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will try to find a suitable postcard tomorrow, have also sent something a bit dinosaur-y from Amazon.
Donated. Hope things pick up for them very soon.
(it's not this because IDK size, but isn't it fab)
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That's aweome.. do they do them in middle aged fat bloke sizes.? 😉
Thanks Cougar, just passed on my weekend beer money to a much more worthy cause, card will be sorted over the weekend.
I've been called many things before, but never George :0)
Good work! I shall look for a postcard tomorrow.
Donated.....i will sort a dino themed card asap!
Ian
My youngest is a dinosaur obsessive - we'll get onto it at the weekend!
Superb idea. I’ll add a reminder for the next time I’m up north, north.
Donation done. Will give the 5 year old some crayons after breakfast and see what happens.
Donated and I will get my three to send him an appropriate postcard each.
Donation made, will sort a card in short order.
Good work op, this is STW at its best, no?
Donation made, will sort a card in short order.
Have also asked a few people at work if they'd get their families "back home" (Sweden, India, Canada, Brazil) if they'd send cards
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Have also asked a few people at work if they’d get their families “back home” (Sweden, India, Canada, Brazil) if they’d send cards
That's amazing.
Again again, thank you all.
Card, albeit with an evolved dinosaur (aka an ostrich) on it, is on its way.
LIKE
Couldn't find a dinosaur , hope a meerkat works.
What a fantastic idea OP, this is truly STW at its best.
A postcard will be on its way from Sweden this weekend.
Donated. Hope the little fella is on the mend.
I think you lot have just paid her rent for the month.
Twice.
I only wanted a postcard.
I'm not crying, you are.
Jo:
😂😂oh my good god....its completely bonkers 😂😂
I keep sitting shaking my bloody head in awe😂
@Cougar, I was telling my 9 year old son about this at breakfast this morning. He looked thoughtful for a moment before getting up and disappearing off upstairs for a while.
He came back down with one of his beloved toy dinosaurs and a little note he'd written:
"To Ren, I am sorry to hear you are unwell and I hope you get well soon. And I like dinosaurs too and I thought that you would like the one that I will mail to you."
So, by later this afternoon a toy dinosaur with note from Nobbingsford Junior and a postcard from sunny Whitley Bay will be winging its way to Ren. Hope it cheers him up a bit. This weekend's beer money also redirected to a much more worthy cause.
Brilliant idea mate!
Oh, and also: #TOTW, surely?
Hope it cheers him up a bit.
I hope it cheers him up, because it's just ruined me.
Thank you.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that this forum is home to a small number of weapons-grade strokers.
However, it is also home to a much larger number of just blimmin' nice people, and threads like this are a testament to that. Well done us.
(I'll get a card tomorrow)
I hope it cheers him up, because it’s just ruined me.
Amen brother.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that this forum is home to a small number of weapons-grade strokers.
Reported to the mods, "I'm in this post and I don't like it."
Donation made, hope it all works out for them.
Careful, that looks hazardous.
Just FYI - the GFM page stands at over £4k
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Donated, and there's a couple of packs of dinosaur postcards on the way to him if he wants to send his own (once they arrive with me).
You are a lovely bunch of people x
Donated. Thanks
I live somewhere boring so no postcards here, but I've chucked a bit of money in to help out, and asked Amazon to send a grown-up dinosaur colouring book and some fancy pens - might help pass the time!
Sidenote: obviously there are lots of people out there in need of a little help, and I don't know these ones in the slightest. The reason I decided to bother today is because you, Cougar, always seem like a decent person on here, and a friend of a friend and all that... so be in no doubt that a big part of why people have done something good is down to you.
Great idea Cougar, this shows how good a forum we can have at times.
Couldn't find a dinasaur postcard and I'm too far south in Scotland for a nessie one (was my second idea) so I'm afraid the closest I could get is a dragon card which I'll send off this weekend
Will pop a few quid donation in too.
George
Thread of the week, if ever I saw one.....
Hope it all works out for them. Donation made.
be in no doubt that a big part of why people have done something good is down to you.
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I don't quite know what to do with that. Thank you.
At the end of the day it's not about me, I just thought the STW forum denizens might be able to - might want to - send a couple of missives to a young lad with tubes up his nose.
Again again again, thank you all.
The Skipperlets have made a small card which is in the post as per my earlier err, post! Suffice to say that while I give to charity etc, apart from buskers I don't normally give money to strangers. Mostly because I (rightly or wrongly) generally assume they'll just spend it on alcohol/drugs and I'd rather donate to the charities that help them. In this case however, even though that nice lady and her child are completely unknown to me, for some reason I felt compelled to help out. Seems like I am in the majority too so that's nice. Good on ya @Cougar.
Bump too 😉
So anyway, I’m currently sat in the pub trying not to look like I’m crying about this thread.
This place is absolutely magnificent sometimes, as are you Cougar.
Expect a postcard from The Black Country soon, we don’t have dinosaurs but we do have coal which is kind of the same but squashed and aged. Donation to be sent too.
Mostly because I (rightly or wrongly) generally assume they’ll just spend it on alcohol/drugs and I’d rather donate to the charities that help them.
They might as well have it, that's all I was going to spend it on.
Look what just fell into a Jiffy bag to be posted tomorrow.
I thought Mum and Sis might want cheering up to. I selected three that are hopefully not overtly feminine for Ren but will still appeal to the females.
They can each wear one and be connected by their matching jewellery. I will let decide who gets what.
Donated a few quid, I'd only have spent it on chocolate and booze.
OOps Donation made.