Thanks - You guys are wonderful.

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

It’s Valentine’s Day here today, so I thought I would give back some love. :heart:

In the last week Australian avitars have been popping up everywhere, and more than a hundred of you guys from overseas have expressed your prayers and good wishes, via posts, reps, pms, by editing custom user titles, by changing your locations, or adding signatures acknowledging us. I just wanted to let you know the heartfelt wish you have all extended has not gone unnoticed.

Aussie Jo has her location as Between Hell and High Water, Australia. It’s what most in Australia have felt. I just wanted to personally say thankyou to all AWs who have given their love and support. Each and everyone of you have brought a smile to my face, and I am sure all the Australians on this board, and kept me positive for days as you can tell by the list below, which I am sure is not conclusive of everybody. So thankyou EVERYBODY.

Below are many that I have noticed, and thankyou all.

Alleycat - Temporary Aussie

Angie
Annayna
Auntybug
Bahamutchild
BayouBill
BeachBunny
Benbradley
BenPanced
Blacbird
Bluestone
Bmwhtly

brad_b - Location: Support Our Aussie Friends

Bubastes
CACTUSWENDY
callalily61

Calixus - Prayers to our Mates

CaroGirl
Carole
C.bronco
Cranky
Cray
CrownedSun
Dahmnait
DamaNegra
Darkprincealain
Darzian
DL Hegel
dpaterso

Emc07 - Thinkin' of the aussies...

ErylRavenwell

Euclid - Praying for rain in Victoria
Eyeblink
Firedrake
GJB
Goodchild
Greenify13

Greenwolf103 - In my thoughts and prayers

Haggis
HeronW
IdiotsRUs
Inky

JeanMarie - Straight from the heart

JennaGlatzer
Jennifernobile

JerseyChick - Thinking about Australia

Joe270
Julie thorpe
Kate Thornton
Kenzie - Location: One of the 40,000 Aussie ex-pats living in London

K1P1

Komnena - Advance Australia Fair.

kristie911
KTC
MacAllister
MaryMumsy
Medievalist

Monkey - Love those Awesome Aussies!

M.R.J. Le Blanc - Love the Land Down Under

mscelina - Doom Bunny helps...mightily. Location: In support of our Aussie friends--Doom Bunny is on the way

MsK

Myscribe - Hug an Australian!

Neurotic - Location: Hunts man

nevada

Ol'FashionedGirl - Oy! Oy! Oy! - Location: My Heart's in Australia with y'all...

Oneblindmouse - I'm with the Ozzies

overtired

Pagey's_Girl - Under the Milky Way tonight - Location: With our Aussie friends in our hearts

Perks

Petec - Supporting Aussie friends

Pilot

QuickWit - I've got your dingo...

Qwerty
Rachel

Regdog - Location: Supporting our Aussie friends

Sassandgroove - Thinking of Aussie Friends.

Scarletpeaches - Huge Ackman

Sean D. Schaffer - Location: Thinking of my friends in Australia

Semilargeintestine - Imitation Thorpedo - Location: Too far from home

Shadow_Ferret - I salute my Aussie Friends - Location: living in a land down under eating vegemite sammies.

shyne
sissybaby

slcboston – Location: Where women glow and men plunder

smoothseas - Stay safe, Aussie friends... Location: Imagining the bright Southern Cross

SneakyDevil

Soccer Mom - Iz Koala now.

SouthernFriedJulie

Stew21 - Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Stlight - Location: thoughts are with all in Australia

Susie - Prayers for Aussie friends

SWickham
Swordswoman

TheRightEyedDeer - sending hugs to all Aussies

Tia

Veinglory

Vixey - Supporting Aussie friends

WayneK - Is so good looking I'd flip.

Woof

Writerterri - We are with you in spirit.

Yeshanu - Praying for Australia

Some of the beautiful images about the place

THANKS GUYS – HAVE A GREAT VALENTINES DAY! :heart:

I will leave with another Australian’s, poetinahat, custom user title
we burn, but then we grow

KTC · Feb 13, 2009

WOW! What an amazing feat this must have been to pull together! We're proud to be honorary Aussies.

firedrake · Feb 13, 2009

*coughs*

What about my lovely Brolga?

Haggis · Feb 13, 2009

And I'd like to send a special shout out to Regdog for starting the Aussie Avatar weekend thread. Super stuff, Heather.

AW is a huge, international community. When one of us hurts, we all hurt

We love you, Australia. Even if we don't understand all the oy, oy, oy stufff.

