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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on January 04, 2009, 10:57:47 AM
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And our decs are coming down today eveilgrin:
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And ours... Just waiting for LL to get into gear and I can get up the ladders and put the boxes away in the garage for another year.... cloud9:
Oh, hold on tho... scared2:
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Perhaps the thread title should be "Time to get the non slip mat under the ladder" point:
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I'm just building an under-the-ladder-non-slippy-thing that I can use in the stairwell... What could possibly go wrong...? eeek:
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Took mine all down on Friday when I came home from work and recognised the festive period was well and truly over. Walking in the door to twinkling loveliness was simply irratating.
Also cleared out under the stairs cupboard before putting all Christmas related things back in - and then still cooked dinner for friends who were coming over at 7 angel1
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angry041: Smug little *****************!
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Took mine all down on Friday when I came home from work and recognised the festive period was well and truly over. Walking in the door to twinkling loveliness was simply irratating.
Also cleared out under the stairs cupboard before putting all Christmas related things back in - and then still cooked dinner for friends who were coming over at 7 angel1
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angry041: Smug little *****************!
Don't forget evil lol:
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I have a vision of Wenchy clinging to her Christmas tree forest wailing "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
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We haven't started to take ours down yet... Banghead
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Our treeis going. How to get it out of hte house without spreading all those pine needles everywhere is the problem. And it is not going to the dump in my car, not after last time evil:
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By tradition they should not come down until tomorrow I'm told but Mrs S#2 returns to work tomorrow and as she is the only one she trusts to pack things away "properly" whistle:
At the BM household I could understand the decs staying up a bit longer as you haven't been there to see them anyway. Frankly I'm still wondering why you bothered to put them up in the first place.
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Our treeis going. How to get it out of hte house without spreading all those pine needles everywhere is the problem. And it is not going to the dump in my car, not after last time evil:
When we used real trees (before discovering that the sap caused the little one to suffer badly from Asthma) I always got the garden shears out and chopped it up in situ, placing all the cuttings into a bin liner ~ thus the only needles were confined to the one place.
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By tradition they should not come down until tomorrow
I know - I've heard that so many times about it being unlucky to take it down before the 6th from religious / superstitious minded folk (whatever the difference there may be ).
Honestly whats the worse that can happen scared2:
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By tradition they should not come down until tomorrow
I know - I've heard that so many times about it being unlucky to take it down before the 6th from religious / superstitious minded folk (whatever the difference there may be ).
Honestly whats the worse that can happen scared2:
Old Nick could visit you eveilgrin:
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Our treeis going. How to get it out of hte house without spreading all those pine needles everywhere is the problem. And it is not going to the dump in my car, not after last time evil:
When I was a kid the tree had about two inches of needles under it by the time we took the lights off... sucking them all up the hoover was a great game...
At Miss Piggy's house I couldn't even pull the needles off the tree (no it wasn't a plastic tree) - some bizarre genetic breeding monstrosity no doubt.
Nick, you bought the wrong type of tree! point:
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Praps so, but it was 'reduced to clear' whistle:
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Our treeis going. How to get it out of hte house without spreading all those pine needles everywhere is the problem. And it is not going to the dump in my car, not after last time evil:
When I was a kid the tree had about two inches of needles under it by the time we took the lights off... sucking them all up the hoover was a great game...
At Miss Piggy's house I couldn't even pull the needles off the tree (no it wasn't a plastic tree) - some bizarre genetic breeding monstrosity no doubt.
Nick, you bought the wrong type of tree! point:
Was Miss Piggy aware of your tree wrecking attempts and do you expect to be invited back again?
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Praps so, but it was 'reduced to clear' whistle:
A bargain then! point:
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Ours are down.... all confined to 3 boxes, sealed and clearly marked............ just in case we have to move again like!!!! sad24:
Now to clear up the mess!!
I've even changed out of my Christmas outfit!!!
I know it's unlucky to leave them up after 5th...hadn't heard of it being unlucky to take them down early!!
Who's starting their spring cleaning? lol:
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I took ours down on new yrs day, always have done for long time. Dont see point once new yr is all out way, if Tg would have own way would have been down before, but i did put it up on 1st december.
Also I Keep seeing reduced wrapping paper an cards which seem to fall into my shopping basket, all sorted for next yr... whistle:
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I took ours down on new yrs day, always have done for long time. Dont see point once new yr is all out way, if Tg would have own way would have been down before, but i did put it up on 1st december.
