We are all used to seeing the triumphant safe return to earth of spacecraft, watching them splash safely into the sea, but after 374 days in space Space X's Starship booster landed with spectacular accuracy into its 'docking' structure, stashing itself away neatly in the process. I had to watch this twice to make sure I'd seen what I thought I'd seen - amazing accuracy.
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Wow Daisy!!!!
What incredible accuracy, it's amazing.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Good gracious 😱, wow how on earth did they manage that 👏👏👏Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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Amid all the gloom, doom, wars and bad news which dominate the news, this item lifts the spirits, and certainly made me reflect on the enduring power of good friendships.
It's about a group of men, now in their early 80s, who've been meeting for a pint every Thursday since 1968 - 56 years!
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Daisy, thank you for that
A lovely cheerful story of friendship to counteract the general misery of the news!
“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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How lovely, so nice to read something nice for a change 😁Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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The husband of a swimming friend of mine has just died and He has requested no funeral. What are your thoughts?What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stareComment
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Plant, sometimes people request no funeral, but family and friends organise some sort of gathering to remember the person.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Plant, it is of course up to the individual to decide what they want to happen after they're gone. But several years ago a dear friend of mine said 'no funeral' and another friend and I found it very difficult to come to terms with. No chance to say goodbye, no chance to tell the story of her remarkable and interesting life. Just nothing. Eventually, remembering how much she was taken with a Magnolia Stellata in full bloom the first time she saw one, I planted one in our front garden and gave one to the other friend for her garden.
No, it's not the same, but I always think of N when I look at it.
Much more recently the same thing happened with a friend of OH's, and the absence of a funeral really bothered and upset him.
I think, as Gem says, family and friends need to organise something to mark the deceased's life and passing. This is why I think the restrictions on funerals during Covid were so cruel. They've left a long-lasting layers of sadness over what was a traumatic time anyway. I'm sure Clover and Oma would say much the same about Clover's G and Oma's brother.
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Yes , I always said I didn’t want a funeral, I didn’t want any fuss at all.
Then my brother dies and we couldn’t go to his as you all know.
This totally changed my view as myself and my sister don’t feel like we have said goodbye or come to terms with it.
I still don’t want anyone standing up and talking about me but I would like music and maybe a reading of poetry or something silly to make people laugh.
But I think people who care about me need to say goodbye in some form.
These type of funerals have been common in Germany for many years,
Bs uncle Wolfgang was cremated and his family had the option of knowing where his ashes were or not , or they could have them scattered on their behalf in a suitable spot.
They chose the scattering in the woods he lived near.Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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Oma, scattering ashes or burying them is a hard decision if the family don't know the person's wishes. I had an email from a niece in the USA a couple of days ago, saying she and her brother and sister had finally been able to get together to take their dad's ashes to a particular island, and I know this would have been exactly where he would have chosen. It's a comfort to them, and us, that that's what he would have wished.
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It's quite alarming how much 'space junk' is floating around high above our planet, and even more so when it's thousands of miles away from where it should be.
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... and also in today's news, a hidden message in an unusual shaped bottle has been found in the lighthouse wall - 132 years after it was written.
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Scary stuff!!Originally posted by Daisy View PostIt's quite alarming how much 'space junk' is floating around high above our planet, and even more so when it's thousands of miles away from where it should be.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwrr58801yo
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Hard to imagine so much junk just floating around , shocking really.
I bet whoever finds the bottle in maybe another hundred years are as excited as these men were 😁Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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