Without further ado, here's a picture of the fingers! *grins*
Real finger food, you might say!
Will you be giving out candy to trick or treaters this year? If so, what goodies can the ghosts and goblins expect to bring home?
Finger food - literally! Shortbread shaped like fingers, with a nut for a fingernail! *grins*
If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose?
Has to be "Charmed".
Would be great to fight demons and cast spells - just in time for Halloween too! *grins*
Only a month?!! why not longer?!
On Monday night (5 October 2009)I had bad news. My mom's best friend's son had been killed in an industrial accident :-(
Forklift victim was 'loving, genuine and well-respected'
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tribute: Jonathan Willis, originally from Wales, died on Monday afternoon in an industrial accident involving a forklift.
A family was left devastated after the loss of a husband and father in an industrial accident on Monday.
S.A.L. mechanic Jonathan Willis, 39, from Paget died after he was trapped under a forklift in an accident at a Hamilton Parish construction site.
He leaves a wife of seven years, Samantha, and a two-year-old daughter.
Born in Wales, Mr. Willis came to the Island three years ago with his wife. His daughter, Megan, was born on the Island.
Megan's godmother and close family friend Emily Boden called Mr. Willis a family man and "one of the most genuine, well-respected people".
"We're all devastated. He was more than just loving, he would do anything for anyone. Genuine is probably the best way to describe him. He was reliable, dependable."
Ms Boden said that the family learned of Mr. Willis' death by a phone call shortly after the accident.
"Sam called me from hospital. (S.A.L.) called her straight after the accident happened. From what I understand, they tried to resuscitate him but it didn't work.
"They haven't been able to tell us much about what happened. They're doing an investigation right now."
Little information has been publicly revealed about the accident. Mr. Willis, a mechanic, was working at a construction site at Wilkinson's Quarry on Duck's Puddle Drive in Hamilton Parish.
A Police spokesperson said: "Mr. Willis was the victim of an industrial accident where he became trapped under a forklift at around 4 p.m. Monday.
"He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by an on call physician."
S.A.L. did not return calls for comment by press time however Ms Boden said that the company has been keeping in contact with Mr. Willis' family.
Bermuda Public Services Union general secretary Ed Ball said yesterday that the accident should inspire changes in safety regulations.
"Anytime there is a worker who dies because of an industrial accident, there needs to be a serious re-look at health and safety at that work site, and at other companies," said Mr. Ball. "It's always disturbing.
"I'm sure that the Ministry of Health and Safety will make whatever revisions are deemed necessary. We must change the old ways of thinking."
The Ministry of Health expressed their condolences to Mr. Willis' family, and said that an investigation into the fatal accident is underway.
While they said they would not comment specifically on the details of the incident until the investigation is complete, a spokesperson did say: "The Ministry of Health is concerned about all accidents in the workplace. They have just concluded consultation with stakeholders and will be shortly gazetting amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations." "
Forklift victim was 'loving, genuine and well-respected'
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tribute: Jonathan Willis, originally from Wales, died on Monday afternoon in an industrial accident involving a forklift.
A family was left devastated after the loss of a husband and father in an industrial accident on Monday.
S.A.L. mechanic Jonathan Willis, 39, from Paget died after he was trapped under a forklift in an accident at a Hamilton Parish construction site.
He leaves a wife of seven years, Samantha, and a two-year-old daughter.
Born in Wales, Mr. Willis came to the Island three years ago with his wife. His daughter, Megan, was born on the Island.
Megan's godmother and close family friend Emily Boden called Mr. Willis a family man and "one of the most genuine, well-respected people".
"We're all devastated. He was more than just loving, he would do anything for anyone. Genuine is probably the best way to describe him. He was reliable, dependable."
Ms Boden said that the family learned of Mr. Willis' death by a phone call shortly after the accident.
"Sam called me from hospital. (S.A.L.) called her straight after the accident happened. From what I understand, they tried to resuscitate him but it didn't work.
"They haven't been able to tell us much about what happened. They're doing an investigation right now."
Little information has been publicly revealed about the accident. Mr. Willis, a mechanic, was working at a construction site at Wilkinson's Quarry on Duck's Puddle Drive in Hamilton Parish.
A Police spokesperson said: "Mr. Willis was the victim of an industrial accident where he became trapped under a forklift at around 4 p.m. Monday.
"He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by an on call physician."
S.A.L. did not return calls for comment by press time however Ms Boden said that the company has been keeping in contact with Mr. Willis' family.
Bermuda Public Services Union general secretary Ed Ball said yesterday that the accident should inspire changes in safety regulations.
"Anytime there is a worker who dies because of an industrial accident, there needs to be a serious re-look at health and safety at that work site, and at other companies," said Mr. Ball. "It's always disturbing.
"I'm sure that the Ministry of Health and Safety will make whatever revisions are deemed necessary. We must change the old ways of thinking."
