Wonder of wonders 265
 

I wonder if I can say that I'm very saddened today to hear of the passing (on the job) of the skipper of what we Queenslanders call "the little tug that could". During the terrible floods here at the beginning of this year, this man got in his little tugboat with his offsider and they saved our largest and most important bridge from disaster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX7fP...endscreen&NR=1
Brisbane's Riverwalk breaks off in the wee hours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tho7t9ZI8uE
qld floods - The Little Tug Boat that Could

I wonder about the word "hero" and how heroes don't like to be called that usually. This humble man was Peter Fenton.

True Heroes are humble
 

Hello, my friend.
True Heroe are humble, so RIP, Skipper Peter Fenton.
Hugs

I wonder if I can send a huge G'DAY to bashful BB. No need to be bashful here! :winky:

I wonder if it's really cold in the areas where some of you live and if many will get a white christmas.

I wonder about everyone who posts here and hope that they'll enjoy the holidays.

I wonder about the joys of internet shopping and how I have made the most of it this year.


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Wondering how Scotts best friend and sister are doing today.... Last night their dad came home drunk, he had hit a pole with his car about a block or so from thier house. Scott and his friend and sister came to our house with the car keys and wanted to use the phone to call his uncle...... sigh.... its a very long story.... short version is Scotts friend and sister ended up staying the night with their uncle.

Wondering too if i'm ever gonna get to the point that i dont get triggered by the news on TV. so many abuse stories this time of the year..... :(

I wonder if i can leave hugs and prayers for those who are hurting, and feeling depressed during this holiday season....
{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}

Amen Goofy

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I wonder if every news program would end with this picture..they should!

I wonder that 24/7 news makes me crazy and then I switch to Little House on the Prairie reruns because it's about building character, the importance of family, and doing the right thing.....

I wonder how much Mr.Alffe is enjoying his new "toy" Kindlefire...

I wonder that it's waaaaaaaaaay over my head. :p

"This content is currently unavailable" is the message I got when trying to access this link.

I get a picture of starving children on the left ...and Christmas shoppers with overflowing baskets in a store. It says Define Necessity.
It's another priority thing! It's also on my fb wall....can you see it there Barbo?

Alffe re your last post this has been my Christmas ending on my e-mails at work

A Christmas thought

While you’re out there Christmas shopping
Dodging trolleys, with your head veins popping
Stop and pause and give some thought
To the tons of food that you’ve just bought
Will you eat it all? Can it all be stored?
Will it go in the bin once you get bored?
Please stack your fridge with some refrain
Cause in less than a week you’ll be in ASDA again

Please ‘Don’t waste food’
So many in the world do not get that option!!!!!

David

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trying again! Can you see it this time Barbo?

And thank you dear David...love this

A Christmas thought

While you’re out there Christmas shopping
Dodging trolleys, with your head veins popping
Stop and pause and give some thought
To the tons of food that you’ve just bought
Will you eat it all? Can it all be stored?
Will it go in the bin once you get bored?
Please stack your fridge with some refrain
Cause in less than a week you’ll be in ASDA again

I wonder how my friend, Debbie, is really feeling today? Her sailor hubby, Rick, passed away on Christmas from a brain tumor and, while it was expected, I know it has to be so hard. But she says that she's at peace because she knows that he's at peace. I believe her.

I wonder that she'd asked all of her 'old friends' to write her to give her something else to think about. I wrote her every day just to tell her the funny little things that happen...like when my hubby and I got separated in the grocery store and I was preoccupied with all the cases of ice cream. I felt a man standing beside me and, assuming it was MY hubby, said, "Honey, what do you think of this one?" and this beautiful voice answered, "Well, if you like it, we can get it." and when I turned, the beautiful voice belonged to a beautiful man.....all I could do, at that point was laugh, blush and apologize!!! He, too, laughed! And said that too many choices frustrated him, also!

I wonder how Debbie's children will take all of this; they're younger than my son. And I think that he'd have a horrible time losing his dad. Our little family has just begun to get close again....we've had too much loss.

I wonder what I can do to help her? She lives so far away; there's no chance that I'll see her again. I suppose I'll just continue to write to her.

I wonder that I wish that no one had to lose anyone over holidays. It seems so unfair anytime, but especially so during times when the majority of people are happy....yet I know she'll go on for her grandkids. We're the generation that puts everyone else ahead of ourselves....we 'put on the happy face' for everyone to make them happy.

Just keep writing her Hippiechick - FOREVER!

I wonder why some words just leap off the page and stick to you...

"We're the generation that puts everyone else ahead of ourselves....we 'put on the happy face' for everyone to make them happy." :grouphug:

I wonder about something DMACK said..."You're my endless regret"
That pretty much says it all. :(

I wonder how nice it was to see Blue back...you have been missed dearheart.

I wonder how ginnie is...we LOVED that corn dish..had some last night finally!

I wonder if Lara finished planting...

I wonder if Addy had fun with her friends.

I wonder about a lot of things. :grouphug:

I wonder how cool it was to be on Facebook with Ducky, Alffe, Doody and BB at the same time yesterday!! It was almost as if we were all together in the same living room ... having a chat over a cup of tea!

