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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Have you tried hibernating, together with electrifying the doorbell? You can dig the ash into the garden as a fertilizer in the spring.....
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now *there* is a christmas plan i can feel enthusiastic about !
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Memo to self: Beware of squirrels bearing gifts....
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doesn't that apply all year long ?
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Originally Posted by dreams
As to Christmas.... I now solve that problem by purchasing all 17 immediate family members (my side) gift cards!  |
holy cow !!! that's a lot of family.
(Adam's Rib is very high on my list of films to see SOON. i actually can't believe i haven't seen it yet, in fact. i really don't know how that happened.)
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Originally Posted by alecE
My local Waitrose has already started selling Xmas stuff, I'm starting to get tawdry catalogues through the post, and now DG (bless her cotton socks) reminds me that it's only 10 weeks (or less) away. Damn! I'd hoped to keep the grumpy old killjoy persona under wraps for at least another couple of weeks.
Grumps off in huff, muttering "Humbug!"
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aw, but you're such a charming grumpy old killjoy.
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Originally Posted by alecE
I hope that's Fahrenheit you're using! 9.5 degrees this morning (Centigrade I hasten to add). Have lit the solid fuel stove on the boat so of course I'm WAY too warm now (26 Centigrade 30 feet from the stove).
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26 is sounding pretty nice to me, right now. it's a brisk 17 in here. i think i'm going to be turning the heat on any day now.