Hiya Sleeps. How are you? Has your cat come back yet. Does it still sit in a corner with it's left leg stuck up in the air, 
scratching it's ba..self?

Have you been anywhere lately, done anything unusual? Are you flooded out?

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote:

>Hiya Sleeps. How are you?

Hello chucky, I'm just fine and dandy, thanks. 

> Has your cat come back yet. 

Yeah, he keeps coming back. 

> Does it still sit in a corner with it's left leg stuck up in the air, 
>scratching it's ba..self?

He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.

>Have you been anywhere lately, done anything unusual? Are you flooded out?

Nah, I never go anywhere or do anything. (That's why I'm so much fun. ;-)

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:5jo0f559ce8e7u6tongq3s4psnmv8056f5@4ax.com...
> "The Traveller"  wrote:
>
>>Hiya Sleeps. How are you?
>
> Hello chucky, I'm just fine and dandy, thanks.
>
>> Has your cat come back yet.
>
> Yeah, he keeps coming back.
>
>> Does it still sit in a corner with it's left leg stuck up in the air,
>>scratching it's ba..self?
>
> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.

It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>
>>Have you been anywhere lately, done anything unusual? Are you flooded out?
>
> Nah, I never go anywhere or do anything. (That's why I'm so much fun. ;-)
>
LOL. Me too. I should get a cat for my kitchen. It could lick the plates clean so I wouldn't have to wash them.

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote:

>
>"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:5jo0f559ce8e7u6tongq3s4psnmv8056f5@4ax.com...
>> "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>>Hiya Sleeps. How are you?
>>
>> Hello chucky, I'm just fine and dandy, thanks.
>>
>>> Has your cat come back yet.
>>
>> Yeah, he keeps coming back.
>>
>>> Does it still sit in a corner with it's left leg stuck up in the air,
>>>scratching it's ba..self?
>>
>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>
>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.

I think he's just a miserble git.
As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
my arm!

>>>Have you been anywhere lately, done anything unusual? Are you flooded out?
>>
>> Nah, I never go anywhere or do anything. (That's why I'm so much fun. ;-)
>>
>LOL. Me too. I should get a cat for my kitchen. It could lick the plates clean so I wouldn't have to wash them.
>
>Edith. 
>

>>>
>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>
>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>
> I think he's just a miserble git.
> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
> my arm!
>
Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats up, 
doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going away 
for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...

;-)

ally

The Traveller wrote:
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:5jo0f559ce8e7u6tongq3s4psnmv8056f5@4ax.com...
>> "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>> Hiya Sleeps. How are you?
>> Hello chucky, I'm just fine and dandy, thanks.
>>
>>> Has your cat come back yet.
>> Yeah, he keeps coming back.
>>
>>> Does it still sit in a corner with it's left leg stuck up in the air,
>>> scratching it's ba..self?
>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
> 
> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>> Have you been anywhere lately, done anything unusual? Are you flooded out?
>> Nah, I never go anywhere or do anything. (That's why I'm so much fun. ;-)
>>
> LOL. Me too. I should get a cat for my kitchen. It could lick the plates clean so I wouldn't have to wash them.
> 
> Edith. 
> 
> 
I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and 
dogs, but we're too far away for you!

Jp

"a l l y"  wrote:

>>>>
>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>
>>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>
>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
>> my arm!
>>
>Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats up, 
>doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going away 
>for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...
>
>;-)
>
Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.

JpinNY  wrote:

>I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and 
>dogs, but we're too far away for you!

I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
postman's leg.

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
> JpinNY  wrote:
>
>>I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>
> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
> postman's leg.
>
In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could put a leg in the post.

I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son and 
daughter have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be crisp is 
a work of art. We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things in order or I won't be done for Xmas.

Edith.

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
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> "a l l y"  wrote:
>
>>>>>
>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>
>>>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>
>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
>>> my arm!
>>>
>>Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats up,
>>doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going away
>>for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...
>>
>>;-)
>>
> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>
Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking, and get 
a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af12256$1@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
> news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>
>>>I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>>dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>>
>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
>> postman's leg.
>>
> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could 
> put a leg in the post.
>
> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I 
> don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son and daughter 
> have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and 
> medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be crisp is a work of art. 
> We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things 
> in order or I won't be done for Xmas.
>
Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. 
Have fun!

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lcvmkF3d1dnfU5@mid.individual.net...
>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af12256$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>>>dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>>>
>>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
>>> postman's leg.
>>>
>> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could put a leg in the post.
>>
>> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son 
>> and daughter have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be 
>> crisp is a work of art. We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things in order or I won't be done for 
>> Xmas.
>>
> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. Have fun!
>
> ally
Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.

Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lcvjbF3dc94dU5@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>
>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
>>>> my arm!
>>>>
>>>Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats up,
>>>doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going away
>>>for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...
>>>
>>>;-)
>>>
>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>
> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking, and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>
> ally
Yes but, no but, yes but, ut but, yes but, when you flip, don't forget tuh tek yer cat with you.

Edith

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af174eb$1@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:7lcvjbF3dc94dU5@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he 
>>>>> bit
>>>>> my arm!
>>>>>
>>>>Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats 
>>>>up,
>>>>doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going 
>>>>away
>>>>for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...
>>>>
>>>>;-)
>>>>
>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>
>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking, and 
>> get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>
>> ally
> Yes but, no but, yes but, ut but, yes but, when you flip, don't forget tuh 
> tek yer cat with you.
>
No no no! The whole point of him sneaking away in the dead of night is to 
LEAVE THE CAT BEHIND for the new owners!

ally

>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>> gathering. Have fun!
>>
>> ally
> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>
Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At least 
one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not normally the 
hostess ...

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7ldbgqF3cji1jU5@mid.individual.net...
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af174eb$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lcvjbF3dc94dU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and he bit
>>>>>> my arm!
>>>>>>
>>>>>Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of cats up,
>>>>>doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you from going away
>>>>>for a couple of days? He's certainly got the measure of you ...
>>>>>
>>>>>;-)
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>
>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking, and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>>
>>> ally
>> Yes but, no but, yes but, ut but, yes but, when you flip, don't forget tuh tek yer cat with you.
>>
> No no no! The whole point of him sneaking away in the dead of night is to LEAVE THE CAT BEHIND for the new owners!
>
> ally
Gees, you know how to fish out a plan. That theer cat'll find him. It's evil.

Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. Have fun!
>>>
>>> ally
>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>
> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, 
> it's not normally the hostess ...
>
> ally
Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.

Edith-new someone who slept with his eyes open. It was awful freaky.

On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>
>
> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering.
> Have fun!
>
> ally-

Really? We tend to favour Turkey.

One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.

However it far outweighs eating your actual guests....unless it's
Girls Aloud (MTGO). Mmmmm....just off to amend my list to Santa.

Excitedly,

Lou

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:eac38551-6fed-4d6e-86fb-ddd51f3932c6@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering.
>> Have fun!
>>
>> ally-
>
> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.
>
> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.
>
> However it far outweighs eating your actual guests....unless it's
> Girls Aloud (MTGO). Mmmmm....just off to amend my list to Santa.
>
> Excitedly,
>
> Lou

Santa won't be coming from the north pole this year, Lou. I'm waiting for the strike to calm down.

Auntie Edith.

On 4 Nov, 14:39, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>
>
> Santa won't be coming from the north pole this year, Lou. I'm waiting for the strike to calm down.
>
> Auntie Edith.-

Of course he will. Santa has his own delivery system Edith - Reindeer.
I've already sent him my list and fully expect him to deliver on time.

