Monday 24th December 2018 - Christmas Eve.
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Monday 24th December 2018 - Christmas Eve.
Morning all.
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Good morfternoon.
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Psyching self up for cooking.
I have looked at the recipe and instructions for quite some time.
I have looked at the recipe and instructions for quite some time.
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Options for further prevarication are dwindling.
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I don't make a general rule of quoting GOP senators, but Rand Paul's tweet about John Bolton is genuinely one of the funniest things I have seen this year
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Re: Monday 24th December 2018 - Christmas Eve.
Hello everyone.
Just popping in to wish you all the very best of the season.
Happy Christmas.
Just popping in to wish you all the very best of the season.
Happy Christmas.
"Poverty is the worst form of violence" - Mahatma Gandhi
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Hi there, you do know YOU KNOW WHO doesn't post here anymore right?
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Merry Christmas!ephemerid wrote:Hello everyone.
Just popping in to wish you all the very best of the season.
Happy Christmas.
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Just letting you know I am now c-o-o-k-i-n-g
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Is that you doing your traditional festive Tammy Wynette?tinyclanger2 wrote:Just letting you know I am now c-o-o-k-i-n-g
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For cooking fans I can now report that:
The Nut Roast is IN the Oven
The Nut Roast is IN the Oven
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Is the oven on?
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I speak as someone who hasn't had a functional oven for about a year.I'll get round to it,maybe next year.
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Sky can confirm.Not a jest.
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Well that twelve hour avoiding work shift seemed to fly by.Probably because it was only six.
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Well, we haven't got a functional kitchen light right now - strip changed, starter changed - still nothing. A NY problem...HindleA wrote:I speak as someone who hasn't had a functional oven for about a year.I'll get round to it,maybe next year.
Mary Beard on the thorny issue of democracy and that 'will of the people'
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/loose-talk-democracy/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That partly explains my irritation with the objections to a second referendum. The ‘people’s vote’ may not be the best way out of current difficulties, and it certainly may not break the impasse we are in. But it is hard to see on what grounds it is “anti-democratic”. “The people have spoken” is no reason for the people not to speak again (especially when none of us knew what we were voting for first time round). The ancient Athenians were happy to change their minds (within a day on one occasion) and they were well aware of the importance of an informed electorate. For them voting in ignorance could not count as democratic.
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A bright sunny day here,my parents 63rd Wedding Anniversary.
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It took me (or rather someone else) five years to reattach the bathroom door,early days yet in the scheme of things.
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The oven was not only on (though admittedly I initially set the timer for a minute rather than an hour) but the nut roast is now complete.
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Not so much Mary Beard as Mary Berry.
(the nut roast in question)
(the nut roast in question)
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ephemerid wrote:Hello everyone.
Just popping in to wish you all the very best of the season.
Happy Christmas.
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Good-afternoon, everyone
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It's got to be done:
[youtube]j9jbdgZidu8[/youtube]
[youtube]j9jbdgZidu8[/youtube]
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@citizenJA
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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Irony-tastic:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... extinction" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Scotland considers continental wildcats to save native species from extinction
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tinyclanger2 wrote:Irony-tastic:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... extinction" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Scotland considers continental wildcats to save native species from extinction
Yes - I saw that and thought the same. Bloody foreign cats coming over here and eating all our mice.
Edited to add - beautiful photo' to accompany the article.
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What does Constance have to say on the matter?
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Yes, we do know, thanks. It happened a long time ago, didn't it?AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hi there, you do know YOU KNOW WHO doesn't post here anymore right?
Happy Xmas to everyone, and a better New Year.
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Good luck to them. (She's an internationalist.)tinyclanger2 wrote:What does Constance have to say on the matter?
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@mbc1955
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!
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tinyclanger2 wrote:What does Constance have to say on the matter?
"Hic"
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Sprinkles salt and pepper on Christmas cards, perhaps? (7,9)
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Merry Christmas to you, PorFavorPorFavor wrote:@citizenJA
Merry Christmas!
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A better New Year, yes!mbc1955 wrote:Yes, we do know, thanks. It happened a long time ago, didn't it?AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hi there, you do know YOU KNOW WHO doesn't post here anymore right?
Happy Xmas to everyone, and a better New Year.
Merry Christmas to you
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Just a gentle hint, its safe to come back in here again.......mbc1955 wrote:Yes, we do know, thanks. It happened a long time ago, didn't it?AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hi there, you do know YOU KNOW WHO doesn't post here anymore right?
Happy Xmas to everyone, and a better New Year.
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At least for the occasional visit.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Just a gentle hint, its safe to come back in here again.......mbc1955 wrote:Yes, we do know, thanks. It happened a long time ago, didn't it?AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hi there, you do know YOU KNOW WHO doesn't post here anymore right?
Happy Xmas to everyone, and a better New Year.
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Seasons Greetings?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Sprinkles salt and pepper on Christmas cards, perhaps? (7,9)
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Merry Christmas! Good to hear from you.RobertSnozers wrote:Season's greetings, all
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Just popping in to say Happy Christmas to everyone and to thank refitman for keeping FTN going, it remains one of my favourite places to go for interesting links and latest politics news.
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And thanks to our moderators, adam and PaulfromYorkshire, as well (apologies if I missed anyone) your efforts are appreciated, it's sometimes an uncomfortable job, but you are always fair and keep the board spam free, which is not to be taken for granted.
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Merry Christmas! And I echo your sentiments re refitman.Willow904 wrote:Just popping in to say Happy Christmas to everyone and to thank refitman for keeping FTN going, it remains one of my favourite places to go for interesting links and latest politics news.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... s-in-april" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
government agrees to hold early elections in April
government agrees to hold early elections in April
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Got me going for a minute, though . . .HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... s-in-april
government agrees to hold early elections in April
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Well hello there good man!RobertSnozers wrote:Season's greetings, all
Somebody whose contributions I have missed more than most recently.
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Is nobody listening?PorFavor wrote:PTO
Or has everybody just logged off??
Just wrapped up my presents, hope everybody has a good one
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