With such nice thread in Christmas songs etc it's only fair there is a thread for people like me who hate Christmas.
I hate...
Christmas trees (assembly and disassembly)
Christmas songs
Christmas movies
Christmas weather
Elf on the f**king Shelf
Sorry but I feel much better for coming out as a Christmas hater.
Am I alone?
I enjoy the majority of Christmas but the elf needs put in the bin.
Quote from: Itchy on December 22, 2023, 02:17:07 PMWith such nice thread in Christmas songs etc it's only fair there is a thread for people like me who hate Christmas.
I hate...
Christmas trees (assembly and disassembly)
Christmas songs
Christmas movies
Christmas weather
Elf on the f**king Shelf
Sorry but I feel much better for coming out as a Christmas hater.
Am I alone?
I don't hate Christmas but the expenditure is crazy (I know we don't need to spend it). The missus spent about £250 quid on "the big shop" and it's just pure madness for a few days. So I hate:
Spending money for the sake of it.
Taking boxes down from the attic.
The smell of cats piss and dropped needles from the trees.
Shit tv.
Never had Elf on the Shelf in our house and I can see the attraction for weans, however if you are an adult who puts pictures of it on social media for attention, then you need to take a long hard look at yourself.
In the main though I enjoy the time off work as everyone else is off so no shite to come back to. And I like drinking, eating, lying in, watching shit tv, reading books and having the fire lit every day.
Has there ever been gaa matches on st stephens day did local teams ever play challanges games against each other or something like that.
I hate the commercialism especially this year with so many people struggling because of inflation.
I really don't like turkey and vegetables boiled to death.
but it's a magical time for kids and a bit of downtime.
Derry SFC final 1993 - The final was late because of Derry's run to Sam. Lavey had been nominated for Ulster but after beating Kingscourt, they surrendered their title to eventual winners Errigal Ciaran. With Derry's team holiday looming, the final needed to be played on St Stephen's Day. (from Derrynow)
My favourite holiday by far.
Love the decorations, the tree, the songs, the films, the presents for the kids, the whole thing. Beginning of December, stick on the Phil Spector xmas record, start decorating the house inside and out, then watch the films over the course of the month. Nothing like it...
Only thing I cannot stand is here in the US where Christmas starts at Thanksgiving but then just shudders to a complete and abrupt stop at midnight Christmas night. Lots of people back to work the day after. Pisses me off big time.
I lost my dad on Christmas day, a dear aunt on St Stephen's day and a dear uncle again on St Stephen's day, all in the space of 4 years - so past events will always have a bearing on our thoughts about Christmas. The old saying "sure its for the children" always rings true with me now.
Last year of Elf on the f*cking shelf here thank Christ. Plenty that annoys me about it all but still like it/enjoy it come the time
If yous want to kick me out I'll leave quietly. Promise 😀
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 22, 2023, 04:09:43 PMLast year of Elf on the f*cking shelf here thank Christ.
Same here...I have to do it every night so happy days. Have you any extravagant plans to communicate this to the childer or is he just not coming back next year full stop with no explanation?
The only thing I don't like about Christmas is the usual panic attack from the wife about getting things done or bought. Happens every year and every year everything turns out just fine
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 22, 2023, 04:09:43 PMLast year of Elf on the f*cking shelf here thank Christ. Plenty that annoys me about it all but still like it/enjoy it come the time
If yous want to kick me out I'll leave quietly. Promise 😀
The time will come when you wish for the days when the kids were small enough for things like Elf on a shelf.
Jc pen I agree tbh but the Elf is a right pain in the hole that you just remember about just as yer about to head to bed
Gawa last year of Santa so only fair to tell them that the elf's a pile of balls too. A double whammy lol. Like the time the wife told the eldest about Santa and wee bit about the birds and the bees all on the one day but that's another story 🤣🤣
Quote from: Eire90 on December 22, 2023, 03:03:14 PMHas there ever been gaa matches on st stephens day did local teams ever play challanges games against each other or something like that.
I think a few years ago Rathdowney and Errill played the Laois Junior C football final on St. Stephen's day. They're joined up for senior hurling, and no one was taking it too seriously, although some of the football heads were giving out that it denigrated the competition.
If nothing else Christmas breaks up the winter, Winter would be such a long drag of a season without that mental & physical holiday.
