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Title: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Snoopy on January 02, 2008, 09:01:14 AM
We have had news reports of road deaths, stabbings, what looks like the start of genocide in Kenya, assasination (Pakistan), suicide bombers (all over the place), potential for aceleration into bankruptcy of the UK, the USDollar becoming even more devalued, threats from Russia about our fuel supplies, a lot of bollocks from Gordon Brown about how much good he is planning to do us (perhaps he is planning to dismantle all the harm he has done over the past 10 years) and Wenchy has moved even nearer the magic age of 30.

Has anyone got any good news?
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Barman on January 02, 2008, 09:03:34 AM
We have had news reports of road deaths, stabbings, what looks like the start of genocide in Kenya, assasination (Pakistan), suicide bombers (all over the place), potential for aceleration into bankruptcy of the UK, the USDollar becoming even more devalued, threats from Russia about our fuel supplies, a lot of bollocks from Gordon Brown about how much good he is planning to do us (perhaps he is planning to dismantle all the harm he has done over the past 10 years) and Wenchy has moved even nearer the magic age of 30.

Has anyone got any good news?
rubschin:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Uncle Mort on January 02, 2008, 09:05:03 AM
None here.
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 02, 2008, 09:29:02 AM
Has anyone got any good news?
I found £20 in my old trousers.  ;D
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Snoopy on January 02, 2008, 09:32:02 AM
Has anyone got any good news?
I found £20 in my old trousers.  ;D

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Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 02, 2008, 02:36:51 PM

A neighbour came round last night and gave me money- £30 no less - on the basis that I would spend all of this at the local Chinese takeaway  eeek:
Apparently the current owner is trying to sell and the prospective buyer is there in the next few weeks to review the business. As this is January the owner is concerned it will be a bit slow and is actually paying people to come in and order food. This is likely to be going on for a few weeks so my shopping bill should hopefully be reduced although there isn't much of the menu that fits in well with any diet plan   cry:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Snoopy on January 02, 2008, 02:38:26 PM

A neighbour came round last night and gave me money- £30 no less - on the basis that I would spend all of this at the local Chinese takeaway  eeek:
Apparently the current owner is trying to sell and the prospective buyer is there in the next few weeks to review the business. As this is January the owner is concerned it will be a bit slow and is actually paying people to come in and order food. This is likely to be going on for a few weeks so my shopping bill should hopefully be reduced although there isn't much of the menu that fits in well with any diet plan   cry:

Bugger the diet ~ jog to and from the takeaway.  lol:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 02, 2008, 02:41:50 PM

A neighbour came round last night and gave me money- £30 no less - on the basis that I would spend all of this at the local Chinese takeaway  eeek:
Apparently the current owner is trying to sell and the prospective buyer is there in the next few weeks to review the business. As this is January the owner is concerned it will be a bit slow and is actually paying people to come in and order food. This is likely to be going on for a few weeks so my shopping bill should hopefully be reduced although there isn't much of the menu that fits in well with any diet plan   cry:
You will wake up on your knees in a Shanghai opium den.  noooo:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 02, 2008, 02:54:56 PM
You will wake up on your knees in a Shanghai opium den.  noooo:

At least I will have been well fed  lol:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2008, 02:07:08 PM

A neighbour came round last night and gave me money- £30 no less - on the basis that I would spend all of this at the local Chinese takeaway  eeek:
Apparently the current owner is trying to sell and the prospective buyer is there in the next few weeks to review the business. As this is January the owner is concerned it will be a bit slow and is actually paying people to come in and order food. This is likely to be going on for a few weeks so my shopping bill should hopefully be reduced although there isn't much of the menu that fits in well with any diet plan   cry:

Blimey eeek:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Sour Puss on January 03, 2008, 05:17:23 PM

Has anyone got any good news?

We had a bit of excitement in the close on New Years day. The lady just across the road had taken the "Baby" (about 3 or 4) to her sisters for New Year and her husband was supposed to pick them up at 10h00 in the morning. He did not turn up, so she made her way home about 11h15 or so and burst into the house to confront him for oversleeping and found him slumped in his chair.  She came running out screaming that he was dead, shortly afterwards 2 ambulances arrived, but they were unable to revive him, so both went away again. The police arrived and stayed for a while and they did not move him till late afternoon.  I doubt that he was my age, it does make you think though.  rubschin:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2008, 05:36:28 PM
Eeek. I am starting to think that my days are numbered. Mrs Nick is taking me off to update our wills on Monday. Does she know someting, or is she planning something. I well know that I am worth a lot more dead than alive evil:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Snoopy on January 03, 2008, 05:46:42 PM

Has anyone got any good news?

We had a bit of excitement in the close on New Years day. The lady just across the road had taken the "Baby" (about 3 or 4) to her sisters for New Year and her husband was supposed to pick them up at 10h00 in the morning. He did not turn up, so she made her way home about 11h15 or so and burst into the house to confront him for oversleeping and found him slumped in his chair.  She came running out screaming that he was dead, shortly afterwards 2 ambulances arrived, but they were unable to revive him, so both went away again. The police arrived and stayed for a while and they did not move him till late afternoon.  I doubt that he was my age, it does make you think though.  rubschin:

 rubschin: Not a young man then.
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Snoopy on January 03, 2008, 06:02:53 PM
Not at all ~ sudden death syndrome can strike even the young but I gather from the oft spoken of Grandchildren that the writer is not in the first flush of youth.

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/sudden_death_syndrome.htm refers
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2008, 06:08:44 PM
Not at all what?
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 03, 2008, 07:05:42 PM
Eeek. I am starting to think that my days are numbered. Mrs Nick is taking me off to update our wills on Monday. Does she know someting, or is she planning something. I well know that I am worth a lot more dead than alive evil:

Have your circumstances changed in any way then ??????
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 03, 2008, 07:17:46 PM
I well know that I am worth a lot more dead than alive

Aren't we all.  scared2:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2008, 07:26:51 PM
A Man who undertands me!!

Miss D. you are out of your depth! Isn't she? rubschin:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 03, 2008, 08:04:14 PM
Probably  confused2:

I just meant have your finances or anything else changed that would warrant your good lady wife wanting to update your wills???

Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2008, 08:21:17 PM
 rubschin:
Title: Re: Over the Seasonal Holidays
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 03, 2008, 08:29:26 PM

Thats a very itchy chin you have there Nicholas -  lol: