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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Riginslinger Date: 14 Jul 09 - 10:49 PM Fingers? Well, that's a good point, Little Hawk. I was sitting here thinking of the things one could do without fingers, and drew a blank. Playing the oboe would seem to be out, as well as stimulating Marilyn Monroe. Petting dogs, milking cows, shaking hands, pluggin dikes (and dykes). You've got a good point. I can't think of anything you could do with fingers that you could do better without them. Of course, fingers can become sticky at times, and then... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Jul 09 - 11:21 PM I'm thankful for my fingers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Riginslinger Date: 13 Jul 09 - 09:42 PM "What are you thankful for ?" Some mad geneticist hasn't figured out a way to clone Ronald Reagan! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Art Thieme Date: 13 Jul 09 - 08:31 PM Whenever I feel the slightest bit self-important, I think of all the dirt that never did have a chance to sit up and look around. ---------Kurt Vonnegut Degenerate sons and daughters, life is too strong for you. It takes life to love life! ---Lucinda Matlock--in Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology Yes, I'm thankful for this life I've got. And I'm thankful for the lives that all of you have as well. It is you, and the music we all make, that makes my time here ephemeral. Art |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: kendall Date: 13 Jul 09 - 08:05 PM For all my friemnds at Mudcat who show such concern for my health. I don't know if prayer helps or not, but it sure doesn't hurt. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Joe_F Date: 13 Jul 09 - 06:32 PM Almost everything. I have only one grievance, which it is wicked to mention. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Bill D Date: 13 Jul 09 - 04:52 PM I am thankful TO my goodwife, who does understand me. (Thankful, for me, needs to apply to some entity who actually did something directly for me.... for other things, I am pleased or happy...etc.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: jacqui.c Date: 13 Jul 09 - 04:46 PM I am thankful that, after a harrowing month, Kendall is well on the way to recovery and looking really well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: katlaughing Date: 13 Jul 09 - 04:25 PM I am thankful my Rog had a good visit with a vascular surgeon who said "no worries, we don't need to do anything!" It has been a tad stressful waiting for that appt. after our regular doc said go see the surgeon in case of what we think we saw in your mri! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Stringsinger Date: 13 Jul 09 - 02:57 PM I am thankful that a handful of people in the world are enlightened enough to question the platitudinous "thankfulness" that is spouted so much these days. I am thankful for the human brain which I see as a hopeful path out of the ignorance we find in contemporary society, politically, religiously and economically. I am hopeful that we may as a species be able to enlighten ourselves before we destroy ourselves with our penchant for destruction. I am thankful for the idea that there is a social conscience that supersedes any system of thinking or believing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Wesley S Date: 13 Jul 09 - 12:16 PM It sounds like you did it all by yourself. Congratulations. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: GUEST,Murphy Date: 13 Jul 09 - 09:24 AM At 65 I'm thankful for the love of music which has stayed with me all my life and for the enthusiasm to do a few gigs every week. I,m thankful for the good health enjoyed by my wife, my four (successfully raised) children and myself. One small problem - logic has made me an atheist so to whom should I offer my thanks? |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: VirginiaTam Date: 12 Jul 09 - 09:26 AM Taking some time to clean out my PMs and found lots of lovely messages from so many catters. I don't have the heart to delete them, so I am archiving. I am thankful for nice mudcatters. I am thankful that my arthritis is not too terrible at the moment. I am thankful that I have not caught the swine flu even though it is currently work building. I am thankful in advance for my Scotland holiday next week. I am thankful most of all for my lovely partner TheSilentOne. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: topical tom Date: 28 Apr 09 - 09:18 AM I woke up in good health to a sunny, mild April morning.That cuts it for me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: VirginiaTam Date: 27 Apr 09 - 04:07 PM Seconding The Villan. Stay well Kat Did you want link to my beaded head dress thingies? There's some pics on My Space Be forewarned. Links to You Tube videos of me too. Oh the shame. