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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

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~alex~ Explorer
~alex~
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I'm so sorry Susie. :( I am thinking thoughts and praying prayers of strength and comfort for you, David, and his family. Especially for the three young children. I can only imagine their confusion and sorrow. I don't understand why life can be so cruel sometimes. :( I am sure you are a source of great comfort and strength to David. I hope everyone in his family can have a person like you to lean on.

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Pataughm,

I know this has to be dredging up all kinds of feelings for you. This is all just so sad. :(

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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Susie, Prayers for David and his family, and for you to have the strength to help support them all.

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
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:( Susie..........such a sad time for you and David. It good you are close by and can go be with the family.

Oh course, I'll keep you in my prayers.

Love and Hugs to you both

Judy

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Oh Susie, very tragic news....you are all in my prayers and thoughts.....((((((HUGS))))))

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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Oh Susie, this is such tragic news.

My heart breaks for David and his family. I will hold you all in my thoughts.

:wub:

Ridgewalker Contributor
Ridgewalker
Posted
This is precisely when it's most frustrating to all live so far away from each other--my impulse is to go and be with her and help in any way I can, and I just can't.

Me, too. I hate this.

I'm trying to think of what else to say, but it's just a hundred different ways of saying how much I hate this. I wish I could be there.

If there's anything... ANYTHING at all we can for you guys or the kids, please let us know.

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psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Susie, you, David and his family are in my thoughts tonight. I will be especially thinking about the three young people who have lost their parents. I hope arrangements can be made for them quickly.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

Peter - I have noticed your new av . . . did you lose one of your kitties?? :(

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Peter - I have noticed your new av . . . did you lose one of your kitties?? :(

Thomas suffered a stroke at about 6 this evening. Jacquie heard something fall down the stairs and when she looked, he was at the bottom of the stairs unable to move his hind legs. We rushed to the emergency clinic where he was looked at immediately. He had a clot obstructing blood flow to his hind section, and was in heart failure. He was euthanized just after seven. Jacquie wrote this and and posted it on the board where she is a moderator:

Well people I must pass on some sad cat news. We had to put Thomas Jefferson down early this evening. Thomas suffered a stroke. When we took him to the emergency clinic they confirmed that he had had a stroke and also was in heart failure. Thomas had a heart murmur. We did the humane thing and put him to sleep We will miss the little guy. He would have been 11 in August. 2 years ago Thomas had to have a third of tail remove because of a vascular problem. He came through that with flying colours.

Thomas will be missed by Oliver, Tuppence and Riley as well as by my hubby and I. He could be an annoying little guy at times, always wanting attention when some one else was getting it. Oliver was usually the victim. Thomas would never sit on our laps but he sure liked to sit on the arm rest of our chesterfield. He also had a habit of stealing our seats when we got up for something. He also liked to swat us when we went by him if you weren't paying attention to him. Thomas will be sorrowfully missed. He gets to join Max our first cat in Cat Heaven where he will be annoying all the other cats. R.I.P Thomas. August 1997 to June 29, 2008. Take care Thomas, Peter and I loved you.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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That's sad to hear, Peter. I know what a difficult decision it is to make even though you know it's the right thing to do. I'm sure Thomas had some happy years with you and Jacquie and the rest of the cat crew. I'm sorry for your loss.

Sillies, I will be heading out of town tomorrow. I'm going to visit the parental units. I also will be leaving to avoid any retaliation attempts at my failure to let the neighbor's dogs out :ph34r: (I left the house sitter a note of apology and a gift card to Chipotles ;) ) I'll be checking in from time to time but I will have limited computer access. I'll be back on Thursday.

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
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Susie, so sorry to hear the about David's family. I'm not good at saying the right thing at times like this, but I'm sure you will be there for him....just don't forget to take care of yourself, too. This will be a hard time for all of you.....for some time. We are all here for you.

Peter, how sad about poor Thomas. I am sure he will be missed by all. When our kids were little, a stray cat invited himself into our household in the fall. Before spring came, he died in our home. The ground had not yet thawed. My husband tried to dig a hole, but.....

We didn't tell my daughter until a few years ago what we really did with poor Sheba. :unsure:

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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Horrendous.

Brings back my little brother's plane crash death in '96 & I was close to sobbing a few min ago. :(

While it feels jackass-ian to tell David "I know what it's like", that's unfortunately true. :( :(

Tom :(

Thomas suffered a stroke at about 6 this evening. Jacquie heard something fall down the stairs and when she looked, he was at the bottom of the stairs unable to move his hind legs. We rushed to the emergency clinic where he was looked at immediately. He had a clot obstructing blood flow to his hind section, and was in heart failure. He was euthanized just after seven. Jacquie wrote this and and posted it on the board where she is a moderator:

Peter :(

Little fella is at peace now

GADS!! - we need a group hug don't we?!!

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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my dear, precious, sillies.

