Following in the footsteps of Tootles (1 Viewer)

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Welcome and best wishes(y)

.........nice one Jim as well(y)
 

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Welcome Mrs Tootles so glad you have joined us I think we all had a soft spot for Tootles so it’s lovely to see you on the forum

What a lovely gesture @Jim brought a tear to my eyes
Me too. But I don’t do emotional stuff.
 
Apr 23, 2010
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Great to see you on here Ali,if you wear the red boots!! you definitely will be following his footsteps.
:welcomesign:

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Oct 1, 2013
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Tootles always promised to buy beer for everybody at rallies. Hope you'll keep this tradition alive :)
 

Trixie

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Ali, not met you yet, but hope this forum goes some way of helping you to have fun.
Veronica
 
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I never met Dave but always read his posts with interest.

It is so good to see you joining in and @Jim's idea is brilliant and those 3 things, with many others, is what makes FUN so wonderful.
 

jumartoo

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Ali, I hope you don't mind me calling you by name cos we've never met, welcome to a wonderfully, supportive forum.

I didn't get to meet Tootles but loved his posts and had a lump in my throat on more than one occasion when he opened up about his past life.

I hope you find some support from us all on here.

Best wishes.

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Anthea M

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Hi Ali, welcome to Toots old stomping ground. Me and Dave had a chat during last Christmas subs sale, he was saying that he loved this place and under better circumstances, he would definitely buy the Life subscription at £135 but he'd already paid £15 for the year and that. for him, would likely be life membership enough. We laughed but sadly it was.

I remember after our chat I thought about adding the life membership to Tootles profile but I resisted because of the Life/death connection and the fact that we'd talked about his life ending and it just didn't seem right. But after he'd gone I really wished I had. Which is why to make up for it, I've given the membership to you, I hope you get as much Fun from it as Dave would have. Best wishes.
Got me welling up Jim what a lovely thing to do.!

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Feb 27, 2011
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Welcome Mrs Tootles. Lovely to see you here. (y)
 
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Well what a welcome. I am taken aback on how many people have responded. To those of you I have already met and those of you I have yet to thanks. Thank you Jim for the great gesture of Life Membership Dave would have been over the moon. He did so much preparation to make this journey as easy as possible for me. I am sure my life will be enhanced on here as it was for him. I just have to get my head round the workings of the website but I am making a good start.
 

Minxy

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Hi Ali, welcome to the fun house ... it's still standing despite Tootles best efforts to try to get us all sent to Coventry! :D2

Just a few queries which I'm sure others are wanting to ask but dare not ...

Did you know about his inflatable friend? :oops:
What exactly happened to his bum horn? :D
Do you still have his daft red trainers!!! :D2

There were threats that they were to be left to certain funsters who were ecstatic/worried [delete as appropriate] at the thought.

:LOL:

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irnbru

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Hello and welcome Ali. Hope you enjoy the forum as much as Dave did.
 
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Well that`s our 13th year & still loving it.
I would just echo all the kind and genuine sentiments already made, I loved Tootles humour and shared a lot of his views, we never got to meet but I would like to think we would have shared a drink and a good old chinwag, It will be a pleasure to read your thoughts and share time reading your posts.

Good luck to you.:)
 

Dan and Jan

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Hello and welcome from us. Spoke to Dave a few times and swapped a few war stories. Glad you have come aboard. :WelcomeFlag:

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Two on Tour

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Welcome Ali, and here's hoping you will be joining us many a time on the forum.

We ever had the pleasure of meeting Dave but his dry wit and humour was right up my street, he is sorely missed but never forgotten.
 
Feb 24, 2013
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Evening Mrs T, like the rest of us I am so pleased to see you posting on here :)

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andy63

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Hi Funsters thought I would continue to follow in the footsteps of Tootles rather than walk in his footsteps lol. I know there are lots of you who knew or knew of him on here. I am just getting a feel of the website so be kind to me... I will be reading lots of posts and hopefully linking in with some of you.
Hi lovely to see you posting... and hoping that in some way it helps you deal with what must be a difficult time....
Andy
 

lindyloot

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Hello good evening and Welcome Mrs Tootles, i only met your brave hubby once and loved reading his posts on the forum. There are several Ladies my self included on here who are widows and are carrying on motorhoming. Look forward to meeting you oneday

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Did you know about his inflatable friend? :oops: PASS.... that could have been anyone or anything:unsure:
What exactly happened to his bum horn? :D PASS..... The mind boggles second thoughts it is Dave so :censored: nothing would surprise
Do you still have his daft red trainers!!! :D2 The Trainers are still around....could put them up for auction....to go to a good cause....
 

PP Bear

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Hi Ali, so lovely to see the Tootles tag flying again. Welcome to the mad house of Funsters:)
 

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Hello and welcome Mrs Tootles ...lovely to see you posting here.... sit back with a cuppa and enjoy xxx

John n Kath xxx

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