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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: HolyCount on 11 December 2010, 11:59:45
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Well, once again, we did all of our Christmas shopping in a one day military planned operation, as well as me starting the day early shut in the kitchen baking my (what has become ) traditional zillions of Welsh Cakes. I inherited my Gran's bakestone (which weighs a ton!) so it has fallen to me to produce the goodies! Unfortunatley I only get to eat a few as most go to family and friends ( even "export" a batch to France!).
So all I have to do now ( which I dislike more than shopping!) is to wrap everything ... put together His Lordship's bicycle and write cards (not too many of those, luckily, as we have an "understanding" that I would rather put a few quid to Macmillan than to Hallmark ).
Anyway .... how are you all doing ;D
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Havent even started to think about it yet. :-[ ::)
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I really need to consider what to buy Mrs TB for her birthday, which was in November ::)
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
Nope -- don't have any of that ... one bottle of wine, good roast for dinner on the day ... other than that, "business as usual". Apart form the bank hols, both me and the missus are in work ( the missus is doing New Years Day too). So, we indulge the various kids, and that's it.
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
You know? I get that. 8-) :y
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roll on january :)
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I haven't bought one present yet :-/
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
You know? I get that. 8-) :y
Although I must say that I enjoy the notion as it gives me a feeling of temporary contentment when I muse of what it must be like to have friends and family gathered in enjoyment of mutual company.
(I have no 'friends' just colleagues and acquaintances and my only contact with my very small family circle is infrequent - I mind neither in the least.)
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
You know? I get that. 8-) :y
Although I must say that I enjoy the notion as it gives me a feeling of temporary contentment when I muse of what it must be like to have friends and family gathered in enjoyment of mutual company.
(I have no 'friends' just colleagues and acquaintances and my only contact with my very small family circle is infrequent - I mind neither in the least.)
Zulu -- you have us ( not sure if that's a good thing or bad ::) )
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:( No !
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We (the wife) have just put our decorations and tree up. Made me feel quite festive........for about five minutes.
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Zulu -- you have us ( not sure if that's a good thing or bad ::) )
;D ;D That's very sweet of you to say K.
Having been a 'strange' child always content with my own company I've never considered the lack of what one could call friends as being a disadvantage.
The closest I've been is having had close professional colleagues (other officers I've partnered over the years) but I would never consider them to be friends in the conventional sense.
In all I'm quite happy and well adjusted with my situation but I do wonder from time to time what it would be like to have close friends with whom one could relax away from the professional environment.
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
You know? I get that. 8-) :y
Although I must say that I enjoy the notion as it gives me a feeling of temporary contentment when I muse of what it must be like to have friends and family gathered in enjoyment of mutual company.
(I have no 'friends' just colleagues and acquaintances and my only contact with my very small family circle is infrequent - I mind neither in the least.)
You and me both Uncle Z. ;)............although I hope you dont include your nephew from the East in that remark. ;D ;D ;D
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Zulu -- you have us ( not sure if that's a good thing or bad ::) )
;D ;D That's very sweet of you to say K.
Having been a 'strange' child always content with my own company I've never considered the lack of what one could call friends as being a disadvantage.
The closest I've been is having had close professional colleagues (other officers I've partnered over the years) but I would never consider them to be friends in the conventional sense.
In all I'm quite happy and well adjusted with my situation but I do wonder from time to time what it would be like to have close friends with whom one could relax away from the professional environment.
Zulu, I, too, was ( and am) content with my own company (looks like the littl'un is following my foortsteps there too). I have a few friends, although we rarely meet ( even being in the same town), but if any of them needed any help it is there, and vice- versa. Unfortunatley I also appeared to be popular and always seemed to attract a group of "followers" in whatever endeavour I was into at the time!
If I had lived a few hundred years ago (forgetting that the family, at that time, was somewhat "elevated" socially) I would have jumped at the chance of being a professional hermit.
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Christmas/christmas has the bonus that it is the only time of the year when the entire (large) TheBoy family get together (other than weddings/funerals etc). So from that thing, its a good thing.
Alas, it also means I have to tolerate my sister for a few hours :'(
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Christmas/christmas has the bonus that it is the only time of the year when the entire (large) TheBoy family get together (other than weddings/funerals etc). So from that thing, its a good thing.
Alas, it also means I have to tolerate my sister for a few hours :'(
You love her really ;D ;D
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Christmas/christmas has the bonus that it is the only time of the year when the entire (large) TheBoy family get together (other than weddings/funerals etc). So from that thing, its a good thing.
Alas, it also means I have to tolerate my sister for a few hours :'(
You love her really ;D ;D
I guess there is some sibling love there somewhere - its just we can't stand each other...
