Do You Need A Hug?

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:39 am

despite being married I often feel caged inside my badly disabled body.

I try not to ponder on the downside of my life and just count any blessings that I have left.. for any1 not knowing, I suffer from ms.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:50 am

SlipStream;879185 wrote: despite being married I often feel caged inside my badly disabled body.

I try not to ponder on the downside of my life and just count any blessings that I have left.. for any1 not knowing, I suffer from ms.

well hello there!

i don't think we've met before, it's nice to meet you.

that's a wonderful outlook on life sweetheart, don't ponder the downside and count your blessings!

if only everyone could be that positive, you are a ray of sunshine in the garden!

now come over here darlin and let me give you a big hug!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:50 am

Hope6;879190 wrote: well hello there!

i don't think we've met before, it's nice to meet you.

that's a wonderful outlook on life sweetheart, don't ponder the downside and count your blessings!

if only everyone could be that positive, you are a ray of sunshine in the garden!

now come over here darlin and let me give you a big hug!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

thank you Hope6, nice 2 meet u 2:-6

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:05 am

hi Jj,

could do with one myself right now, a hug that is,:o

i hate weekends cos i dont see a soul and the week days arnt a lot better either.

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:34 am

Let's try a today

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:55 am

Trunk Monkey;879263 wrote: Let's try a today

yeah i suggested a group hug a few posts back, but i haven't had any takers

yet!:(

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:05 am

SlipStream;879206 wrote: thank you Hope6, nice 2 meet u 2:-6

i'm glad to meet another sci-fi fan! i get the impression you're a trekkie like me!:wah::wah:

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:05 am

Hope6;879278 wrote: i'm glad to meet another sci-fi fan! i get the impression you're a trekkie like me!:wah::wah:

2 right:-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:17 am

grecianurn;879317 wrote: Who doesn't need a hug sometimes? Today an elderly lady of 91 years hugged me, what a lovely thing that was. She didn't know me (she does know me but alas every day she forgets what happened/who you are), she truly lives "in the moment" I suppose. In this particular moment she hugged me, now that is a moment to treasure!

first let me say hello it's nice to meet you! :-6

i love your avatar btw!

and you're exactly right! everybody needs a hug sometime!

awwww what a beautiful moment that you will always have!

btw here's another hug for ya!:yh_hugs:wah:

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:25 am

I wasn't going to ask for a hug today but I sure need one. I am highly allergic to gnats or where I am here they are called May flies. Last night I went outside to visit my frogs in the pond and sure enough I got bit by a gnat in the corner of my left eye. Needless to say, my eye is swollen shut and will remain so for a couple of days. Hurts like crazy and I look like I did several rounds with the world boxing champion.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:30 am

grecianurn;879335 wrote: Thank you! :-6

:wah::wah: i originally said welcome to the garden, then i noticed you've been here since March so i edited it,:wah::wah: sorry!:o

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:32 am

Trunk Monkey;879336 wrote: I wasn't going to ask for a hug today but I sure need one. I am highly allergic to gnats or where I am here they are called May flies. Last night I went outside to visit my frogs in the pond and sure enough I got bit by a gnat in the corner of my left eye. Needless to say, my eye is swollen shut and will remain so for a couple of days. Hurts like crazy and I look like I did several rounds with the world boxing champion.

OMG! PJ! here's a big hug for PJ!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:33 am

grecianurn;879337 wrote: Well you didn't deserve that at all while visiting your frogs - anyone who visits their frogs deserves a hug in my opinion ( you and me then!). :yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Thank You! I send a :yh_hugs right back at you :-6

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:34 am

Hope6;879339 wrote: OMG! PJ! here's a big hug for PJ!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Thank you Hope :-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:37 am

SlipStream;879319 wrote: 2 right:-6

:wah::wah: so which show is your favorite?

Post by **jones jones** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:53 am

Helen;879253 wrote: hi Jj,

could do with one myself right now, a hug that is,:o

i hate weekends cos i dont see a soul and the week days arnt a lot better either.

hi helen honey .... heres your hug ... (((((((((((((((((((hugs helen)))))))))))))))))

and a mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

sorry i responded so late ... i have NOT had a very good computer weekend ... not to mention shower door weekend!

first my monitor packed up and would you believe it today my mouse did!

if you haven't yet heard about the shower door yet ... ask kaylene!

and no ... she wasn't in the shower too! (damn!)

Jj:-4

Post by **jones jones** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:59 am

hi grecianurn ... interesting nickname ...

heres a hug for you .... (((((((((((((((((((hug)))))))))))))))

Jj

Post by **jones jones** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:00 am

hugs for Pj too ... (((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))

Jj

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:00 am

Hope6;879342 wrote: :wah::wah: so which show is your favorite?

