Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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20 December 2009
11:5035298#1
So, there you are just finished Christmas dinner at lunchtime, (unless you`re working of course), and you`ve got a power cut, which, on ringing the electricity board, is going to last till midnight. No probs for me of course, but what about the rest of you? What are you all going to do? Can you survive without tv? Will it bring the family closer and get the brain working as to how to utilise all these hours you`ve now got ? Or will some discover radio? Over to you.
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20 December 2009
11:5235299#2
I would not miss the TV at all Colin, but on yesterdays evidence the rest of the family would lose their minds...! But it did let us re-discover scarbble (I love scrabble!!) and perhaps we could play cards and listen to my radios? Cuddling up together under a duvet with a pack of cards and some tea - bliss!!
20 December 2009
11:5335300#3
I think I may have lost scrabble points for the mis-spell in the last post!!
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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20 December 2009
11:5435301#4
Highland Park and candlelit games!
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Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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20 December 2009
12:1435308#5
Never have TV or Radio on Christmas Day. Christmas is for the family once dinner is over and all put away the rest of the day is goin up to the sons house with the Grand Children playing their games with them.
Might be a small problem if no electric though as a lot of the games today need the old AC. Still we would then have to revert to the old games and having good old family fun.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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20 December 2009
12:5135313#6
I've invested in a generator Colin to run my lights and a couple of sockets. Sadly I wasn't able to christen it yesterday as I was out at the time!
Terry
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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20 December 2009
12:5535314#7
Sorry Terry, that`s cheating. You`ve got no fuel for it anyway.
. If everyone had a generator, that would shoot my post down in flames.
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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20 December 2009
14:2335320#8
I love cheating Colin, still it will cost me about 15 quid in petrol for 8 hours. I call it insurance.
Have a nice Christmas!
Terry
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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20 December 2009
14:2635321#9
In that case Terry, if there is a power cut, I won`t be coming round your house to play cards or scrabble.
Merry Christmas to you too mate.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2009
19:5235339#10
there was me thinking that all forum members would be standing around a piano belting out carols, whilst thinking of what the queen would be saying on the box later.
this would be punctuated only by admiring looks at an illuminated nativity scene.
20 December 2009
23:1135364#11
Who gave you my copy of our itinerary? I should be told..............
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2009
23:1435365#12
well bern, between you and me, i think that rick and his family are great afficianados of the religious aspect of the festival.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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21 December 2009
10:3635388#13
I'm afraid that to me carol singers come in the same category as "penny for the guy" and trick or treaters.
I was cheered up last week, I was listening to the requests on Classic FM. A lady phoned in asking for a carol. They played Leroy Anderson's Sleighride. Brilliant!
Terry
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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21 December 2009
11:0035391#14
Another nice piece of Leroy Anderson music, the popular `Typewriter`, 1950 vintage. Play it on youtube.
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