af day Thursday 27 Dec

[treetops]

Morning all!
Kuya is right - it always rains at Christmas in NZ - in fact it rains most days here. Cantoo - yep, it sounds cold cold cold where you are. I had my first trip to Canada last year - in December - and that was cold enough for me. But I loved it and must try to see more of the huge place and the people. There is a lot in common between Canada and NZ - like the sense of humour too.
Mick - tummy will go - you have spring around the corner - and hey, its easier to mend a swollen tummy (from food) than a liver engorged with AL. Besides we have to eat to live.

Hi there Nurdl, SL, Det, TDN, Lavande, Pourquoi, and others.

I'm due for another round of blood tests soon but I have to fast overnight - and that means no early morning cup of tea or coffee. I still have an awful cough so think I will wait till it subsides before I do the tests - as the virus may effect the tests. These tests are to check on my liver's recovery and my cholestoral (can't spell the dammed word)!

[YoungAtHeart]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Hey Treetops, it's good to see you back, and I just popped in a day early to say a special hello to you. Hope you had a good Christmas!

:l

[blondie]

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Hi Treetops and YAH

Hope your tests go well; am waiting till my 1 year AF to go back and get all my tests redone; the BP reduced and all other ailments disappeared but don't know about cholesterol. Also want to see if they can do any checks for demetia (no, really!! been having probs for a while and if it's genetic I can see the similarities with my mum)

Glad back to routine today, though another very hot day. Have been ODing on Coke Zero which I used to hate. Bought a whole load of limes to mix with my sparkling water but I'm overloaded on junk just now

Off to read back, but hello to everyone and Congrats to Molly on 1 year af!!

[CanToo]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Happy Thursday Ladies.

Tree - I have a couple of friends who want to 'do' NZ next year. I am hoping I can join them for a hike and some extreme playing of some kind (bundgy jumping off a bridge kind of fun).

:hallo: YahYah and Blondie.

Off to bed, see you in the future.

CT

[Mick]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Good morning everybody...and hows the booze bustin going today? not long now and we are at the end of the silly season!!!Everybody doin ok? just shout if you are strugglin ..thats why we are here to help each other!!

Tea and coffee on the go for all those that want it..

Mornin treetops how are things down there today?

hiya Cantoo..you ok? well did you get the warmer weather as promised?So chuffed you are in good spirits

Affers KY..by the time you read this you will be back at work...you doing ok? Mad moods calmed down?

TDN....how are you doing? by the time you read this I guess you will be finding out about this circus that is supposed to to be the judicial system...best of luck to you

Well Nurdl ....so what excuse did you give the nosey sil? hope it was a good un!!!!How did the exercise programme go?Yep was on the scales this morning..lost 3lbs in 2 days..back on the tread mill pour moi today


Morning Lav..ow are you? well did you do some working out yesterday? Well heres a rehydratin coffee for you..any plans for today? Swop you turkey noodle soup for some turkey curry :H


PPQ...woweee what a refreshing answer ..definitely on the up :goodjob: swop the buttons for zippers!!You doing anything today? or just taking it easy? just be careful...watching your post..you are getting some bad practices fae Rabsy ..you will end up as daft as him!!

ok Boxing day in French :H

Il ya aussi une raison pour les ventes Boxing Day ....... ? l'?poque o? les gens ?taient pay?s employeurs hebdomadaires donnerait une prime de No?l dans le bulletin de salaire la veille de No?l. Une personne ne savait combien il serait, mais il serait trop tard pour le d?penser avant No?l. Donc magasins ouverts le lendemain de No?l ? mettre la main sur tout l'argent suppl?mentaire avant qu'il ne soit jou? ou bu


Mornin SL...how are you doing?Lazy day for you? you take it easy...seem to be a lot more settled with yourself now ...well done

Morning YAH...you ok?..Even tho you feel crap you are doing absolutely brill what with the fags and hte drink ..so well done..dont forget to treat yourself tho..oh and a bit o history for you too!

