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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:45:11 -0000, Fran <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Trouble is, there's little or no connection these days between the Christian festival
>celebrating the birth of Jesus and the so-called 'Christmas' celebrated by everyone else. I'm on
>the fence religiously, but I know which one I prefer even so.
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><black'n'white striped sheep> Baaa, humbug. </>

I'm a Christian and I can assure you all that giving and getting loads of pressies, as well
as having lots of alcoholic pleasure is precisely what we are meant to be doing over the next
few days.

I don't care what you say, I'm off to get [censored] now.... If we get [censored] enough, we might open
our presents tonight instead of tomorrow.

Tomorrow is for kids....

I opened my first present last Thursday. It was beer. I drank it.

Was it a surprise present? Or had you asked for it?
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Martin Richardson <[email hidden]> wrote

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In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> writes

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Something for destroying cairns in an emergency? Something for destroying them when a whiteout
or dense mist prevents you from reaching them? A rocket-propelled grenade launcher?

Nah, far more destructive than that, but in an indirect way. Sorry Martin... :-(

Oh it's something that uses so much electricity that they will have to build windfarms on top of
Glaramara, Tryfan and Sgurr Alasdair,

Yes! And a mast, it's a fobile mone.

Did you hear about the vigilantes in Wishaw who pulled one down and are sitting it out over
Christmas to prevent it being re-installed?
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In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon <[email hidden]> writes

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Was it a surprise present? Or had you asked for it?

The surprise comes when he gets the bill !
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In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

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Ha ha! It was a complete surprise!

My complete surprise was a jig-saw puzzle - it's in the form of a
1/50,000 OS map centred on my village. Yes a complete surprise. No picture to work from - just local
knowledge :-)

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W. D. Grey <[email hidden]> wrote

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In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

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Ha ha! It was a complete surprise!

My complete surprise was a jig-saw puzzle - it's in the form of a
1/50,000 OS map centred on my village. Yes a complete surprise. No picture to work from - just
local knowledge :-)

My complete surprise was a tiny radio-controlled stunt car which I had been looking closely at in
California recently! My daughter picked up on it.......
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In article <[email hidden]>, Fran <[email hidden]> writes

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In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

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Ha ha! It was a complete surprise!

My complete surprise was a jig-saw puzzle - it's in the form of a
1/50,000 OS map centred on my village. Yes a complete surprise. No picture to work from - just
local knowledge :-)

Wow! Where did she find that?

My niece bought one for her father - Anne's brother and when it didn't arrive she contacted the
company who then promptly sent her one. The ordered one then arrived as well. So, with two she
offered one to Anne for me. QED.

I can't wait to have a go at it - if I can find the time - being retired has its problems you know.
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In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> writes

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> Ha ha! It was a complete surprise!

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My complete surprise was a jig-saw puzzle

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My complete surprise was a tiny radio-controlled stunt car

My complete suprise was sitting though the whole of Christmas dinner without being subjected to the
mercilless torment of Top of the Pops.

First year that's ever happened I believe.

So it was My Fair Lady instead?

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In message <[email hidden]>, Fran <[email hidden]> writes

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>> Ha ha! It was a complete surprise!

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> My complete surprise was a jig-saw puzzle

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My complete surprise was a tiny radio-controlled stunt car

My complete suprise was sitting though the whole of Christmas dinner without being subjected to
the mercilless torment of Top of the Pops.

First year that's ever happened I believe.

Erk! Hang on, who in your house watches that? I thought you lived with your parents, who must be
just a shade too 'mature' to want to watch that surely?

What time are you having it if TOTP is on?

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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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who must be just a shade too 'mature' to want to watch that surely?

Wanna bet? I had an argument with my father at 1:55pm who insisted that we turn the TV on to watch
the end of it and I was so insistent at not having this once in a lifetime experience ruined that
it was almost a walk out moment. Fortunately the TV stayed off for another 15 minutes.

Can't stand Top of the Pops.

TOTP2 is a different ball game. It's great to see the golden oldies again, and even get a glimpse of
Pan's People occasionally. ;-)
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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So it was My Fair Lady instead?

Nothing instead. An entire Christmas dinner without TV. First time ever. Glorious.

I really don't understand the obsession with Christmas TV. TV yes, but why on Christmas day during
the socialising? If people need it that bad there is such a thing as a video recorder.

Christmas TV is really infuriating!

There is so much good stuff on even the terrestrial channels that there are invariably clashes.

Fortunately Jason and the Argonauts is on every year, so if you miss it this year.......
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Fran <[email hidden]> wrote

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I really don't understand the obsession with Christmas TV.

It's so that families who would otherwise live peacefully together nonetheless have something to
argue about.

M**** and I do not rely on the TV for arguments.

We have lots of stuff to 'get our teeth' into.

She likes the vegetables cooked to oblivion, I like them crisp enough to keep me farting until
Boxing Day.

She reckons that putting an old dinner plate on top of the see-through glass plate in the
microwave somehow interferes with the microwaves. I reckon it makes those occasional spills easier
to cope with.

So she removed it to heat up the carton of cranberry sauce. I warned her to watch it closely. She
didn't. It foamed over. Because it fouled up the glass plate I had to rapidly wash the gooey mess
off it before I could warm up the gravy again. It was necessary to warm it because she took so
b***** long cooking the vegetables.

My bits, the turkey crown and the roast potatoes were perfect.

Naaah, cooking together beats watching TV for provoking a fight.
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What time are you having it if TOTP is on?

It's *always* scheduled for 1pm, but Neville is *always* late and my mother is *always* suprised
that he's not on time. It's like watching the same video over and over. That's my mother's idea of
tradition, doing *exactly* the same things every year at *exactly* the same time.

