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I have to post as a new thread as this has to be the most unreal thread in the history of blonde.

Tonight i returnd from the hossy......,fancied a few drinks  as I knew that soon i was to return to my place on the ward.

I joined my mother in law in a glass of wine...

My father in laws mum is about to die.....

It is expectected and we all acknowledge this.

We have been told that she has out lived the last few days.

So


We decided a drink would be nice.

Darren, my hubby and his dad went to the local shop....Only to find it beiing held up....both Darren and his Dad interveened..

as would most.

Darren has sustained injury to the ribs...

head ,,


and ankle.


Jonh has very swolen head .

The police took it very lightly tbh...Never will we help any fkr

not a good day... Its a sad society where its better to do nothing than help, but its the shitty way its going.

I hope their both ok. .

Darren is not very dramatic, and want to see how he is tomorrow, ..me i want to slash the fecckers. I hate the fecckeckers that did this.
 

Sorry to hear this Maureen. I've been there, done that, have the scars to prove it. Unless you can kill the other guy cleanly there's  no point getting involved - there's no upside. 

Hope they are ok Maureen, could have been a lot worse.

Did they get the guys that did it?

Or more to the point did they give them some severe pain? (I am hoping so)

Not too sure if they have got the guys but the police have called just for Darren to go for injury pictures.

I am taking him to the hossy for an xray first. Mum n Dad already there as they got called to sit at the bedside at 2.30 this morning.

The ones that were robbing the shop had a shit load of backers all outside, KIDS. oldest possibly around 17, around 10 of them. Darren thinks he has possibly hurt at least one of them before he got jumped on,  but he has taken a good kicking himself.

Dad has a large blow to the back of the head it is bloody but he is fine. He's 60 you know.

Darren only got involved because his Dad did and when one of them attacked his Dad he could not just stand there.

Sounds rough, hope both ok.

I spoke to Maureen this morning. Her grandson Reece is seriously ill, Mr Nun (who is self employed) has a broken leg and cracked ribs, and  is unable therefore unable to to work. her father-in-law has head injuries (although not serious) and her mother-in-law is terminally ill, and is expected to pass away any time. 

Today she is, as you might expect, a little bit down.

We should do something. Maureen has four members of her family in hospital, including the only one that was working. Money can't solve her problems, but we could perhaps ease her financial burden a little.

This may not be possible, (I don't know yet) but I am going to speak to the mods with a view to making a collection on Maureens behalf. I would be happy to start it off with a small donation. (Hopefully, individual donation amounts could remain anonymous, but the total raised could be verified)

What do you think?

 ;iagree; hope eveyone gets better soon

Maureen, sometimes life is so unfair it's not true. I do really hope you get a change of luck pretty damn soon.
x

+1

Red how about $30 tournament on blonde with half the money into the prize pool and the other half to maureen and her family?
im sure kev should be able to arrange this and im sure most blondes will be able to afford £15 for such a good cause.

good luck maureen my wishes go out to you and your family x

I thought Maureen worked on the railways?

Yes she does, but she has been off work for a long time (To look after Reece) I think she recieves some sick pay, but it's not very much.

Thank you for your interest.

A Blonde tourney sounds good to me. Otherwise a way of doing an "online whip round" is fine by me.

I think the whip round would be better because people wouldn't be limited or obliged  to donate a fixed amount.

Fking hell life is a btch - best wishes to all - such a great family and so much hard luck it must be heartbreaking -- Tom just tell me when and how I can support these brave people at this time

Sorry to hear your bad news. Hope your fortune changes soon.

Great idea red. Do both imo

+1 Me and the Mrs would play...or atleast register :)

red, just give us your blonde poker name and email, your stars and full tilt names and town and see what happens. i think people feel a bit weird saying  ;indestructable; ;indestructable; ;indestructable; ;indestructable; in public when it comes to this question but would be more than happy to shib some money over quietly

I agree 100% Byron. Let me speak to the other mods. perhaps I should get Maureen to open an account that peeps can deposit directly into, then they can give as and when, as much or as little as they like, and everyone woll know that it's cosher.

