Will all of your family and friends be there?

We have 15 round our table for the Christmas Dinner, but 16 places will be
laid.

Nobody will sit there.

That place is for the 'absent Family Member or Friend'

All of my children, their husbands or wives, my Grandson who is in the Royal
Marine Band Service will be there.

But I have friends who cannot be there.

My family who will be there, have people who cannot be there, for example my
daughter in law's father who passed away this year, one of the Olympic Torch
carriers this year.

A friend who lost his wife, a great friend of ours this year, and who will
be spending his Christmas with his remaining son. Remaining? He lost his
other son to Cancer and his wife never recovered.

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

I don't think so, but then I think of others

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

Mike

---------------------------------------------------------------
www.hmscollingwoodassociation.com
www.rneba.org.uk

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message ...

On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.
--

Sacha


Well you would say that wouldn't you?

At other functions I have attended and it has been done, it has been
appreciated. I am only copying one of the good things in life, thinking of
others. But that is my way of life.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and...ary-of-bombing

Never mind, you carry on taking swipes at me if it makes you happy. It's
good for a laugh amongst my friends. I will wish you and your family a vey
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Mike


---------------------------------------------------------------
www.hmscollingwoodassociation.com
www.rneba.org.uk

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:26:33 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:


Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.


How are you leaving it to them? If it's in a will then that won't be
dealt with until after the funeral.
--
http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:


http://faceless.co.za/comics/faceless.646.jpg

On 2013-12-23 10:49:41 +0000, mogga said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:26:33 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:


Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.


How are you leaving it to them? If it's in a will then that won't be
dealt with until after the funeral.

I suppose one could give it to a trusted and discreet friend?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.

Presuming that I'm replying to the 'real' Sacha (I can't be bothered to
check the headers here).

To be even franker, many of your posts seem to indicate that you lack
in-depth knowledge of your subjects as they have little substance and appear
to be merely a means of exercising your egotism - along with the "I'm the
boss mentality giving the impression that you'll bloody well listen to me or
I'll killfile you etc".

Methinks your comments on Mr Crowe appear to be a touch of the kettle
calling the saucepan black!

Have a nice Christmas and may the new year be kinder to your obviously
ageing temperament.

On 23/12/2013 16:59, Let It Be wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.

Presuming that I'm replying to the 'real' Sacha (I can't be bothered to
check the headers here).

To be even franker, many of your posts seem to indicate that you lack
in-depth knowledge of your subjects as they have little substance and appear
to be merely a means of exercising your egotism - along with the "I'm the
boss mentality giving the impression that you'll bloody well listen to me or
I'll killfile you etc".

Methinks your comments on Mr Crowe appear to be a touch of the kettle
calling the saucepan black!

Have a nice Christmas and may the new year be kinder to your obviously
ageing temperament.



As one very infrequent contributor to another, I will agree with you
that Sacha was probably unwise to make that response to Mike, and I
suspect that she now regrets it.

You should however bear in mind that she, like some others on this
newsgroup, has suffered many years of insult and taunting by him and
thus may perhaps be forgiven for a momentary loss of patience.

I do not however understand your suggestion that Sacha has a lack of
in-depth knowledge, such her detailed advice has benefitted many, many
people on this newsgroup. That comment could I am sure be refuted by the
overwhelming majority of the group.

As to your very last sentence, it appears that you yourself are not in
any position to comment on other posters' manners.


--
RG

On 23/12/2013 16:59, Let It Be wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.

Presuming that I'm replying to the 'real' Sacha (I can't be bothered to
check the headers here).

To be even franker, many of your posts seem to indicate that you lack
in-depth knowledge of your subjects as they have little substance and appear
to be merely a means of exercising your egotism - along with the "I'm the
boss mentality giving the impression that you'll bloody well listen to me or
I'll killfile you etc".

Methinks your comments on Mr Crowe appear to be a touch of the kettle
calling the saucepan black!

Have a nice Christmas and may the new year be kinder to your obviously
ageing temperament.






You owe Sacha an apology for being so intolerably rude. To my
knowledge, Sacha has never sworn at another Urgler. She is more
knowledgeable than you give her credit for and is open when she doesn't
know something, or expresses a comment as her opinion so we understand
her position.

Sacha and others like her continue to underpin and enthusiastically
drive urg when it slows down or seems to suffer from 'cabin fever'
irritation. To suggest that this is "bossing" is both ridiculous and
insulting. We are lucky to have her.

To finish by dressing an insult in a Christmas wish is underhand and
beneath you. Christian it certainly isn't.

I truly hope you and everyone on Urg has a lovely Christmas and come
back refreshed and ready for another gardening year.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

On 2013-12-24 17:16:08 +0000, Spider said:

On 23/12/2013 16:59, Let It Be wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.

Presuming that I'm replying to the 'real' Sacha (I can't be bothered to
check the headers here).

