Passing the time

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Re: Passing the time

#341 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:25 pm

I'm refusing to allow a Christmas tree into the living room until all the junk is removed from there... :mrgreen: For some unknown reason it's apparently necessary for stuff waiting to go to the tip (which is too heavy for me to lift) eg 2 old tellys and a broken drumstool needs to be kept in the living room. :x We are SO flash round here... :lol:
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#342 Post by LAT » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:28 pm

One of our cats used to try to climb the tree and most of them have enjoyed drinking from the water trough.
At the moment our tree is still waiting to be brought inside. The ceiling over where we usually put the tree looks as though it is about to come down :shock: (we had the flat roof above repaired last week) so we should maybe resist bringing the tree in until that has been sorted. Our house is therefore still very un Christmassy. :(

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Re: Passing the time

#343 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:37 pm

I just have to look at the house two doors down. It's like something else this year. The woman told me two weeks ago "This year it's going to be really CLASSY". Well, if you can call a giant 8 foot inflatable snowman, two moving reindeer, flashing Merry Christmas signs, lights all different colours all over the house, garden, roof, fake snow CLASSY... :lol: :roll:
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#344 Post by LAT » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:41 pm

OMG :shock: Very classy! :lol:

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Re: Passing the time

#345 Post by Scurra » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:48 pm

eirian wrote: and I was looking forward to the chaos!
Me too. Spoilsport. :D
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Re: Passing the time

#346 Post by giraffe » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:49 pm

Mrs next door has been very restrained this year. (No illuminated Ho Ho Ho or reindeers on the lawn) The front windows have a total of about 20 different illuminated pictures in them though, and various other illuminated items in front garden.

Our tree and lights go up tomorrow. I've been saving it for F to do as he has broken up, and tomorrow's planned power cut has been cancelled, so we will be able to test that the lights work.

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Re: Passing the time

#347 Post by Wulfruna » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:44 pm

Scurra wrote:
eirian wrote: and I was looking forward to the chaos!
Me too. Spoilsport. :D
Oh, don't worry, there'll be plenty of chaos anyway with all of you around.... :roll: :roll:

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Re: Passing the time

#348 Post by giraffe » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:19 pm

giraffe wrote:Mrs next door has been very restrained this year. (No illuminated Ho Ho Ho or reindeers on the lawn) The front windows have a total of about 20 different illuminated pictures in them though, and various other illuminated items in front garden.
I spoke too soon :roll:

Mrs Next Door has put up the other half of her decorations. A herd of illuminated reindeer on the front lawn, and the Ho ho ho sign and the huge Merry Christmas sign and new for this year...... a four foot high rotating inflatable father Christmas, and a few other sundry items. :o

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Re: Passing the time

#349 Post by Scurra » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:10 am

Scurra wrote:Not a puzzle, or a game, just an amazing page.
http://traintimes.org.uk:81/map/tube/
It's the London Underground map. Except that all the little yellow flags are actual tube trains moving around the network as you watch!
And, six months later, it's finally back up and running again. (Transport for London have actually listened to people and upgraded their systems, rather than telling us all to go away. Makes a nice change... :))
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Re: Passing the time

#350 Post by Scurra » Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:30 pm

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".

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Re: Passing the time

#351 Post by SparkOut » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:38 pm

That's great! :lol:

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Re: Passing the time

#352 Post by Redfraggle » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:26 pm

That's brilliant :lol:

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Re: Passing the time

#353 Post by MBH » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:33 pm

Very funny - I enjoyed that :lol:

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Re: Passing the time

#354 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:13 pm

I loved Joseph's newsfeed "Joseph just bought a cow and a donkey". :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#355 Post by MBH » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:19 pm

The travel plans made me smile - ticking the box for "Avoid Romans" :lol:

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Re: Passing the time

#356 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:21 pm

What I want to know is HOW do folk have the time to find these things?? :shock:
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Re: Passing the time

#357 Post by Cenwulf » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:28 pm

Reminds me of a Christmas card I saw - Joseph's holding baby Jesus up at a computer and saying:
"Nice going son - fifty million friends on Facebook already."
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Re: Passing the time

#358 Post by Wulfruna » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:32 pm


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Re: Passing the time

#359 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:06 pm

:shock:

I want one of those! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#360 Post by kathlyn » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:13 pm

Bunnylump wrote::shock:

I want one of those! :lol:
Who of :?:
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