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Thread: Christmas Wish List
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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So what would you really like for Christmas?
World peace? Your own castle? The ability to fly? An entire case of your favourite tipple? A holiday on a tropical beach? To sing with your favourite band? A genuine famous artwork to hang on your wall? The ability to suddenly play the piano to concert standard? A large plate of buttered Brussels sprouts?
Assume that just about anything is possible...
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Kitten
Shipmate
# 1179
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A cottage in West Wales With enought money to be comfortable and for my children and grandchildren to be happy
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Never accept a ride from a stranger, unless they are in a big blue box
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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This is what I want-- just enough of a windfall to pay off my debts, to be completely unbeholden to my relatives in any way except affection, to be self- sufficient, and to be able choose a job based on the quality of the program rather than the paycheck.
Garnish would be enough regular income to regularly travel..anywhere I wanted.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
# 5713
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If it's a 'me sized' sum then a modest home of our own, with nothing owing. If it's humungous, enough to buy up a load of unoccupied homes, repair then then rent or sell them to provide funds to do the same for more.
Oh the joy of rents and house prices falling as supply gets close to demand.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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I'd like to be able to pay my debts and be able to face something like a crown without panicking about the bank account.
And a new job with nice people would be lovely.
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Er, this is what I've been up to (book).
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!
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L'organist
Shipmate
# 17338
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For my lovely son-in-law's scan results to come through before Christmas and for them to be clear.
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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I suppose it wouldn't be nice for me to wish for Certain People™ to fall into a vat of boiling oil?
Okay. Then I'd like perfect health for myself and my loved ones.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Heavenly Anarchist
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quote:
Originally posted by Kitten:
A cottage in West Wales With enought money to be comfortable and for my children and grandchildren to be happy
Mine is similar but probably in Norfolk with barns to convert so we can sell my wares/my husband can run a business.
Last year we were very tempted by a working windmill with attached house and cafe ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.' Douglas Adams
Dog Activity Monitor
My shop
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Sherwood
Shipmate
# 15702
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For myself - a teleporter so I can flit between Finland and Blighty whenever I like.
For the world - for everyone to have a lasting boost in compassion and empathy, especially those in charge and/or causing harm to others.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
Okay. Then I'd like perfect health for myself and my loved ones.
Me, too! If we had perfect health, that would equate to more monetary resources.
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
# 1589
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I wish the Lord would take his faithful servant, my father, home.
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Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. [Psalm 19:14]
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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quote:
Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
And a new job with nice people would be lovely.
Amen to that.
...and a helpmeet.
And a really fantastic coteacher. ( those in the biz will understand.)
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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JoannaP
Shipmate
# 4493
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Right now, I would settle for knowing that we will be able to pay the rent for all of next year.
Otherwise, for the laws of physics to be tweaked, so that Fair Trade chocolate has 0 calories. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
And for sustainable peace and stability to break out across the world.
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"Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow." R. H. Tawney (quoted by Isaiah Berlin)
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Huia
Shipmate
# 3473
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For the infrastructure of Christchurch to be fixed without the rates (local body taxes) spiralling out of control.
For my brother who lives in the US to visit (better still for him and his partner to move to NZ).
For me to get my act together and do my Christmas baking.
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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
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A well-funded retirement!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by Kitten:
A cottage in West Wales With enought money to be comfortable and for my children and grandchildren to be happy
Mine is similar but probably in Norfolk with barns to convert so we can sell my wares...
I'd like a small-holding in the Republic of Ireland with a good surfing beach, RC parish and a pub and grocery store within walking distance; enough funds to allow for expenses and perhaps a Ford Focus and a Ducati for transport...
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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quote:
Originally posted by Sherwood:
For myself - a teleporter so I can flit between Finland and Blighty whenever I like ...
Can you send it over to Newfoundland when you're not using it? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Non-selfish thing: the eradication of cancer, which has taken far too many friends and relations.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
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One last big- tall wish, very selfish, and too silly to even articulate. But I will blow out the last few candles on my 2 week old birthday cake and cross my fingers...
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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A medical breakthrough that means that cancer, dementia, and diabetes are things of the past, and their effects mostly reversible.
For people in the Middle East to say, "We're sick of endless fighting, let's just stop now and start building instead of destroying."
I'd like my own home and a small, intelligent dog or cat (or both) for company. Perfect eyesight would be wonderful too.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
A medical breakthrough that means that cancer, dementia, and diabetes are things of the past, and their effects mostly reversible.
For people in the Middle East to say, "We're sick of endless fighting, let's just stop now and start building instead of destroying."
Those. And what Kelly wants above (enough windfall to pay off mortgage and car loan). With some windfall left over to ensure that my soon-to-be-95-year-old father can live out his days with enough money to continue paying for the Assisted Living services he gets now.
(As it is, he'll run out of money in three months, and Arizona's version of Medicaid is putting us through hell trying to get him to qualify.)
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Pia
Shipmate
# 17277
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Obviously world peace, cure for cancer, overnight solution to global warming (preferably one that doesn't involve me having to give up my car!), and all that.
But also for my husband to become a Christian, or even for him to warm to the idea even a leeeeeeeeetle bit.
For my wonderful recently un-closeted elder daughter never to know prejudice based on her sexuality.
And for my amazing younger daughter to know how amazing she is and for her to find support from family and friends when she needs it so that she doesn't feel the need to hurt herself ever again.
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mark_in_manchester
not waving, but...
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I wish for peace in my family. Given we're in Heaven, I guess I can wish for Heavenly (-wards?) growth in me, since I'm the only person I can change etc etc - to help bring this about. And notwithstanding this I wish for wisdom to know if and when it's time to let it go.
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"We are punished by our sins, not for them" - Elbert Hubbard
(so good, I wanted to see it after my posts and not only after those of shipmate JBohn from whom I stole it)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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For my nephew: the wisdom to know that smoking crack and drinking alcohol does not solve anything.
For my niece: I think she knows that we all love her and the littles need her. May she solve the PTSD she has been diagnosed with and realise that her eldest daughter's suicide was not her fault even if she was the one who found her. And that it would have happened anyway.
For her sister (yet another niece) to deal more efficiently with her bi-polar personality.
For me: to work out my estrangement with my brother (not the father of the above three), even if I finally decide that there is no way to resolve it and to live with that decision.
And for really pie-in-the sky: May all the children of God learn to live with each other, despite differences.
That's my Christmas list for this year.
God have mercy. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Even more so than I was before
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I'd like a small-holding in the Republic of Ireland with a good surfing beach, RC parish and a pub and grocery store within walking distance; enough funds to allow for expenses and perhaps a Ford Focus and a Ducati for transport...
All of that sounds great, but why a Ford Focus? With a choice any car in the world, at least go for something decent!
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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