Also I Keep seeing reduced wrapping paper an cards which seem to fall into my shopping basket, all sorted for next yr... whistle:
Mrs S#1 used to buy her cards, wrapping paper etc in the Jan sales and then, come December, she had forgotten where she had "hidden" them ::)
Happened year after year. She only ever found the bargains again when we moved house.
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Ours are down.... all confined to 3 boxes, sealed and clearly marked............ just in case we have to move again like!!!! sad24:
Now to clear up the mess!!
I've even changed out of my Christmas outfit!!!
I thougknow it's unlucky to leave them up after 5th...hadn't heard of it being unlucky to take them down early!!
Who's starting their spring cleaning? lol:
I fancy doing a whole house spring clean...must be something about taking the decs down. Want to completely decorate my bedroom, put new flooring in the bathroom, buy a new 47 inch lcd 100hz tv, put new carpets in hall & living room. Phew eeek:
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Wait till May. You will have time then. ANd you can get a man in to help you whistle:
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Wait till May. You will have time then. ANd you can get a man in to help you whistle:
And where do you find these men that are willing to help confused2:
But yes plan to do a bit of this in May and a lot of browsing before then lol:
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Ours are down.... all confined to 3 boxes, sealed and clearly marked............ just in case we have to move again like!!!! sad24:
Now to clear up the mess!!
I've even changed out of my Christmas outfit!!!
I thougknow it's unlucky to leave them up after 5th...hadn't heard of it being unlucky to take them down early!!
Who's starting their spring cleaning? lol:
I fancy doing a whole house spring clean...must be something about taking the decs down. Want to completely decorate my bedroom, put new flooring in the bathroom, buy a new 47 inch lcd 100hz tv, put new carpets in hall & living room. Phew eeek:
And a Blu-Ray player like...? cloud9:
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And a Blu-Ray player like...? cloud9:
Not convinced of my need for one of those yet BM rubschin:
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I took ours down on new yrs day, always have done for long time. Dont see point once new yr is all out way, if Tg would have own way would have been down before, but i did put it up on 1st december.
Also I Keep seeing reduced wrapping paper an cards which seem to fall into my shopping basket, all sorted for next yr... whistle:
Mrs S#1 used to buy her cards, wrapping paper etc in the Jan sales and then, come December, she had forgotten where she had "hidden" them ::)
Happened year after year. She only ever found the bargains again when we moved house.
Not if u put them in your xmas tree decorations box, then there they are when you get em out again, no problems!
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And a Blu-Ray player like...? cloud9:
Not convinced of my need for one of those yet BM rubschin:
eeek:
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I took ours down on new yrs day, always have done for long time. Dont see point once new yr is all out way, if Tg would have own way would have been down before, but i did put it up on 1st december.
Also I Keep seeing reduced wrapping paper an cards which seem to fall into my shopping basket, all sorted for next yr... whistle:
Mrs S#1 used to buy her cards, wrapping paper etc in the Jan sales and then, come December, she had forgotten where she had "hidden" them ::)
Happened year after year. She only ever found the bargains again when we moved house.
Not if u put them in your xmas tree decorations box, then there they are when you get em out again, no problems!
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Actually I did suggest that one year but she angry041: didn't agree. Apparently I was too stupid to realise that she would not be getting the decorations boxes out until looooooong after all presents had been bought and wrapped.
Anywhoo ~ Divorce was easier in the end.
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When are the pub decorations going into a box? evil:
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When are the pub decorations going into a box? evil:
There! happy088
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When are the pub decorations going into a box? evil:
There! happy088
The Wench is damned quiet ~ you haven't put her in the box too ...... have you?
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When are the pub decorations going into a box? evil:
There! happy088
Good, that means normal life can be resumed
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When are the pub decorations going into a box? evil:
There! happy088
The Wench is damned quiet ~ you haven't put her in the box too ...... have you?
She was around here somewhere... Prolly protecting the enchanted forest from Mr. Wench and his chopper... whistle:
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I have a vision of Wenchy clinging to her Christmas tree forest wailing "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
That is pretty much how it is. Mine isn't coming down till the 6th.
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Mrs JOM is taking ours down this evening. Now that Morrisons have got rid of all there recent "seasonal" stock I notice that they already have Easter eggs and hot cross buns in the aisles.
Could I find a Halloween outfit in there, could I hell, bloody useless store
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I have a vision of Wenchy clinging to her Christmas tree forest wailing "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
That is pretty much how it is. Mine isn't coming down till the 6th.
