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[Randi]

Yes
Flat paid off, new kitchen and bath, able to retire at the end of the year, adopt a cat in need of a home, and, of course, her hedgehogs. She had so much to look forward to.

[jil]

Just been listening to a piece on the sleeping habits of chinstrap penguins (on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science) which made me think of Joan.

[Caro]

Fond memories of Joan on her birthday.

[pommystuart]

Joan even put me up for the night. That says a lot about her.

[Randi]

Joan even put me up for the night. That says a lot about her.

I remember her mentioning that to me.
She said that you had been very helpful fixing some things for her.

[Randi]

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. -Charles de Lint, writer and folk musician (b. 22 Dec 1951)

[Michael]

Last night we listened to CBC's Alan Maitland's recording of of "The Shepherd" by Frederick Forsyth. It has been played on or shortly before Christmas Eve almost every year since 1979. Apparently, John Travolta and his family have been listening to it for many years. He made a 39 minute movie of the story, which is on Disney. We watched it last evening, but Alan Maitland's reading from 1979 remains the classic. (The Play button is just below the picture of the Mosquito fighter bomber.)

This morning, the other CBC tradition: The 1952 recording of Dylan Thomas reading "A Child's Christmas in Wales." It is available on You-Tube. I highly recommend both recordings. I'm not positing links to Dylan Thomas because they are easy to find.

[pommystuart]

Merry Christmas Eve from Down Under.
I could not get the post to come up as pictures so here is the link. Turn on the sound on the video, top right.

https://imgur.com/a/t56AELL

[Michael]

Good ones, Stuart! It looks like you have as much snow as we do.

[Caro]

Now that it's December 25 in the Antipodes ....



It's currently 12C where I live in the southern UK. Likelihood of snow: 0%.

[Randi]

Currently 12C here too - at 1345

[Michael]

6.3 at 1100 Pacific Standard Time. The forecast max temperature is 8.

[pommystuart]

0630hrs 25th Dec 2023
Current temp 17c
Max expected 27c
From 1300hrs to 0600hrs 58% chance of rain
Tomorrow much the same.

[pommystuart]

I wonder if arboggs was at this restaurant?
with 7 seconds to go the guy looks like Erics emoji.

Put sound on at top right on this video.

https://imgur.com/a/pPDGQB8

Be careful when you light the Christmas Pudding.

[Randi]

[Michael]

[Maikel]

OW Forum:
Merry Christmas everyone, and best wishes for 2024 .

As every year I created an animated Christmas card, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/2BBbh7OPT8E

Unlike the card, no snow, it's rain, rain, rain and some more rain, with a moderate to sometime strong breeze.
And it isn't just Christmas, already the whole of 2023 is the wettest on record. 🌧

[studentforever]

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

[Matteo]

Merry Christmas!

[pommystuart]

Our Christmas Day is over, I hope you enjoyed yours.