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Title: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 14 April 2020, 18:24:03
https://apple.news/Ad7Pgnt52SU2HxnsN-xalyQ   

             What a great response👍😎 there is some good news too :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 April 2020, 18:29:31
Awesome!  8)  :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 14 April 2020, 20:42:55
£3 370k now .... and climbing  :y
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 14 April 2020, 22:08:37
What an amazing guy and achievement! 8) 8) 8) :y :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 00:49:16
£4.1million ....  :o :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: BazaJT on 15 April 2020, 07:47:40
An amazing achievement and he says that while people keep giving he'll keep going,so more to come yet it seems.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 08:19:18
Wow! Doubled since yesterday :o That guy will keep the NHS going on his own :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 10:38:52
Now up to £5 million !
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 15 April 2020, 10:47:28
He's actually only 22 & his girlfriend is an incredible make up artist..😄
But in all seriousness well done to the old soldier.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Entwood on 15 April 2020, 10:49:24
I just hope he actually gets all the money "promised" .. as many of these are "pledges" and not actual cash .....
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 11:06:45
I just hope he actually gets all the money "promised" .. as many of these are "pledges" and not actual cash .....

That's not how Just Giving works .... the total only goes up when you have added your cash via PayPal/credit card etc
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: omegod on 15 April 2020, 11:40:16
Who the hell will administer such a sum ?  :o
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 12:01:44
Who the hell will administer such a sum ?  :o

I thought that myself ....
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 12:24:09
Who the hell will administer such a sum ?  :o
NHS managers, of course. They can spend it on conferences to debate who should/shouldn't get a share of the money.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 12:31:05
Who the hell will administer such a sum ?  :o
he could blow it on hookers (dressed as sexy nurses) and non prescription drugs that he can't get on the NHS
well done to him though  :)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 12:36:01
£6.2million ....  :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 15 April 2020, 12:46:30
It will end up going to the chinless wonders who have done sweet FA during these troubled times, nice buffet lunches though.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 12:51:33
It will end up going to the chinless wonders who have done sweet FA during this troubled times, nice buffet lunches though.
I've already said it will go on conferences. If you start throwing in buffet lunches as well, they will probably need about £10 million.  ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 12:59:54
a national monument with a list of all the NHS and social care staff who continued to work and sadly died after catching Chinese Virus perhaps  :-\
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 15:56:01
Nearly at £7.5 million.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 15:57:57
He’s a national asset👍
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 16:11:46
He’s a national asset👍
don't say that  :o , the Government will sell him off at a loss  :-X
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 April 2020, 16:21:34
He’s a national asset👍
don't say that  :o , the Government will sell him off at a loss  :-X
Nah, that's a Liebour scheme ;)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 16:42:25
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 April 2020, 16:55:16
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
Don't get me started on that waste of nutrients :-X
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 16:56:20
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 April 2020, 16:57:29
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 17:01:36
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)
She started it  :D ;D  :-X
I'll STFU  :P
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 17:19:41
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)

She stopped school milk .....  ::) ::)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 17:37:31
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)

She stopped school milk .....  ::) ::)
indeed , if i'd had free milk at school ,I may have grown up normal  >:(   :P   ???   :-[
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 15 April 2020, 17:43:28
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)

She stopped school milk .....  ::) ::)
indeed , if i'd had free milk at school ,I may have grown up normal >:(   :P   ???   :-[

Doubt it. They're now saying that cows milk isn't good for you, so Thatcher the Milk Snatcher was way ahead of her time!  :)

https://www.peta.org/living/food/reasons-stop-drinking-milk/
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 17:46:35
Over £8 million now.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 17:56:22
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)

She stopped school milk .....  ::) ::)
indeed , if i'd had free milk at school ,I may have grown up normal >:(   :P   ???   :-[

Doubt it. They're now saying that cows milk isn't good for you, so Thatcher the Milk Snatcher was way ahead of her time!  :)

https://www.peta.org/living/food/reasons-stop-drinking-milk/
Milk comes from a cow  :o
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: omegod on 15 April 2020, 17:59:17
Over £8 million now.

Christ  :o who needs comic relief and all those celebrities, just get an old war hero to meander round his garden!   :y

Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: BazaJT on 15 April 2020, 18:10:08
By the looks of it what a garden he's got too!!
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 18:38:37
Mm.. 👙👗 I know a nice place to get milk.......
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 18:44:12
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
Don't get me started on that waste of nutrients :-X
.       
                     Gert Fröbe ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 18:56:17
Mm.. 👙👗 I know a nice place to get milk.......
do tell  :)

oh wait .... you mean .....
(https://d1lcxmvfg81jez.cloudfront.net/gallery/sheep-milk-on-background-1522061363.jpg)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 18:58:05
Gordon Brown spring to mind? ;D
I was thinking that Tory Thatcher woman myself  ::)
She didn't sell all the hospitals, schools or gold ;)

She stopped school milk .....  ::) ::)

Bloody right too. Why should someone who hasn't got kids, or whose kids have grown up, pay for milk for someone elses kids. If you cant afford to buy milk for your own kids, either work harder or don't have them.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 April 2020, 18:59:36
Well, there's that...  ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 19:21:52
Mm.. 👙👗 I know a nice place to get milk.......
do tell  :)

oh wait .... you mean .....
(https://d1lcxmvfg81jez.cloudfront.net/gallery/sheep-milk-on-background-1522061363.jpg)

                    Errrrr....... ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 20:28:31
This is going to hit £10 million tonight.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 15 April 2020, 20:47:51
Yes and maybe Tom more than that too ;D ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 21:22:54
....
Bloody right too. Why should someone who hasn't got kids, or whose kids have grown up, pay for milk for someone elses kids. If you cant afford to buy milk for your own kids, either work harder or don't have them.

