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  • thriftwizard
    thriftwizard Posts: 4,919 Forumite
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    Virtual {{{hugs}}} Daz; so sorry for your loss.
    Angie - GC Dec 25 £376.31/£500: 2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 40/68: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)
  • DAZ so very sad to read your news, hope you are all coping with the suddenness of things.
  • Doveling
    Doveling Posts: 705 Forumite
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    Thinking of you Daz x
    Not dim ;) .....just living in soft focus :p
  • DawnW
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    Sorry for your loss Daz378 :(
  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    So sorry for your loss daz, but glad your Dad is out of pain and at peace now x
  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,150 Forumite
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    Daz - I'm very sorry for your loss.

    I bring cake :bdaycake: It isn't quite the usual sponge with a tub of cream & another of nutella, but I've not quite figured supporting folk online.

    I'm glad he had a lot of family at the end - that seems to help family quite a bit.
  • Cappella
    Cappella Posts: 748 Forumite
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    Sending you my sympathy Daz, I'm sorry for your loss.
  • daz378
    daz378 Posts: 1,073 Forumite
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    thanks for all the messages of condolence, im helping my sister with the arrangements tomorrow, as i used to visit him a few times a week he will leave a gap in my life, but i expect il adapt eventually ......take care
  • Daz, sorry to hear about your Dad and nothing we can say but although we don't know you IRL a lot of people on here including me have been through the loss of close family so thinking of you.
  • ancientofdays
    ancientofdays Posts: 2,913 Forumite
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    Very sorry to hear your sad news daz
    I was jumping to conclusions and one of them jumped back
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