Cheers

What is the money to be spent on, how much is needed and who are we sending it too?

Darren may have to have his ankle operated on but we will not know until tomorrow as the surgeon he needed to see was in theater up until we left the hossy just after 2pm. apparently the break is in a funny place and it is not a straightforward one, like my life I guess.

I correct Tom in it is my Father in laws Mum dying, so we had quite a lot of the family in various parts of the hossy today.


Re: a collection, theres no need really you lot have helped so much with Reece.

Yes James I do get sick pay as I work on the Railway. Darren is self employed so no he will not get paid. We'll manage, when you have no choice you just have to.

We've been through worse times and come out shining.

XX

Just one request from me.

Can someone help to get this broom from up my arse.

Dingdell is good with Arses, comes highly recommended.  :D

(in Vinni's absence...)

Flushy too.

Wishing him a speedy recovery.


Sigh

No keep it there it will save doing 1 extra little job later xx

All the best and best wishes to both of them in their recovery xx

And a big   :)up to them both for trying to do the right thing..

Keep your chin up Maureen.
Would Darren be eligible for Incapacity benefit? AFAIK it covers s/employed under 65 if they dont get SSP..

Not sure, he has never had to claim as when his back went I kept it going but this time I really cant.


Police have just phoned too, they will be coming tonight to take the photo's of him here instead of us having to go to the station which helps.

I'd very much like to do something.

The most important thing is to show our support for Maueen at this difficult time, be it via money, or just "looking after her", when she's clearly at a very low ebb.

I'm just out of bed, & can't think straight right now, so will Post later. Meanwhile, assume my support for any initiative by the lads to help.

I would support ITB's suggestion, too.

What a terrible thing.

If monetary help is the best way to go then I quite like ITB's suggestion aswell, cause I'm sure people would want to help but if it's a pure donation type thing some may feel pressurized as they don't know what a decent contribution would be and don't want to seem cheap but equally may not be able to afford much themselves.

If it's a comp with some of the prize pool skimmed off then people don't have to worry so much and also if people still want (or feel able) to give more then they can.

I agree. We will look at doing both.

i can swim.,.,.,.ah forget that,.,.,tom let me know if your collecting././.and mo im not doing a poem for darren lol.,.,.,.,chin up hun.,.,as my old man allways says,.,this time next week it will all be ok,.,.,x x x

Really sorry to hear your bad news Maureen :(

Would the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority be able to help in this case? https://www.cica.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=33,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

It total sucks that you should be out of pocket due to some absolute morons.

I'd be up for playing in the tourney for sure (will be my first game on blondepoker), and donating some cash too.

With regards to Flea's post about how much to donate, how's this for an idea? Donate a typical days online winnings, or if you're a losing player like me, a typical days loss? ;)

She's rich!

I wrote on my first post, but then by browser muffed up, so will write it here:

I just wanted to say maximum respect to your hubby and Father in Law for having the guts to try and do something about the situation. I don't think many people would.

Agreed, hope all works out well Maureen :)

Snoops when you say Rich ..do you mean I am rich in wealth? fortune ? or luck.

Because the life of me I can't see i am rich in any of them.

I hope Darren recovers swiftly. xox

If you had money equal to the love and respect you have from your mates on here Maureen you would be a multi millionaire

He's taking the piss out of me, the dirty dog! Saying that if I gave you a day's worth of my poker losses you would be rich lol!! :)

Sorry,
Guess I am feelng a bit touchy.

I should definitely  look in to this Maureen, the Police should give this info. Also Citizens Advice Bureau can help.

All the best xxx

I will take a look at that site today.

The photographer that came said he is a civilian but will chase up the case today as he seems to think the police weren't aware how serious the assualt has turned out. That is possibly partly Darens fault as he never says how much pain he is in. They haven't given statements yet either. I guess they will get in touch to ask for one soon.

It has been a long night as his ribs are making him feel very uncorftable.

So, so true.  We are so very sorry, and b....y angry to hear this news, Maureen, and are thinking of you all.

xxx

What a bummer of a post to read 1st thing monday morning.

