Something to cheer about!
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Something to cheer about!
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Re: Something to cheer about!
You're cheering about getting the month and day numbers the wrong way round, and the inscrutable AM/PM time system?
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Hi John.
There's someone I'd like you to meet; you two will have a lot to chat about ...
... John, meet BobH; BobH; meet John ...
(signed) "NOTHING and NOBODY can dampen my Joy tonight" Of Bonavista
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Re: Something to cheer about!
And we all remember our Geography lessons about "the warm gulf stream that ...".
Winter days are shorter in Scotland and Norway, yet Loungers from those most Northerly climes don't use Eileen's Lounge as a griping-board.
So why do I?
Partly because Newfoundlanders have an inferiority complex, and so love to brag about "How much wind we got", "How much we rain we got" and "Newfoundland is all rock, scraped clean of soil by dem glaciers". Yet Mount Washington in New Hampshire has world-record wind gusts, and Prince Rupert BC has more than twice the rain as does Bonavista, and I visited Prince Rupert five times in different seasons. It's not that citizens of Prince Rupert don't carry umbrellas - they don't OWN umbrellas. What's the point when you live in Canada's largest outdoor car-wash facility?
Today was mild, and clear-sky sunny; I enjoyed my walk to Swyers three stores and back, the morning clouded only by the cashiers who pressed me to admit that it was "lovely outside", which rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted to disagree with them because I live in Bonavista.
As do they!
So this will be my last post complaining about the length of nights, length of days, rain, snow, wind, cloud, sunshine, snails, slugs, pineapple cuttings that keeled over and died outside, mice (who keep running off with my sticky-traps), stray cats who scare the bejasus out of me when I surprise them in the shed where they have been patently and patiently waiting for that mouse, folks who purchase bottled water when the rain is fresh off the Atlantic, ... And somebody please tell GeoffW - "Surf's Up!"
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Hi Chris - It looks like you've said it all! And you've already told GeoffW so none of the rest of us have to do that either!ChrisGreaves wrote: β20 Dec 2022, 21:33Untitled4.pngAfter 1,415 consecutive nights sleep here I confess to being amazed that, for all my complaining, Bonavista - nay Newfoundland - lies closer to the equator than does the UK. Bonavista is about the same latitude as Brest, France.
And we all remember our Geography lessons about "the warm gulf stream that ...".
Winter days are shorter in Scotland and Norway, yet Loungers from those most Northerly climes don't use Eileen's Lounge as a griping-board.
So why do I?
Partly because Newfoundlanders have an inferiority complex, and so love to brag about "How much wind we got", "How much we rain we got" and "Newfoundland is all rock, scraped clean of soil by dem glaciers". Yet Mount Washington in New Hampshire has world-record wind gusts, and Prince Rupert BC has more than twice the rain as does Bonavista, and I visited Prince Rupert five times in different seasons. It's not that citizens of Prince Rupert don't carry umbrellas - they don't OWN umbrellas. What's the point when you live in Canada's largest outdoor car-wash facility?
Today was mild, and clear-sky sunny; I enjoyed my walk to Swyers three stores and back, the morning clouded only by the cashiers who pressed me to admit that it was "lovely outside", which rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted to disagree with them because I live in Bonavista.
As do they!
So this will be my last post complaining about the length of nights, length of days, rain, snow, wind, cloud, sunshine, snails, slugs, pineapple cuttings that keeled over and died outside, mice (who keep running off with my sticky-traps), stray cats who scare the bejasus out of me when I surprise them in the shed where they have been patently and patiently waiting for that mouse, folks who purchase bottled water when the rain is fresh off the Atlantic, ...
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And somebody please tell GeoffW - "Surf's Up!"
Cheers, Chris
Instead, I'll simply wish that you have a Very Merry Christmas and a Super Happy New Year!
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Re: Something to cheer about!
And a very happy Winter Solstice to everybody too!
Regards
Graeme
Regards
Graeme
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Thanks Chris. But I'd still rather have my surf beach than your surf beach, any day.
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Re: Something to cheer about!
I was staring at the table and thought 'ah, a puzzle, what could this be about...' and then figured it out.
YEAH!
The days are getting longer. How wonderful
YEAH!
The days are getting longer. How wonderful
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Re: Something to cheer about!
It always seems to take a fair amount of time to determine what is in Mr Greaves' head!LineLaline wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 16:56I was staring at the table and thought 'ah, a puzzle, what could this be about...' and then figured it out.
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Mr. Greaves,
Thank you for the introduction to Mr. Gray. I'm sure we shall become fast friends sharing our mutual interests in bedevilment.
Best regards,
BobH
Seriously, I think this might feed your Schadenfreude.
Thank you for the introduction to Mr. Gray. I'm sure we shall become fast friends sharing our mutual interests in bedevilment.
Best regards,
BobH
Seriously, I think this might feed your Schadenfreude.
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Re: Something to cheer about!
No, the days are just starting to get shorter.LineLaline wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 16:56I was staring at the table and thought 'ah, a puzzle, what could this be about...' and then figured it out.
YEAH!
The days are getting longer. How wonderful
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Still, I'm not complaining.
My view of the surf is always followed a minute or two later by a smile from Deena - Queen-a my heart, and the bella Donna, and if I climb upstairs there's Courtenay to court, and ...
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Yabbut! Don't tell GeoffW or he will start whingeing.LineLaline wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 16:56I was staring at the table and thought 'ah, a puzzle, what could this be about...' and then figured it out.
YEAH!
The days are getting longer. How wonderful
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Something to cheer about!
And that, John, is why I take care to write it down here in the forum to reduce your struggles.
Merry Chrismess John
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Ha! We are not afraid of shade up here; it has been with us for a while.
The pellety-snow is wiping my windows clean, and the ice on the driveway means I don't have to go slip-slidin' away to the stores until the warm rain returns.
Cheers, Bob, and a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year (whatever that is in imperial).
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Re: Something to cheer about!
I knew it!
Geoff, maybe you should move to The Centre Of The Known Universe?
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Hi Ken. I am glad each morning when I wake up.
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Something to cheer about!
Oh no... I poked the bear.GeoffW wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 19:39No, the days are just starting to get shorter.LineLaline wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 16:56I was staring at the table and thought 'ah, a puzzle, what could this be about...' and then figured it out.
YEAH!
The days are getting longer. How wonderful
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Re: Something to cheer about!
ChrisGreaves wrote: β21 Dec 2022, 20:40I knew it!
Geoff, maybe you should move to The Centre Of The Known Universe?
Cheers, Chris
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