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Rasener Date: 27 Apr 09 - 03:27 PM Glad you are OK Kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: katlaughing Date: 27 Apr 09 - 03:11 PM That's SO good that you have been able to do that and be so open and sensible about it,Liz. Your daughter will always be grateful for that, I am sure. You, too, Villan, I agree with you and Liz. I don't think you sound mean at all. It is shameful what we allow with people. I was grateful when my dad finally passed, even though he hadn't had to be away from home for very long at the end, it was just time and best that he let go. Nevertheless, I still miss him and extend my sympathies. At the moment I am really thankful for the good doctor I have been going to who caught a misdiagnosis and got me the right meds to get better from pneumonia. It's been a long two weeks, but I have turned the corner and it is definitely something to be grateful for! VTam, I figured those were your own diagrams ala your beaded work. BTW, do you have any photos online which we might see? |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Neil D Date: 27 Apr 09 - 12:25 PM Chemo that worked, and wonderful, caring doctors and nurses. (and hopefully many, many, many, many more years with my wonderful husband.) Christina |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 26 Apr 09 - 04:21 PM Villan - I know exactly where you are coming from! I cannot bear to see people left to linger - something we wouldn't do to animals. You have my sympathies nonetheless. I'm thankful that we got to New Zealand when we did. Mother was very ill for a while and even the staff at her home were worried - for once my sister hadn't got it muddled. However, whether it's a result of us being here, or just good nursing care and high energy drinks, she's a lot better and putting on weight again. She's still a bit weak and slow, but she's likely to be around for a while yet. Now Limpit has a few memories of her grandmother whom she hadn't seen since she was 2, and I've had a chance to see she is being cared for and to say goodbye. I've also had a chance to discuss arrangements with my sister, and am easy in my mind that when it does happen, mother won't be alone and she won't be left to linger. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Rasener Date: 26 Apr 09 - 03:44 PM Do you know what I am thankful for! That my mother who was 93 passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 3rd 2009 aged 93. Some of you will think that I am not a very nice person for saying that. However, when my Dad died 3 years ago, he left my mother in a nursing home, almost blind, couldn't walk, needed nursing staff to do everything for her. She had lost her dignity and her quality of life was NIL. Every visit was very painful to see her the way she was. Our pet animals are treated better. They are at least put to sleep. Why do we think its not right to allow people in such a situation to be put to sleep in a peaceful way, rather than see our loved ones go through so much misery. She was so unhappy. I don't need condolensces as I am OK about it all, and I feel that my mother is now in peace where ever she may be. I am not religious, so don't need that side of things. Just thought I would share that with you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Catherine Jayne Date: 26 Apr 09 - 03:12 PM Virginia Tam....we're on the Essex London border in Hornchurch! Not far from Chelmsford! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Ebbie Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:17 PM So that's how you do it, VTam! I've admired the precision of your 'drawings'. Another hero shot down. sob :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: nutty Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:07 PM Thanks Kat ..... I am in the process of producing a CD (possibly two) of my songs. I recorded over 40 in the studio but it may be some time before they are available, I am also going to have them in MP3 format |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: VirginiaTam Date: 26 Apr 09 - 12:18 PM Thank you all. Cathrine Jayne I too am in Essex - Chelmsford. Katlaughing I stoled those ascii cakes. I just google for ascii birthday cake (or whatever) then prefix the ascii art with code < pre > and suffix with code < /pre > |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: katlaughing Date: 26 Apr 09 - 11:40 AM Hazel, that is a wonderful song...any chance of the tune in some format or an mp3 of it linked? VTam, you have brought much to the mix, yourself...esp. your wonderfully diagrammed b-day cakes and such. Thanks for being here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Catherine Jayne Date: 26 Apr 09 - 10:47 AM Hugs to you Virginia Tam from Essex. