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I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, what an awful way for you to find out
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What a horrible shock for you f0xh0les, sending a virtual hug xLBM - October 2018; finally debt free on 16 March 2021
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So sorry to hear about your friend @f0xh0les, what a shock.
I guess putting a single post on FB is a 'simple' way to let as many people know as possible at one time without the family having the same conversation repeatedly. It's hard enough hearing news like that once but having to tell people multiple times when you're only coming to terms with it yourself is unbearable. I guess as no one buys papers any longer, FB is the modern equivalent of the obituaries.Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12JAN NSD 11/16
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Sorry to hear about your friend @f0xh0les. FB has become the do all messenger, but its not a good way to find out. Look after yourself.Mortgage Free 23 December 2020
Savings £9671 / £20 000 goal
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Sad to hear your news, it never gets easy. X
The only positive I can draw from the cruddy 'F.book' is that a friend of mine got to announce a serious condition on their terms this year.... rather than on the grape vine / or gossips.
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01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25 £9997 05.06.25 £8898.
01.07.25. £7975 01.08.25 £6968 01.09.25 £5956. 01.10.25 £4979
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Sorry to hear of your friend's death .
Lidl sell chocolate covered gingers, both milk and dark chocolate - they were on special offer in the run up to Christmas so you may have got those? Very gingery.4 -
Sorry to hear of your friend's death. That must have been a very upsetting way to find out.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family4 -
So sorry to hear about your friend F0xh0les. I suspect that now we're without landlines, and mobile numbers can be changed quite easily, people assume it's better to break such news over social media than risk a chunk of friends being unaware until weeks or months later.
Do you remember when you brought the biscuits? Was it after Christmas? You might find that you mentioned them and where you purchased them in a previous post on this diary, you just need to work out how far back you need to look."You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who
Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!5 -
And if it was Lidl All Butter Deluxe cookies - they are on offer next weekend (there are choc covered ginger ones, and I can highly recommend the non-choc covered ginger ones through prev samplings)peb said:Sorry to hear of your friend's death .
Lidl sell chocolate covered gingers, both milk and dark chocolate - they were on special offer in the run up to Christmas so you may have got those? Very gingery.Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12JAN NSD 11/16
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Dear Foxholes, I am so sorry to hear about your friend, what an awful shock. Take care CM5
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