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I have emailed Max just to say still thinking of her and Jason and sending love to them. Joy

Hi all, I hardly dare look at the tele at the moment. The death figures are just increasing and they still have more bodies to get out when they can reach them in the underground. What a mess. What is always so sad are those bodies who they cannot identify. Possible tourists whose family will never know what happened to them. What thoughts I am having! I have been keeping myself busy as usual and made a lovely sultana loaf and a chocolate fatless sponge. I've frozen the sponge cake in and will get it out on Tuesday and make it up for a visit to my daughter on Wednesday. I've also done Linda's delicate underwear and some of her holiday washing. She doesn't like to put it in the washbin at home as being so many in the house it doesn't get special treatment. Sometimes my house feels like a bakery, laundry and dressmakers. I've knocked a few sequins off Linda's top so will have to see if I have some to sew on again. Well tomorrow is another day! Sending my best wishes to all those who have loved ones who are ill. Sylvia xxx

Afternoon all, I have not had any more news yet from Max. I assume she is at the hospital or taking some much needed rest. She must be physically and emotionally exhausted. This is all so cruel after all she has had to endure over the past few years. I sent a mail to Colin to see if he had any more information but I haven't had a return mail yet. As soon as I hear anything, I will post a message, as will Kathleen I'm sure. I have to go off line for a while now to tend to elderly relatives, so don't expect an update from me for a while. Love to all, Elisabeth x

Can someone please email me when they get news of Jason and Max. Thanks Regards to all JA

Kathleen, yes, I've been thinking about Max and Jason a lot. Can't imagine the emotions she's been feeling! Good to see you all. :-) Joy

Hi everyon, Its a beautiful sunny day here. I got the paint etc to refresh the bathroom yesterday, everytime i do that, we have lovely sunshine so the decorating gets postponed. I haven't anything planned apart from taking my granddaughter to work and then collecting her again later. I still keep thinking of Max and what she (and others) went through on Thursday. I know we have to move on but I fear there may be more to come yet. Brenda, I hope you have a nice meal at your friends, thats much better than having to go home and cook your own. Kathleen, I hope both you and Susan are improving day by day. Judy, I agree its hard to write on trivial things and yet sometimes we have to do the trivial things to take our minds off the atrocities. John, I'm glad to hear your niece is safe. What look finding your old clasmates. Jacqui, I'm glad the hurricane passed you by, I cant imagine what it must feel like. I hope you dont have more. I can hear movement so I had better go now, Take care everyone. Love June xx

Just a quick Hi from me....as Judy says hard to write about trivia.... Thankful everyone is safe and can't imagine how Max must be feeling....what a terrible thing to happen....and them a wonderful thing....fate has a way!! Well, that's our first actual hurricane out of the way....well out of our way but Cuba is well prepared... they have evacuated loads of people and have good shelters... They say there could be tornadoes heading for Florida... But it is only cat. 2 at the moment so hopefully will not cause too much damage. Thank you Judy for your concern.....much appreciated. Jacquie xxxx

Hello everyone Thursday evening I changed channels to watch the news and saw the shocking events in London on your Thursday morning. My niece is on a working holiday and has an evening job in a London bar and was woken by the morning explosion. She contacted by brother to say she was safe and then told how her flat mate was running late for work and had missed the bus that was blown apart. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and the families of the those who died. Today we got the washing dried the last few days its be heavy rain and the ground is quite muddy under foot. The other day whilst surfing the net I visited the 'old friends' page and saw a photo of my fifth form year. The person who put it there was able to identify a few of the boys and put ? as being unknown. I couldn't believe it, I got hold of my old photos and there printed on the back were the surnames of all the guys along with the teachers names. I've been in contact so its now a matter of sending them on. John

Hi Everybody Great news Kathleen for your friend Max my best wishes for a quick recovery for her Jason. Still a little too hard to write about trivial things when others are still waiting anxiously for news of their family and friends. Also thinking of Jacquie/Oleander and hoping they were safe from the hurricane which passed on and hit Cuba. Regards to All JudyNZ

