Comments on: Maybe http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 21:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29726 Grannymar Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:57:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29726 Gaselikaa - There are days when my fingers do both the thinking and the typing, this was one! Gaselikaa - There are days when my fingers do both the thinking and the typing, this was one!

]]> By: gaelikaa http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29720 gaelikaa Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:43:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29720 Great post. Very appropriate. Great post. Very appropriate.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29684 Grannymar Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:21:03 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29684 Maynard - Are biased by any chance? :lol: Maynard - Are biased by any chance? :lol:

]]> By: Maynard http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29682 Maynard Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:33:31 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29682 and a "terrific" blogger you are! and a “terrific” blogger you are!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29681 Grannymar Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:47:39 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29681 Ramana, my post was written late yesterday and I had no idea when I was writing of the atrocities about to hit your neighbourhood. My final statement was really for the perpetrators of such horrendous acts. When I heard the news, I relived the gut wrenching feelings from years past when Jack was out travelling the roads of Ulster, there were days when I would not know exactly which direction he would take as appointments sometimes changed at short notice. We had no mobile phones back then so I had to live with the worry until the car came round the corner. It was EVERY day, so I learned to keep the radio and TV switched off while he was working. Ramana, my post was written late yesterday and I had no idea when I was writing of the atrocities about to hit your neighbourhood. My final statement was really for the perpetrators of such horrendous acts.

When I heard the news, I relived the gut wrenching feelings from years past when Jack was out travelling the roads of Ulster, there were days when I would not know exactly which direction he would take as appointments sometimes changed at short notice. We had no mobile phones back then so I had to live with the worry until the car came round the corner. It was EVERY day, so I learned to keep the radio and TV switched off while he was working.

]]> By: Rummuser http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29679 Rummuser Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:39:10 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29679 Grannymar, as you were writing this post, an incendiary device had gone off in a restaurant popular with Western tourists in the town where I live, not two kilometers as the crow flies from my home. At last count, nine were killed and forty nine injured some in very serious condition. While I and my family are safe, till I could speak to Ranjan who was out in the evening and frequents the area where the incident took place, I was on edge and my islamophobia took off into orbit where it remains as I write this. Both Ranjan and I have friends living close by to the restaurant and though so far we have not heard of any of them being affected, we may well do so. Would you still say "At times we need to forget the past and live today while building for tomorrow!"? Grannymar, as you were writing this post, an incendiary device had gone off in a restaurant popular with Western tourists in the town where I live, not two kilometers as the crow flies from my home. At last count, nine were killed and forty nine injured some in very serious condition. While I and my family are safe, till I could speak to Ranjan who was out in the evening and frequents the area where the incident took place, I was on edge and my islamophobia took off into orbit where it remains as I write this. Both Ranjan and I have friends living close by to the restaurant and though so far we have not heard of any of them being affected, we may well do so. Would you still say “At times we need to forget the past and live today while building for tomorrow!”?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29677 Grannymar Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:48:15 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29677 Betty - I am sincerely hoping that you are wrong this time. Betty - I am sincerely hoping that you are wrong this time.

]]> By: Betty http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29673 Betty Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:07:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29673 I'm afraid that we are going to reach a time when we have to have signs similar to that. I can't imagine a time when we have to decide whether the restaurant or play, etc., that we want to attend is worth the risk of a suicide bomb, or worse. I’m afraid that we are going to reach a time when we have to have signs similar to that. I can’t imagine a time when we have to decide whether the restaurant or play, etc., that we want to attend is worth the risk of a suicide bomb, or worse.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29672 Grannymar Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:02:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29672 Ian - I do indeed. A neighbour of mine worked back then in building control in Belfast he was on call every second night. When a bomb went off he was called on to inspect the building for safety purposes. Nobody was allowed to enter the building until he gave the go ahead. Imagine how his wife felt all those evenings waiting for his safe return? Ian - I do indeed. A neighbour of mine worked back then in building control in Belfast he was on call every second night. When a bomb went off he was called on to inspect the building for safety purposes. Nobody was allowed to enter the building until he gave the go ahead. Imagine how his wife felt all those evenings waiting for his safe return?

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/02/13/maybe/#comment-29671 Ian Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6530#comment-29671 Do you remember when there used to be announcements during programme breaks on television, "Would keyholders for such and such a street, please contact the police immediately". The strain on the shopkeepers must have been severe. Do you remember when there used to be announcements during programme breaks on television, “Would keyholders for such and such a street, please contact the police immediately”.

The strain on the shopkeepers must have been severe.

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