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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Rob Baker on December 22, 2010, 10:46:11 AM
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Well I'm setting off for sunnier climes now (assuming I can get to Bristol Airport), so it just remains me to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a warm and prosperous New Year. See you all in January. All the best , Rob
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Good luck with that, Rob, and have a wonderful Christmas yourself, assuming you get to leave the airport, if you even get there.
For those flights that do manage to beat the weather this Christmas, let's be careful out there... !
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Hope you have a good trip and a happy holiday Rob.
Brilliant cartoon Tarqs. ;D
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Merry Christmas, Rob---have a safe journey. I'm guessing you're heading somewhere warmer than it is around these parts. The temperature peaked at a balmy -6 today.
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Merry Christmas and great warmth from me too! :D
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Brilliant cartoon Tarqs. ;D
Thank you, Diane. It's already brought a smile to many a Scrooge this year. I do try.
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You know what also is funny about it Tarks is that there is a crank window opener like you see in cars. ;D
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It's a brilliant cartoon. I keep hoping that the setting is a North Californian runway where Mariah Carey was filming a new video for "All I Want For Christmas Is You".
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Probably a bit late, unless you're snowed in, but have a Happy Christmas, Rob. Am I the only one hoping for cooler weather on Christmas Day?
Very funny, TT. ;D
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It's also a very Merry Christmas from me to all of you.
I now have a kitchen again after 4 weeks of rebuilding, got more space than I know what to do with and gadgets galore to learn over the holiday.
Ups and Downs over the year, the birth of Lucy and Amy and Lewis, my grandchildren to my sons Gavin and Darryl.
The downs being Darryl diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, something we will all have to work together with.
A huge thanks to the people of Rothesay who have gone out of their way to help Darryl, lifts, free bus rides, buses stopping right outside his door, that kind of thing. It wouldn't happen in a big city.
Merry Christmas to you all, and God bless. Max.
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Sorry to hear your bad news Max - but your good news is three times that of the bad. I know a couple of people with MS. :-(
With the time difference you guys are almost at Christmas day - hope everyone has enough people to love and goodies to eat and peace - both the kind that comes into your heart and the quiet kind that lets you have a little nap around 3:00PM
Merry Christmas one and all :-)
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Diane, are you suggesting we all take a nap at 3pm during the Queen's speech?
Good idea.
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Merry Christmas everyone! God Bless us all ;D
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Sorry to hear about Darryl, Max. A friend of mine was diagnosed with MS in her early 30s, I think. She's now in her 50s. She lived in Stornoway before and since diagnosis, refusing to leave, one of the reasons being that the community is just so great. She's very independent, but I know she appreciates all the quiet help that she's had over the years. You're right, it's less likely to happen in a city.
I hope things go as well as they can for Darryl. Having the support of his family and friends can only make it easier.
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Joan,
Thanks for those kind words of encouragement, I'm sure you, more than most, understand how important they can be.
Darryl doesn't have a car on the island so his old man (me) picks him up from Wemyss Bay to go to the Southern General hospital.
I'm so goddam tired of that run ;D
Darryl has just been approved for the drugs which delay the onset of attacks, he'll learn to inject himself three times a week.
We hope this will help, initially it was his eyesight, but now his legs are affected and thats really worrying.
However, he's a strong boy mentally as well as physically and just wants to look after his family, that, I feel goes a long way.
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Sad to hear the news about Darryl, Max. You are overdue a good year.
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I know what you mean about the drive to the hospital, Max. I'm sure my car could drive itself there and back no problem! I'm just glad it's only a 40 minute drive. This being Australia, I've seen people in the ambulatory ward who have driven 4 or 5 hours there, spent 3 to 6 hours in the ward and driven the 4 or 5 hours back home again.
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Roger, I'll be happy when the builders have completed my house and I can settle down in the knowledge that when the next crisis arrives I'll be either be dead or too demented to care (note to builders, this means 20 years or more from now.... parasites).
As for Darryl, it's a pity God doesn't offer trades, because I'd trade places in an eyeblink.
I managed to find a seven seat vehicle that could take my son and his family in somewhat style, and I was chuffed when we all came onto the mainland for a visit to me and the ex wife.
However I had not accounted for No 1 son Gavin and his brood of wild babies (5), who managed to go through my newly appointed house like Attilla's finest. More of them in the future, they need papa's individual style (trust me).
If I didn't wish everyone on here and their family a Happy New Year then I do it now.
Max.
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Max, when I say all the best for the new year, I really mean it.