What do you want for Christmas petal? *

Lou

*This question in no way commits the poster to actually buying
anything.

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:621778aa-2961-4ff6-981f-5d9f050f4e72@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 14:39, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Santa won't be coming from the north pole this year, Lou. I'm waiting for the strike to calm down.
>>
>> Auntie Edith.-
>
> Of course he will. Santa has his own delivery system Edith - Reindeer.
> I've already sent him my list and fully expect him to deliver on time.
>
> What do you want for Christmas petal? *
>
> Lou
>
> *This question in no way commits the poster to actually buying
> anything.

ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little lad. You might have to buy a stamp, mind you, unless you 
send it collect :)))

Edith

On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>
>
> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little lad.
>
> Edith-

I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of Dulux
matt I can create something pretty spectacular.

I'll give it a go.

Excitedly,

Lou

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little lad.
>>
>> Edith-
>
> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
> willy?

Eeerrrrrrm. That could be interesting but I think I'd prefer a painting from your son. It would be much less messy, I'm sure.

Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of Dulux
> matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>
> I'll give it a go.
>
> Excitedly,
>
> Lou

You should be able to. Even Elephants can paint pictures. They just wave the brush handle around. Have you tried it?

Edith

On 4 Nov, 15:32, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>
>
> You should be able to. Even Elephants can paint pictures. They just wave the brush handle around. Have you tried it?
>
> Edith

Well not recently. There is a marked difference between an Elephants
trunk and my willy, Edith (surprisingly). An Elephant tends to use his
trunk to lift heavy objects, clean himself, feed himself, and to lob
stones at passing Lions, thus building up a level of muscle and motor
skills that would enable him to succeed in painting a decent picture.
I, however, do none of these things with my willy, lifting heavy
objects and lobbing stones are completely out of the question and if I
could manage to feed myself I wouldn't be wasting my time writing this
post. I will try sellotaping a small brush on and attempt to paint
something Christmassy for you, but don't expect a Van Gogh or anything
similar - I'll need more practice to get to that standard, but I'm
willing to try.

Artistically,

Lou

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:7131addb-6189-4f4e-ab98-2dbe610d9f4c@15g2000yqy.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 15:32, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> You should be able to. Even Elephants can paint pictures. They just wave the brush handle around. Have you tried it?
>>
>> Edith
>
> Well not recently. There is a marked difference between an Elephants
> trunk and my willy, Edith (surprisingly). An Elephant tends to use his
> trunk to lift heavy objects, clean himself, feed himself, and to lob
> stones at passing Lions, thus building up a level of muscle and motor
> skills that would enable him to succeed in painting a decent picture.
> I, however, do none of these things with my willy, lifting heavy
> objects and lobbing stones are completely out of the question and if I
> could manage to feed myself I wouldn't be wasting my time writing this
> post. I will try sellotaping a small brush on and attempt to paint
> something Christmassy for you, but don't expect a Van Gogh or anything
> similar - I'll need more practice to get to that standard, but I'm
> willing to try.
>
> Artistically,
>
> Lou
>
Who knows. With a bit of practice you could be the next Picasso, Lou. I'm really looking forward to seeing this work of art of 
yours, all Christmassy. I hope you don't hurt yourself. Please do be careful. You could be needing your paint brush next year too.

Edith, scouring over the crisp white snow, hoping to spy a glimpse of the little red post van, the big blond bringing her Lou's 
masterpiece.

a l l y wrote:
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>
>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>
>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>
>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>
> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.

He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a couple 
of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them instead.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af17d07@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>
>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At 
>> least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not 
>> normally the hostess ...
>>
>> ally
> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting that 
> will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>
Get someone to buy you an espresso machine for Christmas, and just keep 
knocking back the stuff - rich, dark and black with a kick like a mule.

> Edith-new someone who slept with his eyes open. It was awful freaky.
My dogs do that.

ally

The Traveller wrote:
> "a l l y"  wrote in message
> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>> gathering. Have fun! ally
>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>
>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it?
>> At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not
>> normally the hostess ... ally
> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting
> that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.

You need Garlic. Guaranteed to get those pesky relatives going home early 
too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8340120.stm

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

LouSmorals wrote:
> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>> gathering. Have fun!
>>
>> ally-
>
> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.
>
> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.

We once had one of those roasts with a boned bird inside another boned bird.

The large one with turkey, goose, duck, pigeon and quail was tempting but we 
didn't have enough family coming around...or neighbours....or days over 
Christmas to eat the leftovers. Jeez, that would have been for life, not 
just for Christmas.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:48:14 -0000, "a l l y"
  wrote this:

>"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
>news:4af17d07@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
>> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>
>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At 
>>> least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not 
>>> normally the hostess ...
>>>
>>> ally
>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting that 
>> will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>>
>Get someone to buy you an espresso machine for Christmas, and just keep 
>knocking back the stuff - rich, dark and black with a kick like a mule.
>
>> Edith-new someone who slept with his eyes open. It was awful freaky.
>My dogs do that.
>
>ally 
>

I sometimes look after an Irish Deer Hound who sleeps
with one eye open! Can be an un-nerving experiencing
for the unwary. Grunts and fidgits as well.

DB

> Who knows. With a bit of practice you could be the next Picasso, Lou.
> I'm really looking forward to seeing this work of art of yours, all
> Christmassy. I hope you don't hurt yourself. Please do be careful. You
> could be needing your paint brush next year too.
> 
> Edith, scouring over the crisp white snow, hoping to spy a glimpse of
> the little red post van, the big blond bringing her Lou's masterpiece.

He could be the Prickasso.

Johnny-pretty-sure-that's-not-being-used-by-any-artist-yet

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7ldt2sF3d454eU1@mid.individual.net...
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af17d07@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. Have fun!
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>
>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, 
>>> it's not normally the hostess ...
>>>
>>> ally
>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>>
> Get someone to buy you an espresso machine for Christmas, and just keep knocking back the stuff - rich, dark and black with a kick 
> like a mule.
>
>> Edith-new someone who slept with his eyes open. It was awful freaky.
> My dogs do that.
>
> ally
Oh, yukk.

Edith.

"DB."  wrote in message news:5eg3f5tprkrktk13339qgjfpm45ueutcu1@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:48:14 -0000, "a l l y"
>   wrote this:
>
>>"The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>news:4af17d07@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>>
>>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it? At
>>>> least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not
>>>> normally the hostess ...
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting that
>>> will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>>>
>>Get someone to buy you an espresso machine for Christmas, and just keep
>>knocking back the stuff - rich, dark and black with a kick like a mule.
>>
>>> Edith-new someone who slept with his eyes open. It was awful freaky.
>>My dogs do that.
>>
>>ally
>>
>
> I sometimes look after an Irish Deer Hound who sleeps
> with one eye open! Can be an un-nerving experiencing
> for the unwary. Grunts and fidgits as well.
>
> DB

They go off often, do they?

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7ldtehF3ddoj3U1@mid.individual.net...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>>> gathering. Have fun! ally
>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>
>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it?
>>> At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's not
>>> normally the hostess ... ally
>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting
>> that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>
> You need Garlic. Guaranteed to get those pesky relatives going home early too.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8340120.stm
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
I like garlic. It has to be fresh and in very small quantities. It would hardly chase Orly's South American family. Seems they were 
brought up on it.