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
behave scrooge ;D
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
Keep me out of it --- I don't want to be involved ..I am a Jehovah's Bystander
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
Keep me out of it --- I don't want to be involved ..I am a Jehovah's Bystander
May I refer to my notebook, your Worship?..... :D
I observed three well dressed men riding camels proceeding in an Easterly direction; they`d clearly been upto no good and they all had expensive stolen goods on them.
When questioned they said they were following a star and were off to see a baby to give him presents; "a likely story!" ;D
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How sad is this?
we just buy new dog toys and wrap them for christmas morning,
then all three dogs get a pressie christmas morning and we thoroughly enjoy watching the dogs tear the wrapping off accompanied by little growls and yip/yaps :-X
at eleven am its tradition in our family to raise the glasses
(rum and pep for me) to all the friends/family members around the world,
far better than hundreds of people making hundres of journeys to pretend to be nice for a few hours to each other!! :y
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we just buy new dog toys and wrap them for christmas morning,
then all three dogs get a pressie christmas morning and we thoroughly enjoy watching the dogs tear the wrapping off accompanied by little growls and yip/yaps
;) The purest pleasure; innocently enjoyed....`love it! :-*
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Well, once again, we did all of our Christmas shopping in a one day military planned operation, as well as me starting the day early shut in the kitchen baking my (what has become ) traditional zillions of Welsh Cakes. I inherited my Gran's bakestone (which weighs a ton!) so it has fallen to me to produce the goodies! Unfortunatley I only get to eat a few as most go to family and friends ( even "export" a batch to France!).
So all I have to do now ( which I dislike more than shopping!) is to wrap everything ... put together His Lordship's bicycle and write cards (not too many of those, luckily, as we have an "understanding" that I would rather put a few quid to Macmillan than to Hallmark ).
Anyway .... how are you all doing ;D
That is a grand philosophy you have there, I just wish I could even begin to match it HC ::)
We're all fine here thankyou & hope You & Your's are too! :y
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
You know? I get that. 8-) :y
Although I must say that I enjoy the notion as it gives me a feeling of temporary contentment when I muse of what it must be like to have friends and family gathered in enjoyment of mutual company.
(I have no 'friends' just colleagues and acquaintances and my only contact with my very small family circle is infrequent - I mind neither in the least.)
I have never met you in the Flesh Den, but in the time i've known you here I have come to regard you highly & am proud to say I regard you as a friend, so whether you like it or not, you have at least one! ;D :y
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we just buy new dog toys and wrap them for christmas morning,
then all three dogs get a pressie christmas morning and we thoroughly enjoy watching the dogs tear the wrapping off accompanied by little growls and yip/yaps
;) The purest pleasure; innocently enjoyed....`love it! :-*
thats a great way of putting it Debs and so true!! but i didnt mention that a little later one or another decide that the others toy is more fun so the little blighters start scrapping over the toys!! lolol
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:P It is not without some irony that I have decided to opt-out of it all and leave christmas to the non-Christians this year......it only seems to fulfill a social function at the most superficial level: consumption, self-indulgence, excess and at times, no-small measure of guilt and sadness. :(
I love my dear-friends and family and I enjoy them year-round; not just at this 'notional' celebration. :-*
So, please don`t take offence: it`s not that I don`t care; actually, it`s because I do! :D
What wonderful words of truth & Wisdom Debs! I feel entirely the same, :y sadly the rest of the family don't :-X ;D
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
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the truth
"The Truth"
.....indeed! ;)
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
cough ... splutter
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
cough ... splutter
In my youth I was an unprincipled reprobate......but now I have seen the light..... ;)
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
cough ... splutter
In my youth I was an unprincipled reprobate......but now I have seen the light..... ;)
yes , its at the end of the cigar in your previous avatar..
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
cough ... splutter
In my youth I was an unprincipled reprobate......but now I have seen the light..... ;)
Did you see that article in the latest edition of The Watchtower? The one about lying and lusting after scantily clad women. No? I suggest you read it now. :D
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As a Jehovah's witness.......I do not believe in Christmas.......it is my calling in life to show people the error of their ways....
Not everyone is willing to follow the light that I bring and be guided along the path of righteousness.. :)
....your joking ? i hope....
No Sir.....I give you my word as a gentleman.....I speak the truth.... :)
cough ... splutter
In my youth I was an unprincipled reprobate......but now I have seen the light..... ;)
Did you see that article in the latest edition of The Watchtower? The one about lying and lusting after scantily clad women. No? I suggest you read it now. :D
I'll be saving lost souls in Wakefield this Christmas Mr Steve.......expect a knock at your door... :)
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Is this the same Opti that boasted so proudly that he was on his 4th(?) marriage? And the usual "brovardo" that goes with it?
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Is this the same Opti that boasted so proudly that he was on his 4th(?) marriage? And the usual "brovardo" that goes with it?
I believe that was the Shithead known as Optimist 60 Chris......no relation I'm pleased to say.... :y .....and married three times not four ...I think... :P :P
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....well that just confirms it..... :o