Same here unfortunately Wenchy. ::)
Sadly I've been outvoted 3-1...again. Banghead
I mean, WHAT IS the point of leaving them up, cus I'm buggered if I know chief. noooo:
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Is that a serious question 'cos if it is I can explain the tradition but some will get bored and some will start complaining that they don't believe in God etc.
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Ours is still up and I can't see it coming down today after all. evil:
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Ours are all down, boxed up and put away in the garage... cloud9:
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Is that a serious question 'cos if it is I can explain the tradition but some will get bored and some will start complaining that they don't believe in God etc.
Yes and no. I know all about the 'tradition' as such, I was merely refering to the fact that there doesn't seem much point in leaving them up imo, unless you are planning some sort of post crimbo party over the next 2 days like?
I personally don't see the point of putting them up in the first place, but that's just my opinion. ::)
I'm just a miserable old bastard...apparently, alledgedly, so they say. ::)
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I leave them up as long as possible because I like them. I love my trees, my decorations and all of it. When it comes down it feels as though the magic has been sucked out of the house and I hate it.
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I'm just a miserable old bastard...apparently, alledgedly, so they say. ::)
There's a few of us about
Every year I hear myself saying, "that's it, no Christmas next year", and every following Christmas, we do Christmas Banghead
I am determined that this coming Christmas (355 days isn't it Wenchy), I won't be doing it, having seen a few programmes on it recently, somewhere lonely on the Isle of Skye appeals
I'll let those that enjoy Christmas enjoy it
(some bugger is gonna drag this up this coming December aren't they)
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I leave them up as long as possible because I like them. I love my trees, my decorations and all of it. When it comes down it feels as though the magic has been sucked out of the house and I hate it.
What about the sudden new found space you have discovered (where the christmas tree used to be ) wouldn't that be ideal to start filling with all sorts of nothing lol:
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I leave them up as long as possible because I like them. I love my trees, my decorations and all of it. When it comes down it feels as though the magic has been sucked out of the house and I hate it.
What about the sudden new found space you have discovered (where the Enchanted Forest used to be ) wouldn't that be ideal to start filling with all sorts of nothing lol:
There... ::)
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It does look so empty when it has all gone. rubschin:
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It does look so empty when it has all gone. rubschin:
Indeed ~ and soooooooooooooo clean.
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And we don't have to drag the cat out of the tree every five minutes... cussing:
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It does look so empty when it has all gone. rubschin:
Indeed ~ and soooooooooooooo clean.
I wouldn't go that far. redface:
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It does look so empty when it has all gone. rubschin:
Indeed ~ and soooooooooooooo clean.
I wouldn't go that far. redface:
lol: lol: lol:
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It does look so empty when it has all gone. rubschin:
Indeed ~ and soooooooooooooo clean.
I wouldn't go that far. redface:
Tsk!
lol: lol: lol: lol:
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I hate cleaning. noooo:
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I hate cleaning. noooo:
I hate decorating... evil:
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I hate evil: evil:
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Mrs Nick asked me to hoover up the pine needles. Unfortunately, she tidied away the hoover on Saturday and can't remember where it is Banghead Banghead Banghead
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I hate evil: evil:
Oooops! redface:
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evil:
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Both of you seem to have completely missunderstood me. evil:
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Anyhooo... back to Holly's Boughs... eyes:
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We are undecked
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Partially.. just the tree, a large glass bauble hit the deck and exploded, reminiscent of a nasty and very unsociable hand grenade, my military training immediately went into action and I adopted attack mode scared: Scared the damn crap out of me.
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We are undecked
And?
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Never turn your back on a bauble
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And yours went without incident? whistle:
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Unlikely whistle:
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When I unearth the missing Hoover evil:
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When I unearth the missing Hoover evil:
Have you checked under the piles of needles...?
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evil:
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First place he'd have looked I reckon. whistle:
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Under a bed evil:
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'sobvious innit ~ you had visitors, she didn't want them to see the vacuum cleaner in case they thought a "special" effort had been made to tidy up for their visit because, like all wimmin, she wants them to believe your house is always clean and tidy ~ so she hid the cleaner where she thought they wouldn't see it. Of course the only person she fooled was herself, until this morning when she set you a little test and then, as we now all know, she fooled you too. Put the cleaner back under the bed and despite the evidence of absent needles etc she will never believe you have cleaned up. Wimmin! noooo:
My ex wife did a good line in leaving the cleaner where I would fall over it when I came home ~ then she would claim that she had been soooo busy she had not had time to put it away yet. Truth was she had been swigging coffee with her mates all day. Aonther favourite was to move picturs so that they were hanging crooked on the wall. She knew I would spot this and straighten the picture (can't abide crooked pictures) when she would claim to have dusted all the picture frames that day.
