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*Manic Monday Chat Thread*30th March09*

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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    pepe2008 wrote: »
    Patches, I'm depending on you Son,
    Not to do what Lenny done..

    Copied and added to Lennys new siggy:T

    Anyone else got a new couple of lines to add??
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    :rotfl:Err.. ahem... :p

    Sorry Squizz................but you are infact saddo number 2 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Sorry Squizz................but you are infact saddo number 2 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Yes and proud of it! :p
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Hi all hope you dont mind me jumping in on your thread again today. Work was a nightmare, I mean what can you cook in a shattered oven :confused: thank heavens for the micro carp that we now sell ~ *ping ping* 9mins later a cottage pie, just like that :rotfl: Anyways not back till saturday now so couldnt care less.

    Just chilling and catching up, hope all has gone well at the hospital Gem :A
  • pepe2008
    pepe2008 Posts: 5,158 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Copied and added to Lennys new siggy:T

    Anyone else got a new couple of lines to add??

    artist: Clarence Carter lyrics
    title: Patches


    I was born and raised down in Alabama
    On a farm way back up in the woods
    I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
    Papa used to tease me about it
    'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
    'Cause he'd done all he could

    My papa was a great old man
    I can see him with a shovel in his hands, see
    Education he never had
    He did wonders when the times got bad
    The little money from the crops he raised
    Barely paid the bills we made

    For, life had kick him down to the ground
    When he tried to get up
    Life would kick him back down
    One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
    Put his hands on my shoulders
    And in his tears he said

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Two days later Papa passed away, and
    I became a man that day
    So I told Mama I was gonna quit school, but
    She said that was Daddy's strictest rule

    So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school
    I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
    Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
    I wanted to leave, just run away from home
    But I would remember what my daddy said
    With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    I tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    Then one day a strong rain came
    And washed all the crops away
    And at the age of 13 I thought
    I was carryin' the weight of the
    Whole world on my shoulders
    And you know, Mama knew
    What I was goin' through, 'cause

    Ev'ry day I had to work the fields
    'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
    You see, I was the oldest of the family
    And ev'rybody else depended on me
    Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray
    Lord, give him the strength to face another day

    So years have passed and all the kids are grown
    The angels took Mama to a brand new home
    Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
    But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

    Sing
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Oh, I can still hear Papa's voice sayin'
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    I've tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    I can still hear Papa, what he said
    Patches....:cry:

    edit; i'm filling up!
    :D:D stay wonky :D:D

    ....one-way ticket to Portugal booked !
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    Lou did you try explaining the circumstances to the insurance company?
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    pepe2008 wrote: »
    artist: Clarence Carter lyrics
    title: Patches


    I was born and raised down in Alabama
    On a farm way back up in the woods
    I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
    Papa used to tease me about it
    'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
    'Cause he'd done all he could

    My papa was a great old man
    I can see him with a shovel in his hands, see
    Education he never had
    He did wonders when the times got bad
    The little money from the crops he raised
    Barely paid the bills we made

    For, life had kick him down to the ground
    When he tried to get up
    Life would kick him back down
    One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
    Put his hands on my shoulders
    And in his tears he said

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Two days later Papa passed away, and
    I became a man that day
    So I told Mama I was gonna quit school, but
    She said that was Daddy's strictest rule

    So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school
    I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
    Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
    I wanted to leave, just run away from home
    But I would remember what my daddy said
    With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    I tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    Then one day a strong rain came
    And washed all the crops away
    And at the age of 13 I thought
    I was carryin' the weight of the
    Whole world on my shoulders
    And you know, Mama knew
    What I was goin' through, 'cause

    Ev'ry day I had to work the fields
    'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
    You see, I was the oldest of the family
    And ev'rybody else depended on me
    Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray
    Lord, give him the strength to face another day

    So years have passed and all the kids are grown
    The angels took Mama to a brand new home
    Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
    But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

    Sing
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Oh, I can still hear Papa's voice sayin'
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    I've tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    I can still hear Papa, what he said
    Patches....:cry:

    edit; i'm filling up!

    MN0040123.gif
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    pepe2008 wrote: »
    artist: Clarence Carter lyrics
    title: Patches


    I was born and raised down in Alabama
    On a farm way back up in the woods
    I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
    Papa used to tease me about it
    'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
    'Cause he'd done all he could

    My papa was a great old man
    I can see him with a shovel in his hands, see
    Education he never had
    He did wonders when the times got bad
    The little money from the crops he raised
    Barely paid the bills we made

    For, life had kick him down to the ground
    When he tried to get up
    Life would kick him back down
    One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
    Put his hands on my shoulders
    And in his tears he said

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Two days later Papa passed away, and
    I became a man that day
    So I told Mama I was gonna quit school, but
    She said that was Daddy's strictest rule

    So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school
    I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
    Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
    I wanted to leave, just run away from home
    But I would remember what my daddy said
    With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed

    He said, Patches
    I'm dependin' on you, son
    I tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    Then one day a strong rain came
    And washed all the crops away
    And at the age of 13 I thought
    I was carryin' the weight of the
    Whole world on my shoulders
    And you know, Mama knew
    What I was goin' through, 'cause

    Ev'ry day I had to work the fields
    'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
    You see, I was the oldest of the family
    And ev'rybody else depended on me
    Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray
    Lord, give him the strength to face another day

    So years have passed and all the kids are grown
    The angels took Mama to a brand new home
    Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
    But my daddy's voice kept me through the years

    Sing
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    To pull the family through
    My son, it's all left up to you

    Oh, I can still hear Papa's voice sayin'
    Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
    I've tried to do my best
    It's up to you to do the rest

    I can still hear Papa, what he said
    Patches....:cry:

    edit; i'm filling up!


    PEPE!!! What were you thinking!!!???


    -in fact, what am i thinking, quoting you!!! -
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    jinky67 wrote: »
    Lou did you try explaining the circumstances to the insurance company?


    I did but they said that as I had no proof that the boiler was damaged apart from the plumbers report (which I have to say was rubbish and vague) and as the claim was over £1000 they would always investigate further anyway.

    Plus as OH has said it did have more problems than the water damage so they would end up refusing anyway.:mad:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    PEPE!!! What were you thinking!!!???


    -in fact, what am i thinking, quoting you!!! -
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    here is a better depressing song for you all

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=604TLz8ZTmM&feature=related
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
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