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Apr 09 - 08:19 AM hugs to you, Virginia Tam I'm thankful for relatively good health (apart from various aches & pains!), enough money for my needs & an assortment of my wants, & good friends & acquaintances here & in the "real" world. thanks to Max & everyone who makes this site what it is - a very real community. sandra |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: nutty Date: 26 Apr 09 - 05:29 AM This is how I feel about things MY FORTUNE My fortune's in the sunshine and in the falling rain The sweetness of the meadows when flowers bloom again The scent of coloured blossoms that hang from every tree The glory of the springtime, that's wealth enough for me Bright heather on the moorland with swallows swooping low The misty days of Autumn, cold winter's ice and snow A gently flowing river, an angry roaring sea The ever changing seasons, that's wealth enough for me The hops that make a hearty brew - the berries for the wine The harvest from the garden and golden fields so fine Sweet apples from the orchard, sweet honey from the bee The fruits of nature's bounty, that's wealth enough for me A friend to stand beside me, a hand that I can hold The love of someone special, that's worth much more than gold Good ears to hear the singing and eyes that I may see The sunset and the dawning , that's wealth enough for me. Words and music by Hazel Bolton |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: VirginiaTam Date: 26 Apr 09 - 05:04 AM Thank you in advance to Max, Moderators and the good Mudcat Folk for providing a welcome distraction from the pain and sorrow I face in the coming days and weeks. April 28 is the 4th anniversary of my daughter Andie's (she was 23) death. She was lively, adventurous, intelligent, well informed, opinionated, talented and beautiful and most importantly actively kind and helpful. She never shied from going out of her way to make the way easier for friends and strangers. Much of Mudcat reminds me of Andie. I just know she would have loved it here and she would have been one the most outspoken. In fact, she probably has visited Mudcat searching for trad songs as she was an apprentice bard in the Medieval SCA. I will never know if she left comments or questions here, but I like to think she might have. Anyway I just want to thank you all for helping me through what will be a difficult time. Follows is my itemised list of things I am thankful for. * Information re music and other things which catch my interest * Advice about the intruments I am learning to play * Filling my bucket daily (a description applied to my Andie at her funeral) with experiences of your cares and care for each other, your humour, your annoyances, your rage, your politics, and your mind boggling knowledge. * And in both small and great ways guidance on how to conduct my life So thank you all Mudcat denizens. Thank you for letting me know you and for lifting me up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: GUEST,bankley Date: 06 Dec 08 - 08:40 AM everything that I have, and everything else that I don't have..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Rog Peek Date: 05 Dec 08 - 02:06 PM Good Health - touch wood! Rog |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Art Thieme Date: 05 Dec 08 - 11:18 AM ...and my dream included many of the things many of you have stated quite well. Art |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: GUEST Date: 05 Dec 08 - 10:45 AM My child and my family and a group of good and supportive friends who have all been superb over the past few months. Being and keeping well. Being confident being on my own; was a struggle to begin with but now I find i rather like it
Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Beer Date: 28 Nov 08 - 10:51 PM Thankful for my wife who gave us a son, who intern gave us a grandchild. That's the short list. Beer (adrien) |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Art Thieme Date: 28 Nov 08 - 05:56 PM Not many can say that they got a chance to, and actually did, live out their dream. I'm thankful to be one of the lucky ones! Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: GUEST,The Giant Squid Date: 27 Nov 08 - 10:15 PM I am thankful I still have several large vibrant appendages, in spite of the best efforts of those damned whales. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Bat Goddess Date: 27 Nov 08 - 07:14 PM What both Jacqui and Kendall said. I'm thankful I have a job. It's not perfect, but, despite the low pay, it's better than the job I had last year. I'm thankful for my health insurance, which, despite having to pay a fair amount for it, is better than I expected. I'm thankful for our (Curmudgeon's and mine) health. Tom's "new" heart valve and repair of almost five years ago is going strong. (So how, exactly DO you download music to a defibrillator?!?) I'm especially grateful for our friends and family, and The Press Room and our music community. We're not only hanging on, but we're enjoying ourselves. We're not rich, and life is a struggle, but basically life is good. