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Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ol' ...; ... Snappy???
Topic Started: May 14 2007, 11:33:47 PM (261 Views)
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Have you bin planting oak trees, Sasha? :blink: :whistle: C'mon, fess up! What's the yellow ribbon for then?


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I'm guessing its for young Maddy, the kid who has been taken from her hotel room in Portugal.
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Is it for the little girl who was stolen in Portugal? :cry:


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Ah, Bordy, yes, of course. :no:


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Yeap silly silly parents for leaving their children like that but at the same time I ope they find little Maddie safe and sound bless her :(
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Snappy
15th May, 2007 - 06:38am
Yeap silly silly parents for leaving their children like that but at the same time I ope they find little Maddie safe and sound bless her :(

I know, cant beleive they were so stupid, I mean you wouldnt do it at home would you so why do it on holiday?

I hope they find her
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Snappy
15th May, 2007 - 05:38am
Yeap silly silly parents for leaving their children like that but at the same time I ope they find little Maddie safe and sound bless her :(

I read in the paper yesterday that they (parents) may be charged under Portugese law for leaving the children alone
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15th May, 2007 - 10:39am
I read in the paper yesterday that they (parents) may be charged under Portugese law for leaving the children alone

So they should...

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Bridiej
15th May, 2007 - 09:42am
So they should...

I can't understand why they left them - as you say they wouldn't have done that at home - I even hate leaving mine for 10 mins to go out and get milk and they are older - i've got to do it sometime I know.

Still the parents must now be going through hell
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Bet they are, how guilty would you feel? Horrible, wouldnt wish it on anyone....

I guess the only good thing is they didnt take all the kids, I mean they had two others in there that could have been snatched as well.

I dont understand it either, what if there had been a fire in the room? Makes my blood run cold just thinking about it all..... :(
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Bridiej
15th May, 2007 - 09:50am
I dont understand it either, what if there had been a fire in the room? Makes my blood run cold just thinking about it all..... :(

Fire - that is what I worry over more than anything else
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15th May, 2007 - 10:51am
Fire - that is what I worry over more than anything else

Me too, my worst nightmare...
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I get nervous leaving Harry in the car when I pay for petrol and thats only a few minutes and the car is locked and imobilised. So I dont know how they could have left them alone to go out for dinner, and from what I read it wasnt a one off!

I do feel for them though, we all make judgement calls when it comes to our kids, but this has backfired on them hugely and they will have to burden some responsibility for what happens to her. Not something I would like to live with.

I hope she is found OK, but after all this time its not looking good :no:
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I have to admit being one of those nasty parents. When we were in Cyprus about 18 years ago a couple of times we got the girls to bed around 8.30pm & went to a little restaurant across the road for a meal.
We would check on them every 30 or 45 mins.

Whether I would do it now I'm not sure.
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15th May, 2007 - 02:39pm
I have to admit being one of those nasty parents. When we were in Cyprus about 18 years ago a couple of times we got the girls to bed around 8.30pm & went to a little restaurant across the road for a meal.
We would check on them every 30 or 45 mins.

Whether I would do it now I'm not sure.

My parents did the same to us. I think its a different world now, you cant go far without hearing of children being interfered with. Not saying that it didnt happen years ago, but you certainly hear more about it now.

I find it hard to judge when to give Harry more space and let him run around when we are out. In the back of my mind is always the thought that someone could grab him within seconds. Probably a bit paranoid, but Harry is my world and the thought of what someone could do to him makes me keep him very close when we go out.
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I do think there is more of it around now as the internet and communications have helped these perverts realise they are not alone and can brag about any conquests easily now :angry:

So maybe the media never portrayed it as much but also the Hi Tech forms of communication has fuelled these freaks.

I always thought it was against the law to leave your kids alone under a certain age but I found that is not the case unless something bad happens and you could be done for neglect.

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I know when hubby used to be away for months at a time I would sometimes pop to the shop while daughter was asleep - but the door was locked and the shop was only 3 doors up. I do think that Mediteranean countries are so child friendly when eating out it`s not necessary to leave kids in rooms - but that`s easy for me to say standing watching. I don`t think Maddy being left by her parents & being checked on would stop Maddie crying for her parents right now and wanting to be with them, I don`t think she would love them any less for it, children are very forgiving - I doubt the parents will ever forgive themselves though. I don`t think it matters now what the parents did - it`s too late for that, the only thing that matters is getting that we girl home.


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Very true GJ :yes:

Such a small young thing she must be so scared love her :(
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I think I've said enough on BE to be honest. I hope they get her back but personally I think it unlikely. Not going to post that on BE, had enough flack already. Even got accused of being a troll at one point.
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I had a quick read of the thread on BE & thought wow thats gone way out of control but then a lot do nowadays.
I also had a quick look at the moving back to UK forum FFS its like gang warfare in there. :o
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15th May, 2007 - 08:10am
I think I've said enough on BE to be honest. I hope they get her back but personally I think it unlikely. Not going to post that on BE, had enough flack already. Even got accused of being a troll at one point.

:lol: How is it under that bridge MP??
Seriously though I do think it is an very emotive subject - everyone you speak to has an opinion on it. I do think that if they had been a single parent then there would have been a public flogging.
I watched Ben Needhams mum on This Morning yesterday and that poor woman still has not had any closure 15 yrs later, they way she was treated by the British Consul at the time was absolutely shameful. I just hope the McCanns get answers or even better their daughter back.
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15th May, 2007 - 07:03pm
:lol: How is it under that bridge MP??