To be even franker, many of your posts seem to indicate that you lack
in-depth knowledge of your subjects as they have little substance and appear
to be merely a means of exercising your egotism - along with the "I'm the
boss mentality giving the impression that you'll bloody well listen to me or
I'll killfile you etc".

Methinks your comments on Mr Crowe appear to be a touch of the kettle
calling the saucepan black!

Have a nice Christmas and may the new year be kinder to your obviously
ageing temperament.






You owe Sacha an apology for being so intolerably rude. To my
knowledge, Sacha has never sworn at another Urgler. She is more
knowledgeable than you give her credit for and is open when she doesn't
know something, or expresses a comment as her opinion so we understand
her position.

Sacha and others like her continue to underpin and enthusiastically
drive urg when it slows down or seems to suffer from 'cabin fever'
irritation. To suggest that this is "bossing" is both ridiculous and
insulting. We are lucky to have her.

To finish by dressing an insult in a Christmas wish is underhand and
beneath you. Christian it certainly isn't.

I truly hope you and everyone on Urg has a lovely Christmas and come
back refreshed and ready for another gardening year.

Thanks to you and RG for the responses. But I think I know who is
behind that anonymous piece of cowardice and if I'm right, I'm not even
faintly surprised! When (s)he contributes some real knowledge and
information to urg in that fake name, the comments about my
shortcomings and indeed, those of anyone else, might gain some
credence. At present, it's just a case of another opportunist. And
yes, indeed, having had years and years of Crowe's boasts and taunts, I
will freely admit to being disgusted by that self-aggrandising post of
his. Both my children and step-children have lost one parent from
premature deaths. I have lost several dearly loved friends who died
too young and too soon for a variety of reasons. I have never
mentioned that here as a means of garnering sympathy or attention at
Christmas or any other time. None of us is immune to the cruelties of
ife and the many ways in which it manifests itself. The man's
behaviour is disgraceful and as always, directed towards himself. To
boast of how he is a nice person who thinks of others is simply
ridiciulous. It made me sick.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:36:49 +0000, Qwight
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:


http://faceless.co.za/comics/faceless.646.jpg

Silly old sod almost got caught by the goggle car at the back end of
his house.

http://goo.gl/maps/4wnrZ

On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:57:42 -0000, "Ophelia"
wrote:

*applause*

http://boingboing.net/features/north...Mitty%27+Crowe

"Spider" wrote in message
...
On 23/12/2013 16:59, Let It Be wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-22 19:26:33 +0000, Dave Liquorice said:

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:11:40 -0000, Mike wrote:

Will all of your family and friends be there?

Nope just us, nice and quiet and relaxed.

... one of the Olympic Torch carriers this year.

Last year, 2012... unless they carried the Winter Olympics I think
it's on the move now. B-)

A friend who lost his wife, ...

Bit careless, did he put her down somewhere and she ran off?

And everybody will have someone to remember.

Aye, being an orphan my Mum and Dad for two.

Morbid? Downbeat? Wrong time of the year to do this sort of thing?

Naw, we all gotta go, it's one of the very few certainties of life
FFS. Circumstances of one inevitable departure might not be what one
wishes but the is SFA you can do about it. Those left behind should
celebrate the life that has been. I'm leaving a few hundred quid to
each close family member so they have no (financial) reason not to
come to my funeral party and raise a glass.

And I doubt you'll boast about how wonderful you are to do it. To be
frank, Crowe's post appalled me, it's just dreadful in its vulgarity.
Yet again his ego takes precedence.

Presuming that I'm replying to the 'real' Sacha (I can't be bothered to
check the headers here).

To be even franker, many of your posts seem to indicate that you lack
in-depth knowledge of your subjects as they have little substance and
appear
to be merely a means of exercising your egotism - along with the "I'm the
boss mentality giving the impression that you'll bloody well listen to me
or
I'll killfile you etc".

Methinks your comments on Mr Crowe appear to be a touch of the kettle
calling the saucepan black!

Have a nice Christmas and may the new year be kinder to your obviously
ageing temperament.






You owe Sacha an apology for being so intolerably rude. To my knowledge,
Sacha has never sworn at another Urgler. She is more knowledgeable than
you give her credit for and is open when she doesn't know something, or
expresses a comment as her opinion so we understand her position.

Sacha and others like her continue to underpin and enthusiastically drive
urg when it slows down or seems to suffer from 'cabin fever' irritation.
To suggest that this is "bossing" is both ridiculous and insulting. We
are lucky to have her.

To finish by dressing an insult in a Christmas wish is underhand and
beneath you. Christian it certainly isn't.

I truly hope you and everyone on Urg has a lovely Christmas and come back
refreshed and ready for another gardening year.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

The lack of snippng has left me totally confused as to who said what, and I
honestly believe you've attributed a comment to the wrong person. I agree
with all you say about Sacha.

Bill