Had Xmas lunch at about 5pm this year, after a drive & short walk in the morning (say some Eider
ducks) and having to then cook it. It was rather good as that period of 'what shall we do now?' in
the afternoon didn't happen. It was 7pm by the time mains (Roast boned & rolled shoulder of Wild
Boar - wonderful), pudding (Delia's Spicy Fig Pudding), coffee & presents had been dealt with and so
not so far of time for bed. ;-)

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However, TOTP was on at 2pm this year (how dare they change it?) but the TV wasn't on at all during
dinner. Even more amazingly, my mother didn't make brussel sprouts this year. Apparently some
people don't like them!

Criminal! I cooked plenty extra so we can have them in the bubble & squeak style veggies today with
some cold meat. Also cooked lots of extra mash. Also had carrots with caraway seeds, roast parsnips
& onion, and leeks. I think we got our 5 for the day yesterday.

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My bits, the turkey crown and the roast potatoes were perfect.

What's a turkey crown, please?

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Naaah, cooking together beats watching TV for provoking a fight.

What about the clearing up & washing up? ;-)

PS best wishes to M as well as everyone here.

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Five Cats <cats_spam@[127.0.0.1]> wrote

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My bits, the turkey crown and the roast potatoes were perfect.

What's a turkey crown, please?

Basically it's a turkey with no undercarriage, all the nice white meat and none of the tough and
messy bits. Much easier to wash properly before cooking too. As usual we got one too large, only
2.265 kgs or 5lbs, but hardly any bones or dross to throw away.

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Naaah, cooking together beats watching TV for provoking a fight.

What about the clearing up & washing up? ;-)

When we eat here I wash up, and she does it at her place, the other one dries things to make room on
the draining board.

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PS best wishes to M as well as everyone here.

Same to you and the mogsters..
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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She likes the vegetables cooked to oblivion, I like them crisp enough to keep me farting until
Boxing Day.

I like crunchy veg. Is there a really a relationship between cooking time and farting?

There certainly is between age and farting. :-)

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She reckons that putting an old dinner plate on top of the see-through glass plate in the
microwave somehow interferes with the microwaves.

Tell her "Rubbish!" from me. :-)

I already couched it in more expletive terms!

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So she removed it to heat up the carton of cranberry sauce.

You heat the cranberry sauce?

She bought the kind which needs heating, intended to be poured over the turkey meat. I bought a jar
by the English Provender Company with Burgundy, which you just use cold. I like all their stuff, but
decided to get rid of the other sort first, because it has an expiry date. I like all EPC's
sauces.....
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Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> wrote

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Christmas TV is really infuriating!

There is so much good stuff on even the terrestrial channels that there are invariably clashes.

I assume my definition of good is slightly different to yours. It seems to me that Christmas TV
nowadays consists of nothing but classic old films, kid's films and Eastenders.

I was speaking tongue in chic, really, but there are a few things on which I like.

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At least Channel 5 are making an attempt to cheer me up with a spate of war documentaries, except
that they're all repeats so I've seen them all before. Ray Mears is good too, but repeats again.

On Channel 5 tonight is a whole evening of "classic festive British comedy". Can't they afford to
show new programmes or have the satellite channels nicked all the best stuff?

I got a digi box and can now get the extra terrestrial channels. Ha Ha! That sounds sci-fi, but I
meant additional Freeview channels. The History channel for example has loads of programmes about
the World Wars and the equipment used. Battleships and their vulnerability yesterday, I believe.

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Jackie Mason is funny though, I'll watch that.

I must look out for him, I saw him make a British live audience squirm when they were unresponsive
to some of his subtle stuff.
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It was 7pm by the time mains (Roast boned & rolled shoulder of Wild Boar - wonderful), pudding
(Delia's Spicy Fig Pudding), coffee & presents had been dealt with and so not so far of time for
bed. ;-)

Wow! Different Chrismas food! If Christmas were up to me I'd establish a new tradition - to do
something completely different every year! I can't stand repetition.

Well - the meat & pudding were different, but mash, carrots, sprouts, leeks and roast parsnips &
onions are hardly novel!

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Even more amazingly, my mother didn't make brussel sprouts this year. Apparently some people
don't like them!

Criminal!

Indeed, but not to worry, I have my own supply in the freezer (with chestnuts too).

Frozen sprouts - doesn't sound very nice to me.

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I cooked plenty extra so we can have them in the bubble & squeak style veggies today with some
cold meat. Also cooked lots of extra mash. Also had carrots with caraway seeds, roast parsnips &
onion, and leeks. I think we got our 5 for the day yesterday.

Yep, same here. Christmas dinner part two coming up shortly. :-)

Had ours at lunchtime. Yum!

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(One advantage of a big family.)

Or a small one and a cook that like cooking....

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Ah, right. Despite having a plethora of children my own family is comfortingly small and far-flung.
My mother arrives for the weekend on Saturday and we will go to my brother-in-law on Sunday; other
relatives aren't seen from one year to the next unless someone dies or gets married.

From this, right or wrong, it sounds as if you leave dear old mum at home alone while you trot off
to your bro-in-law on Sunday - eh?......:-)

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WHAT??? But you're the same age as me! Even if your parents were very young starting their family
they've got to be in their 60s now surely?

Be kind to your Uncle Bill then ;-)

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In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders <[email hidden]> writes

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Nothing instead. An entire Christmas dinner without TV. First time ever. Glorious.

So you missed Ray Mears excellent survival programme then !
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In article <[email hidden]>, Gordon <[email hidden]> writes

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Naaah, cooking together beats watching TV for provoking a fight.
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I can picture it " Merry Xmas dear - get out of my bloody way this dish is hot"
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