The Mad(ness) that is the Elite. He's gone, but was one of the best :A

MKS

zippydooda wrote: »

what our dear old worzel gummidge

And Aunt Sally. :eek:

locarr

zippydooda wrote: »

really :rotfl: you say otherwise quite often :D

tea and catchup doesn't have the same ring to it!!:p

careful you're not suppose to trawl old posts!;)

QPR10

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Have any of you had a cat that has lost its voice?

My lovely little asbo has lost her voice she's absolutely fine in herself, still eating normally and everything else but she opens her mouth to meow and nothing comes out

I've had a squizz on google but it scares me a bit

these things always happen at the weekend don't they, maybe its nothing we lose our voices sometimes hope she is talking tomorrow

MKS

David. wrote: »

Never :eek:
but bubbs is free and fc missing :rotfl:
(Not that fc charges well I hope not )

1.How do you know that bubba is free?
2.What's happened to FC?
3. Why do you hope not?

Savvybuyer

lalli_pickle wrote: »

Welcome back Savvy. Your absence has been noted.

I suspect that, like some of us, the outpouring of emotion for Mad has made you feel both comfortable and uncomfortable. I'm certain that given your self awareness you'll be able to verbalise this in a more coherent way than most. Suffice to say that anything I word will be awkward.

If you'd like to donate towards the charity or the flowers then I'm sure you'll find a link. Likewise the candle site. And it can be done anonymously if you feel an irrational urge for immediacy but would like the time to think things over in private.

[...]

No.. in fact I missed it all:o:o (hadn't caught up) - I knew Mad was in hospital, as he'd posted to that effect, but didn't know what with. I've gone back and read the end of the last thread now (and I've read between the lines again: it seems, in a way, many people have more difficulty than I have but, in another way, it also seems I get affected more than most by some things - far from lacking emotion, I get too emotionally affected at times - while on the one hand (I know this sounds harsh) I perhaps ought to stop reading things that upset me, on the other hand it's a necessary thing to feel the need to do from time to time even if it is very saddening. Half of my mother's side of the family, including my mother herself, have been lost to this disease, so it's certainly one which does touch me, and sadly a lot of other people too.

What's such a sad thing, and such a random 'luck of the draw' (or lack of it), is that so many people are taken away so young. Mad was one of those and it is so hard for the rest of the family and close friends - it's hard at any age, but I feel especially hard when they were so young. It seems there are all these people, from their birth year and passing year, that live to their 70s or 80s, and then those in their 60s, 50s, 30s or even less that have all been taken away by some illness or another, often a form of this one. And then I see people in their 30s and 20s having died (people in the cemetery near to my loved ones) and yet somehow - I'm not the fittest, sportiest person and have had periods of not best of health - I've managed to outlast all of them. I'd better not tempt fate, and if I need to touch a lot of wood, then touch wood, touch wood, but it just doesn't seem fair that people suddenly are struck down and, worse, deteriorate through months of hospital, or that supposedly fit football players, for example, suddenly die in their 20s and yet supposedly unfit me, I remain here!

I've been through the months of hospital visits, and life being on hold, myself, watching a loved one slowly be taken away and it felt such a relief when they were cruelly finally taken away from their misery and were sadly moved on to a better place.

As for an 'irrational need for immediacy', no I think that's perfectly rational really.

TrulyMadly

silvercar wrote: »

Too many pages to catch up, but this birthday girl :grin is saying hello from sunny Spain.

Whisked away by hubby for the weekend. Been totally spoilt.

Is it everybody's birthday this weekend?

Bloomin Sagittarians:)

David.

MKS wrote: »

1.How do you know that bubba is free?
2.What's napped to FC?
3. Why do you hope not?

Eh who is bubba apart from him on the shrimp boat
Nothings napped to FC as far as I know
Because I can not afford it :rotfl:

David.

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Is it everybody's birthday this weekend?

Bloomin Sagittarians:)

:kisses3: Happy 40th TM

TrulyMadly

Mir! wrote: »

Ooooooh are you a fat rascal?

..........Erm....I mean , did ya have a fat rascal?

Ooh I feel very fat at the moment:)

Tea in Bettys:T

locarr

TrulyMadly wrote: »

Is it everybody's birthday this weekend?

Bloomin Sagittarians:)

Locarr is a Sagi!:D;)