TNG mostly but voyagers ok:)

you?

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:17 am

jones jones;879350 wrote: hugs for Pj too ... (((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))

Jj

Thank you Jj. Eye is now totaly shut but I could see your hug and appreciate it :-6

Think hubby was hoping it got my mouth (only kidding) :wah::wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:40 am

SlipStream;879351 wrote: TNG mostly but voyagers ok:)

you?

i love them all! but i guess TNG is my favorite:-6

Post by **jones jones** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:47 pm

guinness world record for largest group hug. in the guiness book of world records published in 2008 the largest ever group hug occurred on september 25, 2005 in juarez mexico, consisted of 6,623 people.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:15 am

okay! who have we had on this thread so far?

Jj, Hope, Kaylene, Ducky, Chris, AFTR, Trunk Monkey, hoppy, Jerry

Lockwood, BarEdul, Koochikoo, sunny104, Betty Boop, Hugz, Cow Patty, Jester,

Malady Ash, PinkChick, Kathy Ellen, MrsK, Abbey, Chezzie, Idgie, Jab,

SlipStream. Helen, grecianurn, and anyone else who would like to join in!

okay everybody ready? BIG GROUP HUG !!!!

:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:11 pm

okay who's out there? i feel the need for a hug!:-6

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:13 pm

Hope6;880093 wrote: okay who's out there? i feel the need for a hug!:-6

i need a big hug for being a dumbass!!!! :-1

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:24 pm

jones jones;880094 wrote: i need a big hug for being a dumbass!!!! :-1

awwwwww come over here sweetheart!

big hug for Jj!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

hotsauce · Post by **hotsauce** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:25 pm

Last time I was here everyone was fighting. Now it seems everyone is hugging....awww

I'll hug all you strangers too :-4

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:48 pm

hotsauce;880105 wrote: Last time I was here everyone was fighting. Now it seems everyone is hugging....awww

I'll hug all you strangers too :-4

well hello stranger!:wah::wah: here's a hug for you!:yh_hugs

hugging is better than fighting anyday!:-6

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:01 pm

(((((((((((((((((((hugs for hotsauce))))))))))))))))))) ... mwaaaaaaaaah!

Jj:-4

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:20 pm

can anybody tell me what this song is actually about?

Ode To Billie Joe.

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay

And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet"

And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"

"Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas

"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"

"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"

And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?

"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"

"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"

"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"

"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"

"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"

"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"

"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"

"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring

And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:33 pm

jones jones;880152 wrote: can anybody tell me what this song is actually about?

Ode To Billie Joe.

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay

And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet"

And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"

"Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas

"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"

"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"

And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?

"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"

"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"

"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"

"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"

"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"

"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"

"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"

"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring

And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

did you ever see the movie they made about this song Jj?

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:35 pm

Hope6;880171 wrote: did you ever see the movie they made about this song Jj?

i heard about the movie ... but no i didn't see it ...

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:45 pm

jones jones;880173 wrote: i heard about the movie ... but no i didn't see it ...

well i think the movie is just one persons idea anyway, i think this may be one of those songs where you have to decide for yourself what's going on, because it really doesn't explain itself!

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:50 pm

like this classic by procol harum ...

a whiter shade of pale

We skipped a light fandango,

Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.

I was feeling kind of seasick,

But the crowd called out for more.

The room was humming harder,

As the ceiling flew away.

When we called out for another drink,

The waiter brought a tray.

And so it was that later,

As the miller told his tale,

That her face at first just ghostly,

Turned a whiter shade of pale.

She said there is no reason,

And the truth is plain to see

That I wandered through my playing cards,

And would not let her be

One of sixteen vestal virgins

Who were leaving for the coast.

And although my eyes were open,

They might just as well have been closed.

And so it was later,

As the miller told his tale,

That her face at first just ghostly,

Turned a whiter shade of pale.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:56 pm

jones jones;880200 wrote: like this classic by procol harum ...

a whiter shade of pale

We skipped a light fandango,

Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor.

I was feeling kind of seasick,

But the crowd called out for more.

The room was humming harder,

As the ceiling flew away.

When we called out for another drink,

The waiter brought a tray.

And so it was that later,

As the miller told his tale,

That her face at first just ghostly,

Turned a whiter shade of pale.

She said there is no reason,

And the truth is plain to see

That I wandered through my playing cards,

And would not let her be

One of sixteen vestal virgins

Who were leaving for the coast.

And although my eyes were open,

They might just as well have been closed.

