I know I'm way behind with reading my e-mails and still working through
those from before Christmas. But as we are still in the twelve days of
Christmas I thought this may ring true for some. I finished the turkey
I brought home from my aunt's where I'd spent Christmas Day, for supper
last
Dear Friends,
I must say I've been amazed that in the past 3 days all we can find to talk
about is what Santa brought us, when the world's worst ever natural
disaster has just occurred in the Indian Ocean!!!
Hopefully many of you have been following the news and will know that there
are some
David said - I'm really annoyed at the coverage we aren't getting. When 9/11
happened all programmes on TV were suspended for about 3 days. For this
disaster we have to wait for hourly news bulletins on the radio.
Hi David In the UK it's on 24 hours a day on all our news channels, they are on
As I've said in the past, DH meets up with friends of similar age (the Last
of the Summer Wine crowd) at a coffee stall on the shore in Poole. The owner
of the coffee stall closed for two months to go off to Thailand - he goes
there or to the Phillipines every year over Christmas, and no-one hears
In a message dated 12/29/2004 7:07:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I ask everyone to contribute to the relief effort, however small - we have
already made our donations online last night.
http://www.redcross.org.uk/
In the US, the website is almost the same:
Dear friends,
I have had some good news, my cousin a priest spending Christmas in Thailand
is safe, I finally found out today, likewise a nephew who lives there, but
was Home in England for Christmas, so also safe, but a couple, one a lace
friend and her husband are not due home until 31st. so I
David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Friends,
I must say I've been amazed that in the past 3 days all we can find to talk
about is what Santa brought us, when the world's worst ever natural
disaster has just occurred in the Indian Ocean!
I think it's more a matter of taking refuge in
David,
Actually I have been hearing quite a bit about it, since I belong to a
Plumeria group, and many of our list members are from the Philippines,
Thailand, India, Sumatra, Australia, etc. I didn't see any coverage
until yesterday, though I knew about it via everyone being so concerned
about
We tracked down Stan, a fellow on our plumeria list, who lives in the
Philippines via cell phone. When the disaster happened, and we started
tracking down members, someone had an email from Stan. It stated that he
was going to the highlands for Christmas, and had his cell phone # in
it. The email
DH saw an interview with the minister of tourism, who said, essentially
Ninety-five percent of our tourist hotels are in perfect shape -- AND WE
NEED THE MONEY.
T'would seem that for once the instinct to rush out to gawk at a disaster
could be as useful as it was in the days when we lived in
On the morning of the 27th, we got the following email from a close friend:
Our son, Curry, called to tell us they are all okay!
Dec. 14th, our son left Marysville with his wife, Desi, to spend Christmas
with her family in Sri Lanka--the first Christmas the whole family would be
together in 23
On Dec 29, 2004, at 12:55, Lynn Carpenter wrote:
David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Friends,
I must say I've been amazed that in the past 3 days all we can find
to talk
about is what Santa brought us, when the world's worst ever natural
disaster has just occurred in the Indian Ocean!
I
Hi All, Well, I've seen some of the coverage and our paper has had it on
the front page. Like Tamara, I will do what I can but that's not much.
Sulochona was going to be in Calcutta and Chinsurah so I hope she and her
family are okay. What a tragedy. DH saw satellite photos of the tsunami
and
Dear Friends,
If that attitude irks you, David... Well, you're a trained nurse, have no
dependents... You can do more than I can: volunteer for in-the-field work
out there. Just do it through a recoggnised organisation, not on your own.
I am awaiting the phone call now to go with the next team
Good for you, David. Somehow I knew you would volunteer because that's the
kind of person you are. Bless you.
Anne in Austin TX
- Original Message -
From: David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tamara P. Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED]; chat Arachne
lace-chat@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday,
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