How your thoughts have touched me - I promptly burst into tears, sitting here w/ DAvid. We cannot sleep.......and there are no beds for us here. :( This will not be good, me with no sleep..........people will be here at 7 a.m. - tons of cops as Craig was a cop and reporters are goign crazy with this story and bombarding the house. It's surreal. It's..........unspeakably sad. But so much love is here, also, so much support and TONS and TONS of friends. But I feel depleted and need strength.............

I soooo much wish you were all right here, around the corner, and I could leave for a little while and be safe in the bosom of my dear ones............. :(

I am just here, trying to help as much as I can, Weezee is at my mom's, millions of people are at the house......the other couple who were killed lived across the street.........they left four kids. He was running for some political office and is well-known, so it's big in local media. Reporters are calling from Vegas.....

Tom - :( you know this pain........

and Peter - - I am so sorry about your cat....

such sadness in sillyville. I haven't even had time to read anything else here, but did read my other thread, will post on that later................

so surreal here.....I don't entirely know what to do. and I HATE the inconvenience of needing my own food at a time like this...........

okay - end of rant.........fading out.......... :(

but doing okay, overall. Such grief, to witness, is unbelievable......seven orphaned children within two houses of one another. :(

Love you all..............more later - and PLEEZE keep the silly coming, I will read later, and actually get a chortle at the normalcy of the silly banter...........it's greatly comforting.

:wub::(

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Hi Souczie--If we can give you some feeling of normalcy when you peek in here by being our usual doofaces, then that's what we'll do. You know I wish it could be more--something tangible. Stay strong sweetie--I'm sending as many positive, comforting thoughts your way as I can. :) Thank God David has you now.

Peter, I'm so very sorry to hear about wee Thomas :( You and Jacquie are such great kitty parents and you can take comfort in the knowledge that you gave him a wonderful life. I know you'll miss him terribly--we had to make the same decision once years ago.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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GADS!! - we need a group hug don't we?!!

Gawd, Nik--that exactly what we need! :(:)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Alrighty then . . . attempting segue back to normal . . . normal??? . . . OK, regular programme-ing then . . .

I'm sorry to inform you that I have once again been visiting other threads :rolleyes: but in my travels, I have stumbled across a new (for me anyway) Britishism . . .

Eat for England

If I interpret the context correctly . . . it means really chowing down . . . in which case, I Eat for England on a daily basis.

:ph34r::ph34r: Anybody else notice that I'm not suppose to be here and should actually be packing up the Honda and headin' out . . . :ph34r:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted
:ph34r::ph34r: Anybody else notice that I'm not suppose to be here and should actually be packing up the Honda and headin' out . . . :ph34r:

Well, git to it, young lady!!! :P

Have a safe trip :D

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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I'm sorry to inform you that I have once again been visiting other threads :rolleyes: but in my travels, I have stumbled across a new (for me anyway) Britishism . . .

Eat for England

If I interpret the context correctly . . . it means really chowing down . . . in which case, I Eat for England on a daily basis.

:lol: Indeed, as do I, but you could eat for America if you like (but it's on a much grander scale :P )

Have a good trip :)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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:lol: Indeed, as do I, but you could eat for America if you like (but it's on a much grander scale :P )

Oh, I could . . . but I just like the sound of eat for England better . . . alliteration and all that!! . . . plus, I'm not that hungry - I had a snack earlier :P .

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

Somebody needs to come and shut down my computer. I am apparently incapable of doing it myself. I'm pretty sure there's no way I'll be gettin outta here by 10am (in ten minutes).

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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Susie, glad you checked in. I am here for whatever you need. I am sending you strength and love :wub:

Tom, Imagine this is bringing up a lot for you :(

And Peter, I am terribly sorry about your Thomas :(

Thinking of you all, group hug indeed.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:lol: Janet about eating for England, and so true Nikki, eating for America is on a much grander scale.

There's not a lot of Carla-ing going around, that's for sure

Daxin Explorer
Daxin
Posted
Ah, IKEA.

And, when you finally get to the end of the labyrinth, you learn that "ikea" is a Swedish word which means "out of stock." :angry:

Amanda, what a phrightening experience. I'm glad to hear you are both fine.

I always thought IKEA was an acronym for I Kan't Ever Assemble. (even works for psillie spelling)

Amanda, glad to hear you are both okay.

Psuzie, *huggs* What more can I say.

Hope today goes a little better in our little slice of this crazy universe.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted
I always thought IKEA was an acronym for I Kan't Ever Assemble. (even works for psillie spelling)

Dear gaaawd :rolleyes: ....haven't crossed that bridge yet.....still recovering from the shopping experience

GAHHHHH!!!

Alas - beggars can't be choosers as we say ;)

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Peter, sorry about your small furry baby. I'm sure he was as happy as any cat could be while he was with you.

Susie and Tom, more hugs.

I spent three hours in the 90 degree heat yesterday washing my deck and swing. I come back in the house to find all the males sprawled over the furniture completely sacked out. harumph. men.

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