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It seems that there are a number of cases of miserablegititis going around Notts at the moment. If people want to brighten up their homes with Christmas lights then good on them. Have a look at the faces of the kids when they see them, that alone makes it worthwhile. Some bright lights and well done displays surely brighten up the dark gloomy days of a UK winter. Here it is the exact opposite, many decorate their houses with lights and displays but the littlies have to stay up until after nine to see the full effect. After almost 50 years here I still can't get used to goin

Although we're not miserable or morose, Tina and don't bother with Christmas, but that is our choice. We've not given each other presents for years. If we want anything, we just get it, if we can afford it. This came about after losing our youngest son at Christmas. We kept it going for the benefit of our other son, but when he died in my arms, that was it ! finished. We feel our loss most at this time of year. We do get together with family, but this is always the 1st or 2nd weekend in December. Hence the visits to Thoresby hall each year. It is difficult for us if we are with other peo

Not really and it's not just you Col, it's everywhere, ooo it's too commercialised, ooo it's lost all meaning, ooo it's just an excuse for bad behaviour etc. etc. True enough but it's also a time for hugs n kisses and "ahh you shouldn't have". Those not 'doing Christmas' are fine but why do they need to brag about it as though it's something clever? What exactly is it about Christmas that people get upset about? We get prezzies, good food, family and friends what's not to like? At the end of the day it's exactly what you make of it.

I admire people who put on a Christmas light display and raise money for charity by doing so. I understand there’s a family in Nuthall who’ve been doing this for years and raised a hell of a lot of money. Good on them, I say. If they can be bothered to set it all up in their front garden, use their own electricity and accept that people from far and wide will come gawping into their patch then good on ‘em. I couldn’t/wouldn’t be bothered doing such a charitable thing but it’s nice that some do.

Well said Oz, for some reason there are those that seem to have turned being curmudgeonly into a virtue, especially at this time of year when they can claim some sort of high ground by demonstrating the fine art of being bloody miserable.

Thanks Brew, Margie H, Jill, Beekay, Cliff ton, Carni & Catfan.... Seemed strange not going to RT centre today, miss yabbering to the staff & other patients. Off out to a line dance social at Mapperley plains social club tomorrow night, told radiologist I was going & she told me not to go mad & limit the amount of dances I do, I'll do the slow ones, lol...

Mrs Cs dad covers his bungalow with a myriad of LEDs & numerous flashing Chrismas decorations every year. Airline pilots on final approach to EMA know when to start their descent I am told. It takes all kinds I suppose.

Well Brew, to see on a bright winter day, partially deflated santas etc, blowing aimlessly in the breeze, tied up with string, is not what I would regard as seasonal decorations. Traditionally, holly with berries etc, (the birds, unfortuneatly, have feasted on the usual crop), I feel is far more appealing than partially deflated economy flashing decorations. I am personally indifferent to mass seasonal lighting though a few, I agree, may enhance the spirit of the season. I do tend to indulge my wife and trditionally decorate our home as she would like. As for the seasonal spir

I sympathise with you BK. Last year’s cancelled Christmas was my best ever! Being neither a Christian nor a Pagan it doesn’t affect me. I do however think it’s a good boost for business and commerce and it does brighten up the lives of many people at this dark, cold and miserable time of the year. I’m not feeling miserable though, I opened the curtains this morning and watched a beautiful sunrise over the Trent Hills whilst lying cosily in my bed! If only my wife had made me a cooked breakfast my morning would have been perfect!

Just you be careful young man and don't undo all the good work!

With all new versions of Widows it's best to let the dust settle before upgrading. If your PC still works most likely many of your programs won't.

We stopped putting the Chistmas tree up when we lived in Bulwell cos our cats would attempt to climb the tree & then play football with the baubles when they had overturned the tree.

Going back to the Windows question, I’m holding back on Win11 on the laptop. It’s not the newest and struggles a bit with Win10. I dug out my 14 year old desktop PC from the loft the other day. Last used 8 years ago, 4gig memory and 160gig hard drive, and has XP on it. It was intended to go to the dump, but I thought I’d try reviving it. Despite its age and lack of use, it’s now purring along nicely using Ubuntu. The XP is still installed on the hard drive, which means I can access all my old pictures, music, etc, but once I can move them all over to Ubuntu, I’ll be deleting Window

I used to live in Eastwood, right down near Langley Miil, and used to meet a mate for a few pints at the Hayloft in Giltbrook every Thursday night. I’d invariably miss the bus (oh, all right, just one more) and decide to walk home. There was nothing sadder than walking home up the deserted main road on a windy, wet January midnight with the switched off council Christmas decorations swinging in the wind. The end of Christmas hope and a return to cold reality. Drove me to drink! (It’s being so cheerful keeps me going!)

Exactly that. I've always been a Mac user ever since they produced Visicalc, the very first spread sheet program, and I've stuck with them as they are very intuitive. I've toyed with pc's but don't find them as user friendly. As for cars, you name it, I've had it. They're all pretty good now. The days of the lemons are over. My last unreliable car was a Jag but my wife's Jag (different model) has been perfect. I'll lease the next time I change so the problems will be someone else's. I used to enjoy working on cars but there's nothing you can do now other than check tyres, oil and water and eve

I think what we have here is the age old debate with fans of each system. Happens with cars. Ford, users vs. all the rest. I guess in the final analysis it just comes down to personal prefererance.

Sad to some amusing to others though I have some sympathy with your view Alpha, as CF has just said "it takes all sorts" Here there are no external lights and the tree goes up a week before and is down a week after, something I rarely take part in and although I make little effort in decoration I do selfishly enjoy the efforts of my better half.

We all have our opinions about Christmas Alpha and are free to express them. I agree there is a proliferation of tat around during this season of goodwill but it helps to keep some people happy. It will be all over soon and Spring will soon be here. Tatty Easter eggs and bunnies next!

I prefer a just few decorations, mostly LED lights, but my wife enjoys the season (we're not anyway religious and me totally agnostic) with a tree, door wreath and illumuninated garlands etc. I cannot abide those disguting plastic santas, reindeer, sledges which appear as ridiculous tat which only fund the pockets of the Chinese manufacturers and just empasise the poor taste of the individuals who erect them and think they are being trendy. I would rather spend this outlay on decent wines, champers, Tarquins (Blackberry) and grub, which I have done. Good old Braithwaite

@Beekay one of the main reasons why I don't make a fuss of Christmas is because it is the time in my family when, if anyone is going to die or a catastrophe occurs, that is when it happens. My mother lost her own mother on Christmas Eve, ten years before I was born. Although we had wonderful Christmases when I was a child (and they didn't start in August!) we were always aware of mum's sorrow for that loss and others that had happened at the festive season. This went back in time to the days when my mother was a child because her mother didn't like Christmas either, despite being a devout chu

Brew, I really hope that you don't take my 'faux' curmudgeonliness seriously. I not a miserable git regarding Christmas. I'm a miserable git all year round.

One year my son sent a photo of his fully decorated tree adorning his lounge about a week before Christmas. Mrs Engineer responded with a photo of our loft hatch with the caption "our tree is in here". I don't really 'do' Christmas.

OK I'll be the first to say it... they look like a pornographic joke!

Well today I had my last radiotherapy session at Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre, they said "it should make the cancer go into deep remission." I've never heard the phrase "deep Remission" before, presume it means mega remission or sumat like that. Had a few side effects, mainly fatigue, but nothing I couldn't cope with. The staff at the RT centre were brilliant, I can't praise them enough. Thanks for the kind comments...