It's the longest straight run for time off for me, not back till the 3rd, so for me it's the best holiday
That's about it for me
She's stressed out these last few years for stepping up and doing the wider family Xmas dinner! It's fecking nuts on Xmas day and days leading up to it.
I basically stay out of the kitchen
The amount of money spent is horrendous and would easily cover first class flights to a Sandals resort for a week!
I'd rather give the kids £500 quid and move on.
Xmas movies are generally shite and Xmas songs are shite
I only get the tree down and put it back up in the loft when it's done!
I generally put on half a stone and knowing I'll be dieting come January is shite!
That said, my kids (in their 20's)are home and that can't be a bad thing, well, supplementing their activities is a pain too
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 22, 2023, 04:54:50 PMJc pen I agree tbh but the Elf is a right pain in the hole that you just remember about just as yer about to head to bed
Gawa last year of Santa so only fair to tell them that the elf's a pile of balls too. A double whammy lol. Like the time the wife told the eldest about Santa and wee bit about the birds and the bees all on the one day but that's another story 🤣🤣
Holy feck , she must like traumatising the childer! :o
What about that Polar Express movie, has anyone ever managed to watch it from start to finish without falling asleep?
I've come to really detest Christmas. It's just all about the commercial side , and the needless money spend is absolutely ridiculous . And the waste of food , even from the dinner alone, is a bloody sin
As for Santa , he's the biggest feckin' con in history. And everyone is in on it. Personally I'd tell kids the truth early on , but I've no kids , so I suppose that's easy for me to say
Anyway , I do enjoy the winding down , and I. love my walks at Christmas. Maybe meeting and talking to folks who are home for Christmas while doing so. I enjoy the calling to friends and relatives, and people dropping in.
I don't really attend mass , but I do enjoy a choir on Christmas Eve , but not enough to get me to go
Quote from: Itchy on December 22, 2023, 02:17:07 PMWith such nice thread in Christmas songs etc it's only fair there is a thread for people like me who hate Christmas.
I hate...
Christmas trees (assembly and disassembly)
Christmas songs
Christmas movies
Christmas weather
Elf on the f**king Shelf
Sorry but I feel much better for coming out as a Christmas hater.
Am I alone?
Die Hard is a classic in fairness.
I didn't realise how much I love Christmas until this year. We decided to sell our house and move. Between the gigs and the reels we only got our keys yesterday. So no decorations up, no lights on. I walked past neighbours looking enviously at their lights. The Elf can f**k off he never got his foot in my door.
Quote from: GTP on December 22, 2023, 03:09:19 PMDerry SFC final 1993 - The final was late because of Derry's run to Sam. Lavey had been nominated for Ulster but after beating Kingscourt, they surrendered their title to eventual winners Errigal Ciaran. With Derry's team holiday looming, the final needed to be played on St Stephen's Day. (from Derrynow)
Aye, the only time we ever reached the final. Played on about two inches of packed snow. Delay was more down to a Ballinderry objection to Newbridge refusing to play a match under lights. But the second bit is true, getting the Derry boys away for the team holiday was the priority.
And the St Paul's minor tournament always worth a visit on St Stephen's Day.
Love Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Quote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:44:55 PMLove Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Any tips on how to avoid starting elf on the shelf, my kids are starting to hear about it at school so may have no option but to do it next year :o
Quote from: Brendan on December 22, 2023, 09:50:21 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:44:55 PMLove Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Any tips on how to avoid starting elf on the shelf, my kids are starting to hear about it at school so may have no option but to do it next year :o
Tell them Santa sent a Robin to keep an eye on them instead. Put birdseed out and hope for the best!! 😀
The Robin was what we were told when we were small.
Girl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Quote from: Brendan on December 22, 2023, 09:50:21 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:44:55 PMLove Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Any tips on how to avoid starting elf on the shelf, my kids are starting to hear about it at school so may have no option but to do it next year :o
Leave as late as possible. Some start dec1 some when tree goes up, not sure of the
"rules". A week is plenty and keep as simple as u can if u can't avoid. Or delegate. Nice one trueblue
Tonite I'm doing Smarty Pants - smarties on a pair of me boxers 😐😆
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
And did she agree that she's a tit, after you threw the stapler at her?
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Sorry, did you mean to type "on ransoms for their 3 kids"? Only way I can make sense of that.
