be on the news tonight as the UK's biggest con women..I hope you told them where they can shove their £20.

I sure did Val lol
I flung the shopping trolly and said you can stick this where the sun dont shine I wont shop her again  !!!!!!!!!
 ;D

Good for you, petty little Hitlers.

Val, why Hitlers?

because its something we say about anyone throwing their weight around, acting bossy trying to be important, I'm not sure how else to put it, a tyrant?

I bin to Sainburys today !!! lol lol sod `em !

Val, what about a Henry VIII or Richard II or Saddam Hussein or Pinochet or Stalin or ...........
There will always be tyrants as long as world exists!

Teri,this is how we the brits think love,Hitler was a dictator,people dictate to us all the time,we dont like it.
So people that tell us what to do or what we cant do are dictators ! ie: politicians and morrisons !
now the Eu dictate to us..........and we let them .

Mac - that's quite true - modern people don't like to be told what they have to do.
However, please, don't be offended - sixty years after the last war I think it should be time to just consider Hitler as an "evil" of the 20th century and not as someone Germans have to be blamed for ever. I was just 1 1/2 years old when war stopped. We lost it - we had to bear the consequences - for instance my family was thrown out of Hungary, others had to flee - we all came in a destroyed Germany - had to live under miserable conditions - 7 people sharing one room for some years. Believe me, I, for instance was punished for something I wasn't responsible for and so I react a bit sensitive on the name "Hitler". 
Moreover, in the meantime such a lot of other tyrants have come up and gone in other countries, even European countries.
I hope you will understand my view in this respect.

No I don't, he was a very evil man and doesn't deserve anything but contempt, he tried to take over Europe, even yourself suffered so don't tell me you're trying to defend his name, believe me he shouldn't be forgotten for the evils he did and I will continue to use his name in a derogatory  manner and certainly won't apologise for it and I'm offended even if mac isn't. I said nothing about Germany , if you are sensitive about it, tough, maybe I would've grown up with a father if it wasn't for him and who else has tried to conquer Britain in recent history? Were you responsible? I think not, so why be so touchy about it?

I am trying to understand your view Teri,this man caused a world war,I dont know why you defend him,whether you are German or not.
I think this subject should close now.

Val, maybe nobody won't understand, but Hitler has cost us Germans a lot of reputation and money which we paid without moaning, because we all know that what he did was a crime.
It's true that nobody conquered Britain in recent history, but you had a French king and his offsprings as kings for nearly 200 years.
You see it is useless to discuss about history or politics - so I accept Mac's propose to close the subject, although there could be still a lot of facts to discuss.
I accept your point of view and maybe you can also accept mine. When I first travelled to England and France I was considered as an "ugly person" only because I was German and that's not really easy to cope with.

There is really no point, in going back to past history. Only that relevant, to our generation involvement. Hitler and the Nazi's were totally Evil, to every countries population, that they conquered, during the last war.(with the help of those traitors, that joined the german army) The torture,killings, destruction of property and essential services, cannot be excused. Millions suffered in every country, not just germany(they paid the price, for supporting their leader)
The crimes were against Humanity, of which many Nazi's. escaped justice, to this day!! --- Read The Book!!
"THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH"  by William L.Shirer.
I have other books too.-- Don't forget also ?? THE DEATH CAMPS. No possible excuse, can be acceptable!!
This is certainly not a case of 'offending' any person, only telling The truth!! Of which, our Elderly Senior Citizens (those that were involved in the war) are Witnesses.-- I agree, this should now be Closed. Thank You:

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I feel a blue Peter moment coming on.    ;D


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I saw in the SUN newspaper some months ago the following snippet.

" There is a shortage of Sperm Doners in the London area."

"The reason given to our reporter was that young men are no longer willing to come forward".

LOl and do you blame them ?
thay would be hit with a paternity bill !!!

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read in theN.O.W today taxpayers are paying MPs parking fines. it states we have paid £33.000 over the last 3 years.
You got to admire their cheek if not their work.

Clever people to 'avoid' their responcibilities ??
Nice of The Tax Payer, to assist them ??
 No wonder MPs. don't need to actually Spend their 'hard earned salaries'  ::) ::) ::)

Lol Phoenix not had a laugh for ages.....have now  ;D ;D

Mac, Yer gotta Give or Receive, at least one Laugh each and every day!!   No Charge!! They really are Free, even though hard to come by.

I wish you all a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas hugs to you all

How did you do that Mac??????? Get a picture on here???? ;) ;) ;)

Hi Chris this is one of the easier sites to add photos
click on reply,then on additional- browse
it will take you to your documents then get the photo you want and click post.
hope that helps.

Thank you Mac, so easy when you know how lol  :-* :-*

You welcome Chris  ;)

My first try at a photo. on the forum??

2nd. Time lucky Too ??

Mac!!  Thanks!!  You an Angel. It was as easy as you said.

This one should be of a sunset. I took the picture from my Kitchen window some weeks ago....I think. hope it works!!! :D :D

Mac your a wonder  :-* :-* :-*

Mac and Val are Real Gems!!

Chris, I hope you wrote it down, as I did.
lest we forget next time.     LOL!! LOL!!

Phoenix???? Rememeber what???? LOL. Yes mate I did write it down,,now where did I put the paper????

Well done fellas. they are good, we'll brighten up this forum yet.  ;D

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click on the smilie lol

Just had to 'look' to see if my picture instruction, was still on my pinboard ??  It Is!!    Yippee Yi Yay!!!!
More fun to be had in ------ 2009  ::) ::) ::)

Wont be long now Phoenix ! :o

Just to bring you all a little ray of sunshine in this cold weather. Here is a Picture of my two babies enjoying themselves earlier in the year.

That is lovely Chris, sunshine? Oh I remember, the bright thing in the sky. The kids look really happy.

Nice one Chris
Was that day in June I think August was the wettest !