Bit chilly and damp but it's all good. It's only taken 10,000 posts and three years but I guess it had to happen sometime :lol:
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we all make judgement calls, all different ones, a few days after Maddie, an 11 year old set light to their house when she was left home alone.

Personally, I was left home alone so wouldn't inflict that on any child day or night. I know what it's like to wake up and no one is there and what it's like to have hours ahead of me alone or with a physco brother to beat on me.

My poor kids will suffer cos they can't ever get rid of me :crazy:
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They are now saying that they think she wandered off and they have her scent for 100 metres on the road outside where they lost it by a shop.

She must have been looking for her parents and got unlucky, picked up by the wrong person.

She could have been run over or anything could have happened if she wasn't abducted :she:
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I have to say that would be my worry if I left them alone sleeping whilst I went out. That they woke up, or a fire took place more so than anyone breaking in and abducting them.
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15th May, 2007 - 06:10pm
I think I've said enough on BE to be honest. I hope they get her back but personally I think it unlikely. Not going to post that on BE, had enough flack already. Even got accused of being a troll at one point.


Well, let me throw a bit more at you! :P

I (and possibly other members here) don't read BE. I would far rather that it wasn't referred to on here but, if you must, at least tell us WTF you are talking about! :blink:

I broke my non-BE thing a while back in order to post a message on behalf of CG, and got involved in the Brissie meeting at The Gap, but that is all. Please can we keep BE out of this forum? Or at least, explain your thoughts? :nosepicker:

Thank you. :ooer:


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15th May, 2007 - 07:11pm
Personally, I was left home alone so wouldn't inflict that on any child day or night. I know what it's like to wake up and no one is there and what it's like to have hours ahead of me alone or with a physco brother to beat on me.

My poor kids will suffer cos they can't ever get rid of me :crazy:


:thumbsup: Good for you, Ohippy! :thumbsup:

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I always try and see both sides to any situation ... and i must admit to finding it hard not to at least lay some of the blame at the feet of the parents. but im sure they love thier kids 100% and would not have intentionally done something to put them in harms way. they now have to live with the consequences of their actions, whatever the outcome.
its difficult to know exactly what happened because of the conficting media stories ... the ''what might have happened is...'' seeems to change daily :dunno:

fingers crossed she is found safe and well soon.



GJ - i saw the kerry needham interview too ... bloody hell i was bawling my eyes out!! i thought ol' fern was gonna blub too. that was the one thing that stuck in my mind, was the being unable to get the closure you need to be able to grieve and move on ... kerry isnt usually far from our local paper here in sheffield, as therre have been several possible sightings, and of course our local press cover these stories, so i must admit i thought of her as soon as the maddy story broke.

sky news have been saying the same thing since last night, so this new lead doesnt sound as though it will prove fruitful.


just gonna kiss my kids twice tonight and hug em extra tight.
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Like I said I have had to pop out to the shop a couple of times but literally it is 2 minutes -straight there & straight back (3 doors up) and it has only been because I was on my own (hubby being away in the Navy) If I went and the shop was busy I would come straight back and possibly try again later. I guess I was lucky as my daughter never woke up - that was my call as a parent - I judged the risks (but if anything had happened to her in that short time would I have still thought the risk worth it ??- no absolutely not). Would I do the same now ...... no I don`t think I would, especially after that wee girl up North was abducted from her bathroom with her mother in the house. I would never have left her alone for longer than a minute or two but sometimes that`s all it takes.
My daughter is nearly 12 now and I asked her the other day at what age she thought she would be old enough to be left on her own and she said probably when she was 13, so long as it was not for too long. I have a friend (who is a policewoman) and she will now & again leave her 11yr old for a couple of hours while she goes to the shops - her daughter is very mature for her age but the whole thing is a minefield. You get accused of being too protective - you really do walk a tightrope as a parent. I do think the McCanns made a very bad decision one for which they could pay a very high price but hindsight is a great thing. :)
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15th May, 2007 - 12:05pm
I always try and see both sides to any situation ... and i must admit to finding it hard not to at least lay some of the blame at the feet of the parents. but im sure they love thier kids 100% and would not have intentionally done something to put them in harms way. they now have to live with the consequences of their actions, whatever the outcome.
its difficult to know exactly what happened because of the conficting media stories ... the ''what might have happened is...'' seeems to change daily :dunno:

fingers crossed she is found safe and well soon.



GJ - i saw the kerry needham interview too ... bloody hell i was bawling my eyes out!! i thought ol' fern was gonna blub too. that was the one thing that stuck in my mind, was the being unable to get the closure you need to be able to grieve and move on ... kerry isnt usually far from our local paper here in sheffield, as therre have been several possible sightings, and of course our local press cover these stories, so i must admit i thought of her as soon as the maddy story broke.

sky news have been saying the same thing since last night, so this new lead doesnt sound as though it will prove fruitful.


just gonna kiss my kids twice tonight and hug em extra tight.

Im glad it wasn`t just me sitting with tears in my eyes watching that interview Sue - that poor woman has been through hell and my heart went out to her.
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