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Saying good-byes

Post by CurlyGirl »

Hey all,
Well, I am leaving Scotland... for good. I am heading back to Johannesburg tomorrow, so I'll be offline for a few days at least until I can get my new internet connection established in my house. I am going around town now to say my good-byes :cry: But then I'll be back in South Africa, the land of cheap, abundant fruit and Wai-heaven! Hooray!

See you all soon,
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Post by Oscar »

Have a good trip back! I'll cover for you, moderator-wise... ;)

Baie goede reis! :D
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Post by Agent »

Goodbye from Scotland (I live on the West coast) :D

Scotland's not all bad is it? I'm sure you'll be back one day...
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Thank you, Oscar... :-D I know the forum is in safe hands with you. Though perhaps a little heavy on the practical-joke side of things.... :wink: (I like to think of myself as a voice of calm reason here... though perhaps I am misleading myself!!) By the way, in S.A. those of us who speak Afrikaans would say, 'baie goeie reis' - which is extremely similar to the Dutch version (no surprises there...) My German papa would say, 'Gute Fahrt!', which to a non-German is probably hilarious :lol:

Hey Agent, thanks for the farewell. Where exactly do you live along the West coast? And no, Scotland's not all bad - indeed, I really love it, and am planning to come back soon. The county of Fife is beautiful, for one thing, although St Andrews is a touch too isolated for my liking. Edinburgh is an absolute jewel of a city!! But first, a little break to restock my vitamin D back at home... and partake of fruity delights. :-)
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Post by Oscar »

Actually "goede" is more formal, and we also use "goeie" as informal. In german that could also be "Gute Reise", quite close too. :)

Tot over een paar dagen dan! :)
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Goodbye, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night!

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends. ~Richard Bach


Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. ~Jean Paul Richter


Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell. ~Emily Dickinson, "Parting"


Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? ~Author Unknown


Gone - flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
Gone, and a cloud in my heart.
~Alfred Tennyson


Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. ~Charles M. Schulz


Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. ~Henry David Thoreau


How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, Annie


Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simply mean I'll miss you
Until we meet again!
~Author Unknown


The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. ~Ivy Baker Priest


Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. ~William Cowper


Excuse me, then! you know my heart;
But dearest friends, alas! must part.
~John Gay


To die and part is a less evil; but to part and live, there, there is the torment. ~George Lansdowne


May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing


Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.
~Dale Evans


No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ~Robert Southey


Can miles truly separate you from friends.... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? ~Richard Bach


Be well, do good work, and keep in touch. ~Garrison Keillor


What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
How shall I charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of grace?
~Frances Anne Kemble


Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is. ~William Cowper


She went her unremembering way,
She went and left in me
The pang of all the partings gone,
And partings yet to be.
~Francis Thompson


Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. ~George Eliot


Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. ~Kay Knudsen


The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. ~Author Unknown


You and I will meet again
When we're least expecting it
One day in some far off place
I will recognize your face
I won't say goodbye my friend
For you and I will meet again
~Tom Petty


Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. ~William Shakespeare


In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
~Ben Jonson


Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never ever the same.
~Flavia Weedn, Forever


But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. ~Edward Young


Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. ~John Dryden


Where is the "good" in goodbye? ~Author Unknown


As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. ~Alcibiades


So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
~William Shenstone


A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.
~Irish Blessing


Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
~Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller


Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. ~Henry Fielding


May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
~Irish Blessing
I agree with them,

Avalon :cry:
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Post by Chin-Chin »

I hope you'll find Internet soon in South Africa? We all miss you a bunch! :cry:
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indeed.... :(
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Post by Oscar »

CurlyGirl told me to send her love to you all from a freezing Johannesburg. :)
She's still settling in and busy getting her own internet connection, hoping to be back online asap.
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Post by avalon »

My turn to say goodbye for a while. Oscar, will you miss me :D

Moving soon and there's packing and lots-O-stuff to do. Internet disconnect is imminent :( Will try and visit from other pcs heh heh

Anyhow, before I go If I haven't shared this with you before, beware it's a good but long read- and kinda oh I don't know...

http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyg ... 05ch5.html

Take care all!

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Post by Oscar »

Ooh, where are you moving?

Well, good moving I guess...hope your internet will be up soon, not like CurlyGirl... :)
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Post by avalon »

Staying here in Florida- just out of a risky condo situation- risky for hurricanes that is :shock:

Got time for a last post-it though :)

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Post by Chin-Chin »

:cry: I'll definitely miss your jokes! Since you are in the States, there's no excuses for being out of reach right?
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Post by huntress »

Oh no!! Not avalon too! :cry: I'll miss your jokes and your fierceness too. No one here does a better rebute to Oscar's comments than you avalon. Oh well, Chin-Chin is good too but the two of you make a great dynamic duo.

Be safe avalon. *waves*
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