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7ldtulF3d2kmeU1@mid.individual.net...
> LouSmorals wrote:
>> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>
>>> ally-
>>
>> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.
>>
>> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
>> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
>> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
>> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
>> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.
>
> We once had one of those roasts with a boned bird inside another boned bird.
>
> The large one with turkey, goose, duck, pigeon and quail was tempting but we didn't have enough family coming around...or 
> neighbours....or days over Christmas to eat the leftovers. Jeez, that would have been for life, not just for Christmas.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
You like big birds do you ;0)

Edith

The Traveller wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:7ldtehF3ddoj3U1@mid.individual.net...
>> The Traveller wrote:
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>>>> gathering. Have fun! ally
>>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>>
>>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it?
>>>> At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's
>>>> not normally the hostess ... ally
>>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting
>>> that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>>
>> You need Garlic. Guaranteed to get those pesky relatives going home
>> early too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8340120.stm
>>
> I like garlic. It has to be fresh and in very small quantities. It
> would hardly chase Orly's South American family. Seems they were
> brought up on it.

Some people react badly to the smell of garlic on someone who has just eaten 
it. I like it, but then it's usually me who has just eaten it.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

The Traveller wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:7ldtulF3d2kmeU1@mid.individual.net...
>> LouSmorals wrote:
>>> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>
>>>> ally-
>>>
>>> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.
>>>
>>> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
>>> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
>>> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
>>> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
>>> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.
>>
>> We once had one of those roasts with a boned bird inside another
>> boned bird. The large one with turkey, goose, duck, pigeon and quail was
>> tempting but we didn't have enough family coming around...or
>> neighbours....or days over Christmas to eat the leftovers. Jeez,
>> that would have been for life, not just for Christmas.
> You like big birds do you ;0)

Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7le4qgF3dhuqtU1@mid.individual.net...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:7ldtulF3d2kmeU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> LouSmorals wrote:
>>>> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>>
>>>>> ally-
>>>>
>>>> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.
>>>>
>>>> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
>>>> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
>>>> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
>>>> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
>>>> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.
>>>
>>> We once had one of those roasts with a boned bird inside another
>>> boned bird. The large one with turkey, goose, duck, pigeon and quail was
>>> tempting but we didn't have enough family coming around...or
>>> neighbours....or days over Christmas to eat the leftovers. Jeez,
>>> that would have been for life, not just for Christmas.
>> You like big birds do you ;0)
>
> Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Edith, showing her claws.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7le4mtF3dqitoU1@mid.individual.net...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:7ldtehF3ddoj3U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> The Traveller wrote:
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7ldbi6F3cc6lfU5@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>>>>>> gathering. Have fun! ally
>>>>>> Thank you. I'll probably fall asleep in the middle of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah yes. That's all part of the great Christmas tradition, isn't it?
>>>>> At least one person ususally dozes off ... though mind you, it's
>>>>> not normally the hostess ... ally
>>>> Ok! OK! I get your drift. Gorreny pep pills? any uppers? anyhting
>>>> that will keep my eyes wide open while I sleep.
>>>
>>> You need Garlic. Guaranteed to get those pesky relatives going home
>>> early too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8340120.stm
>>>
>> I like garlic. It has to be fresh and in very small quantities. It
>> would hardly chase Orly's South American family. Seems they were
>> brought up on it.
>
> Some people react badly to the smell of garlic on someone who has just eaten it. I like it, but then it's usually me who has just 
> eaten it.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
I'm used to it now.

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote:

>a l l y wrote:
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>
>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>
>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>
>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>
>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a couple 
>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them instead.

I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.

Sleepalot wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote:
>
>> a l l y wrote:
>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed
>>>>>> onto the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his
>>>>>> head, and he bit my arm!
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing
>>>>> you from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>
>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>
>> He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a
>> couple of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt'
>> them instead.
>
> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.

No cat should be denied a new owner on a regular basis. Besides, it's a 
challenge for the cat to break in new owners. It'll keep him young.

Our cats have always lived with us on the strict understanding that they 
were really in charge and were only blessing us with their presence as long 
as we kept on buying the *really* expensive cat food.

It's not even as if we're very good at catching birds. They're doing us a 
favour by bringing us live(-ish) prey to flutter round the room leaving 
blood all over the curtains.

The first cat we had was as hard as nails and people used to complain that 
she attacked their dogs. The only creature she was afraid of was Billy the 
Rabbit. This was mainly because Billy would try and hump the lawnmower never 
mind something furry and playing 'hard to get'. The cat learnt from the 
first couple of distressing encounters not to fall asleep in the garden.

-- 
Chris H,
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Please remove the numbers to reply

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:eac38551-6fed-4d6e-86fb-ddd51f3932c6@r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 09:26, "a l l y"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>> gathering.
>> Have fun!
>>
>> ally-
>
> Really? We tend to favour Turkey.

Oh that's so 20th century. Roast great-aunt is the way to go these days.

> One year we had Goose, quite how one bird can contain such vast
> quantities of fat is beyond me. It was like cooking Harry Secombe.
> Initially we assumed that there was enough meat on it to easily feed
> all 6 of us, only to find that post-roasting there was barely enough
> to make a decent sandwich - it was rubbish.

Yeah we tried goose once when I was a kid. I do remember all that fat. It 
wasn't even very nice fat. And even after it had all apparently melted off, 
the meat was still greasy.  Our neighbours keep geese, but they're in no 
danger from me at Christmas, or any other time.

ally

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little 
>> lad.
>>
>> Edith-
>
> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of Dulux
> matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>
Most blokes seem to be able to create something vaguely artistic given 
several pints of beer and a stretch of pure white snow.

ally

>> You like big birds do you ;0)
>
> Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.
>

B B B B B B B

ally

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:gnp3f5ti9gtvelum5je6td0ul6oe5kjofc@4ax.com...
> "Chris H"  wrote:
>
>>a l l y wrote:
>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>
>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>
>>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a couple
>>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them instead.
>
> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>
He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.

Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7leg05F3dvk06U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
> news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little lad.
>>>
>>> Edith-
>>
>> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
>> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
>> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
>> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
>> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
>> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
>> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of Dulux
>> matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>>
> Most blokes seem to be able to create something vaguely artistic given several pints of beer and a stretch of pure white snow.
>
> ally
Blokes we have, all year 'round. Now, I have both. Woke up this morning and everywhere was white, chite!

Edith.

pst! Yud think he would dip it in majones or something, instead of Dulux matt. He could injure himself. btw-matt means, without a 
shine, poor lad.

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7leg3cF3co4kvU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>>> You like big birds do you ;0)
>>
>> Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.
>>
>
> B B B B B B B
>
> ally
That reminds me of the boy in the film where his dad picks up a rich 'bitch' from the hospital with memory loss, to look after him 
and his family. He had worked on her luxurios yatch and she proved to be a pain in the neck and when he saw her face in the news 
paper, she had had a bump on the head and couldn't remember who she was, he decided to get even, so he told her she was his wife, 
Annie and took her home to a run down shack. In the end she falls in love with him. Great film. Great ending.

Arturo! Arturo!

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af26d02$1@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
> news:gnp3f5ti9gtvelum5je6td0ul6oe5kjofc@4ax.com...
>> "Chris H"  wrote:
>>
>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>>
>>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>>
>>>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a 
>>>couple
>>>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them 
>>>instead.
>>
>> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>>
> He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>
And we're beginning to understand why ...

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote:

>
>"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:gnp3f5ti9gtvelum5je6td0ul6oe5kjofc@4ax.com...
>> "Chris H"  wrote:
>>
>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>>
>>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>>
>>>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a couple
>>>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them instead.
>>
>> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>>
>He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>
Well, I think he was abandoned once. He was hungry enough to fight me 
(a creature 20 times his size) for my food. I'd say he was pretty hungry.