You may like to use these tips at a future date.
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'sobvious innit ~ you had visitors, she didn't want them to see the vacuum cleaner in case they thought a "special" effort had been made to tidy up for their visit because, like all wimmin, she wants them to believe your house is always clean and tidy ~ so she hid the cleaner where she thought they wouldn't see it. Of course the only person she fooled was herself, until this morning when she set you a little test and then, as we now all know, she fooled you too. Put the cleaner back under the bed and despite the evidence of absent needles etc she will never believe you have cleaned up. Wimmin! noooo:
My ex wife did a good line in leaving the cleaner where I would fall over it when I came home ~ then she would claim that she had been soooo busy she had not had time to put it away yet. Truth was she had been swigging coffee with her mates all day. Aonther favourite was to move picturs so that they were hanging crooked on the wall. She knew I would spot this and straighten the picture (can't abide crooked pictures) when she would claim to have dusted all the picture frames that day.
You may like to use these tips at a future date.
My hero... worthy:
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noooo:
Mrs TMR (to be) is already plotting scared2:
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'sobvious innit ~ you had visitors, she didn't want them to see the vacuum cleaner in case they thought a "special" effort had been made to tidy up for their visit because, like all wimmin, she wants them to believe your house is always clean and tidy ~ so she hid the cleaner where she thought they wouldn't see it. Of course the only person she fooled was herself, until this morning when she set you a little test and then, as we now all know, she fooled you too. Put the cleaner back under the bed and despite the evidence of absent needles etc she will never believe you have cleaned up. Wimmin! noooo:
My ex wife did a good line in leaving the cleaner where I would fall over it when I came home ~ then she would claim that she had been soooo busy she had not had time to put it away yet. Truth was she had been swigging coffee with her mates all day. Aonther favourite was to move picturs so that they were hanging crooked on the wall. She knew I would spot this and straighten the picture (can't abide crooked pictures) when she would claim to have dusted all the picture frames that day.
You may like to use these tips at a future date.
You are getting very close to giving away important secrets about the female of the species, which are only supposed to be known to gentlemen of advanced years. evil:
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i HAVE HOOVERED. Is that OK?
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i HAVE HOOVERED. Is that OK?
Did you HooverTM or vacuum? rubschin:
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i HAVE HOOVERED. Is that OK?
Did you HooverTM or vacuum? rubschin:
Dyson with death.
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<GROAN>
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i HAVE HOOVERED. Is that OK?
Did you HooverTM or vacuum? rubschin:
Dyson with death.
drumroll:
I thought it was excellent... Any more vacuuming puns readers...? rubschin:
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Yes. I have a good one.
Hang on....
Here we go..........
Bugger. I forgot. noooo:
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Is this theme coming down as well?
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Yes. I have a good one.
Hang on....
Here we go..........
Bugger. I forgot. noooo:
lol: lol: lol:
Your brain is a bit of a vacuum then...?
On the subject of vacuum cleaners... Black and Decker - stick to making drills, your vacuums are shite! cussing:
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Is this theme coming down as well?
I thought everybody had changed it weeks ago... redface:
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I have been seeing Blue Xmas theme until a few minutes ago.
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I have been seeing Blue Xmas theme until a few minutes ago.
I've just reset everybody... ;)
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Gosh! Who is a clever geeky person then eh?
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Gosh! Who is a clever geeky person then eh?
whistle:
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You have infringed my human right by re-setting me without my consent. cussing:
Some people think they can lord it over the rest of just because they bask in the medditterainan* sunshine, getting pissed, swan diving off roofs, watching goat porn in their home made cinema/bunker.
You should get down off your high goat horse mate and come and join the rest of us. (bring beer)
* Chrome doesn't know how to spell that any more than I do, useless shite software!
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You have infringed my human right by re-setting me without my consent. cussing:
Some people think they can lord it over the rest of just because they bask in the medditterainan* sunshine, getting pissed, swan diving off roofs, watching goat porn in their home made cinema/bunker.
You should get down off your high goat horse mate and come and join the rest of us. (bring beer)
* Chrome doesn't know how to spell that any more than I do, useless shite software!
