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Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Started conversation Jan 11, 2006
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Hapi - Hippo #5 Posted Jan 11, 2006
Thanks T.i.T
If I will be 94 years old then I wouldn't mind leaving like he did.
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Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Jan 11, 2006
Hapi, I too am very sorry to hear that your father has died . I just hope that when my mom's time comes she too can go in peace and free from pain. Please pass my regards to the rest of your family.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jan 12, 2006
Condolences to you all, no matter his age and dignity of his passing you will miss himbut I hope the memories of the good times soon outweigh your grief.
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Hapi - Hippo #5 Posted Jan 12, 2006
all.. and as 94 himself would have said: "well, we'd better go back to work now", in my case meaning "go and sort out the bank accounts, taxes, house, furniture, ... insurances". That will keep me busy for some time.
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Shirps Posted Apr 23, 2006
I was just poking around about, looking at other's sites, etc., & came across this thread.
I am so sorry I didn't know what had happened in January. My father passed away 3 & a half years ago, but for us it was a relief as he had been in a nursing home for over 3 years - unable to eat or speak.
My extremely belated condolences & I hope you are now over the worst of it. Keep happy memories.
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Hapi - Hippo #5 Posted Apr 23, 2006
, Shirps. Well.. face it, 94 years old and since my mother died (two years ago) he didn't really want to go on anymore. Cancer did the rest in two months time. By now it's mainly good memories. (and a brand new bicycle he bought three months before he died).
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Shirps Posted Apr 23, 2006
My dad left behind a telescope he had made himself some years ago, but after his first stroke he took it to bits! We have all tried to put it back together, but he left no plans or drawings, so I am afraid we have failed We'll keep the lenses & ... dump the rest.
It would have been good to have kept it, even though it was quite large, but there are more up-to-date ones now.
My mother is still around, just, she is in respite care after heart failure for the second time & 3 weeks in hospital, but my father left enough for her to be comfortable & purchase whatever she needed - hence a stairlift, bathchair & 2 outdoor mobility scooters!!!
I'm in the middle of sorting her house ready for her return - don't we collect alot of junk during our lifetimes (me included)
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Hapi - Hippo #5 Posted Apr 23, 2006
"don't we collect alot of junk during our lifetimes" .. this is in fact the only thing that really worries me at the moment.. I have a fairly large house with a huge attic.. narrow foothpaths in that, lined with boxes, cupboards, stacks, ... and I ignore the tv sets inherited and waiting for someone who needs them (setS and "them"), the eight bicycles in the shed.. ten chairs in there as well and ...
then again I have at least 42 more years to live so I don't really care
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Shirps Posted Apr 23, 2006
Exactly - let someone else sort it out eventually
I aim, one day, to label any 'important' bits in preparation, but that's about it - till then I'll just keep on adding to the piles
wanting to get a telegram from the Queen (or King by then) for when she's a century
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Hapi - Hippo #5 Posted Apr 23, 2006
century!
good plan .. my first aim is 94
but when I get the hang of it I may of course stay for another six years
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Shirps Posted Apr 23, 2006
Reminds me of several Dr. Who adventures - with the face in the jar still talking - must ensure we have Viavoice package or manage to keep some of our fingers
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Shirps Posted Apr 23, 2006
Signing off now - arms, etc need a good rest!!! Just had the Grand Prix on in the background - Schumacher won again - we call him the cobbler over here (shoe maker)
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- 4: tartaronne (Jan 12, 2006)
- 5: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Jan 12, 2006)
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