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:evf5f5dtl2bkmerk8n8lpvna5gbd9it9bc@4ax.com...

>>He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>>
> Well, I think he was abandoned once. He was hungry enough to fight me
> (a creature 20 times his size) for my food. I'd say he was pretty hungry.
>
poor la'al mite. It's good of you to take care of him.

btw. Is my life different to yours?

I've been out in the snow, knocking poles into the ground, tying red bits of rag on then, marking how low the wall is now that 
they've filled the platau with too much fill mass, so people don't drive over it and fall 4 meters down onto the neighbours road. 
Gees!

and I've been in the wash room, throwing buckets of soapy water at the wall, getting it to swish out all the fluff and dust that 
accumalates under the (things in there,) fluff from the washing machine and tumble dryer.

Edith-pooped.

"a l l y"  wrote:

>
>"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
>news:4af26d02$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
>> news:gnp3f5ti9gtvelum5je6td0ul6oe5kjofc@4ax.com...
>>> "Chris H"  wrote:
>>>
>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>>>
>>>>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a 
>>>>couple
>>>>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them 
>>>>instead.
>>>
>>> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>>>
>> He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>>
>And we're beginning to understand why ...
>
I've calmed him down considerably. I was able to cut the firmly 
embedded gum out of the fur on his back leg while he slept (or
struggled to stay asleep).   

As it stands, he knows he's not allowed to bite me in the house,
but outside, all bets are off.

"The Traveller"  wrote:

>and I've been in the wash room, throwing buckets of soapy water at the wall, getting it to swish out all the fluff and dust that 
>accumalates under the (things in there,) fluff from the washing machine and tumble dryer.

Have you tried using the vaccuum cleaner to do the walls?

>>>>
>>>> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>>>>
>>> He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>>>
>>And we're beginning to understand why ...
>>
> I've calmed him down considerably. I was able to cut the firmly
> embedded gum out of the fur on his back leg while he slept (or
> struggled to stay asleep).
>
> As it stands, he knows he's not allowed to bite me in the house,
> but outside, all bets are off.
>
Sounds like you're winning. Maybe he's worth the effort.

ally

a l l y wrote:
> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message
> news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your
>>> little lad.
>>>
>>> Edith-
>>
>> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
>> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
>> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
>> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
>> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
>> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
>> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of
>> Dulux matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>>
> Most blokes seem to be able to create something vaguely artistic given
> several pints of beer and a stretch of pure white snow.

Permission to snigger!

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

a l l y wrote:
>>> You like big birds do you ;0)
>>
>> Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.
>>
>
> B B B B B B B

Permission to be *very* giggly!

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:btg5f59nj4tgh2a7kp1kuq1m0hihuc3r51@4ax.com...
> "a l l y"  wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>news:4af26d02$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>> news:gnp3f5ti9gtvelum5je6td0ul6oe5kjofc@4ax.com...
>>>> "Chris H"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:g9n1f59n1vr8nuh4hn580bgm2msvik2q22@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> He stays in the kitchen these days - I hardly see him.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's probably warmest there and he can smell food.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think he's just a miserble git.
>>>>>>>>> As I was leaving the house today, he jumped down from the shed onto
>>>>>>>>> the bins, and miaowed at me, so I paused to stroke his head, and
>>>>>>>>> he bit my arm!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ah. An Attack Cat.  "Miserable git" just about sums these sort of
>>>>>>>> cats up, doesn't it? And this is the creature that's preventing you
>>>>>>>> from going away for a couple of days? He's certainly got the
>>>>>>>> measure of you ... ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I'm being held hostage in my own home, by an animal that's not
>>>>>>> smart enough to find the food I put in its food bowl.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well I think you should do a moonlight flit while he's not looking,
>>>>>> and get a nice new, gentle cat in your new house.
>>>>>
>>>>>He should do what the people over the road did and just go off for a
>>>>>couple
>>>>>of weeks. The neighbours will feed the cat and he'll 'adopt' them
>>>>>instead.
>>>>
>>>> I think that's how I (or the previous house owners) ended up with him.
>>>>
>>> He's been abandoned many times then, Sleeps.
>>>
>>And we're beginning to understand why ...
>>
> I've calmed him down considerably. I was able to cut the firmly
> embedded gum out of the fur on his back leg while he slept (or
> struggled to stay asleep).
>
> As it stands, he knows he's not allowed to bite me in the house,
> but outside, all bets are off.
>
Oh wel, you are on well your way, Sleeps. he'll love you to the bitter end.

Edith

"Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:0uq5f5t80s9qllefb9rahq695pgq7k7su1@4ax.com...
> "The Traveller"  wrote:
>
>>and I've been in the wash room, throwing buckets of soapy water at the wall, getting it to swish out all the fluff and dust that
>>accumalates under the (things in there,) fluff from the washing machine and tumble dryer.
>
> Have you tried using the vaccuum cleaner to do the walls?

Rofl. Is that what you do?

Stonewallingly, Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7lgjqbF3dpi72U1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>>>> You like big birds do you ;0)
>>>
>>> Easy tiger. You'll have me going all giggly like Ally did.
>>>
>>
>> B B B B B B B
>
> Permission to be *very* giggly!
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
With 10 pints swilled down, the lads around here can piddle all over the place. They needn't look for a long strech. They can even 
twind it. Infact, if they follow the yellow lines, they'll find their way home again.

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
news:7lgjoqF3c76igU1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message
>> news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>>> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your
>>>> little lad.
>>>>
>>>> Edith-
>>>
>>> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
>>> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
>>> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
>>> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
>>> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
>>> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
>>> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of
>>> Dulux matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>>>
>> Most blokes seem to be able to create something vaguely artistic given
>> several pints of beer and a stretch of pure white snow.
>
> Permission to snigger!
>
Sniggering is compulsory here.

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lgmpeF3bch5rU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Chris H"  wrote in message news:7lgjoqF3c76igU1@mid.individual.net...
>>a l l y wrote:
>>> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message
>>> news:a5d8e2eb-7b2c-4b6e-b945-25071b9fb3f4@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>>>> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your
>>>>> little lad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Edith-
>>>>
>>>> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
>>>> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
>>>> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
>>>> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
>>>> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
>>>> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
>>>> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of
>>>> Dulux matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
>>>>
>>> Most blokes seem to be able to create something vaguely artistic given
>>> several pints of beer and a stretch of pure white snow.
>>
>> Permission to snigger!
>>
> Sniggering is compulsory here.
>
> ally
You place the tip of your tongue behind your two front teeth, open your nostrils and half blow, half sneeze through your mouth and 
nose at the same time. I know. I have done it. You'll need an handkerchief.

Edith Sniggersdatti.

Sleepalot wrote:
> JpinNY  wrote:
> 
>> I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and 
>> dogs, but we're too far away for you!
> 
> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
> postman's leg.
> 
> 
Hah! Oh well, since it might be my neighbour Frank, of the US Postal 
Service, I'd better not!

Jp

The Traveller wrote:
> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>
>>> I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>> dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some psoor
>> postman's leg.
>>
> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could put a leg in the post.
> 
> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son and 
> daughter have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be crisp is 
> a work of art. We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things in order or I won't be done for Xmas.
> 
> Edith. 
> 
> 
No, Frank needs his legs. He moonlights as a janitor at the local 
library and then gets up at 5 to go to deliver letters. He has four kids 
to support.

You bought ribs already?? Christmas isn't until Christmas! Will you cook 
and freeze?