Beach Bunny · Feb 13, 2009

For all our Aussie members. We :heart:

you.

*cough*whataboutsiggies*cough*

MaryMumsy · Feb 13, 2009

If we can't be there for real, we are with you in spirit. :Hug2:

For all our Aussie friends. This too shall pass, and you will all be stronger.

MM

Susie · Feb 13, 2009

Coo and all Aussie's are very special and dear to us. What a great tribute you gave us! Many prayers & (((((((HUGS)))))) to all of you Aussie's here and in Australia. Love you all!

DL Hegel · Feb 13, 2009

Love and prayers to all the Aussie Awrs.

Coo--special love and hugs to you girl--you are always sweet and lovely to me

dl hegel

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

firedrake said:
*coughs*

What about my lovely Brolga?

Um, you need glasses

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

Beach Bunny said:
For all our Aussie members. We you.

*cough*whataboutsiggies*cough*

Um, you need glasses too

Wayne K · Feb 13, 2009

Haggis said:
oy, oy, oy stufff.

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE!

firedrake · Feb 13, 2009

cooeedownunder said:
Um, you need glasses

lol! I know! I lost them 6 months ago.

Anyway, a big up to Oz, the Lucky Country. Best three weeks of travel I ever had. I've never seen so many good looking men as I did in Darwin.

semilargeintestine · Feb 13, 2009

Wayne K said:
AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE!

OY! OY! OY!

This forum makes me proud to be Aussie, and despite what's going on, I wish I were home!

Wayne K · Feb 13, 2009

Thanks SLI I was starting to hear cricket sounds.

Greenify13 · Feb 13, 2009

My heart truly aches for what you Aussies must be going through, home or not. :Hug2:

semilargeintestine · Feb 13, 2009

Wayne K said:
Thanks SLI I was starting to hear cricket sounds.

No worries mate. Always up for a cheer!

semilargeintestine · Feb 13, 2009

Greenify13 said:
My heart truly aches for what you Aussies must be going through, home or not.

I actually feel bad for not being there.

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

Haggis said:
And I'd like to send a special shout out to Regdog for starting the Aussie Avatar weekend thread. Super stuff, Heather.

AW is a huge, international community. When one of us hurts, we all hurt

We love you, Australia. Even if we don't understand all the oy, oy, oy stufff.

You are a SWEETHEART - have a great Valentine's Day tomorrow....may it start before you get out bed

Greenify13 · Feb 13, 2009

semilargeintestine said:
I actually feel bad for not being there.

I can imagine, if something like this was happening on my home-front I would want to be there if I was away. I would feel useless otherwise.

Wayne K · Feb 13, 2009

I was living on 16th street when the world trade center was hit. Of course I was the one and only New Yorker who wasn't standing on Vesey street when it happened, and I wasn't with the 6.9 million people who were digging through the rubble, but I was home, and it was scary as hell. I think I can guess what you guys are going through. The feeling of people pulling for you and pulling together was the one good thing that came from it. I hope you guys are feeling that from us here.

Jersey Chick · Feb 13, 2009

{{{HUGS}}} to my Aussie friends! The best thing about people is how they pull together when something happens - even if it just changing avatars and user titles...

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

MaryMumsy said:
If we can't be there for real, we are with you in spirit. For all our Aussie friends. This too shall pass, and you will all be stronger.

MM

Greenify13 · Feb 13, 2009

I understand that WayneK. I was still in h.s. near Buffalo NY, when that happened we were all sent home to watch the news and well stay out of public areas. I knew people that were volunteer firemen who had went to help out where needed. That was a travesty that tried to take down a country that was not going to not pull together. For once. But it was that incidence that made my decision to join the military when I graduated. There was a lot of remorse for that series of events.
I hope even though we may not be able to do a lot physically to help you guys out, that you understand we are pulling for you as well.

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

semilargeintestine said:
OY! OY! OY!

This forum makes me proud to be Aussie, and despite what's going on, I wish I were home!

What is important is that you are safe and together we are here :Hug2:

cooeedownunder · Feb 13, 2009

Greenify13 said:
I can imagine, if something like this was happening on my home-front I would want to be there if I was away. I would feel useless otherwise.

What has been wonderful about these boards once the news started to get out, is that you guys have given us support when us here, not directly in the fire or flood areas feel so very very helpless. There is nothing more heart wrenching then seeing people suffer, and I guess with that we here feel a bit guilty that we have escaped somewhat. But I don't think our country will be quite the same again. I think we may have lost our innocence in regards to witnessing great suffering among our people.

Thanks - You guys are wonderful.

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