I've *had* more cards than recent years, one of which I found quite touching.
(Only 4 but that's 3 more than usual)
I'd've normally been traveling today and would've got there to find out that what I was doing was now illegal (mixing for more than the 1 day), except i cancelled plans last week, so am spending the first Christmas in 54 alone.
― koogs, Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
I bought a Christmas pudding today for the first time ever.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
Oh, discovered that herself makes excellent mince pies, given sufficient motivation, have eaten two mince pies a day since tuesday
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:47 (three years ago) link
christmas baking has definitely helped my mood, practicing my pastry making, along with cookies, and mince pies & shortbreadthe process, even the baking smells, just maintaining this small simple tradition has helped me kipfeeling a bit at sea without christmas eve mass this yr -not really religious at all but it’s how i have stayed “connected” w my departed family members, i think is another reason i have been leaning on baking. form of communion? idk
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
I get the mass thing, even if id skip it meself more often than not: the midnight mass is a lovely tradition
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
We're doing our own xmas dinner for two before heading down
Partridges
Dont ask
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
Haven't been home for xmas for 7 years so honestly dont mind just having it at home with my wife, although she is sad she can't he with her mother who lives alone in the suburbs.
Customary WhatsApp video call with the family back in lanarkshire around noon,an embarrassment of food - going to do Yorkshire puds,roast potatoes,Brussels,stuffing and a chicken (making a seasonal exception to my usual pescatarian diet and Turkey seems too big for 2) - and lots of Christmas telly which will have been acquired via torrents or found on streaming ahead of time. no bevvy as I'm recently off it,which will be novel - I've taken a drink at christmas for the last 20 years. But having it at home makes that easier. My smoke a joint in the evening
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
Xmas tree
― is right unfortunately (silby), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
Fair fucks on droppin the booze jim
Lockdown been good for that tbh, tho i take a drop at home but never to excess unlike when out
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
Amazingly,, this year will be the first time that my wife and I will actually wake up together in our own house on Christmas day. It will be very nice. Christmas with family and gatherings and church and traveling and visiting is fun, but I am very much looking forward to seeing what it’s like to have one quiet holiday at home.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Sunday, 20 December 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
Long, cold, clear walk in the park still legal and safe
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
So, which one is it?
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/KIP
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 December 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 16:21 (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
this one's u&k
― imago, Sunday, 20 December 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
^ the whole basis of my sanity, or what's left of it
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Sunday, 20 December 2020 19:08 (three years ago) link
Happy we decided to stay put a few weeks back (or in-laws decided not risk it even with tests etc) as have ordered a chicken from the farm shop and bought a ridiculous pile of 'christmas treats' already so don't need to get much or change plans etc.Took my 6yo on a 2-hour round trip to drop presents at my parents' (staying outside) and, well, this is the KIP thread but let's say I now feel positive about not spending Christmas with them :|Kids will have fun with food, telly and presents so won't be missing out.
― kinder, Sunday, 20 December 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
> So, which one is it?
Keep it positive
― koogs, Sunday, 20 December 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
Im KIP by treating poms contributions recently as
obtuse
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
I'm flattered.
I won't get to see my parents for Christmas, so I'mma KIP by picking up a bottle of Rémy Martin.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
Fuck that’s a great idea
― Cheese flavoured Momus (wins), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
Oh we just finished our own little christmas dinner (before doing all the shared ones) and opened 1/2 of our presents to each other- glenlivet 15 yr old
Very nice, very christmassy tbh
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
I'm thrilled about not having to deal with domineering Trumpoid in-laws, frankly.
― coup coup kajoo (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
Ive to do one day with himself, tis enough
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
glenlivet 15 yr old
My dad's a fan. It's 80.50 CAD (51.50 EUR) for a 750 ml bottle here – how much is it in Ireland, pray tell?
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Maybe not the real KIP spirit but I don't care for holiday season at all so I'm kinda relieved I don't have to deal with parents and in-laws and celebrations this year. I'm sad for other people around me who do like that time of the year so it's a bit bittersweet but if I'm honest on a totally personal level I'd happily take a December lockdown every year.
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
No i think its KIP, KIP is a personal journey
Paying twice that, pom, ffs
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
Ah good I finally found the #ffs channel, been searching
― epistantophus, Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
Christ, even your Tesco-bought Founder's Reserve is scarcely cheaper when you take the missing 5cl into account. Then again, Montreal is a mere 4.8k km away from Ballindalloch.
I will KIP by entertaining the possibility of picking up a bottle of Glenlivet 15 in light of this new information.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
Its fine, its not a redbreast nor green spot tbh (not rounded enough for my taste)
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
Facebook "on this day" has been reminding me lately of all the terrible, stressful train journeys home (and, usually worse, back afterwards). None of that this year.
(I enjoy the trains when I'm on them, it's the schedules and delays and the way they close Paddington for works seemingly every Christmas that I don't like)
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 06:36 (three years ago) link
Yes there were definite benefits to covid xmas to somewhat counterbalance the obvious rotten parts
xp must bump whiskey thread theres been a haul
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
No visiting over Christmas which meant that once the place was tidied and comfortable meself, the brother and the brat got to hunker in and enjoy cooking, movies, spins together for the few days
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
covid is an ideal situation for anyone who needs to keep their family out of their lives
― ffolkes (map), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
Maffew12 has a fistful of dollars shared on plex and there were four types of cheese and three sweet chutneys left to finish
― nob lacks, noirish (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
Paperwork, cupboards, obscure cleaning jobs etc have literally never been in better order
Signed the guy who has just shampood his suede shoes and vinegar soda'd the bottom of the curtains
― nob lacks, noirish (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Deeply grateful to have worked from home on 1/6/21, rather than going to my Southwest DC worksite.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 8 January 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
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― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Lockdown sure lets you play with hair/beard combos without unleashing them on the world
― spaghetti connemara (darraghmac), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
aye, ive grown my hair out, am less than fastidious on the shaving front, rather than beard-trimming every other day when im working in the office. thinking of pivoting towards a mullet when i go to my barber next week, bit off the top and sides and leave the back and i'll be in mullet zone
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Pics ffs
― spaghetti connemara (darraghmac), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
if i remember. haven't posted to wdyll threads in yonks anyway
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
including: shaving multiweek-grown beard off in stages to see how one would look with various styles, eg full beard -> porn donut (circle beard) -> zappa -> dr phil or full beard -> lemmy -> horseshoe -> chaplin.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 16 January 2021 09:51 (three years ago) link
I've been bombarded the past few days with clickbait ads about men who used lockdown to grow "monkey tail" beards. Fellas, keep it positive, but do try to keep your composure.
― peace, man, Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Yes look the thread isnt a free for all either, agreed
― spaghetti connemara (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
yikes
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
That is not a clearly kip post, expand or face banishment from this blessed thread imo
― spaghetti connemara (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/1rJSyf8/Brian-Blessed.jpg
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
I'm trying my best to KIP right now but I keep getting into verbal aggro with arseholes who don't seem to realise a park I've been frequenting for over a decade doesn't have a dogs must be on leads rule. But the positive aspect to this post is: I was talking to another dogwalker earlier who gave me some encouragement for my hardliner "just tell 'em to fuck off" stance.
― calzino, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
Take the positives where you can grab em these days imo
― spaghetti connemara (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
Having a fine time reading and writing a fair amount and catching up on music in a way that was impossible before.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Sunday, 17 January 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
Not traveling for work since Dec 2019, after many years of 40k+ flight miles, and pretty successfully working from home got me rethinking things big time. 20 years of renting ended on Friday when we got the keys to a place we bought.
― Jaq, Sunday, 17 January 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link