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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on January 01, 2026, 05:57:14 PM »and a standing pic
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on January 01, 2026, 05:56:39 PM »Congratulations on your 13th grandchild Max - how fun that must be when you all get together. A great-grandchild is really looking into the future.
We too started giving cash when they started leaving the gifts they didn't want for me to return lol
The moose showed up in the dark last night but I managed to get some photos this morning.
We too started giving cash when they started leaving the gifts they didn't want for me to return lol
The moose showed up in the dark last night but I managed to get some photos this morning.
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« Last post by Max on December 26, 2025, 07:21:17 PM »Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you are all having a good time.
Quiet here in Dumbarton, latest news is the birth of my latest grandchild Lochlyn.
His birth takes the total of grandkids to 13 plus a great grandchild.
Unless otherwise advised by my sons I've taken the cowards way out and just give cash for Christmas.
Give my best wishes to DL please Roger, hope she has a quick recovery,
All the best boys and girls.
Max.
Quiet here in Dumbarton, latest news is the birth of my latest grandchild Lochlyn.
His birth takes the total of grandkids to 13 plus a great grandchild.
Unless otherwise advised by my sons I've taken the cowards way out and just give cash for Christmas.
Give my best wishes to DL please Roger, hope she has a quick recovery,
All the best boys and girls.
Max.
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on December 24, 2025, 07:13:56 AM »Sorry DL is still in the hospital - send her my best wishes. Good luck getting those toys assembled.
Saw a moose in the distance outside the kitchen window this morning - hopefully it will be back to trim the branches on the willow in the next day or two and I can get a photo.
We have so much snow this year and its been cold so it makes it very Christmassy. We have two kids home this year and have been playing board games already and watching movies. We pretty much always have quiet Christmases.
Wishing you all joy and peace.
Saw a moose in the distance outside the kitchen window this morning - hopefully it will be back to trim the branches on the willow in the next day or two and I can get a photo.
We have so much snow this year and its been cold so it makes it very Christmassy. We have two kids home this year and have been playing board games already and watching movies. We pretty much always have quiet Christmases.
Wishing you all joy and peace.
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« Last post by Roger Kettle on December 23, 2025, 06:06:37 PM »I hope you all have a wonderful time and that Santa brings you everything on your wish list. As I mentioned earlier, it will be a quiet affair for us this year with my sister still in hospital and my son looking after his 17 day-old daughter. When I say quiet, I mean as quiet as our other granddaughter (three and a half years of frightening energy) will allow. I suspect I'll be spending a lot of time on my knees, putting together various new toys.
Enjoy yourselves!
Enjoy yourselves!
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on December 19, 2025, 03:20:14 PM »Zesty, my sister, who is 85 and therefore has earned the right to do what she likes, watches between 2 and 3 of those Hallmark movies every day in the run up to Christmas. LOL
I think I watched one this year, but as it had a well known actress, it may not have been one but same formulated plot.
I have now watched SEVEN new to me Christmas movies this year. I actually saw one worth recommending last night: FX's A Christmas Carol. It was like you have never watched another version before - almost three hours long mind.
Usually watch Die Hard - this time we watched it very early and I have a list of 3 must watches every year and a few optionals. I thought it would be interesting to see some never before watched this year but not having a high success rate of great ones lol
I think I watched one this year, but as it had a well known actress, it may not have been one but same formulated plot.
I have now watched SEVEN new to me Christmas movies this year. I actually saw one worth recommending last night: FX's A Christmas Carol. It was like you have never watched another version before - almost three hours long mind.
Usually watch Die Hard - this time we watched it very early and I have a list of 3 must watches every year and a few optionals. I thought it would be interesting to see some never before watched this year but not having a high success rate of great ones lol
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« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on December 18, 2025, 11:04:39 PM »Christmas has never been the same for me since they stopped the annual ritual screening of the festive classic that is 'The Great Escape', starring Steve McQueen, Gordon Jackson and the late, great Angus Lennie.
Nothing like Nazis and prisoner of war camps to get you in the mood for a yuletide log.
Nothing like Nazis and prisoner of war camps to get you in the mood for a yuletide log.
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« Last post by ZestyWhite on December 18, 2025, 09:55:11 PM »Congratulations on the new grandadaughter Roger. Great news. Hoping Lil gets home to enjoy some of the collective family joy.
Diane, my wife has been watching many Christmas films this season, but sadly most of them are from Netflix. As a consequence, they have the same repeated plot (successful but lonely young woman who works in the city, reluctantly returns to her hometown for Christmas and falls in love with a handyman who wears a checked shirt and hands out hot chocolate at the Yuletide market) often the same cast (none of whom have ever been in anything that IMBD would rate higher than a four out of ten), and are generally less engaging than watching the constituent moisture evaporate from a patch of Dulux vinyl silk.
Give me Die Hard any day.
Diane, my wife has been watching many Christmas films this season, but sadly most of them are from Netflix. As a consequence, they have the same repeated plot (successful but lonely young woman who works in the city, reluctantly returns to her hometown for Christmas and falls in love with a handyman who wears a checked shirt and hands out hot chocolate at the Yuletide market) often the same cast (none of whom have ever been in anything that IMBD would rate higher than a four out of ten), and are generally less engaging than watching the constituent moisture evaporate from a patch of Dulux vinyl silk.
Give me Die Hard any day.
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« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on December 18, 2025, 12:14:47 PM »Ah, yes - I remember it we-ell... She had a perforated hairstyle.
Congratulations all round on the arrival of little Norah, Roger - wonderful news! Both you and Peepsie now have twice as many granddaughters as me, though mine is a 10-year-old force of nature unrivalled by her brother and my other two (male) grandchildren put together. How these small bundles of energy can simultaneously keep you young, yet exhausted far beyond your years is one of life's greatest paradoxes.
Delighted to hear Diamond Lil may be home for Christmas. Fingers crossed!
And wot Peepsie sed re United and Celtic. Enjoyed watching that one.
Congratulations all round on the arrival of little Norah, Roger - wonderful news! Both you and Peepsie now have twice as many granddaughters as me, though mine is a 10-year-old force of nature unrivalled by her brother and my other two (male) grandchildren put together. How these small bundles of energy can simultaneously keep you young, yet exhausted far beyond your years is one of life's greatest paradoxes.
Delighted to hear Diamond Lil may be home for Christmas. Fingers crossed!
And wot Peepsie sed re United and Celtic. Enjoyed watching that one.
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« Last post by Roger Kettle on December 18, 2025, 09:27:35 AM »Thanks, Peeps!
There was indeed a cartoon character called Nancy. It was an American strip and appeared in The Topper around 50 years ago when I worked for it. God, I'm old!
There was indeed a cartoon character called Nancy. It was an American strip and appeared in The Topper around 50 years ago when I worked for it. God, I'm old!