No black roses? 
The TBBS Valentine's Day Extravaganza 2016!
- Thread starter Mary Ann
- Start date
You could be mine.
But you guys are waaaay out of line.
But you guys are waaaay out of line.
*thread laughs back, in a Pillsbury Doughboy voice*
Thanks @Mary Ann and @Kestra for doing this. 
And in honor of the holiday, a sweet story:
93-year-old WWII vet heads to Australia to reunite with 'the one that got away'
Associated Press - Feb. 9, 2016 at 12:43 PM
A 93-year-old World War II veteran is embarking on a 10,500-mile journey to Australia to visit his wartime girlfriend after more than 70 years apart.
It will take Norwood Thomas, who boarded a plane Sunday from Norfolk with his son, two days to reach the country, where he will be reunited with Joyce Morris, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
"I'd rather die traveling to Australia than live sitting around at home wondering, 'What if?'" Thomas said.
The two first met in London shortly before D-Day. Morris was a 17-year-old British girl, whom Thomas remembers as a "pretty little thing," and he was a 21-year-old paratrooper with the 101st Airborne.
"Joyce was special. The one that got away," Thomas said. "But after the war, my orders to go home came so quick there was no real chance to even say goodbye."
Thomas, who hasn't seen Morris since 1945, has kept a photo of her ever since.
After the war, the pair wrote letters to each other, and Thomas even asked Morris to come to America and be his wife. But somehow Morris misunderstood and thought he'd found someone else. She stopped writing.
As time passed, the two went on with their separate lives. They both married other people, had careers and children. Thomas' wife died in 2001. Morris divorced her husband after 30 years.
Last year, Morris asked one of her sons to look for Thomas on the Internet, where she found his name featured in The Virginian-Pilot newspaper's D-Day series called "The Lucky Few."
Thomas and Morris, who is now 88 and nearly blind, recently reconnected via Skype. After their story went public, hundreds of people made donations to help fund Thomas' trip to Australia, and Air New Zealand arranged the flight.
Norwood Thomas said he's excited to see Morris.
"I'm just looking forward to seeing her smile," he said. "I have no idea if there'll still be romantic feelings. But at the very least, I'll get to spend time with an old friend. Just sitting and reminiscing will be wonderful."
http://www.today.com/news/93-year-old-wwii-vet-heads-australia-reunite-one-got-t72446
And in honor of the holiday, a sweet story:
93-year-old WWII vet heads to Australia to reunite with 'the one that got away'
Associated Press - Feb. 9, 2016 at 12:43 PM
A 93-year-old World War II veteran is embarking on a 10,500-mile journey to Australia to visit his wartime girlfriend after more than 70 years apart.
It will take Norwood Thomas, who boarded a plane Sunday from Norfolk with his son, two days to reach the country, where he will be reunited with Joyce Morris, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
"I'd rather die traveling to Australia than live sitting around at home wondering, 'What if?'" Thomas said.
The two first met in London shortly before D-Day. Morris was a 17-year-old British girl, whom Thomas remembers as a "pretty little thing," and he was a 21-year-old paratrooper with the 101st Airborne.
"Joyce was special. The one that got away," Thomas said. "But after the war, my orders to go home came so quick there was no real chance to even say goodbye."
Thomas, who hasn't seen Morris since 1945, has kept a photo of her ever since.
After the war, the pair wrote letters to each other, and Thomas even asked Morris to come to America and be his wife. But somehow Morris misunderstood and thought he'd found someone else. She stopped writing.
As time passed, the two went on with their separate lives. They both married other people, had careers and children. Thomas' wife died in 2001. Morris divorced her husband after 30 years.
Last year, Morris asked one of her sons to look for Thomas on the Internet, where she found his name featured in The Virginian-Pilot newspaper's D-Day series called "The Lucky Few."
Thomas and Morris, who is now 88 and nearly blind, recently reconnected via Skype. After their story went public, hundreds of people made donations to help fund Thomas' trip to Australia, and Air New Zealand arranged the flight.
Norwood Thomas said he's excited to see Morris.
"I'm just looking forward to seeing her smile," he said. "I have no idea if there'll still be romantic feelings. But at the very least, I'll get to spend time with an old friend. Just sitting and reminiscing will be wonderful."
http://www.today.com/news/93-year-old-wwii-vet-heads-australia-reunite-one-got-t72446
That was beautiful.
Right, folks! *cracks knuckes* Ow.
First and foremost, a huge Thank You to Coloratura, who helped this technomoron figure out how to post to Xenforo from Photobucket. You are awesome. *squishy hugs*
(Please note that I've no doubt Kestra would have figured it out in 0.6 seconds, but I get bamboozled by toasters.)
It's time for your Cupids to start tossing flowers into the Conversation boxes of TBBS members in the name of friendship, admiration, crushes, and love. For those who don't know, I'm in England and Kestra is in the US, and as we're in different time zones the flower sending will spread over the entire day. I'm starting now, but Kestra will join later. Thank you to everyone who's participated. We've had a good response, and hopefully some of you will receive some lovely unexpected messages.
First and foremost, a huge Thank You to Coloratura, who helped this technomoron figure out how to post to Xenforo from Photobucket. You are awesome. *squishy hugs*
(Please note that I've no doubt Kestra would have figured it out in 0.6 seconds, but I get bamboozled by toasters.)
It's time for your Cupids to start tossing flowers into the Conversation boxes of TBBS members in the name of friendship, admiration, crushes, and love. For those who don't know, I'm in England and Kestra is in the US, and as we're in different time zones the flower sending will spread over the entire day. I'm starting now, but Kestra will join later. Thank you to everyone who's participated. We've had a good response, and hopefully some of you will receive some lovely unexpected messages.
Aw shniff jello flowers.
Yellow? Hmm, they tasted funny.
Thank you @Coloratura and @Kestra (wonderful delivery person).
I am all verklempt.
/goes and hides/
Yellow? Hmm, they tasted funny.
Thank you @Coloratura and @Kestra (wonderful delivery person).
I am all verklempt.
/goes and hides/
Aw, thanks for the roses, my anonymous valentine.
Thank you, Chem, for my lovely pink roses!
A huge thank you to everyone who participated, and to Mary Ann for keeping the tradition alive. We had a nice turnout and I'm hoping for even more next year! Please enable conversations if you'd like to participate. We had a few recipients this year that we could not deliver valentines to because we couldn't get a message through to them.
It's always nice to see this side of the community and although it does take some work, I know that Mary Ann and I both enjoy doing it. We appreciate the positive responses and participation. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
It's always nice to see this side of the community and although it does take some work, I know that Mary Ann and I both enjoy doing it. We appreciate the positive responses and participation. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Thanks to Chemy for the Valentine of yellow flowers. That was nice of you, my friend, and I appreciate your thoughfulness and kindness.
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