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Ed T Date: 27 Nov 08 - 05:39 PM Peacful lives and minds, and health for me and my family. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: wysiwyg Date: 27 Nov 08 - 02:22 PM MOST thankful that Charmion has her Edmund back in her arms, her sight, her hearing, and any other sense I forget to mention.... Especially her music sense-- IMO the best of the 6th senses. In my own life-- So many blessing that if I counted 'em here, people'd just remind me "we don't talk about God at Mudcat." :~) ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Paco Rabanne Date: 27 Nov 08 - 08:21 AM a large vibrant appendage. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: artbrooks Date: 27 Nov 08 - 08:19 AM I guess I should say, Max, without whom I would not have so many friends and acquaintances in this wonderful virtual community. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: artbrooks Date: 27 Nov 08 - 08:17 AM Max |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Catherine Jayne Date: 27 Nov 08 - 08:08 AM I'm thankful for a loving and supportive family. A great circle of friends and 3 beautiful and healthy children. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: kendall Date: 27 Nov 08 - 08:04 AM Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Nuff said. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: katlaughing Date: 26 Nov 08 - 11:20 PM Congratulations, Wesley, that is a huge step, getting off insulin!! Counting from last Jan. I've lost about 25 this year and continue to lose. It feels good, doesn't it? Rapaire, that is an important distinction. i am still gratefull for the things I listed three years ago, but this year I feel an esp. gratitude for my grandson, Morgan, who just turned five. There is not a day goes by but what I give thanks for his presence in our lives. He is such a joy. Here's my morning thanksgiving which he now does with me when he is over here: Mother, father, god of my heart, I give thanks for all that we have, all that we give, and all that we receive. I give thanks for blessings for all of our family and all of our friends. I esp. give thanks for (insert any special petition.) I give thanks for this or something better, for the highest good of all concerned. So mote it be! |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Rapparee Date: 26 Nov 08 - 10:39 PM I'm glad for friends, family, a decent job with medical care for both my wife and myself, music, and a chance to serve others. I'm glad that I have all I need and not all I want, and that I know the difference. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Wesley S Date: 26 Nov 08 - 12:54 PM It looks like a good day to refresh this thread. Is everyone still thankful? I'm pleased to have lost 40 pounds this year. It looks like I'll be able to get off insulin once and for all before the end of the year. I've had to get rid of my "fat" cloths and buy all new stuff. Aside from that the rest of the family is still healthy - and so far we're still able to pay our bills. Now if we can just find a cure for autism........
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: The Shambles Date: 25 Nov 05 - 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Gallery of Mudcat Quotations From: Joe Offer - PM Date: 24 Nov 05 - 02:06 AM Dear Roger, As I understand it, most people don't want you cluttering up yet another thread with your anti-censorship campaign. Post what you want in this thread, and stay out of the other one. Be happy that you're tolerated as much as you are. Thank you. -Joe Offer- I am thankful that I am tolerated as much as I am. **[Please note this is an old thread. Do not reply to Shambles' post]** |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: Tannywheeler Date: 24 Nov 05 - 08:36 PM If I started I'd never finish. There isn't enough mb of space on aaaalllll the servers in the world....but you won't be surprised to learn that FSGW and Getaway are on the list now. Tw |
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Subject: RE: BS: What are you thankful for ? From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 24 Nov 05 - 06:58 PM I am thankful that the last 300 or so apes, monkeys, and humans who tried to kill me mostly had lousy aim...or a slow trigger finger. I am thankful that the car still works, most of the time. I am thankful to the people who designed the Thompson submachine gun. Hell of a good weapon. I am thankful that Paris Hilton will not star in the forthcoming remake of King Kong. I am thankful that the USA is not boycotting bananas. I am thankful that Chicago ain't been amalgamated with Schenectady. I am thankful that William Shatner ain't been elected president, although he might be an improvement over George Bush, come to think of it... I am thankful that Edgar Rice Burroughs told it like it was. I am thankful God gave me a good set of choppers and nice eyes. I am thankful to whoever designed pumps and slit skirts. Kreegah! |
