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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 11:52:06 GMT
I would have hoped so.
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patrick
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Post by patrick on Dec 22, 2021 14:10:16 GMT
I've just ordered a 4000 piece Lego set in preparation for next weeks plan of hanging out with my friend, drinking wine all day and trying to build the sets we both have. I've not owned any Lego since the late 80s so I think I'm looking forward to that more than I am Christmas.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 22, 2021 14:21:58 GMT
I'm in work. Tomorrow is officially my last day until the new year, but one of our daughters is coming down for Christmas and arrives tomorrow so I've told Mrs Hermit I'm working on Friday as well and plan to sit in the office enjoying a few hours of peace and quiet.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 22, 2021 14:23:38 GMT
I'm in work. Tomorrow is officially my last day until the new year, but one of our daughters is coming down for Christmas and arrives tomorrow so I've told Mrs Hermit I'm working on Friday as well and plan to sit in the office enjoying a few hours of peace and quiet. Wait a minute, you're going into work to avoid the Xmas shenanigans, that's bloody evil genius!
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 22, 2021 14:24:20 GMT
Still haven't done a single bit of wrapping, gonna be some late nights ahead.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 22, 2021 14:27:01 GMT
I'm in work. Tomorrow is officially my last day until the new year, but one of our daughters is coming down for Christmas and arrives tomorrow so I've told Mrs Hermit I'm working on Friday as well and plan to sit in the office enjoying a few hours of peace and quiet. Wait a minute, you're going into work to avoid the Xmas shenanigans, that's bloody evil genius! I have an xbox wired up to one of my monitors 😀
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 14:33:58 GMT
Are you getting audio out?
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 22, 2021 14:38:15 GMT
Are you getting audio out? I am, hdmi is much less confusing than component. I'll be using headphones anyway, can't pretend I'm working if game noises are coming from the office.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 22, 2021 14:43:00 GMT
I'm on holiday. Allegedly waiting for BT/openreach to come & install my full fibre (after the first waste of time last month).
No sign as yet. Sigh.
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Post by grey_matters on Dec 22, 2021 14:50:47 GMT
Two oul fellas in Cork city centre dressed a elves while selling celebrity pictures (Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Roy Keane etc). They have jingle bells and a loudspeaker which is blaring out Vanilla Ice. They shake the bells in time with the beat. Well, one of them does while the other is either a random number generator or taking some high level jazz approach to it all.
Now that's Christmas.
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Post by cubby on Dec 22, 2021 15:53:22 GMT
Still haven't done a single bit of wrapping, gonna be some late nights ahead. Officially the worst bit of christmas, when is wrapping technology going to improve?
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EMarkM
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Post by EMarkM on Dec 22, 2021 16:00:41 GMT
We need some sort of Superman III robo-wrapping thingy.
Sorry to the user who said that scene freaked them out.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Dec 22, 2021 16:23:39 GMT
I'm in work. Tomorrow is officially my last day until the new year, but one of our daughters is coming down for Christmas and arrives tomorrow so I've told Mrs Hermit I'm working on Friday as well and plan to sit in the office enjoying a few hours of peace and quiet. Fucking hell, rob, don't you like anything?
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 22, 2021 16:27:31 GMT
I'm in work. Tomorrow is officially my last day until the new year, but one of our daughters is coming down for Christmas and arrives tomorrow so I've told Mrs Hermit I'm working on Friday as well and plan to sit in the office enjoying a few hours of peace and quiet. Fucking hell, rob, don't you like anything? Yes, peace and quiet.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 22, 2021 17:58:52 GMT
Still haven't done a single bit of wrapping, gonna be some late nights ahead. 30 presents wrapped in 2 hours flat including 3 trips shimmying up and down the loft, Boom! Fuck you Christmas wrapping! An ad-hoc visit of my youngest and wife to one of the neighbours this afternoon created a handy little window of time to get it out the way. /does evil laugh
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Post by スコットランド on Dec 22, 2021 18:00:35 GMT
Fucking hell, rob, don't you like anything? Yes, peace and quiet. That's the best grumpy old man post in quite some time.
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Post by beastmaster on Dec 23, 2021 14:19:17 GMT
Just went by our local Morrison’s. Its carnage there.
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EMarkM
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Post by EMarkM on Dec 23, 2021 14:23:31 GMT
Just went by our local Morrison’s. Its carnage there. Mrs. EMM went to ours (Congleton) at around 21:30 on Monday night to finish our Xmas shopping and was the only customer in the store. We returned on Tuesday morning to do her mum’s shopping and it was an absolute war zone!
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Dec 23, 2021 14:23:52 GMT
Yeah it was a bit manic in Tesco last night, when it's usually quiet.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 23, 2021 14:24:00 GMT
Didn't get to the supermarket at opening as planned, was about 9am by the time I got there, was really ramping up as I left, that said I'm quite a chilled Christmas shopper these days, noise cancelling headphones on, use the zapper thing to shop and I'm in my own little world, I wouldn't have to speak to a soul were it not for getting them to remove the booze security doodars at the till.
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Post by Chopsen on Dec 23, 2021 14:32:17 GMT
I find it deeply annoying when I pop out from work to my local supermarket to get lunch and the place is rammed by xmas shoppers. I think people who are trying to do normal stuff should have like a special pass. Or be armed.
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Post by Sarfrin on Dec 23, 2021 15:18:34 GMT
Collected the Christmas order from M&S earlier and it wasn't very busy. It did given me lots of opportunity to mouth "cunt" at people not wearing masks though.
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Post by Dougs on Dec 23, 2021 15:19:39 GMT
Got to my local Tesco at 7am this morning. It was heaving already. Plenty of room etc but people were queueing down the aisles for the tills. I did the scan and shop and there was no queue at all.
Ham is cooking in the oven after boiling in coke and cinnamon. Yum.
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Post by elstoof on Dec 23, 2021 15:22:14 GMT
Tomorrows my first day allowed out so I’ll be hitting the shops at opening time and seeing if there’s any food left on the shelves. Already feel the anxiety building
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Post by EMarkM on Dec 23, 2021 15:25:58 GMT
Tomorrows my first day allowed out so I’ll be hitting the shops at opening time and seeing if there’s any food left on the shelves. Already feel the anxiety building Elstoof’s Christmas Dinner: one tin of sweetcorn and a toffee yoghurt.
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Post by Dougs on Dec 23, 2021 15:26:15 GMT
There was shit loads of fresh stuff and usual Christmas treats. The gaps were the same gaps that have been there all year on occasion.
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Dec 23, 2021 22:48:53 GMT
So I got way more presents for the missus than she got me and now it's a big deal
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Post by Danno on Dec 23, 2021 22:54:06 GMT
I'm back cunts
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Post by Dougs on Dec 23, 2021 23:31:23 GMT
So I got way more presents for the missus than she got me and now it's a big deal I have bought just 3 for my wife (albeit one is a Biggie). Mentioned I wanted to get one more - she's only bought me 2, get in. No need to go out tomorrow.
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Post by elstoof on Dec 23, 2021 23:38:24 GMT
I can’t ever wait until Christmas, I gave my wife her gift last month. Traditionally I get her a bottle of perfume to unwrap on the day, she’s not that fussed about perfume but it’s a hobby of mine so I just get to try something new I wouldn’t have necessarily bought myself
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