Jp

a l l y wrote:
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message 
> news:4af12256$1@news.broadpark.no...
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message 
>> news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>>> dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
>>> postman's leg.
>>>
>> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could 
>> put a leg in the post.
>>
>> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I 
>> don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son and daughter 
>> have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and 
>> medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be crisp is a work of art. 
>> We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things 
>> in order or I won't be done for Xmas.
>>
> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. 
> Have fun!
> 
> ally 
> 
> 
I do too. Miss it enormously.

Jp

LouSmorals wrote:
> On 4 Nov, 15:14, "The Traveller"  wrote:
>>
>> ok. I'd like a nice Christmas card please and a painting from your little lad.
>>
>> Edith-
> 
> I'm assuming here that you would like a painting from my son and that
> you are not suggesting that I somehow create some artistry with my
> willy? Certainly the former is possible, however I'll need to do some
> testing to see if the latter is possible and I have to advise you
> that, as all the males on here will concur, the level of control
> needed to produce a work of art is not usually available in that area
> of our anatomy, though I do know that given a decent size pot of Dulux
> matt I can create something pretty spectacular.
> 
> I'll give it a go.
> 
> Excitedly,
> c 
> Lou
.
Make sure you send her a copy. Don't forget your son's rights to his 
artistic property......


Jp

"JpinNY"  wrote in message news:006f3eb8$0$23352$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>>> dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some psoor
>>> postman's leg.
>>>
>> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could put a leg in the post.
>>
>> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son 
>> and daughter have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be 
>> crisp is a work of art. We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things in order or I won't be done for 
>> Xmas.
>>
>> Edith.
> No, Frank needs his legs. He moonlights as a janitor at the local library and then gets up at 5 to go to deliver letters. He has 
> four kids to support.
>
> You bought ribs already?? Christmas isn't until Christmas! Will you cook and freeze?
>
> Jp
>
Cook? Does one cook them? I just deep freeze them then take them out of the freezer night before and let my kids do the rest. 
There's talk about rubbing them in with salt and pepper and packing them in silver paper. I'm keeping out of the way when that's on. 
Garanteed, it would turn out to be a fiasco if I were to do it. I manage the rest of the meal.

Our postman drives by in a 'Postman pat, red car. Drops off a bill once in a while.

Edith.

"JpinNY"  wrote in message news:006f3edc$0$23352$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>a l l y wrote:
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af12256$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>> "Sleepalot"  wrote in message news:j1o1f5trph39aq4kt673t0p5jtm2e7r9b5@4ax.com...
>>>> JpinNY  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a friend at a rescue shelter, keeps trying to give me cats and
>>>>> dogs, but we're too far away for you!
>>>> I'd put him in the post, but he'd just come home with some poor
>>>> postman's leg.
>>>>
>>> In these hard times, that sounds like a good Christmas dinner. You could put a leg in the post.
>>>
>>> I'm having guest for Christmas this year. I've bought pork ribs and I don't know how to prepare them. NO! Don't tell me. My son 
>>> and daughter have taken over the task, thank goodness. I'm ok with chops and medistekaker, but ribs....huh? Getting them to be 
>>> crisp is a work of art. We'll be 9 around the table this year and I'd better start getting things in order or I won't be done 
>>> for Xmas.
>>>
>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family gathering. Have fun!
>>
>> ally
> I do too. Miss it enormously.
>
> Jp

That's one of the drawbacks of living abroad, Jp. I cried every Christmas for years.

Edith.

>>>
>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>> gathering. Have fun!
>>
>> ally
> I do too. Miss it enormously.
>
For me, coming from a very nuclear family (mum, dad and me) with no other 
close relatives, it's been a rare pleasure, only when I've been having 
Christmas dinner with in-laws. This year it looks like there'll be three of 
us. Oh well, we are the *best* three ...

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af3ef5f@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:7li6rjF3co17cU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family 
>>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>> I do too. Miss it enormously.
>>>
>> For me, coming from a very nuclear family (mum, dad and me) with no other 
>> close relatives, it's been a rare pleasure, only when I've been having 
>> Christmas dinner with in-laws. This year it looks like there'll be three 
>> of us. Oh well, we are the *best* three ...
>>
>> ally
> Do you not have aunties, uncles and cousins in Scotland, Ally.? Your son, 
> Steve's Mam and Dad? and Steve must have relations.
>
I have cousins, but that's all. We don't meet for Christmas - just for the 
occasional big family party (there are 10 of them in the the one family, 
scattered around the globe.) Steve's relations are mostly down south - his 
mum comes for Christmas most years but his dad's health is too poor to be 
able to come to our house these days. We see him every week though.

ally

>>> Oh it's great having guests for Christmas dinner. I love a family
>>> gathering. Have fun!
>>>
>>> ally
>> I do too. Miss it enormously.
>>
> For me, coming from a very nuclear family (mum, dad and me) with no
> other close relatives, it's been a rare pleasure, only when I've been
> having Christmas dinner with in-laws. This year it looks like there'll
> be three of us. Oh well, we are the *best* three ...
> 
> ally

Not the case in our family. In the years after my parents were too old to 
cook us a Christmas dinner, we had to suffer through family dinners at 
our house with my parents. We had very little in common with them so 
there was only perfunctory conversation and awkward silences as we sat 
around before the meal. At dinner they would insist on saying grace, talk 
to the teenage kids like they were infants, and mom especially would 
insist we that we should not have any wine, and complain that any music 
the kids might want to play for them was 'too loud'. Any odours from the 
cooking itself were somehow making it impossible for my mother to breath 
(turkey fumes!). A fire in the fireplace was also somehow toxic and a 
source of endless complaining. (Mom's a hypochondriac, not actually 
harmed by any of those things.) All in all quite miserable experiences. 
We even went so far as to leave the country and have Christmas with 
friends in England twice during those years for some relief from it all.

So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited 
to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of 
having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and 
invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet though.

Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!

On 6 Nov, 14:51, johnny  wrote:
>
>
> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited
> to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of
> having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and
> invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet though.
>
> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!

Fantastic idea. For many on here this could actually be termed their
'workplace' and as you are here too it could be said that we are also
your workmates. So just pop your address down J and we'll all be round
a couple of days before Xmas. Please ensure it snows, you have 120 can
of Tetley, and a vast amount of gifts.

Yours looking forwardly,

Lou

"LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
news:94c24fd6-6a91-489d-b4d2-dd25e5197718@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On 6 Nov, 14:51, johnny  wrote:
>>
>>
>> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited
>> to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of
>> having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and
>> invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet though.
>>
>> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!
>
> Fantastic idea. For many on here this could actually be termed their
> 'workplace' and as you are here too it could be said that we are also
> your workmates. So just pop your address down J and we'll all be round
> a couple of days before Xmas. Please ensure it snows, you have 120 can
> of Tetley, and a vast amount of gifts.
>
> Yours looking forwardly,
>
> Lou

I have his address. I'll send it to you all. What date is the party Johnny?