Wonderful news but we can only imagine what Max went through. Her relief at finding Jason still alive must have been as overwhelming as her grief at being told he had died. Can't find words to write more now. God bless Love Kathleen

hello evryone,sorry I have not been on again,have been catching up on copying some things I was doing for my brother and then Johns mother. Can I saw a big thank you to all our over seas friends who sent us their good wishes on the events from yesterday. I was so plaesed about that Max's partner jason was still alive,she is a brilliant member who has helped hundreds of memberss doing searches etc. She has not been without her bad luck and I just wondered what else could happen to her when I read the news at firsts,then I was so relieved when It was changed to alive and in hospital. Have heaps of housework to catch up on and I am working tomorrow and then hopeful goimg to my friends for a meal straight from work. Hope you all have a brilliant weekend,take care love brenda

Hi everyone, Its another sunny day, though that seems rather insignificant after yesterday's events. Kathleen and Elisabeth, I haven't heard anything of Max for ages.I am pleased to hear that Jason is alive, please give my Best wishes to Max, when next you speak. I am pleased Susan is home and able to continue with her treatment. I thought I had posted yesterday but I must have been taken up by the news, I heard quite early on that there was a problem and I was frantically trying to find a News programme, both BBC and ITV were still showing their usual programmes. When I switched to Sky News, unfortunately it confirmed the worst . Sylvia v O, Good news for Johan thogh I expect you will be glad when we reach the end of the month. Sorry I have to go now, Have a good weekend and take care. Love June xx

Just received an e-mail from Di to say Jason had died, now reading through this thread and find he is injured but still alive. Jason, stick in there man, get well soon and join Max. I think you deserved a well-earned holiday together. Greetings to Max and so happy for you that Jason is ok. I went to the market today and was caught in a downpour of rain. In fact it has rained here all morning. Don't mind so much in the morning as my hairdresser is coming this afternoon. Not much news, but just wanted to add my greetings to Max and Jason. Sylvia xxx

Such great news about jason! Hope his injuries are not too bad Love to Max and Jason JA

Hello Everyone. I hope you are all well. I am so pleased to hear that Jason is alive and I hope he will have a speedy recovery from his injuries. Please give my best wishes to Maz. Love to all from Sylvia in Perth WA XX

I am totally confused, but would just like to let you know that I have had an email from Max. Jason is alive!! It seems the message she had yesterday was wrong. He is injured, in hospital but she has been to see him. She thanks everyone for their messages. With thanks Elisabeth xx

I haven't read through all your messages but just wanted to send out my prayers to Max, Vicky and Jason's family. (I had mailed Max before I went to bed, after talking to her during the day on email. The tragic news of Jason was in her email to me when I just logged on.) xxx

Dear Kathleen MY heartfelt sympathy to your friend Max on the senseless loss of her partner Jason. We are all reeling here in Oz about it and as someone said it can easily happen here so we cant be to complacent. Max is lucky to have a friend such as you, she will need all the support she can get. I just pray they catch these evil people, because that is what they are. MY sons fiances friend is in London and she rang her parents here and said she had taken the day off work because she felt a bit sick. She would have been on the bus that was bombed. It really does make one think! You are in our prayers. Lynda Queensland

Dear Friends There is very little one can write today. The horrible shock that we received on our news last night has left the world both sorrowful and desperately angry at the horror caused by evil,evil people. Our first concern was for our grandaughter who is working in London and the relief to know she was safe then our thoughts turned to the many victims,their families and friends. Our sympathy is with them all and particularly your friend Kathleen. When tragedy strikes like this I don't think that there is a corner of the world that someone is not touched,either by personal grief or sympathy for all. Fondest regards to you All JudyNZ

Hello My prayers go out to you Kathleen, Max and everone who knows anyone caught in the disaster, or has been affected by it. It shows no one is safe and it could also happen in Aus as easy as anywhere else in the world. God bless us all.