Don't see much of 'inflation' or 'cost of living crisis' about in fairness. Shops etc. of all sorts were jam packed this today/evening.
Clearly no cost of living crisis.
There is always been a cost of living crises for the poor but the middle class might have to pay 5 pound extra for a burger and its a crises with shows on rte
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2023, 09:48:11 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
It is easy to be judgemental of people who apparently spend well beyond their means at Christmas, but for many who do without all year, it is a chance to spoil their family.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 23, 2023, 10:48:22 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2023, 09:48:11 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
It is easy to be judgemental of people who apparently spend well beyond their means at Christmas, but for many who do without all year, it is a chance to spoil their family.
Must be selling abit of powder or how the hell are they affording that.
Quote from: bennydorano on December 22, 2023, 06:41:08 PMIf nothing else Christmas breaks up the winter, Winter would be such a long drag of a season without that mental & physical holiday.
It does that, at least by the time I go back to work in the new year the days are lengthening, if only marginally. It gets you thinking about spring.
Quote from: Armagh18 on December 23, 2023, 12:17:06 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 23, 2023, 10:48:22 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2023, 09:48:11 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
It is easy to be judgemental of people who apparently spend well beyond their means at Christmas, but for many who do without all year, it is a chance to spoil their family.
Must be selling abit of powder or how the hell are they affording that.
Tony 'its easy to be judgemental".....
Armagh " must be selling bitta powder"......
🤣🤣
Quote from: LeoMc on December 23, 2023, 12:29:00 PMQuote from: bennydorano on December 22, 2023, 06:41:08 PMIf nothing else Christmas breaks up the winter, Winter would be such a long drag of a season without that mental & physical holiday.
It does that, at least by the time I go back to work in the new year the days are lengthening, if only marginally. It gets you thinking about spring.
So let's keep the holiday days off and get rid of all the other shite
is boxing day/st stephend day as big as you used to be in terms of people going to pubs and clubs or has it died down the last few years.
Quote from: Eire90 on December 23, 2023, 01:06:52 PMis boxing day/st stephend day as big as you used to be in terms of people going to pubs and clubs or has it died down the last few years.
Still mental as far as I can see.
Quote from: Armagh18 on December 23, 2023, 01:44:49 PMQuote from: Eire90 on December 23, 2023, 01:06:52 PMis boxing day/st stephend day as big as you used to be in terms of people going to pubs and clubs or has it died down the last few years.
Still mental as far as I can see.
Dont really know as I avoid days like that like the plague. Same for St Patrick's day
Christmas for me is eating them cheese balls, cockles in vinegar, and doing a jigsaw. Jesus himself was a fan of all 3.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:54:13 PMQuote from: Brendan on December 22, 2023, 09:50:21 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:44:55 PMLove Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Any tips on how to avoid starting elf on the shelf, my kids are starting to hear about it at school so may have no option but to do it next year :o
Tell them Santa sent a Robin to keep an eye on them instead. Put birdseed out and hope for the best!! 😀
The Robin was what we were told when we were small.
There are plenty of suggestions on Facebook. Where he throws toilet roll down the stairs for example, or ends up in the fridge or outside on the car. But it's 23 or 24 days in December so simple moving him around the house works.
Missed all that shite
I fell out with Christmas when I was a teenager because the magic had gone. It took a while to grow on me again, and it's back in my good books again. Having kids helps.
Quote from: Aaron Boone on December 23, 2023, 09:58:12 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:54:13 PMQuote from: Brendan on December 22, 2023, 09:50:21 PMQuote from: trueblue1234 on December 22, 2023, 09:44:55 PMLove Christmas. But starting the elf on a shelf was as big a mistake as I've made. Anyone who hasn't started it. Please, please don't. Not only is it a pain in the a$$, it just makes the older kids question everything more as well. Whoever started it deserves to have 12 branches of Holly rammed where the stars don't sparkle.
Oldest's last year of Santa this year, so she'll be taking on the mantle for the younger two next year. We'll See how fond of it she is then!!
Any tips on how to avoid starting elf on the shelf, my kids are starting to hear about it at school so may have no option but to do it next year :o
Tell them Santa sent a Robin to keep an eye on them instead. Put birdseed out and hope for the best!! 😀
The Robin was what we were told when we were small.
There are plenty of suggestions on Facebook. Where he throws toilet roll down the stairs for example, or ends up in the fridge or outside on the car. But it's 23 or 24 days in December so simple moving him around the house works.
