Guest Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 One thing I'm looking forward to is having all the Family together, as pointed out in previous posts- as the children get older things stretch further from home. My Sons seem to constantly study and my Daughter lives in the School until 6 each week day! Play a game of Jenga...watch the box..and thank whoever for being wherever...lost so many this year to cancer..can't wait to be rid of this terrible year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'm one of several million that won't see a living soul...to whom the Morrisons and Tesco Ads of several generations sat round an overloaded table wearing party hats and opening presents is just an annoying fiction. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Christmas was always dreaded in my family because there was inevitably some disaster. Usually, it was the death of a family member or friend and a sense of apprehension built up as the festive season approached. I still don't like Christmas and neither do most of my friends. Not owning a tv, the commercialism passes me by and I don't submit to buying huge amounts of festive food I will never eat. I abhor waste. I'll usually buy cat food for the rescue centre instead and my meals will be the usual fodder. I probably sound like Mrs Scrooge but Christmas is a religious festival, not an excuse to run up a mountain of debt to take people's minds off their other problems for a few days. A merry festering season to you all....pass the humbugs! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Likewise Jill, mine & Mrs Cs attitude entirely ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Both my father and grandfather died over the Xmas period. I wonder if I will too? What I don't like about Christmas is that it is a hi-jacked pagan mid-winter festival that has gotten out of hand. We need a mid-winter festival to cheer us up in the darkest of days and longest of nights but do we really need all the commercial hype and "must have or you are a miserable b'stard" stuff? What's wrong with a cheery gathering of friends and/or family without the mega expensive gifts and turkeys weighing-in at several tons? Ok, it's nice to get some pressies but why do we all try to outdo each other on the monetary value of these pressies? I'll tell you why....It's those bloody businessfolk and advertisers who see £££s before anything else. Like it or not, we have been are indoctrinated into believing that people will think less of us if we don't spend more than we can reasonably afford. Rant over. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Humbug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Mrs C & I don't do pressies either ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 My daughter and I have decided not to buy each other presents this year,we will have some prosseco and decent food (no turkey,we both don't like it) and just do what we want to do. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 A new fungus has appeared in the wooded part of the garden recently. I have identified it as Lepista nuda (Wood Blewit). If it is not, I may not have to worry about Xmas - they tasted very good this lunchtime! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 #109 My father would have been proud of you, Compo! He loved his fungi! There's no fungi in my fridge...more's the pity!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Similar ones grow here in the Trent valley and I'm occasionally given some. Nothing nicer than blueys with bacon. The problem is that those who know where they grow won't tell! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Down by my stream earlier this year..two huge football shaped fungi...I got rid..a mate was horrified... they pay €40 a kilo in fancy Dublin eateries!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Giant puffballs Ian. Sometimes they are mistaken for sheep lying down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Jill, I once had Chanterelles growing in the garden. Alas, it was only for one brief season and then they were gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 A DIY print off little Xmas card for your non favourite people... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 On 13/12/2016 at 6:37 PM, philmayfield said: Similar ones grow here in the Trent valley and I'm occasionally given some. Nothing nicer than blueys with bacon. The problem is that those who know where they grow won't tell! Well, they grow in my garden Phil....and you are welcome to come and sample a few should you wish to do so Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks for the offer. My annual fishing trip to that part of Northern England that some call Scotland is always in September. I'll look you up if I can make it that far north. Do you have roads up there yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here's a link, if it works, to cheer you up at Xmas. Now you can see why the Scots are always so bloody miserable! https://www.facebook.com/modernpiping/videos/126947297665881/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 On 15/12/2016 at 10:23 AM, philmayfield said: Do you have roads up there yet? We used to have roads but now many are like the old Roman roads - just muck and stones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 I bought the last chocolatey item for madam yesterday, and the last alcoholic item for myself, and that's it all done. So I'm sitting smugly in the lounge with my feet up, and a large coffee watching the traffic crawl by towards town. Right, is it Ferrero Roche or Lindor.......... Such a difficult decision ! Oh, there's some Galaxy here. That'll do for starters ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Plenty of Wood Blewits up this way and few if any of the locals know about them. On the other hand I have never found a Field Blewit anywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 All my shopping, apart from a few essentials, milk, eggs etc is done. Presents have been distributed, also cards. Logs and coal stacked ready for use. When I break up on Friday, I can please myself what I do. Moggie food aplenty in stock. Others can queue round the shops, listen to canned muzak and wear themselves to a frazzle. Not me! Bah! Humbug!! Roll on spring! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 No problems here with pressie's Jill, cos we don't do em ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 If I continue at this rate I shall have to go out and buy my Xmas booze all over again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 That's me till 2017 time to relax with the lady, first thing is a delivery from our favourite Tiddly Wink. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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