Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

CatieE said:

We have a young child and so xmas will start on 6 Dec when 'Samichlaus' will visit with presents. Then Father Xmas will call on xmas eve of course. I am keen to keep  two cultures alive .

Lucky child, two Christmases !

BC2, the Christmas you describe is so real, almost feels like I'm there, picking meat of the turkey, yep, one of the delights despite not having any real hunger or need

Davesnave

Black_Cat2 said:

CatieE said:

On xmas day in the Bernese Oberland there would be a procession where people wearing a cow bell or carrying drums would walk through the streets to scare the evil spirits. Many wearing masks.

That sort of thing happens here in Somerset everyday but usually under cover of darkness with much chanting and nudity (alledgedly) 😹

Well, it does, with the traditional Somerset wassailing and the firing of guns to keep the evil spirits out of the cider orchards etc

...or there's Bridgwater Carnival; quite a lot of noise and semi-nudity there.

https://www.bridgwatercarnival.org.uk/gallery/videos/procession/2014-video-clips-2/bridgwater-the-home-of-carnival/

Ganga

Black_Cat2 said:

We grew up with a strict Xmas day routine. Weren't allowed downstairs until parents were awake/ready, followed by having to wait for everyone to be there for pressie opening, then TV could go on - usually BBC Morecambe & Wise or similar, overindulgence on dinner, sitting there afterwards feeling pregnant, Queens speech, pudding with argument about how much cream you could have, no one mentioned walks etc for fear of lynching, movie of the afternoon (usually a re-re-re-repeat), followed by a visit to the fridge to pick some meat off the turkey, granny getting tipsy on sherry, siblings arguing about just about everything, grandad passing wind (thinks descretly but everyone can hear ofc), hearing the cracker jokes for the umpteenth time from dad, mum then getting tipsy on baileys, finished off with a massive argument around 6pm when everyones masks come down and true feelings are shared.  

Glad I'm an adult now 😁

Ah the good old days ,you will miss all this one day ,the kids will be sitting playing on their phones ,some of your older relatives will have passed on and the tv will be pants! enjoy while you can before you are in the old folks home with your turkey dinner being put through a blender before a nurse shoves it in your mouth 

Davesnave

Ganga said:

Black_Cat2 said:

We grew up with a strict Xmas day routine. Weren't allowed downstairs until parents were awake/ready, followed by having to wait for everyone to be there for pressie opening, then TV could go on - usually BBC Morecambe & Wise or similar, overindulgence on dinner, sitting there afterwards feeling pregnant, Queens speech, pudding with argument about how much cream you could have, no one mentioned walks etc for fear of lynching, movie of the afternoon (usually a re-re-re-repeat), followed by a visit to the fridge to pick some meat off the turkey, granny getting tipsy on sherry, siblings arguing about just about everything, grandad passing wind (thinks descretly but everyone can hear ofc), hearing the cracker jokes for the umpteenth time from dad, mum then getting tipsy on baileys, finished off with a massive argument around 6pm when everyones masks come down and true feelings are shared.  

Glad I'm an adult now 😁

Ah the good old days ,you will miss all this one day ,the kids will be sitting playing on their phones ,some of your older relatives will have passed on and the tv will be pants! enjoy while you can before you are in the old folks home with your turkey dinner being put through a blender before a nurse shoves it in your mouth 

You've almost sold it to me, but will the nurse be, you know, 'interesting?' 

Black_Cat2

😹😹😹 @ D and G, but hasn't the TV always been pants? 🤭

Black_Cat2

Farway said:

BC2, the Christmas you describe is so real, almost feels like I'm there, picking meat of the turkey, yep, one of the delights despite not having any real hunger or need

That is a good memory F 😸, especially seeing turkey isn't cooked in our house anymore.  My picky lot prefer chicken or believe it or not... pizza (if they got a chance)... times have changed for sure! 

Davesnave

Black_Cat2 said:

😹😹😹 @ D and G, but hasn't the TV always been pants? 🤭

Mostly, yes, but thank goodness for You Tube and people who post the better bits there (and I don't mean the baby elephant running amok on Blue Peter!) Since 2014, when Openreach upgraded the tin can on the end of our string here, the availability of moving pictures I can choose myself has stunned me; its opened up a whole new world especially finding out that in other countries those who play heavy rock aren't necessarily hairy, bearded, covered in tattoos and males over 60.....

But I digress. Yesterday was a mixed bag, but I hired a hedge trimmer and got most of our remaining overgrowth reduced:

No short back and sides this year, just a light trim.....and yes, he does moan about the oak trees, but think of the wildlife that's thanking him.

Suffering today with the tooth that should have been treated finally breaking up on me and nothing's killing the pain, even neat malt whisky applied direct. No Rosemoor till Thursday at the earliest now.

Ganga

Davesnave said:

Ganga said:

Black_Cat2 said:

We grew up with a strict Xmas day routine. Weren't allowed downstairs until parents were awake/ready, followed by having to wait for everyone to be there for pressie opening, then TV could go on - usually BBC Morecambe & Wise or similar, overindulgence on dinner, sitting there afterwards feeling pregnant, Queens speech, pudding with argument about how much cream you could have, no one mentioned walks etc for fear of lynching, movie of the afternoon (usually a re-re-re-repeat), followed by a visit to the fridge to pick some meat off the turkey, granny getting tipsy on sherry, siblings arguing about just about everything, grandad passing wind (thinks descretly but everyone can hear ofc), hearing the cracker jokes for the umpteenth time from dad, mum then getting tipsy on baileys, finished off with a massive argument around 6pm when everyones masks come down and true feelings are shared.  

Glad I'm an adult now 😁

Ah the good old days ,you will miss all this one day ,the kids will be sitting playing on their phones ,some of your older relatives will have passed on and the tv will be pants! enjoy while you can before you are in the old folks home with your turkey dinner being put through a blender before a nurse shoves it in your mouth 

You've almost sold it to me, but will the nurse be, you know, 'interesting?' 

Yes she will be just like nurse Ratched off  " One flew over the cuckoo,s nest 

Farway

Hiring monster hedge trimmers is serious gardening D,

Shame about tooth & Rosemoor, it was beautiful warm sunshine this morning while I was up at the Volunteer border for my exercise, socially distanced of course

The "Peace" rose planted, plus "free" daff bulbs into the grass, sit back now until Spring

A few fungi popping up, this one we found interesting, which I've since identified as a Shaggy Inkcap, delicious cooked apparently.

Black_Cat2

Farway said:

Love it!  Hubby said he thinks it's what a haemorrhoid would look like... no class 😹