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Merry Christmas!

Postby Rommie » Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:03 pm

To those who celebrate, and hopefully a bit of time to rest for those who don’t.

I’m in the middle of reading a 700 page novel that’s always waited for the right moment (The Thornbirds), and gonna make some Xmas cookies in a bit (if rum balls are Xmas cookies? We made a sad looking gingerbread house last night from a kit too), and as Hungarians we do the present exchange tonight. Got some packages in from relatives we were told to save so it’s not even all stuff we bought for ourselves!

Cheers all :)
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby SciFiFisher » Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:48 am

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:40 pm

Merry Christmas
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby code monkey » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:27 pm

Rommie wrote:To those who celebrate, and hopefully a bit of time to rest for those who don’t.

I’m in the middle of reading a 700 page novel that’s always waited for the right moment (The Thornbirds), and gonna make some Xmas cookies in a bit (if rum balls are Xmas cookies? We made a sad looking gingerbread house last night from a kit too), and as Hungarians we do the present exchange tonight. Got some packages in from relatives we were told to save so it’s not even all stuff we bought for ourselves!

Cheers all :)


yes, of course rum balls count. are they not cookies? are you not making them at Christmastime? ergo ...
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby Rommie » Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:35 pm

Well no baking is needed and in Hungarian a cookie needs to be baked. These are held together by honey and alcohol.

Whatevs they were awesome- normally it’s just sugar on the outside but this time I added cinnamon, which we are definitely doing in the future.
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby SciFiFisher » Mon Dec 28, 2020 4:44 pm

Cinnamon is sort of like the bacon of the spice world. Everything is better with cinnamon. :cheer:
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby pumpkinpi » Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:03 pm

And a happy new year to all! I was able to take off of work from Christmas Eve to yesterday, so it was nice to have that time off with the family. And I got a nice new telescope. :D
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby code monkey » Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:51 am

thanks for the good wishes. the same to y'all and a healthy one!
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:07 am

Happy New Year
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby code monkey » Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:39 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:Happy New Year


there's going to be a transit strike on Monday?!
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:27 pm

Transit Strike? No. Since Jan. 4. The government, citing a rise in COVID-19 cases, has kept most of the cities on lock-down. Haven't seen anything about a Transit Strike
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Re: Merry Christmas!

Postby SciFiFisher » Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:00 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:Transit Strike? No. Since Jan. 4. The government, citing a rise in COVID-19 cases, has kept most of the cities on lock-down. Haven't seen anything about a Transit Strike


Well, if everyone is staying home for COVID it would be hard to notice a strike at the same time. :lol:
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