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Thank you, to all the woodmen!

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  • 27-04-2010 10:06pm
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    Graces7
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    It is hard to find words to express this, so please bear with me.

    Words! The kindness and generosity of time and skills and strength by all the men who came up here this evening, after a day;s work, to cut wood and clear and stack.

    Every time I see the woodpile and walk through the cleared thickets where precious light now means new trees can grow and walkways can be made.. my heart will thank them.

    This surely is what that overused word "community" is about. Not official, organised formal stuff, but the simply giving of one to another in need, with cheerfulness and laughter in the hard work.

    I never used to like hearing chain saws; maybe because they were no working here! Now every time I hear one in the distance, it will remind me of the kindness of boards ie Donegal...

    Blessings and thanks to all who came.


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    muffler
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    Delighted to have been able to help a little and thank you for the kind words (and the refreshments of course :))

    Now then, where's the Panadol :eek::D


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    Graces7
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    muffler wrote: »
    Delighted to have been able to help a little and thank you for the kind words (and the refreshments of course :))

    Now then, where's the Panadol :eek::D


    For the strained muscles you mean ;) REALLY!!!:rolleyes:;)


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    muffler
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    For the strained muscles you mean ;) REALLY!!!:rolleyes:;)
    Supervising is a very taxing job ;)


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    smashey
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    Clipboards are very heavy these days I hear.


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    North_West_Art
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    Hi Graces, glad to help out anytime. :) Heres hoping you'll not be needing the firewood through the summer!


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    Domscard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭Domscard


    Wow, what a lovely good deed :) Warms my heart nearly as much as it will warm Grace's toes next winter :D


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    homer simpson
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    muffler wrote: »
    Supervising is a very taxing job ;)

    I know he may have said he was supervising, he sure looked the part with the pen and clipboard, but i had a sneek and it was blank :p


    No bother at all Graces it was a pleasure and thanks for the nice words!!!


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    muffler
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    smashey wrote: »
    Clipboards are very heavy these days I hear.
    They are especially when you have to enter late arrivals ;)


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    Graces7
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    Waiting for the photos now..


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    ednwireland
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    you didnt tell me there was a party going on :(
    mind you was late homw from work last night and had to clean a chimney, and practice the guitar (badly for an hour)

    great you got sorted

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    muffler
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    you didnt tell me there was a party going on :(
    mind you was late homw from work last night and had to clean a chimney, and practice the guitar (badly for an hour)

    great you got sorted
    *cough*

    Oh dont worry, I have some other ideas for a couple/few of you :)


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    .17hmr
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    graces7 you are more than welcome,sure i would have been laying about any way .thank you for the tea and lets hope you have a meny a warm night to come ,thanks again.
    .17hmr


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    ednwireland wrote: »
    you didnt tell me there was a party going on :(
    mind you was late homw from work last night and had to clean a chimney, and practice the guitar (badly for an hour)

    great you got sorted

    You clean chimneys?

    Is there no end to the useful skills on boards ie donegal?

    We can always arrange another venue..;) :D


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    ednwireland
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    muffler wrote: »
    *cough*
    dont start muffler .......... ;)
    It has to be a weekday, morning or early afternoon also..
    you were there in the evening i think ?
    Graces7 wrote: »
    You clean chimneys?

    Is there no end to the useful skills on boards ie donegal?

    We can always arrange another venue..;) :D

    only my own (and thats rare enough, mucky filthy job that it is) i also work from 9 to 5:30, ride my bike quite a lot (tour of sligo coming up on the 9th may 160km :eek: ) and am taking guitar lessons, and a bit of wood turning thrown in.
    wonder why i dont have kids..................

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    smashey
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    112292.jpg

    112293.jpg


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    smashey wrote: »
    112292.jpg

    112293.jpg

    Just getting a wee square with a red cross in the middle; must be my computer?


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    Harps
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    All I get is a blank post..


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    muffler
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    Harps wrote: »
    All I get is a blank post..
    Can you spot us in this pic :D

    Men_at_work.jpg


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    irish1967
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    Hi from a nice little pub on Tottenham court road London. Sorry I couldn't make it graces7. But Was there in spirit. :)


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    muckish
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭muckish


    Well done guys. Proof that social networking does work.


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    muffler
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    irish1967 wrote: »
    Hi from a nice little pub on Tottenham court road London. Sorry I couldn't make it graces7. But Was full of spirits. :)

    FYP


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    muffler wrote: »
    FYP

    Sounding as ignorant as I am

    FYP?

    Great photo!!

    Incidentally an unexpected spin off..

    I was clearing the branches aside and saw leaves that were not hawthorn, but currants.

    Under the tangle of brush, a plantation of currant bushes, choked and matted.

    Many still there, so more added in cuttings in that cleared space. Some are ready to blossom so we shall see what kind they are. More for jam....

    There must have been a fruit garden there at one stage.

    All I need now is some rhubarb roots etc; that will grow so well there.


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    muffler
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    FYP?
    = Fixed Your Post. Usually entails quoting and changing a word or two in a previous post to bring a new meaning to it and normally of a humorous nature.


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Great photo!!
    No racism there. Doesn't matter if we're black or white :D


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    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Hi from a nice little pub on Tottenham court road London. Sorry I couldn't make it graces7. But Was there in spirit. :)

    You fled the country:confused:

    Oh MY!:eek:

    Was the idea that bad;)


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    Graces7
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    muffler wrote: »
    = Fixed Your Post. Usually entails quoting and changing a word or two in a previous post to bring a new meaning to it and normally of a humorous nature.

    TY:P


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    irish1967
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    On the bus now from Belfast airport. It has free wifi. Hmmmm raining as usual.


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    Domscard
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    muffler wrote: »
    Can you spot us in this pic :D

    Men_at_work.jpg

    Soooo, which blob belongs to whom?


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    Pique
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Pique


    muffler wrote: »
    Can you spot us in this pic :D

    Men_at_work.jpg

    G'wan, identify yourselves ! :)


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    .17hmr
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭.17hmr


    Pique wrote: »
    G'wan, identify yourselves ! :)

    Thats me beside them:D;):p


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    Domscard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭Domscard


    .17hmr wrote: »
    Thats me beside them:D;):p

    Had you just 'logged' in?


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