The Ministry of Health expressed their condolences to Mr. Willis' family, and said that an investigation into the fatal accident is underway.
While they said they would not comment specifically on the details of the incident until the investigation is complete, a spokesperson did say: "The Ministry of Health is concerned about all accidents in the workplace. They have just concluded consultation with stakeholders and will be shortly gazetting amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations."
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In the BDA Sun newspaper it said:
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Tributes pour in after fatal accident
A tragic accident that claimed the life of father-of-one Jon Willis has left his family and friends "devastated beyond words".
Mr. Willis, 39, a mechanic with SAL, was changing the fan belt of a forklift truck when it slipped and crushed him to death.
He was a Brit married to a Bermudian, Samantha, and they had a two-year-old daughter, Megan.
"It hasn't really hit us yet," explained his work colleague Kurt Benevides through tears. "It's kind of hard... I'm hanging in there."
The pair had worked together at SAL for more than two years.
"He was hard-working and put in long hours," Mr. Benevides said. "He was always happy - always had a smile on his face.
"He never had a bad word to say about anybody and nobody ever said a bad word about him."
Proud father Mr. Willis would often show Mr. Benevides the latest photos of his two-year-old daughter Megan, who adored trips to the aquarium with her father.
"Jon would come over and have a few cold beers after work sometimes," Mr. Benevides said. "When Megan was born, that slowed down a lot - family was first for Jon."
Shaken colleagues were given the day off work yesterday - leaving the work site at SAL on Coney Island virtually deserted.
But Mr. Benevides said he "had to be at the job" to try to keep himself busy.
He said: "It's hard to be at the job with Jon's toolbox still sitting there.
"I'm really going to miss him."
He said that Mr. Willis had been working to repair a forklift truck at SAL's site on Wilkinson's Quarry, Duck's Puddle Drive, when the accident happened around 4pm on Monday.
He had been underneath the truck, which was suspended in the air, held in place by a second forklift, when it had dropped on him.
He was pronounced dead by an on-call physician at 4:45pm.
'Good friend'
Another employee - dispatcher Mike Lamb - said the whole workforce was shocked by the death of their friend.
"He was a good friend and he was well liked by everybody here," he added. "He was always willing to do a job, you knew you could count on him. He would stop what he was doing to help you if you needed it."
Mr. Willis' brother-in-law Matt Hooper said his sister Samantha, 34, was "too distraught" to talk about the death and that she was seeking comfort from her family.
"They were very close," Mr. Hooper said of the couple. "They spent a lot of time with each other. Whenever they went out, they were usually together."
The couple met 18 years ago when Samantha, a Bermudian, went away to school in Cardigan, Wales, where Mr. Willis lived.
They married seven years ago and had their daughter Megan two years ago, when they moved back to Bermuda from Wales.
"He is not just a brother-in-law - we would hang out together all the time," Mr. Hooper said. "He loved rugby and anything with a motor - bikes, boats, any motor sport.
Big Jon
"If people needed a tyre or something from the store, Jon would say, 'Just tell them big Jon from SAL sent you'."
Mr. Willis' father-in-law Jay Hooper described him as "one of the nicest people you would ever meet".
Close family friend and Godmother to little Megan, Emily Boden, described her friend as "the most genuine person".
"He's 100 per cent a family man and loves his friends," she said. "He would do anything for anybody - if you had a flat tyre, he'd be there.
"He worked at SAL six days a week and he spent his day off with his family. He was amazing with Megan.
"I'm still in the 'I can't believe it stage'."
Social networking site Facebook was full of personal tributes to Mr. Willis.
Simon Boden posted: "I have lost a great friend today....Jon Willis you are one of the most genuine and giving people I have every known. We will take care of Sam and Megan. Rest in Peace Mate."
Kate Berry wrote: "Life can be so cruel... a lovely man died yesterday and left behind an amazing woman who I have known all my life and their two-year-old daughter. Just devastating."
Sarah Tufts-Robinson went to BHS with Samantha Willis and now teaches with her at Saltus Cavendish. She wrote that she is "in shock" and "realising more and more that tomorrow is promised to no one".
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I'm still shocked :-(
Who is the most famous person you've ever met?
I met The Grumblweeds once, must have been around 10 years old at the time They signed a record of theirs that I'd bought after seeing them in the theatre,
I'll always remember one of their sketches:
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And now it's time for some Morris Dancing!!
<Maurice enters, dancing>
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*grins*
On a scale of 1 to 10, how well do you sing?
LOL They call me in to sing in order to make it rain I'm that bad!!
0 out of 10 *grins*
If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, which one would you want to have seen?
Only one?! Tough question!
I'd like to have seen the Earth being formed, but that wasn't really the question....
Hmm..human history..... the building of Stonehenge and the pyramids.
What's one thing you can't say no to?
Chocolate!
What's the last movie you saw in the theater? Rented?
It was a good film, kept mostly true to the book, but I thought there was another element to it to do with Gomez.
I'll have to re-read it!
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