Our Elf has been a resident of the top of the Christmas Tree since day one.
Tell them every elf is different....."ours like to be on top of the tree, so he can look out the window and see whats happening in the neighborhood"
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 23, 2023, 12:38:38 PMQuote from: Armagh18 on December 23, 2023, 12:17:06 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 23, 2023, 10:48:22 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2023, 09:48:11 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
It is easy to be judgemental of people who apparently spend well beyond their means at Christmas, but for many who do without all year, it is a chance to spoil their family.
Must be selling abit of powder or how the hell are they affording that.
Tony 'its easy to be judgemental".....
Armagh " must be selling bitta powder"......
🤣🤣
🤣
Happy Christmas ;D
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/for-364-days-youve-been-avoiding-these-tossers-and-then-you-have-to-buy-them-a-present-pj-gallagher-on-why-he-hates-christmas/a267686708.html
Poor Enoch Burke is in prison for Christmas
Quote from: seafoid on December 25, 2023, 02:01:38 PMPoor Enoch Burke is in prison for Christmas
Well there's always that to cheer me up
Quote from: seafoid on December 25, 2023, 02:01:38 PMPoor Enoch Burke is in prison for Christmas
I see Enoch's family members wouldn't allow former Mayo footballer now Fine Gael politician Alan Dillon to go about his Tesco Christmas shopping in peace in Castlebar recently.
Quote from: Blowitupref on December 25, 2023, 03:28:19 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 25, 2023, 02:01:38 PMPoor Enoch Burke is in prison for Christmas
I see Enoch's family members wouldn't allow former Mayo footballer now Fine Gael politician Alan Dillon to go about his Tesco Christmas shopping in peace in Castlebar recently.
He should've laid the first one of them out with a good shoulder and drove his trolley over them.
Some walk that poor old Joseph and Mary had to make.
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Haven't seen a "the boy done well" in years. Has it been cancelled?
Isn't it ironic we're at Christmas and what's happening in that part of the Middle East?
Mrs Brown's Boys - I rest my case
People putting up multiple Christmas trees...... What's that all about?
Why has everyone turned into the Griswald's?
Wife is determined to get this tree worth (in sale) at £299....
Thinks it's a bargain!! Fecking nuts, current tree is fine..
This bargain is already decorated with lights... a job that takes her 15 minutes to do with the current one after I get it outta the loft.
Cost of living crisis my arse
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 27, 2023, 08:10:21 PMWife is determined to get this tree worth (in sale) at £299....
Thinks it's a bargain!! Fecking nuts, current tree is fine..
This bargain is already decorated with lights... a job that takes her 15 minutes to do with the current one after I get it outta the loft.
Cost of living crisis my arse
Tell me more about the tree...
Quote from: Rois on December 27, 2023, 08:15:17 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 27, 2023, 08:10:21 PMWife is determined to get this tree worth (in sale) at £299....
Thinks it's a bargain!! Fecking nuts, current tree is fine..
This bargain is already decorated with lights... a job that takes her 15 minutes to do with the current one after I get it outta the loft.
Cost of living crisis my arse
Tell me more about the tree...
In fairness if it looks anything and does what it says on the box it's a life time tree lol
Love Christmas but Hate New Year's Eve. Where's that thread!
Millennium ruined NYE for so many people, wonder do younger generations think its any better? Thought it was shit pre Millennium tbf
Drove through Armagh at 8pm and it was like a ghost town (more so than usual!). Anybody wise is in the house.
Didn't see Jools Holland's Mug or had to listen to that Auld Lang Syne bollocks so overall a win...
Another New years eve comes and goes , and I blatantly refuse to utter those three words yet again
never liked the new year. Always thought it was a hyped up load of bollix
Judging by reports, more people are thinking the same
New Year can be hard for people grieving or remembering those who have gone . It extends time and also poses difficult questions about achievements and life in general. It's not all beer and skittles. I like it because the intercounty system is around the corner.
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 01, 2024, 01:57:36 AMAnother New years eve comes and goes , and I blatantly refuse to utter those three words yet again
never liked the new year. Always thought it was a hyped up load of bollix
Judging by reports, more people are thinking the same
What grinds my gears is people saying "Happy New Year" still in the middle of January. I'm dreading the next few weeks. Might just avoid eye contact in the office, or not go in at all the more of that.