I hope Darren and his Dad make swift recoveries. You say Darren is self employed, I don't know what he does but if I can be of any help whatsoever please let me know, I am still working via agency, so can drop what I am doing and pick up later.

Sorry to hear of this, my thoughts are with you and the family :)

Was just saying that if Mango was to donate a typical day's loss that you'd see a lot of money coming your way. Was just joking, sorry, didn't mean to offend.

I don't know what to say Maureen - it's just shit.  lots of love to you all x

Hi Mo,  Tony pm'd me to let me know this truly awful news and i don't really know what to say. Obviously if there is anything i can do then please, please, please ask. I'm no distance away at all and i can always give you a lift to hossies etc. Give darren my best and a big manly hug x

Lots of love, Matt x x

Just to let you know Stars have emailed me and informed me that transfering of money and cashing it out is not allowed. Therefore they have put a stop to it. I have emailed back explaing the situation and will update you when I can. Although it casues a problem for us they really are on the ball with security.

Hello Maureen, While reviewing your latest cashout request it came to our attention that you are cashing out funds that were transfered to your account by many other accounts. This is not allowed. Please explain the reason for this and your relation to all this accounts. Your cashout will remain on hold until your explanation has been received. Regards, HostLuisOPokerStars Security

I have tried to pm everyone who has pm'd me with support and also those that have pm'd me about transfered funds, but my mind is everywhere and I am not too sure which ones I have responded to. So to cover all ways I want to say thankyou to you all. Which ever way you have tried to help me it is helping trust me. I also want to thank Blonde for bringing together and holding together such a great community, which cant be easy at times.

Some may be thinking why, when this only happened a few days ago are already concerned about money. Well this is not easy to post on a public forum but felt we owed a brief explantion. Recently we, along with many others i guess, have had financial issues and on top of everything else makes life a seem a struggle at times. I will list what I spend the money on and if anyone would like to see it I will organise that for you. Another person will also be told the final amount. We will manage now. I have contacted a couple of commercial window cleaners who are going to take over some of the bigger shops that we don't want to lose and they will return them to Darren when he is better.

Darren has had yet another bad night, he says his leg is not the problem but his ribs are not too good. He has to lay on his back  which causes him to have back aches as a few years ago he had quite a serious back injury. He is not a wimp in any way and never takes time off work through ill health apart from when his back went.

John is doing ok'sh too. He went to the shop last night and they told him some of it is on CCTV but the main part which happened outside was not filmed as it was out of reach of the camera.

The police have still not been in touch, apart from the camera man, so no statements have been given as yet.

Maureen, can you link them to this thread

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=34966.msg751883#msg751883


and this post in particular

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=34966.msg752127#msg752127

Hope Stars sort it out soon.

As for letting people know what you spent the money on...don't be daft, you're not P4C ( ;) ), I am sure you'll spend every penny wisely.

Very happy to hear you'll manage now though.

:goodpost: ;iagree;

+1

Flippin heck.  Because ye don't already have enough going on.  Sigh.  Speedy recovery wishes for the lads...all 3 of them now.  And a mountain of hugs coming your way.

xx  

not sure how many people are on Blonde but you can probably put + that number.

I think its very responsible of Maureen to post on here what she spends the money on, given it was raised on here.

I would expect nothing less from blonde fund raising after the P4C situation.

I'm a bit confused. If we wish to donate, can we do so via PokerStars?

I agree its very responsible of Maureen to want to post what she spent the money on but totally unnessessary IMO.

I dont think you can compare this to the P4C situation.

The money raised on that day was for Reece and the hospital who looks after him. The problems started when it was pointed out that both the hospital and Maureen hadnt received the cash. It wasnt about what Maureen or the hospital did with the money.

Same as with the DTD collection...it was a collection to hopefully ease some of the financial pressure involved in looking after a very sick child, whether it be taking a much deserved weekend away or just filling up the petrol tank for the countless trips to the hospital.

I dont think Maureen should have to detail how she spends the money.

Those who have donated have done so because they wanted to help a much loved wonderful lady and her beautiful grandson.

Thank you.   :respect:

 ;hattip;

No thanks necessary, I am only saying what I think.

