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Gilp
« on: May 25, 2007, 07:21:19 AM »
Hi Alan,
I would like to propose..[..not to you..]..the word GILP.
Gilp is a mixture of 50% boiled Linseed oil and 50% white spirit. It is used by painters and decorators who specialise in decorative paint effects i.e. marbling and woodgraining. The purpose of gilp is that it keeps the oil based paints being used maleable and stops them drying too quickly so the effect can be worked until the specialist is happy with the effect.
There you go...
Thank you very much...
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Put it in or else i will set my painting and decorating students on you...and you wouldn't like that..they are a nasty bunch!!

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 07:52:10 AM »
.............and if you gulp gilp it has a twofold effect.......the white spirit gives you a buzz, and the linseed oil leaves your insides smooth and gleaming.........

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 08:22:06 AM »
HI BI,
with ref to our privates...
Very odd today...i noticed that the challenge results are nothing like the standard....so i think there is definately some scullduggery going on....
You know what i mean i'm sure...
I have given up for today....i think you have taken my crown...not that i mind...but i really haven't got the time or inclination to keep searching...
****I apologise now to those who don't know the full story...so this next bit can be skipped over..and is for those who do!!****
I have had a really crappy week and feel very low...hence the lack of posts and the lack of my usual high spirits. The next few days are not looking any better...Saturday is the anniversary of my sons [James Michael] death. He would have been 14 on Saturday. I wonder sometimes if anything else rotten could happen, and then i realise that it could, so i try not to...but i haven't even got Roy to talk to...
God this is depressing...sorry Binks...I will be better next week...
So goodnight and tomorrow there is a whole new set of challenges...
Take care..
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Re: Gilp
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2007, 08:35:37 AM »
 T dear friend and forumite......what can I say? Bad things happen to good people and it's NOT FAIR.  Surely things can only get better from now on. It will be small consolation, I know, but we here on the forum are ready to cheer you in whatever way we can. Not much else to say that won't sound cloying and trite, so I'll send you off to bed with a big hug   xxxxxxxxx

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2007, 09:11:18 AM »
thanks Binks,
i do appreciate it, truly i do...and i know that you are right...i'm just having a difficult week. Thanks for being there though...
Big hug right back at you...
Later..
XX

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2007, 09:41:38 AM »
Dear T:
I don't know the full story but, unable to add a single miserable word to my list without resorting to skullduggery, I turned to the forum for diversion, and there came upon your post, in which for once you sound as if you are telling the truth. And so, as the mother of an almost 12 year old, (whom I see only half the week because I cannot live with her insane other parent,) and the friend of one who lost her son, I can perhaps just begin to imagine what you must have been through and be going through now. And so my thoughts are with you. I do believe things will get better for you and that time anneals the pain somehow, so that the one you loved lives on in your internal landscape in a benign way.
And if this is trite, put it down to several glasses of cheap white wine.
It's been a rough day at this end too.
With all good wishes from your friend who aspires to reach your scores one day
mancks

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2007, 12:07:25 PM »



T - I mean this sicerely ... hope it helps!

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2007, 12:44:28 PM »
Dear T-

I mean this sincerely, your loss takes something big away from all of us, though in no measure to your degree. Who can imagine the loss of a child except one who has experienced the pain.

We can only stand by you and try to help you get thru, even if just by weak words, the feelings behind them are strong.

Take care. Hope you can get through the thorny patches.

3-B
 

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2007, 03:39:41 PM »
May all your sorrows be blown away with the wind and let the sun and the sea envelope you in its warmth, T

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2007, 06:45:23 PM »
You Guys..

You are the best ...
What can i say..but a huge  thank you.
I loved my bear hug Dean..i needed one i can tell you..fantastic inspirational words from you threeb and Manks...and an awe inspiring sunset from MMMM,
You have cheered me up...truly...thank you all... my heart is in my throat i feel so choked.....i'm going to get a tissue..back later...you're amazing friends and i wish i could hug you all back...
T

[do you really think i'm a compulsive liar, Manks ???]

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Re: Gilp
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2007, 06:57:26 PM »
Hey mate - Just read your posts - I was thinking about you today anyway - being the 25th - but just want to say that I think YOU are pretty inspirational and I admire your obvious reserves of strength and ability to write cheerfully even though you probably feel crap inside.

Thinking of you all day ... have got to work this afternoon ... and all weekend.  This feeling will pass. xxx






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Re: Gilp
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2007, 07:43:01 PM »
Hi T - you do have an amazing ability to cut through the crap at times - chin up - thinking of you
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Re: Gilp
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2007, 09:31:33 AM »
You guys are great,
It is late in the evening when things hit me the most...[i think i have said that before..] kids in bed..the time when Roy and i would have talked through our day, thoughts and feelings....and not the time to call on my mates to come and talk to me...
So chatting to you, my friends, at this time really helps me alot...virtually or not...your kind words hit the spot...and help me through....every day...
So to Dean, Gaye, Linda, Viz, Anonsi, MMM, threeb, Mancks and Binks...apologies if i have missed anyone..
...Thanks for thinking of me and taking the time to post your kind words and thoughts...as i have said before..i truly appreciate it...
Hugs to you all...if only virtually...
 ;)  :-*