I hate this time of year.
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One of my tasks for today was "get the Christmas decorations up" - the family tradition being that they go up a week before Christmas, and come down on Twelfth Night. Tell me, have you ever had a cat launch itself at you through a Christmas tree while you are trying to hang baubles on it? No? It's a good test for your heart, I suspect... And shiny silver baubles don't look quite as good with blood stains...or maybe they look better...I'm not sure. Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... :sigh: Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Simon_Whale wrote:
its laying down across the lounge floor.
Ah. I learnt that lesson years ago: mine is securely tied to the stairs! :laugh:
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Mine gets boxed in between a bookcase to the left, TV cabinet to the right and a armchair in front but somehow they still are able to down the tree
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Mine gets boxed in between a bookcase to the left, TV cabinet to the right and a armchair in front but somehow they still are able to down the tree
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON
Hence the tie-down - PCB Linking wire, it's think and shiny, and good and strong. Works wonders! :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I demand a recount!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I demand a recount!
This is a well known issue, our technicans already work with high pressure on this problem. Thank you for your submission. :cool:
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I love it! The trees and tinsel and baubles and presents and booze and food are all just icing on the cake. This is the time of year when we remember the gift of love. Anyway, my tree is up, decorated and the gifts wrapped and under it. Do you think maybe I went a bit OTT with it?
YOU ARE WAY OTT WITH IT. This sparkling and blinking everywhere, the loads of gifts, you really went mental on that.
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I love it! The trees and tinsel and baubles and presents and booze and food are all just icing on the cake. This is the time of year when we remember the gift of love. Anyway, my tree is up, decorated and the gifts wrapped and under it. Do you think maybe I went a bit OTT with it?
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How do you upload the photos? Tell me and I won't take the piss out of you for being a wuss with the love comment.
Top right of the screen is your name, drop down has "My uploads" at the bottom. Click and load. IIRC it is only available to reputations of a certain level; probably goldies.
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One of my tasks for today was "get the Christmas decorations up" - the family tradition being that they go up a week before Christmas, and come down on Twelfth Night. Tell me, have you ever had a cat launch itself at you through a Christmas tree while you are trying to hang baubles on it? No? It's a good test for your heart, I suspect... And shiny silver baubles don't look quite as good with blood stains...or maybe they look better...I'm not sure. Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... :sigh: Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... Sigh | :sigh: Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please?
Thank you I needed a good laugh this morning. Has been an extremely stressful week at work. So much to get done in a little time. Merry Christmas and hope it gets at least a little better for you. :)
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." -Douglas MacArthur
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One of my tasks for today was "get the Christmas decorations up" - the family tradition being that they go up a week before Christmas, and come down on Twelfth Night. Tell me, have you ever had a cat launch itself at you through a Christmas tree while you are trying to hang baubles on it? No? It's a good test for your heart, I suspect... And shiny silver baubles don't look quite as good with blood stains...or maybe they look better...I'm not sure. Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... :sigh: Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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One of my tasks for today was "get the Christmas decorations up" - the family tradition being that they go up a week before Christmas, and come down on Twelfth Night. Tell me, have you ever had a cat launch itself at you through a Christmas tree while you are trying to hang baubles on it? No? It's a good test for your heart, I suspect... And shiny silver baubles don't look quite as good with blood stains...or maybe they look better...I'm not sure. Gawd. Three weeks of cat destroying Christmas tree. Three weeks of not being able to go to the loo in dark because of what sharp broken objects he has scattered since you went to bed... :sigh: Can we all cancel Xmas and move on to summer already? Please? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Top right of the screen is your name, drop down has "My uploads" at the bottom. Click and load. IIRC it is only available to reputations of a certain level; probably goldies.
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Bah humbug! It's about the only time of year you get to sleep late, drink early & not sell the Big Issue! :rolleyes:
glennPattonPUB wrote:
not sell the Big Issue!
So...the DoW&P metting went well then?
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What came first in your family? The tradition of putting up a tree or having a cat? When the root of the problem is truly understood, only then can the complete solution be found.
Tree then Cat. Or Cat then Tree, depends on how you look at it. When I was a kid, we had Tree before Cat. Then I didn't have a Cat for a long time (and didn't have a Tree either). Then Herself moved in, and the Tree returned. Then the Cat arrived. On her side, they had both Cat and Tree when Herself arrived. And she has continued the tradition of both. Despite not being able to remove a dead mouse from the carpet for no obvious reason...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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glennPattonPUB wrote:
not sell the Big Issue!
So...the DoW&P metting went well then?