And so it was later,

As the miller told his tale,

That her face at first just ghostly,

Turned a whiter shade of pale.

yeah something like that!

i'm the sort of person who needs things explained to me, i don't want to come to my own conclusions!:wah::wah:

somthing that has confused me for years is the movie 2001 that went right over my head! i have no idea what it's trying to say!

Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:02 pm

Hope6;880205 wrote: yeah something like that!

i'm the sort of person who needs things explained to me, i don't want to come to my own conclusions!:wah::wah:

somthing that has confused me for years is the movie 2001 that went right over my head! i have no idea what it's trying to say!

try this link honey .... Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained For many, Kubrick's film is an enigma, its meaning cryptic and obscure. We want to shed some light on its mysteries...

www.kubrick2001.com/

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:12 pm

jones jones;880211 wrote: try this link honey .... Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained For many, Kubrick's film is an enigma, its meaning cryptic and obscure. We want to shed some light on its mysteries...

www.kubrick2001.com/

okay i will, thanks darlin!:-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:39 pm

Jj's post about "Ode to Billy Joe" got me to thinking about story songs.

i've always liked songs that tell a story like that, do any of you have any favorites if so i would love to see them.

this is my favorite story song!:-4

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

He was on his way home from candletop

Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop

At Web's and have him a drink for he went home to her

Andy wo-lo said hello

He said "Hi what's a doing

Wo said "sit down i got some bad news that's gonna hurt"

Said i'm your best friend and you know that's right

But your young bride ain't home tonight

Since you been gone she's been seeing that amos boy seth

He got mad and he saw red

Andy said boy don't lose your head

Cause to tell ya the truth i've been with her myself

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night they hung an innocent man

Don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Andy got scared and left the bar

Walking home cause he didn't live far you see

Andy didn't have many friends and he'd just lost him one

Brother thought his wife must've left town

So he went home and finally found the only thing

Daddy had left him and that was a gun

He went off to Andy's house

Slipping through the woods, quite as a mouse

Came upon some tracks to small for andy to make

He looked through the screen at the back porch door

Saw andy lying on the floor

In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

The georgia patrol was making their rounds

So he fired a shot just to flag'em down

And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said

"why'd ya do it"

The judge said guilty in a make believe trial

Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile and said

"supper's waiting at home and i got to get to it"

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night they hung an innocent man

Don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

They hung my brother before i could say

The tracks he saw while on his way

To andy's house and back that night were mine

And his cheatin wife had never left town

That's one body that'll never be found

You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night they hung an innocent man

Don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:35 am

Hugging is....

http://www.joygreetings.com/hugging.htm

Share this hug with someone!

click on the link and send the page to someone you think needs a hug!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:46 am

Good Morning My Friends!

Remember

by Douglas Pagels

Remember that a little love goes a long way

Remember that a lot...goes forever

Remember that friendship is a wise investment

Life's treasure are people......together

Realize that it's never too late

Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way

Have health and hope and happiness

Take the time to wish upon a star

And don't ever forget.....for even a day

How very special you are!

I hope all are well!:-6

My love to everybody!:-4

Here's a hug for anyone who may need it!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:42 am

I just happened to notice that we only need 7 more replies to this thread and we will have reached 400!:guitarist

and i need just 36 more posts to reach 4000!:eek:

i wonder if both goals are possible today?:-6

Post by **jones jones** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:22 am

Hope6;880532 wrote: I just happened to notice that we only need 7 more replies to this thread and we will have reached 400!:guitarist

and i need just 36 more posts to reach 4000!:eek:

i wonder if both goals are possible today?:-6

are you kidding georgia?

both will be reached today ... trust me!

Jj:-4

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:30 am

jones jones;880771 wrote: are you kidding georgia?

both will be reached today ... trust me!

Jj:-4

yeah with me on here yakking it shouldn't be a problem huh?:wah::wah::wah:

but i think you should make the 400th post Jj since you started this thread!:-4

Post by **jones jones** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:37 am

Hope6;880782 wrote: yeah with me on here yakking it shouldn't be a problem huh?:wah::wah::wah:

but i think you should make the 400th post Jj since you started this thread!:-4

only 3 to go georgia ... but hey!

YOU take number 400 ...

i'll just sit and watch and cheer you on ...

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:39 am

jones jones;880796 wrote: only 3 to go georgia ... but hey!

YOU take number 400 ...

i'll just sit and watch and cheer you on ...

Now it's down to two:D

Post by **jones jones** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:41 am

there you go georgia!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:50 am

Thank you Jj! that's so sweet of you to let me have number 400!:-4

Let me just say how much i enjoy being here in the garden and all the wonderful friends i have made here!

and let me give you all a big hug!:yh_hugs:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

this is truly a special place filled with special people!:-4