Edith-begging for the gallows.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
news:4af46630$1@news.broadpark.no...
>
> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
> news:94c24fd6-6a91-489d-b4d2-dd25e5197718@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>> On 6 Nov, 14:51, johnny  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get 
>>> invited
>>> to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of
>>> having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and
>>> invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet 
>>> though.
>>>
>>> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!
>>
>> Fantastic idea. For many on here this could actually be termed their
>> 'workplace' and as you are here too it could be said that we are also
>> your workmates. So just pop your address down J and we'll all be round
>> a couple of days before Xmas. Please ensure it snows, you have 120 can
>> of Tetley, and a vast amount of gifts.
>>
>> Yours looking forwardly,
>>
>> Lou
>
> I have his address. I'll send it to you all. What date is the party 
> Johnny?
>
ooh yes, I'll come! Shall we charter a plane to take all us lot from Europe?

ally

The Traveller wrote:

>>
> Cook? Does one cook them? I just deep freeze them then take them out of the freezer night before and let my kids do the rest. 
> There's talk about rubbing them in with salt and pepper and packing them in silver paper. I'm keeping out of the way when that's on. 
> Garanteed, it would turn out to be a fiasco if I were to do it. I manage the rest of the meal.
> 
> Our postman drives by in a 'Postman pat, red car. Drops off a bill once in a while.
> 
> Edit


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-CQEF5Or4

Jp

johnny wrote:

> 
> Not the case in our family. In the years after my parents were too old to 
> cook us a Christmas dinner, we had to suffer through family dinners at 
> our house with my parents. We had very little in common with them so 
> there was only perfunctory conversation and awkward silences as we sat 
> around before the meal. At dinner they would insist on saying grace, talk 
> to the teenage kids like they were infants, and mom especially would 
> insist we that we should not have any wine, and complain that any music 
> the kids might want to play for them was 'too loud'. Any odours from the 
> cooking itself were somehow making it impossible for my mother to breath 
> (turkey fumes!). A fire in the fireplace was also somehow toxic and a 
> source of endless complaining. (Mom's a hypochondriac, not actually 
> harmed by any of those things.) All in all quite miserable experiences. 
> We even went so far as to leave the country and have Christmas with 
> friends in England twice during those years for some relief from it all.
> 
> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited 
> to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of 
> having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and 
> invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet though.
> 
> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!

Awful!  (Rather glad my family is very distant.........)

Jp

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lk108F3dn71iU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af46630$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "LouSmorals"  wrote in message 
>> news:94c24fd6-6a91-489d-b4d2-dd25e5197718@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>>> On 6 Nov, 14:51, johnny  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited
>>>> to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying with the idea of
>>>> having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and
>>>> invite all the families we both work with. No decision on that yet though.
>>>>
>>>> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!
>>>
>>> Fantastic idea. For many on here this could actually be termed their
>>> 'workplace' and as you are here too it could be said that we are also
>>> your workmates. So just pop your address down J and we'll all be round
>>> a couple of days before Xmas. Please ensure it snows, you have 120 can
>>> of Tetley, and a vast amount of gifts.
>>>
>>> Yours looking forwardly,
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>> I have his address. I'll send it to you all. What date is the party Johnny?
>>
> ooh yes, I'll come! Shall we charter a plane to take all us lot from Europe?
>
> ally
I was thinking of using my canoe. Wouldn't that put the wind up him if we all turned up :)))) Actually, I'm getting my toe nails cut 
that day.

Edith.

"JpinNY"  wrote in message news:hd2jrt$257$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> The Traveller wrote:
>
>>>
>> Cook? Does one cook them? I just deep freeze them then take them out of the freezer night before and let my kids do the rest. 
>> There's talk about rubbing them in with salt and pepper and packing them in silver paper. I'm keeping out of the way when that's 
>> on. Garanteed, it would turn out to be a fiasco if I were to do it. I manage the rest of the meal.
>>
>> Our postman drives by in a 'Postman pat, red car. Drops off a bill once in a while.
>>
>> Edit
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-CQEF5Or4
>
> Jp

awww, that is great, Jp.

Edith.

"JpinNY"  wrote in message news:hd2k9b$58b$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> johnny wrote:
>
>>
>> Not the case in our family. In the years after my parents were too old to cook us a Christmas dinner, we had to suffer through 
>> family dinners at our house with my parents. We had very little in common with them so there was only perfunctory conversation 
>> and awkward silences as we sat around before the meal. At dinner they would insist on saying grace, talk to the teenage kids like 
>> they were infants, and mom especially would insist we that we should not have any wine, and complain that any music the kids 
>> might want to play for them was 'too loud'. Any odours from the cooking itself were somehow making it impossible for my mother to 
>> breath (turkey fumes!). A fire in the fireplace was also somehow toxic and a source of endless complaining. (Mom's a 
>> hypochondriac, not actually harmed by any of those things.) All in all quite miserable experiences. We even went so far as to 
>> leave the country and have Christmas with friends in England twice during those years for some relief from it all.
>>
>> So now we don't have to do that. Our favourite thing to do is get invited to someone else's house for a big dinner. We are toying 
>> with the idea of having a big Christmas party this year a couple of weeks before and invite all the families we both work with. 
>> No decision on that yet though.
>>
>> Johnny-talking-Christmas-already!
>
> Awful!  (Rather glad my family is very distant.........)
>
> Jp

Johnny. One day you will be old and you'll recognise all these things within yourself. npi, really.

Edith-getting old-recognising-but not quite there yet.

It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own. We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the 
mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now that I am happy.

>
> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own. We 
> always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the mistakes and 
> I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now that I am happy.
The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and 
able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky old people 
is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who meet them for the 
first time in their elder years are more likely to see the good that's in 
them because they don't have such high expectations.

But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back, just 
for Christmas?

ally

a l l y wrote:
>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own.
>> We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the
>> mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now
>> that I am happy.
> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky old
> people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who
> meet them for the first time in their elder years are more likely to
> see the good that's in them because they don't have such high
> expectations.

I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me. I 
sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg

It's amazing how beige they are even then.

> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back,
> just for Christmas?

Parents aren't just for Christmas.

-- 
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"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7ll67pF3eovboU1@mid.individual.net...
> >
>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own. We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all 
>> the mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now that I am happy.
> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, 
> cranky old people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who meet them for the first time in their elder years are 
> more likely to see the good that's in them because they don't have such high expectations.
>
> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back, just for Christmas?
>
> ally
I worked in a nursing home for two years. I should be trained to assert the different moods of the elderly. My mother's difficult 
moods hurt me to anger. I couldn't manage it, to my deep shame.

What would I do.



 What would I not do, to tell how I miss

A motherly love, a hug and a kiss.

What would I not do, to hold her again

And tell her I love her, that I am to blame.

What would I do, if she walked in the door

And told me to “not” throw my clothes on the floor.

How could I not, be gentle and kind

To a fragile old lady, forgetful, half blind.

What would I not do, to alter the date
To have her back with me, but now it's too late.

What can I do, to smother my guilt

Beg her forgiveness, have the scales tilt

This lady in pain, gave me life, now I vow

That I wish I had taken, more care of her, now.



Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7ll7bnF3ectc9U1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own.
>>> We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the
>>> mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now
>>> that I am happy.
>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
>> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky old
>> people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who
>> meet them for the first time in their elder years are more likely to
>> see the good that's in them because they don't have such high
>> expectations.
>
> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me. I sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>
> It's amazing how beige they are even then.
>
>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back,
>> just for Christmas?
>
> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
Awww, they're nice beige parents.

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
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>a l l y wrote:
>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own.
>>> We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the
>>> mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now
>>> that I am happy.
>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
>> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky old
>> people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who
>> meet them for the first time in their elder years are more likely to
>> see the good that's in them because they don't have such high
>> expectations.
>
> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me. I 
> sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>
> It's amazing how beige they are even then.


>
>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back,
>> just for Christmas?
>
> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>
It'd be better than nothing, though. Mine were in their late 40s when I was 
born, and before I was 30 I'd lost them both. (No corny remarks about how 
careless I was, now ...)