Mediterranean
Firefox can spell it... whistle:
Do you want me to reset you to one of (my many) Xmas themes...? ;D
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You have infringed my human right by re-setting me without my consent. cussing:
Some people think they can lord it over the rest of just because they bask in the medditterainan* sunshine, getting pissed, swan diving off roofs, watching goat porn in their home made cinema/bunker.
You should get down off your high goat horse mate and come and join the rest of us. (bring beer)
* Chrome doesn't know how to spell that any more than I do, useless shite software!
Mediterranean
Firefox can spell it... whistle:
Do you want me to reset you to one of (my many) Xmas themes...? ;D
Er. No thank you. I will manage.
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You have infringed my human right by re-setting me without my consent. cussing:
Some people think they can lord it over the rest of just because they bask in the medditterainan* sunshine, getting pissed, swan diving off roofs, watching goat porn in their home made cinema/bunker.
You should get down off your high goat horse mate and come and join the rest of us. (bring beer)
* Chrome doesn't know how to spell that any more than I do, useless shite software!
Mediterranean
Firefox can spell it... whistle:
Do you want me to reset you to one of (my many) Xmas themes...? ;D
Er. No thank you. I will manage.
Sure? evil:
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Careful BM or he'll send Nick over to visit... whistle:
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Careful BM or he'll send Nick over to visit... whistle:
No problemo... noooo:
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Must nearly be time for an Easter theme, yes?
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Must nearly be time for an Easter theme, yes?
Typical bloke - you forgot Valentines happy001
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Must nearly be time for an Easter theme, yes?
Typical bloke - you forgot Valentines happy001
Now you've ruined it ~ it was meant to be a secret and you were supposed to act surprised when he gave you the Valentine ~ Wimmin Eh? Too gobby to know when NOT to drop hints.
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I always try to give Mrs Nick one on Valentine's. A present that is
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Now you've ruined it ~ it was meant to be a secret and you were supposed to act surprised when he gave you the Valentine ~ Wimmin Eh? Too gobby to know when NOT to drop hints.
Oh no fear there Snoops - I would be absolutley gobsmacked in any event lol:
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I always try to give Mrs Nick one on Valentine's. A present that is
And is she willing to accept this surprise "present"?
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Now you've ruined it ~ it was meant to be a secret and you were supposed to act surprised when he gave you the Valentine ~ Wimmin Eh? Too gobby to know when NOT to drop hints.
Oh no fear there Snoops - I would be absolutley gobsmacked in any event lol:
Well an address would acually help you know. ::)
Wimmin. ::)
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Now you've ruined it ~ it was meant to be a secret and you were supposed to act surprised when he gave you the Valentine ~ Wimmin Eh? Too gobby to know when NOT to drop hints.
Oh no fear there Snoops - I would be absolutley gobsmacked in any event lol:
Well an address would acually help you know. ::)
Wimmin. ::)
If you don't know the address you're not stalking properly. ;)
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Well an address would acually help you know. ::)
Wimmin. ::)
Then you'd forward all your junk mail as well wouldn't you rubschin:
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Well an address would acually help you know. ::)
Wimmin. ::)
Then you'd forward all your junk mail as well wouldn't you rubschin:
Most of mine would be of no practical value to a Lady, unless she was changing sides that is. eyes:
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Like being a girl - no plans to change thanks DS.
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Like being a girl - no plans to change thanks DS.
A classic case of "You may have one of those but with one of these I can have as many of those as I want."
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You can have too much you know ;D
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You can have too much you know ;D
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
Was that after the divorce ? ;D
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
Was that after the divorce ? ;D
No ~
Third night of the honeymoon when I beat my chest and proudly proclaimed "I'm Thor" and she said "Tho am I" eyes:
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
Was that after the divorce ? ;D
No ~
Third night of the honeymoon when I beat my chest and proudly proclaimed "I'm Thor" and she said "Tho am I" eyes:
"Not tonight dear, I have a headache" point:
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
Was that after the divorce ? ;D
No ~
Third night of the honeymoon when I beat my chest and proudly proclaimed "I'm Thor" and she said "Tho am I" eyes:
She said you were a bolt out the blue lol:
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You can have too much you know ;D
Indeed ~ so Mrs S#1 often claimed. confused:
Was that after the divorce ? ;D
No ~
Third night of the honeymoon when I beat my chest and proudly proclaimed "I'm Thor" and she said "Tho am I" eyes:
She said you were a bolt out the blue lol:
When we first married she used to say I looked like a Greek God ~ by the time of the divorce she reckoned I looked more like a Goddamn Greek,
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