I cant even imagine what it must be like for Maureen, Stacey and Darren to cope with the pressure of a kid as ill as Reece.

To ask for a countdown of monies spent is just WRONG.

Donate or dont...your choice.

 :goodpost: ;iagree; :respect:   +1

that's not clear at the moment, as there has been no news as to whether the Stars problem has been resolved

If it isn't, we can do transfers on blonde, but hold fire for the moment and lets see what Maureen says about the Stars request to waiver the withdrawl restrictions 

I dont have a stars account how can i ship some money over? have got blonde account but its not too healthy atm but my sky 1 is if poss ill go to a cash table on sky raise pre flop for said player to reraise then ill fold so no rake then they could ship it to fund,would this be poss???? or is there another way?

Just a thought but could a paypal account be set up?

Good idea, or why not just publish a bank account so people can do transfers...

Problem with PayPal is that a large percentage is creamed off by them from each transfer. 

Better to do bank transfer than use PayPal.

you can buy paysafecarduk vouchers from a any paypal outlet (in most shops) and just pm mo the number, she can deposit and then its not a transfer. I use them all the time, the only prob is you can only use $2k per month

I think she does, it's a rule of the blonde forum i believe....

I'm ashamed to know you James.

I'll get over it.

Double standards FTW

come on now fella's lets not hijack this thread. You both have your own points but this thread is not the place to air them.

Hope it all sorts itself for you mo x

I put some cash into stars and played some poker for first time in ages, my profit this week will be shipped over to you when you can confirm its ok on stars.

Bang out of order Flushy.  >:(

why i dont agree with flushy on this i think he has a point and i think its unfair some of you feel the need to slate him for it.

if its a forum rule then we must stick by it. it may not be p4c but it still needs to be regulated the way the blonde forum rules dictate imo.

if we make exceptions for anyone we are leaving ourselves wide open in the future for anyone who feels the need to scam (i am in no way refering to maureen in this way)

Simple solution - ask the question privately, that's what PM's are for.

The question may have a point the lack of tact however is out of order.

i agree entirely rod with the lack of tact but dont feel he neds to take it to pm. the thread is public all queries should be public.

to many things on blonde go to pvt in my opinion, mainly for certain people to keep there nicey nicey image on the forums and threat and abuse you by pm.


if the appeal was made by pm i feel you would have a point

This is NOTHING to do with nicey nicey & all to do with not causing any more upset to Maureen. If you have a problem with how things are dealt with I'd suggest a PM, but of course yuo could start a thread.

It was a suggestion from another blonde that we maybe have a wip around to help out mo situation. It was'nt a request from Mo for financial help.

I still don't believe that people are discussing this on this thread, this poor lady is trying to vent off some anger im sure and people are arguing about if she should tell us how she spends the money for fuck sake people if she wants to pay the gas bill or get drunk and spin it on the wheel of death, it should'nt matter the point of giving in the first place is to help her out, if it be bills or just some fun in her life at a low point.

+1

exactly.  if there are such rules in place then surely they are there for organisations making charitable collections to be transparent about the amount of money collected being spent on overheads/admin etc.  This isn't such a collection, it's a whip round for a friend, and we know that the money is going direct to the intended recipient.

The forum rule you're referring to is for charities.  Maureen isn't a charity, she's a friend and some of her friends would like to have a whip round.  The forum is being used to organise the whip-round - that is all.

To suggest that the money and how it is spent should be audited and reported is churlish in the least.

Most of those that gave money did so privately via a discreet method direct to the intended recipient. There were no conditions attached.

If anyone wishes to attach conditions to their own donations then that is their business and they should discuss that in private with Maureen.

Love you Maureen will make sure a few quid is donated to ya. Or shall i just send a bottle of vodka up to ya? :D

xx

Fair enough, i thought it was of a charitable nature rather just giving a mate a few quid, obviously in this instance there is no need to explain what the money is to be spent on.

Given that Maureen has already said (without any prompting) :


,I cannot see what we are arguing about.

FWIW, I don't think Maureen is under any obligation whatsoever. The idea of a whipround wasn't her's.  But I'm glad she has volunteered to make everything transparent.