I wonder at how blessed we all are to have this connection here.

I wonder if :Mexican: knows how happy I am when I see her here... and I hope she knows she is NOT alone when it comes to our feelings... I've gone through some really rough stuff lately... and have come up again... afloat and doing well.... you will too ((((BlueMajo))))!

I wonder about lots of things right now... and more than wonder, I hope that we all have a blessed, happy 2012! We all deserve that!

I wonder if everybody in this forum know how much I love them :hug:

I wonder,........................................... .................................
 

Does anyone here, wonder, anymore??? :confused:

Phyllis

I wonder if I can say that to stop wondering for me would be like not being alive. I wonder all the time and can't imagine life without wondering. I just don't always have time or am able for whatever reason to type my wonders on a computer. lol :)

I wonder about mr alffe...

I wonder about BlueMayo and thank her. You're very cared about here dear friend. :hug:

I also wonder about my dear old neighbour friend who is doing so poorly all of a sudden.

I wonder how I still am freaked out by the funeral van outside my front patio and especialy lately here in my area with some horrible tragedies. I'm not sure despite the gate and the fence that I can keep saying it's all better. It's not, because I hear and see the van going in and out on-call/ day and night and then I watch or read the news and I know where he is or has been. ugh I tell you, having a situation like this is a weird learning curve.

I wonder that I've been pretty quiet lately. Been busy but about to get extra busy, because I'm so concerned about my dear old neighbour friend in her 90s who had a cataract removed just before xmas and she's totally changed. She's taking a drug called Warfarin for other issues and since the surgery she's had many complications and this stoic wonderful woman is now not able to do very much at all and I fear this so-called simple eye operation might be her downfall.

I wonder that I am going to try to spend more time with her. She told me a few hours ago that she'd left the oven on by accident the other night because she can't see the dials on her oven anymore and she only knew it was still on because she felt the heat. UGH :eek: She couldn't call me because she can't see the numbers in her phonebook or even on her phone. I just helped her call her brother in South Africa by dialing for her. She's been trying to get someone to do that for her for weeks. UGH

I wonder that I just phoned her daughter-in-law and expressed my concerns about her mum-in-law being alone in a huge house and garden etc. etc.. I'll cook her dinner from now on. If my vertigo is so bad I can't get across the cul-de-sac then I'll call a neighbour to take it over to her or I'll even struggle to my car and drive up to her garage where it's level ground. I figure I might even try to do some of the things she enjoys with her. She loves to sew for her great grandchildren, so now she can't see, maybe she can just give me directions and I'll sew for her.

I wonder if you would all send me some positive thoughts for my own health and strength so I can help this wonderful woman who's seen almost a whole century and has so many tales to tell and calls me a "lovely little girl". I'm very tall... not little. I'm heading to 60... not young. To hear someone call me a lovely little girl is really sweet and heartbreaking at the same time. :)

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Sorry for the selfish ramble.

I wonder how grateful I am that there are people in this world like you dear Lara....not selfish but selfless! So proud to call you my friend but you are so much more. :hug:

I wonder how grateful I am that our oldest daughter arrived yesterday and has already made us laugh several times...which we much needed to do.

I wonder how Barbo puts up with me sometimes...not just her but anyone within my "firing" range..

I wonder if I'll calm down after Mr.Alffe's surgery today and recovery period..

I wonder if my dr. will put me back on aricept when I see her or just increase my "calming" pill and see what happens...

I wonder how much I appreciate all of your support. I do love you all dearly.

I wonder if anyone has heard from Alffe on how today was :hug:

I was just saying the same thing to Rick..... "wondering" how Mr Alffe was doing..... :hug:

Mr. Alffe
 

Everything went well and she hopes to bring him home tomorrow!

I wonder,........................................... .................................
 

:o if, I'm allowed to just pop in and say hi, since, I'm exhausted from
grocery-shopping!! :eek::rolleyes::p

:grouphug: Phyllis

I wonder if you're an angel (((((Lara)))))) ;)

I wonder if you won't have to see the doc now, dear Alffeee... as, from time to time, no matter how strong a pill we take... life is just darn difficult at times... and I'm so glad your Mr. Alffee is ok.!

I wonder if barbo know how happy I am that she popped in to let us know!

I wonder if I can dare say I'm feeling quite fine now that Christmas is over... except for this darn cough which really isn't that bad.

I wonder at how much I'm enjoying knitting a little hat for Grand-Addy!

:sing: Addy

I wonder if Mr.Alffe finally got some rest last night...

I wonder if I can bring him home today....fingers crossed.

I wonder if I can thank you all for the support you always give this forum family of ours.

I wonder if I can leave hugs for the room. :grouphug:

I wonder if Mr Alffe is feeling OK and came home?

I wonder if Alffe knows our thoughts and prayers are with them (as always) and we love both Alffe's?

I wonder if Spanish Moss know that I keep her and her husband and the kids in my prayers.

I wonder how nice is was to have Mr.Alffe home in our bed...:hug:

I wonder how grateful I am for our daughters....wonderful support for us..

I wonder that I have a whole new appreciation for nurses...two of our daughters are nurses so I always appreciated them but.......wow!!!

I wonder if I can leave hugs for the room. :grouphug: