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Pádraig Collins
Member Username: Pádraig_collins
Post Number: 8089 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 09:18 am: | |
And all the best for 2017. Hopefully it will be a better year for the world than 2016 has been. |
Simon Withers
Member Username: Sfwithers
Post Number: 394 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016 - 11:59 am: | |
Was going to start the same thread. Thanks once again to everybody here and all the best for the New Year. I do worry that 2017 is going to be more of the same for the world. What could be better than Trump and Putin increasing their nuclear arsenals? (Sorry for not being very cheering!) I'm now going to meet a friend for a drink and enjoy a much-looked-forward-to 10 days off work. That's a little more positive. And early next year building work at our home will be finished, which'll be nice too (though that's avery middle-class issue...!). |
Andrew Kerr
Member Username: Andrew_k
Post Number: 1124 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016 - 12:49 pm: | |
All festive wishes to everyone here !!! Yes not exactly a particularly cheery world that we live in ? Has it ever been I suppose is the next question ? On a more positive note I signed a contract for a permanent job this morning. And my children are full of ideas and energy. |
Stuart Wilson
Member Username: Stuart
Post Number: 1336 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016 - 02:21 pm: | |
Great to hear about the job, Andrew! It's been a pretty foul year on just about every level. On the bright side, fingers crossed, the local earthquakes seem to be taking a festive break... but I'm still browsing Scottish property lists. Very best wishes to all of you. |
Pádraig Collins
Member Username: Pádraig_collins
Post Number: 8093 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016 - 07:14 pm: | |
Well done on the job, Andrew. That's great news. Nice Christmas present! |
Simon Withers
Member Username: Sfwithers
Post Number: 395 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Friday, December 23, 2016 - 10:29 pm: | |
Good news, Andrew. On the job and the positive-sounding children (I wish they all were!). One positive note for me is that I just had a negative bloodtest for taxoplasmosis, after suffering very bad food poisoning in Italy in September (at a Michelin-starred restaurant). But it was a stressful wait for the result... |
Stuart Wilson
Member Username: Stuart
Post Number: 1337 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2016 - 09:06 am: | |
Name & shame that restaurant, Simon! Help others avoid it!! |
Pádraig Collins
Member Username: Pádraig_collins
Post Number: 8095 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2016 - 09:27 am: | |
Simon, that is wonderful news. Another great Christmas present. |
peter ward
Member Username: Peter_ward
Post Number: 324 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2016 - 02:37 pm: | |
Enjoy the Christmas break folks - Dust off that Vinyl! |
Rob Brookman
Member Username: Rob_b
Post Number: 1813 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2016 - 05:41 pm: | |
Merry, merry to one and all. Working on a bolognese sauce and homemade pasta for a Christmas Eve powwow with my girlfriend and her three kids and cranking Beyonce's "Lemonade" to get the culinary juices going. The perfect Christmas Eve morning. Be well, you guys, and here's to a safe, happy and healthy 2017. |
Fred Tadrowski
Member Username: Ftadrowski
Post Number: 40 Registered: 03-2015
| Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2016 - 08:14 pm: | |
Happy Christmas and peace to all! There is always hope and maybe a better year for this beautiful planet. |
Jerry Clark
Member Username: Jerry
Post Number: 1195 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Monday, December 26, 2016 - 08:07 am: | |
Made a full on roast with Bob Dylan's 'Christmas In The Heart a-playing. Happy Christmas and funky new year to board members all over the world. |
Simon Withers
Member Username: Sfwithers
Post Number: 396 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 - 02:05 pm: | |
Also made a full Christmas roast - accompanied by dodgy Christmas music courtesy of Youtube (though I fast-forwarded through the really, really dodgy ones!). And even though I'm 53 and don't have kids I still love Christmas. With the parents, wife and brothers on Christmas day, and then with friends yesterday. Tomorrow night will be an alcohol-assisted games night, centred around Trivial Pursuit and Articulate. Hope you're enjoying your respective breaks/holidays/religious festivals. I'm lucky in that I don't go back to work until January 3. |