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
> news:7ll7bnF3ectc9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>a l l y wrote:
>>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own.
>>>> We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the
>>>> mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now
>>>> that I am happy.
>>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
>>> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky old
>>> people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People who
>>> meet them for the first time in their elder years are more likely to
>>> see the good that's in them because they don't have such high
>>> expectations.
>>
>> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me. I 
>> sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>>
>> It's amazing how beige they are even then.
>>
>>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents back,
>>> just for Christmas?
>>
>> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris H,
>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>>
> Awww, they're nice beige parents.
>
Yeah, they've got that look in their eye that parents reserve for their own 
children. Did you take this photo yourself, Chris?

ally

a l l y wrote:
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:4af56b17$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:7ll7bnF3ectc9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our
>>>>> own. We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all
>>>>> the mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas
>>>>> now that I am happy.
>>>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
>>>> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky
>>>> old people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People
>>>> who meet them for the first time in their elder years are more
>>>> likely to see the good that's in them because they don't have such
>>>> high expectations.
>>>
>>> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me.
>>> I sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>>>
>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>>>
>>> It's amazing how beige they are even then.
>>>
>>>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents
>>>> back, just for Christmas?
>>>
>>> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>>>
>>>
>> Awww, they're nice beige parents.
>>
> Yeah, they've got that look in their eye that parents reserve for
> their own children. Did you take this photo yourself, Chris?

Yes. Luckily I didn't cut their heads off on this one.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7lnpceF3egc34U1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>> news:4af56b17$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>> news:7ll7bnF3ectc9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our
>>>>>> own. We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all
>>>>>> the mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas
>>>>>> now that I am happy.
>>>>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young and
>>>>> able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky, cranky
>>>>> old people is a disappointment every time we look at them. People
>>>>> who meet them for the first time in their elder years are more
>>>>> likely to see the good that's in them because they don't have such
>>>>> high expectations.
>>>>
>>>> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind me.
>>>> I sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>>>>
>>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>>>>
>>>> It's amazing how beige they are even then.
>>>>
>>>>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents
>>>>> back, just for Christmas?
>>>>
>>>> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Awww, they're nice beige parents.
>>>
>> Yeah, they've got that look in their eye that parents reserve for
>> their own children. Did you take this photo yourself, Chris?
>
> Yes. Luckily I didn't cut their heads off on this one.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply

:o))) I once got a whole roll of my own thumb. Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?

Edith.

The Traveller wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:7lnpceF3egc34U1@mid.individual.net...
>> a l l y wrote:
>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>> news:4af56b17$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>
>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7ll7bnF3ectc9U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our
>>>>>>> own. We always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all
>>>>>>> the mistakes and I wish I could have my parent here for
>>>>>>> Christmas now that I am happy.
>>>>>> The trouble is, we remember those parents when they were young
>>>>>> and able-bodied and full of energy, and seeing them as creaky,
>>>>>> cranky old people is a disappointment every time we look at
>>>>>> them. People who meet them for the first time in their elder
>>>>>> years are more likely to see the good that's in them because
>>>>>> they don't have such high expectations.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a picture of my parents when they were younger to remind
>>>>> me. I sometimes use it as the computer desktop background at home.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.hatfield/public/Before%20they%20became%20miserable.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> It's amazing how beige they are even then.
>>>>>
>>>>>> But yes, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have our parents
>>>>>> back, just for Christmas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Parents aren't just for Christmas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Awww, they're nice beige parents.
>>>>
>>> Yeah, they've got that look in their eye that parents reserve for
>>> their own children. Did you take this photo yourself, Chris?
>>
>> Yes. Luckily I didn't cut their heads off on this one.
>>
>> --
>> Chris H,
>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
> o))) I once got a whole roll of my own thumb.

I'm sure that you have a a very photogenic thumb.

>Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?

Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

> Awful!  (Rather glad my family is very distant.........)
> 
> Jp

Like I said, we now spend more time with friends.

Johnny-mom's-still-an-issue-at-Christmas-but-for-different-reasons

> Johnny. One day you will be old and you'll recognise all these things
> within yourself. npi, really.
> 
> Edith-getting old-recognising-but not quite there yet.
> 
> It's always easier to take care of others' old parents than our own. We
> always expect more from our own old folks. I've made all the mistakes
> and I wish I could have my parent here for Christmas now that I am
> happy.

I'm already seeing things I have in common with my parents. But I am not 
like them. They lived through depressions and war and were religious to 
mention a few things. I don't have much in common with their life 
experiences. Plus I have my own issues that they didn't have to deal 
with. Yet there are still a few behaviours which I recognise as familiar.

Doesn't make me all that similar to them.

You also ignore the way seniors behave. They interact with non-relatives 
completely differently than they do with their own kids.

Johnny-more-on

>
>>Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>
> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,

That's good enough for me!

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
> >
>>>Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>
>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris H,
>
> That's good enough for me!
>
> ally
Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>> >
>>>>Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>
>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Chris H,
>>
>> That's good enough for me!
>>
>> ally
> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>
Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lsorkF3fjbigU1@mid.individual.net...
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> >
>>>>>Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>
>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chris H,
>>>
>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>
>>> ally
>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>
> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>
> ally
Good.

Edith.

a l l y wrote:
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>
>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>
>>> ally
>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>
> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.

How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, 
scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over to this 
group.

It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.

-- 
Chris H,
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Please remove the numbers to reply

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>
>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>
>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>
> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming 
> over to this group.
>
> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
>
>
Seems you have survived too. Gees, you're a mean machine :0)

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message 
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>a l l y wrote:
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>
>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>
>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>
> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, 
> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over to this 
> group.
>
> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>
Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but once 
you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly sucked you in.

Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>a l l y wrote:
>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>
>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>
>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming 
>> over to this group.
>>
>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>
> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well and 
> truly sucked you in.
>
> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>
> ally
>
He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
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>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>
>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>
>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, 
>>> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over to 
>>> this group.
>>>
>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>
>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but 
>> once you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly sucked you 
>> in.
>>
>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>
>> ally
>>
> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>
He'll need to bring his own cake.

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>
>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming 
>>>> over to this group.
>>>>
>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>
>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well and 
>>> truly sucked you in.
>>>
>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>
>>> ally
>>>
>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>
> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>
> ally
>
I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.

Edith.

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>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
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>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
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>>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>
>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, 
>>>>> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over to 
>>>>> this group.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>
>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but 
>>>> once you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly sucked 
>>>> you in.
>>>>
>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>>>
>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>
>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>
>> ally
>>
> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>
Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.

ally

The Traveller wrote:
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>>
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>
>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>
>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting,
>>> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over
>>> to this group. It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time 
>>> flies.
>>>
>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months,
>> but once you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly
>> sucked you in. Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>
>> ally
>>
> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.

A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.

Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:

http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

a l l y wrote:
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat
>>>>>> co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and
>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two
>>>>> months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well
>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>>>
>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>
>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>
>>> ally
>>>
>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>
> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.

I love rice cakes. Especially the savoury ones. Dare I say it.....the 
marmite ones.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m2ot0F3foi0gU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and 
>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well 
>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>>>
>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>
>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>
>>> ally
>>>
>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>
> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>
> ally
>
Rice cakes. It's like eating paper.

Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m33mmF3g1g76U1@mid.individual.net...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>
>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting,
>>>> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over
>>>> to this group. It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>
>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months,
>>> but once you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly
>>> sucked you in. Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>
>>> ally
>>>
>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>
> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>
> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>
> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
MmMmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmm. Yes baby!

Chocoholicingly, Edith.

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m33oiF3foos1U1@mid.individual.net...
>a l l y wrote:
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat
>>>>>>> co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and
>>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two
>>>>>> months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well
>>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>
>>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>>
>>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>>>
>>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>>
>> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>
> I love rice cakes. Especially the savoury ones. Dare I say it.....the marmite ones.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
OMG you've just used up all your points. MARMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edith-disgusted.