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Well fine, if you mean having to go through several doors locked by the same system as Porton Down. Wait over half an hour to talk to a nice lady 'who can't help as much as she should be able as my Work Coach is ill' (I have a Work Coach?). I can claim expenses in travelling to interviews, but not for registration fees for agency (some agents charge you to do nothing but ask silly question?, that I did not know!)...hence the Big Issue comment! :-\
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Well fine, if you mean having to go through several doors locked by the same system as Porton Down. Wait over half an hour to talk to a nice lady 'who can't help as much as she should be able as my Work Coach is ill' (I have a Work Coach?). I can claim expenses in travelling to interviews, but not for registration fees for agency (some agents charge you to do nothing but ask silly question?, that I did not know!)...hence the Big Issue comment! :-\
glennPattonPUB wrote:
locked by the same system as Porton Down
Not seen how they are secured, but if my experiences with other government run facilities is any guide, the doors are wedged open with a rolled up newspaper... Harwell (the Atomic Energy Research place) regularly had people just walk in, thinking it was the Rutherford labs next door, or leave by just flashing a public library card. The armed security guards seems mostly concerned with preventing the theft of stationary... A Large Bank in London had impressive access control to the banking computers. As a contractor, there to fix a modem problem, I had to be escorted through the building. Then my escort entered a large metal cylinder which rotated to trap him. His palm prints and password were checked, then the cylinder rotated to let him out the other side. Then he opened the little wooden door beside it and let me in. Pointed me at the modems rack and buggered off to read the paper... :doh: Took me twenty minutes of searching to find him after I finished, and wanted to go.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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glennPattonPUB wrote:
locked by the same system as Porton Down
Not seen how they are secured, but if my experiences with other government run facilities is any guide, the doors are wedged open with a rolled up newspaper... Harwell (the Atomic Energy Research place) regularly had people just walk in, thinking it was the Rutherford labs next door, or leave by just flashing a public library card. The armed security guards seems mostly concerned with preventing the theft of stationary... A Large Bank in London had impressive access control to the banking computers. As a contractor, there to fix a modem problem, I had to be escorted through the building. Then my escort entered a large metal cylinder which rotated to trap him. His palm prints and password were checked, then the cylinder rotated to let him out the other side. Then he opened the little wooden door beside it and let me in. Pointed me at the modems rack and buggered off to read the paper... :doh: Took me twenty minutes of searching to find him after I finished, and wanted to go.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
They tend to secured via bored looking 'Security Guards' as they are to secure doors to give them something to do...My experience at Porton Down was odd as the first day on site everything was locked up armed guards (MP's) looking stern. The second day there the door was wedged open, I asked why the reply was "Random Inspection". How was it random if they knew to secure every thing before hand? :confused:
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I love it! The trees and tinsel and baubles and presents and booze and food are all just icing on the cake. This is the time of year when we remember the gift of love. Anyway, my tree is up, decorated and the gifts wrapped and under it. Do you think maybe I went a bit OTT with it?
Nagy, I'm not sure if artificial is OTT or underwhelming. It's a real 'un for me, in fact many years we have two, one in the living room and one in the dining room (2 years ago we got a decent balsam fir for a $1 at Walmart!) The family outing to cut the (living room) tree is this Saturday, where the tradition is for me to have a very adult argument with my 3 and 5 year old grandkids: "No mine is the bestest". We started the grand tradition last night after I played guitar at a Christmas concert. I can't share OG's (Old Grinch?) sentiments, but then I don't have a cat! (our young Lab pup might be a reasonable stand-in this year though). Have a good, gin-soaked holiday. Incidentally, we "bard" our turkey with .... BACON!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Tree then Cat. Or Cat then Tree, depends on how you look at it. When I was a kid, we had Tree before Cat. Then I didn't have a Cat for a long time (and didn't have a Tree either). Then Herself moved in, and the Tree returned. Then the Cat arrived. On her side, they had both Cat and Tree when Herself arrived. And she has continued the tradition of both. Despite not being able to remove a dead mouse from the carpet for no obvious reason...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Who couldn't remove the mouse? Your wife, the cat or the tree? Of course the tree couldn't, you've basically hermetically sealed the thing to the stairs.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Nagy, I'm not sure if artificial is OTT or underwhelming. It's a real 'un for me, in fact many years we have two, one in the living room and one in the dining room (2 years ago we got a decent balsam fir for a $1 at Walmart!) The family outing to cut the (living room) tree is this Saturday, where the tradition is for me to have a very adult argument with my 3 and 5 year old grandkids: "No mine is the bestest". We started the grand tradition last night after I played guitar at a Christmas concert. I can't share OG's (Old Grinch?) sentiments, but then I don't have a cat! (our young Lab pup might be a reasonable stand-in this year though). Have a good, gin-soaked holiday. Incidentally, we "bard" our turkey with .... BACON!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
TBH we have 2.5m Norwegian [lovely plumage] waiting outside. We put the tree up on 24th and then fight like right buggery until the end of January before taking it's dried out corpse to the dump.
