tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post95904748374919388..comments2023-10-30T10:19:13.446+00:00Comments on Daydreamer: AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS ........Ray Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-73331679361961778472011-05-16T14:11:35.990+01:002011-05-16T14:11:35.990+01:00Yes Freda, and aren't they clever, using just ...Yes Freda, and aren't they clever, using just the words and sometimes pictures which they know will 'get' to people. Then when you manage to evade their clutches you wind up feeling guilty.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-34364668486417154052011-05-15T17:51:17.394+01:002011-05-15T17:51:17.394+01:00The Charity appeals are getting more and more intr...The Charity appeals are getting more and more intrusive as they use "hard-sell" telephone techniques. I learnt the habit of tearing up unwanted approaches when I was a new minister. The volume would otherwise have overwhelmed me totally, both literally and metaphorically. I do what you do and choose several to support regularly. Then it is easier to be firm when asked to make yet another monthly donation.Fredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672598946758847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-44981184262249713972011-05-14T22:24:33.741+01:002011-05-14T22:24:33.741+01:00Yes Perpetua, she was both strong and resilient bu...Yes Perpetua, she was both strong and resilient but certainly not physically. She was a mere 5 feet tall and a lot smaller than that at the end of her life. Her strength was of the spirit and the mind I think, but can only feel that it came from God.<br />She would never have agreed!Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-50506124473057233822011-05-14T21:42:15.180+01:002011-05-14T21:42:15.180+01:00I sympathise about the many charity appeals, Ray a...I sympathise about the many charity appeals, Ray as I'm in the same boat. Like you I have great sympathy for those without sight and hearing as I had an older cousin who started to lose both as a young boy after an illness. On the other hand my mother was fit and healthy right up to her early death at 66, only a year older than I am now. Your mother sounds to have been a remarkably strong and resilient woman to have coped so well with increasing disability.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-54716214588150567852011-05-14T15:13:28.229+01:002011-05-14T15:13:28.229+01:00You're so right about collection bags, that re...You're so right about collection bags, that really is a full-time racket for some unpleasant individuals. As for the Salvation Army I regard them as one of the very best and have just yesterday dug out a load of seldom-worn clothes for their collection.<br />I never really mind if the Charity is a genuine one, how often they put bags through. If I have nothing to donate I use the bag to recycle my shredded (usually appeals) paper for the bin men.<br />As far as asking questions of those we no longer see are concerned, I ask anyway. Who knows what may or may not be heard and answered in some way.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948117492116997244.post-80283431738166246942011-05-14T12:37:41.434+01:002011-05-14T12:37:41.434+01:00I'm afraid we are one of the worst charites fo...I'm afraid we are one of the worst charites for pestering people!! but you are right there are, now, so many to choose from!! but also you have to be so very careful. The latest in our area is the appeal for old clothes.. one company very cleverly or craftly put the Breast cancer pink logo on their collection bag, which would have fooled many people but it was only when you read the small print that you realized that it wasn't cancer relief!! they got away with it because their pink logo had a tiny blue dot in the middle...<br /><br />I would dearly love to have my two grandmothers back again for a day or so - just so I could quiz them about their lives but when you're young these questions do not seem relevant. JudyxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com