Nothing more to be said on this, imho.

Cheers,

12bb

LOL, seriously?

over 2 hours after flushy has said he realises what the turn out is and is cool with it and everything has been sorted you post: "i cannot see what we are argueing about" and: "nothing more to be said on this"

ldo

what you meant to say was: "this has all cleary been resolved and has settled down but i havnt had my chance to bunk in yet so here goes"

i think you will find that wasn't my suggestion kin, plese read and digest everything i put on the post rather than just the ones you feel free to comment on.

all i said was flushy has a point, regardless of the untactful way he chose to air his point he still has a point!

whose argueing????????????

why when you have an opinion on something which may be different from others opinion is it seen as argueing???

I assume that your arguing about arguing is a level?

is a level what? please explain?

a level is ..... ha you almost got me -

oh maybe you actually don't know

fck I've got level fatigue

Can you guys please go back to page 1 and take your bickering to another thread!!

Is page 1 not still this thread?

:D

Flushy is correct

again whose bickering? other than this post by suzanne of course  ;)

Sigh!!!  ::) :D

Do we know if this has been sorted with Stars yet?

Bottle of voddy wizzin at ya if it has ;-)

In the mean time Red Cross are taking donations...

Sorry Suzanne, but no, we don't.

We think it should be OK. We have explained the situation to them but Maureen hasn't been online since because she has been unable  to leave the hospital.

With any luck she might be at home tonight.

You dont have to ship direct through star's you can do this. And she can cash instantly

Have not lurked on the forum for a while so have only just seen this thread. So sorry to hear about this appalling attack. Thoughts are with you Maureen and Darren and if there is anything we can help with then PM.

 I have been self employed fro 25 years and it's not good when you can't get out there to make a crust. Will keep an eye out on ways we can donate.

Chin up you lovely people.

Kev and Joo from Stoke.

Well well well.. got back from Manchester hossy tonight ( having to name them now as we seem doomed to be regulars at quite a few latley) to read what this thread has come to..

Stars have responded but I have no access to the net at the hossy so have only just read my emails.


Hello Maureen, We are sorry for the inconvenient. I will approve your cashout as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation. Regards, LuisGPokerStars Security. 

( I like this security person , thier written English is on the same level as mine)

For those of you that have posted support and pm'd me thanks it means a lot.  To the minority that seemed to want to make it a debate, go ahead enjoy yourselves and I hope and pray that during your lives you never ever come across misfortune or illness or need others to help you through tough times.

Before I reply too much I need to sleep as it has being a very long week and anyone that has slept on a sick childrens ward will know shut eye is not easily had. I don't want to say anything tonight that I will regret in the future.

Back to the important bits , Darren is doing good along with his Dad, John. Reece is home with me tonight until Monday morning, he is thin, easily tired but still has the ability to make us lol at the things he comes out with, but that update will be on his own thread. 

Once again thanks all.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Keep strong Maureen ... Love to all xxx

All the best Maureen, glad to hear Darren and John are on the road to recovery.

Have a nice weekend with Reece :)

Absolutely.

xx

+1

stay strong M     xx

Absolutely...

+2

B&H xxx

Reece is at home for the Weekend, Mrs Red and I went to see him today.

He's tiny scrap of humanity with huge saucer eyes and a big warm smile. His arms and legs are barely thicker than my thumb, and his little belly is scarred, distended, and perforated by tubes and pipes.

He showed me his toys, and told me how lucky he was....

Had a little tear in my eye reading that...he's something else, so he is.

+1

Dear all at Blonde

I am Maureens sister and I hope you all don't mind my post?

I would first like to thank all of you for your support and the kindness you have shown to both Reece and my sister I know that your friendship keeps her going and helps her through these very hard times.

To have Friends like all of you is very rare in this day and age and you are all fantastic.

To my Sister Maureen I just want to say how very proud I am of you I will never know where you get your strength from you are one in a million.

Thank you all once again no more posts from me god bless xxxxxx

wow, im sorry to hear this, you try and doa  good deed and get hurt and then virtually ingnored by the police in doing so.

its ridiculous