The Traveller wrote:
> "Chris H"  wrote in message
> news:7m33oiF3foos1U1@mid.individual.net...
>> a l l y wrote:
>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>
>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat
>>>>>>>> co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and
>>>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two
>>>>>>> months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well
>>>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>>>
>>>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>>>
>>>>> ally
>>>>>
>>>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>>>
>>> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>>
>> I love rice cakes. Especially the savoury ones. Dare I say
>> it.....the marmite ones. --
>> Chris H,
>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>>
> OMG you've just used up all your points.
> MARMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's yeast extract. Seems only fair to close the loop seeing as I consume so 
much of the product that yields it.

-- 
Chris H,
He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
Please remove the numbers to reply

> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
> 
> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
> 
> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/

Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!

Johnny-unrecognisably-svelte-(play-along-please)

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m38q0F3ec2e9U1@mid.individual.net...
> The Traveller wrote:
>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>> news:7m33oiF3foos1U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat
>>>>>>>>> co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and
>>>>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two
>>>>>>>> months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well
>>>>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>>>>
>>>> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>>>
>>> I love rice cakes. Especially the savoury ones. Dare I say
>>> it.....the marmite ones. --
>>> Chris H,
>>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>>>
>> OMG you've just used up all your points.
>> MARMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> It's yeast extract. Seems only fair to close the loop seeing as I consume so much of the product that yields it.
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
Actually, when I was a child I loved Marmite sandwiches. My Mam said it was good for us. I haven't tasted it for many moons. I think 
I would still like it. Perhaps it is a bit like treacle?

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
> news:7m38q0F3ec2e9U1@mid.individual.net...
>> The Traveller wrote:
>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>> news:7m33oiF3foos1U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>> a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat
>>>>>>>>>> co-habiting, scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and
>>>>>>>>>> screaming over to this group.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two
>>>>>>>>> months, but once you've been here that long, I think we've well
>>>>>>>>> and truly sucked you in.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>>>>
>>>> I love rice cakes. Especially the savoury ones. Dare I say
>>>> it.....the marmite ones. --
>>>> Chris H,
>>>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>>>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>>>>
>>> OMG you've just used up all your points.
>>> MARMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> It's yeast extract. Seems only fair to close the loop seeing as I consume 
>> so much of the product that yields it.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris H,
>> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
>> Please remove the numbers to reply
>>
> Actually, when I was a child I loved Marmite sandwiches. My Mam said it 
> was good for us. I haven't tasted it for many moons. I think I would still 
> like it. Perhaps it is a bit like treacle?
>
Only in that it's brown and a bit gloopy. Otherwise it's nothing at all like 
treacle. Personally I can't stand it, but at least it doesn't have a 
disgusting smell, like peanut butter for instance.

ally

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
> news:7m2ot0F3foi0gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message 
>> news:4afbf595$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>
>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
>>> news:7m273mF3g5h1gU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:4afbdb2a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>
>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:7m13ikF3fb2rvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Chris H"  wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:7m0du8F3f1rbaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>a l l y wrote:
>>>>>>>> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4af91647$1@news.broadpark.no...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "a l l y"  wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:7lrlnbF3esrf8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris. Have you  any tyes to Cumbria in any way?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Other than the occassional visit, only sleeps.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's good enough for me!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>>>> Mm? Our "Sleeps," or sleeps as in snore?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, I took it to mean our very own and unique one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How easily Edith forgets the fateful day that the cat co-habiting, 
>>>>>>> scratched, radio specialist dragged me kicking and screaming over to 
>>>>>>> this group.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a week away from two whole months ago. How time flies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow. And you've stayed! Well done. Not everyone manages two months, 
>>>>>> but once you've been here that long, I think we've well and truly 
>>>>>> sucked you in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's have a party to celebrate your 2-month birthday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ally
>>>>>>
>>>>> He's not getting any of my cake. He can eat his boots.
>>>>>
>>>> He'll need to bring his own cake.
>>>>
>>>> ally
>>>>
>>> I'm bringing sandwiches. I'm pig sick of cake.
>>>
>> Good idea. I'll bring rice cakes and fruit.
>>
>> ally
>>
> Rice cakes. It's like eating paper.
>
They're an acquired taste I think. I'd rather have bread, but since I can't 
have bread I have to find an alternative.

ally

"johnny"  wrote in message 
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>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>
>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>
>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>
> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
>
> Johnny-unrecognisably-svelte-(play-along-please)

Goodness, Johnny - is that you? I thought it was some skinny bloke! I'd 
never have known.

(Will that do?)

ally

johnny wrote:
>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>
>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>
>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>
> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!

Go on. Just one. You know you want to.

http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/showimage.asp?image=/images/products/340001l.jpg&title=Kirsch+Cherries

-- 
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Please remove the numbers to reply

"Chris H"  wrote in message news:7m48psF3fe4mfU1@mid.individual.net...
> johnny wrote:
>>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>>
>>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>>
>>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>>
>> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
>
> Go on. Just one. You know you want to.
>
> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/showimage.asp?image=/images/products/340001l.jpg&title=Kirsch+Cherries
>
> -- 
> Chris H,
> He's predictable, but that's to be expected.
> Please remove the numbers to reply
>
>
>
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just

wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write,

and they won't let me talk!'

>>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>>
>>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>>
>>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>>
>> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
>>
>> Johnny-unrecognisably-svelte-(play-along-please)
> 
> Goodness, Johnny - is that you? I thought it was some skinny bloke! I'd
> never have known.
> 
> (Will that do?)
> 
> ally

Very nicely. Thanks.

Johnny-not-in-Boston

>>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>>
>>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>>
>>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>>
>> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
> 
> Go on. Just one. You know you want to.
> 
> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/showimage.asp?image=/images/
products/340001l.jpg&title=Kirsch+Cherries

Looks good. My favourite chocolatier in Canada is Roger's Chocolates - HQ 
in Victoria BC. I went into a gift shop last night and there was a rare 
display of Roger's Chocolates this side of the Rockies. But I resisted.

Johnny-http://www.rogerschocolates.com/

"johnny"  wrote in message 
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>>>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>>>
>>>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>>>
>>> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
>>>
>>> Johnny-unrecognisably-svelte-(play-along-please)
>>
>> Goodness, Johnny - is that you? I thought it was some skinny bloke! I'd
>> never have known.
>>
>> (Will that do?)
>>
>> ally
>
> Very nicely. Thanks.
>
> Johnny-not-in-Boston

Ah. You didn't go then?

ally

>> Johnny-not-in-Boston
> 
> Ah. You didn't go then?
> 
> ally

Nope. Turned out to be the right decision. I am needed here.

Johnny-on-the-job

"a l l y"  wrote in message news:7m5fjmF3focvuU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "johnny"  wrote in message news:hdjrro$oqc$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>> A chap I work with is moving on and brought in Samosas today.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomorrow I'm going to take in chocolates for his last day:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/fruit-chocolates-CHCTENROBED/
>>>>
>>>> Hey! I'm trying to stick to my diet here!
>>>>
>>>> Johnny-unrecognisably-svelte-(play-along-please)
>>>
>>> Goodness, Johnny - is that you? I thought it was some skinny bloke! I'd
>>> never have known.
>>>
>>> (Will that do?)
>>>
>>> ally
>>
>> Very nicely. Thanks.
>>
>> Johnny-not-in-Boston
>
> Ah. You didn't go then?
>
> ally
>
He's only going down hill now.

Edith.