Are you serious?  ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 22:03:16
Absolutely.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 22:03:46
....
Bloody right too. Why should someone who hasn't got kids, or whose kids have grown up, pay for milk for someone elses kids. If you cant afford to buy milk for your own kids, either work harder or don't have them.

Are you serious?  ??? ??? ???
It's only being so cheerful that keeps him going   ;D
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 22:07:45
That was one of my old Mums favourite sayings about my Dad. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Im not much of a believer in big Government and its bloated welfare state. In case anyone hadn't noticed.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 22:16:29
Absolutely.
:-X
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 22:18:12
Come on then Andy. Why should I pay for milk for someone elses kids ?
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Andy B on 15 April 2020, 23:03:43
£10 000 000!!!!!  :y :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 16 April 2020, 07:23:10
It will end up going to the chinless wonders who have done sweet FA during this troubled times, nice buffet lunches though.
I've already said it will go on conferences. If you start throwing in buffet lunches as well, they will probably need about £10 million.  ;D
.   


Buffet lunches now on & perhaps a Christmas party
£12,000,000
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: omegod on 16 April 2020, 09:29:02
I think a payment to the families of NHS workers who've contracted it on the front line and died would be a good use of some of the fund  :(
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 09:48:57
unfortunately , whilst 12 million sounds like a lot ,if you start making individual payments to families of NHS and social care who have died in the line of duty , including ongoing (sadly many more will die ) 12 mill won't go far

food companies like deliveroo etc are getting customers to donate meals etc

using the fund to try and buy PPE would just increase profit for the sellers , there is only so much about .

hence my suggestion to use some for a national memorial ,which , if greedy people where excluded from being involved , would not cost much  :-\
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 16 April 2020, 14:12:54
I think he should decide how it’s spent himself,....he earned it🏆💰
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Entwood on 16 April 2020, 14:48:14
Whatever is decided, and however the money is spent, those who don't get their hands on any of it will whinge and moan ..... I forsee a number of begging bowls being proffered, with or without any justification ..... there are a large number of oportunists just waiting to pounce...  which is a great shame considering his noble reasons for the undertaking, which will probably be lost in the scirmish.

Well done Sir, you have my respect.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 16 April 2020, 15:43:37
£14,000,000 now hospital administrators can't wait to get their grubby little mitts on it , the main reason SWMBO & myself left the NHS years ago, top heavy with "finance experts". It's a damn shame but we'll done Old Soldier.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 16 April 2020, 16:23:48
There is now, quite rightly, calls for this great gentleman to be knighted:

https://www.change.org/p/everyone-captain-tom-moore-deserves-a-knighthood?source_location=search_index&algorithm=promoted&original_footer_petition_id=&grid_position=2&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAK3vSAEAAAAAXph3vuDh7T5jMTM5MDBlYg%3D%3D

If anyone should be called "Sir" it is surely him, a real hero! 8) 8) :-* :-* ;)
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 16 April 2020, 17:08:33
There is now, quite rightly, calls for this great gentleman to be knighted:

https://www.change.org/p/everyone-captain-tom-moore-deserves-a-knighthood?source_location=search_index&algorithm=promoted&original_footer_petition_id=&grid_position=2&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAK3vSAEAAAAAXph3vuDh7T5jMTM5MDBlYg%3D%3D

If anyone should be called "Sir" it is surely him, a real hero! 8) 8) :-* :-* ;)
.   


Couldn't agree more Lizzie, a real " old school "  gentleman whose heart is in the right place .
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 16 April 2020, 17:59:58
£15,000,000

at 1800 today!!
 8) 8) 8) 8) :y :y :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Rangie on 16 April 2020, 18:08:45
Great that he had a guard of honour whilst walking around his garden today .
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Raeturbo on 16 April 2020, 18:43:50
Yes I bet he really liked that what a nice gesture :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 18:59:27
Hope no news crew etc coughed on the old feller  ::)
would be a terrible shame after raising so much money ,plus support for the NHS
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 16 April 2020, 19:17:31
Whatever is decided, and however the money is spent, those who don't get their hands on any of it will whinge and moan ..... I forsee a number of begging bowls being proffered, with or without any justification ..... there are a large number of oportunists just waiting to pounce...  which is a great shame considering his noble reasons for the undertaking, which will probably be lost in the scirmish.

Well done Sir, you have my respect.


This. ^
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: BazaJT on 17 April 2020, 19:09:07
Apparently this started because of a family joke and his aim was to raise £100 with the possible hope that he'd raise £1,000.Last I heard[this morning] it was at 17.25m so has probably gone way beyond that by now.
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 April 2020, 19:20:56
The old boy should just keep walking until the money stops coming in.

Who knows where it will end. :y
Title: Re: 99 year old raises 2 million
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 17 April 2020, 19:29:57
The old boy should just keep walking until the money stops coming in.

Who knows where it will end. :y

In a box.  :-X