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2023, 09:48:11 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on December 22, 2023, 10:03:36 PMGirl I know who works 16 hours a week and partner who doesn't work spent £3000 on presents for their 3 children.
Status only matters to people who don't have it.
If that is the case then why do all the wealthy people in Irish society live in big houses and drive expensive cars if they don't care about status?
I am a low status man who doesn't care about status. I spend less than £50 on Christmas gifts (I don't have kids obviously)
I am a fan of the first 2 Home Alone movies so I don't mind Christmas although I watch them in the spring/summer too. I am not of fan of Elf which seems to have become a classic.
Maybe it's the time of year for reflection, but I've noticed an increase in people talking to their deceased relatives in the first person via Facebook. Haven't seen any replies yet from the other side.
Quote from: Norm-Peterson on January 04, 2024, 01:05:42 PMI am a fan of the first 2 Home Alone movies so I don't mind Christmas although I watch them in the spring/summer too. I am not of fan of Elf which seems to have become a classic.
Ah you can't not watch the first two Home Alone's if they're on. Back to the future the same. Never found Elf in any way funny though.
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 04, 2024, 03:40:06 PMQuote from: Norm-Peterson on January 04, 2024, 01:05:42 PMI am a fan of the first 2 Home Alone movies so I don't mind Christmas although I watch them in the spring/summer too. I am not of fan of Elf which seems to have become a classic.
Ah you can't not watch the first two Home Alone's if they're on. Back to the future the same. Never found Elf in any way funny though.
Saw the first Home Alone. Havent seen the second one, or BTTF or Elf.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on January 02, 2024, 05:08:37 AMQuote from: AustinPowers on January 01, 2024, 01:57:36 AMAnother New years eve comes and goes , and I blatantly refuse to utter those three words yet again
never liked the new year. Always thought it was a hyped up load of bollix
Judging by reports, more people are thinking the same
What grinds my gears is people saying "Happy New Year" still in the middle of January. I'm dreading the next few weeks. Might just avoid eye contact in the office, or not go in at all the more of that.
Why? What's the bother? It's just a type of greeting - recognizing a new calendar year
Quote from: Puckoon on January 04, 2024, 04:40:16 PMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on January 02, 2024, 05:08:37 AMQuote from: AustinPowers on January 01, 2024, 01:57:36 AMAnother New years eve comes and goes , and I blatantly refuse to utter those three words yet again
never liked the new year. Always thought it was a hyped up load of bollix
Judging by reports, more people are thinking the same
What grinds my gears is people saying "Happy New Year" still in the middle of January. I'm dreading the next few weeks. Might just avoid eye contact in the office, or not go in at all the more of that.
Why? What's the bother? It's just a type of greeting - recognizing a new calendar year
I hate it too, especially when someone says it to me and I feel compelled to say it back to them. Its because I am a miserable bastard really.
Fair enough. Self Awareness is important.
Quote from: Itchy on January 04, 2024, 04:49:21 PMQuote from: Puckoon on January 04, 2024, 04:40:16 PMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on January 02, 2024, 05:08:37 AMQuote from: AustinPowers on January 01, 2024, 01:57:36 AMAnother New years eve comes and goes , and I blatantly refuse to utter those three words yet again
never liked the new year. Always thought it was a hyped up load of bollix
Judging by reports, more people are thinking the same
What grinds my gears is people saying "Happy New Year" still in the middle of January. I'm dreading the next few weeks. Might just avoid eye contact in the office, or not go in at all the more of that.
Why? What's the bother? It's just a type of greeting - recognizing a new calendar year
I hate it too, especially when someone says it to me and I feel compelled to say it back to them. Its because I am a miserable bastard really.
I just can't utter Those three words. "Same to you" is all anyone gets from me.
It must not be uttered, a bit like the Scottish play or "he who must not be named" in Harry Potter.
Anyway thank f**k Christmas is over and the New Year too. 😂
Quote from: balladmaker on January 04, 2024, 01:38:34 PMMaybe it's the time of year for reflection, but I've noticed an increase in people talking to their deceased relatives in the first person via Facebook. Haven't seen any replies yet from the other side.
Ach they haven't invented Facebook yet in the other side. You'd think Jobs would be on the case although you've no idea I suppose where he went.