BOXING DAY
Boxing Day was a day off for servants and when they received a ?Christmas Box? from the master. The servants would also go home to give ?Christmas Boxes? to their families.
A box to collect money for the poor was placed in Churches on Christmas day then opened the next day.

See you can learn all sorts here!! :H

Morning Det...you ok today? any plans ?

Oh hell Rabsy foos yir doos the day loon? any plans in the pipeline? thought teachers spent most of their holidays marking school books in big red pen with shite phrases like "must try harder" ,needs more effort" n all that!!

Morning SF...course you are welcome,,,you need to sit down and work out the whys and wherefores ..and make a real determined plan...your mission is..to say on Jan 1st 2014..well thats an af year in now...do you accept the challenge?Im even giving you 4 days to get a plan in place...you can do it

Blondie....WELL DONE YOU.........in fact think we all deserve a pat on the back!Just change your plans for next year to suit...its about enjoying yourself..not sticking to a pattern...put in a special avatar just for you!!!

Hiya Catbuddy..wow you have done well...home time now is it...?nice going away but there is nothing to beat your own place

Pity there were a few who didnt show over the Chrimbo period......but I guess thats life.Have a great day everyone

Cheap and cheerful lodgings
A lodger in a Scottish guest house in Milngavie, near Glasgow, was on his way to the bathroom carrying his shaving gear, when the landlady stopped him and said, 'Have you got a good memory for faces, Mr MacGregor?'

'Och aye,' Mac replied.

'That's just as well,' she said, 'because there's no mirror in the bathroom.'

Are you looking for work Jock?'
'Not necessarily - but I'd like a job.'

MacTavish visited London for his annual holiday and stayed at a large hotel. However, he didnae feel that the natives were friendly.

'At 4 o'clock every morning,' he told a friend, 'they hammered on my bedroom door, on the walls, even on the floor and ceiling. Och, sometimes they hammered so loud I could hardly hear myself playing the bagpipes.'

At an auction in Glasgow a wealthy American announced that he had lost his wallet containing ?10,000 [$20,000USD] and would give a reward of ?100 to the person who found it.
From the back of the hall a Scottish voice shouted, 'I'll give ?150.'

MacDonald was in poor health. He asked his friend MacDougal if he would pour a bottle of scotch over his grave if he should die one of these days.

MacDougal said, 'Sure'n I'll be glad, laddie, but would you mind if I passed it through my kidneys first?'

Double-glazing is big business in Scotland in the hope that the children cannot hear the ice-cream van when it comes round.

Reilly is walking through a graveyard when he comes across a headstone with the inscription "Here lies a politician and an honest man."

'Faith now,' exclaims Reilly, 'I wonder how they got the two of them in one grave.

The cop stops the flow of traffic and shouts, 'Okay pedestrians'. Then he allows the traffic to pass. He did this several times, and Gallagher is still standing on the sidewalk.

After the cop has shouted 'Pedestrians' for the tenth time, Gallagher approaches him and says, 'Is it not about time ye let the Catholics across?'

[RunningCourage]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Mick;1432788 wrote: Good morning everybody...and hows the booze bustin going today? not long now and we are at the end of the silly season!!!Everybody doin ok? just shout if you are strugglin ..thats why we are here to help each other!!

Michael, your spelling here is atrocious. And please, must you use so many exclamation marks?

Tea and coffee on the go for all those that want it.. Better.

Mornin treetops how are things down there today?

hiya Cantoo..you ok? well did you get the warmer weather as promised?So chuffed you are in good spirits Good grief, Michael, will you remember to use capital letters?!

Affers KY..by the time you read this you will be back at work...you doing ok? Mad moods calmed down? "Affers"? "AFFERS"? Michael, what in God's name is "affers"?

TDN....how are you doing? by the time you read this I guess you will be finding out about this circus that is supposed to to be the judicial system...best of luck to you Full stop.

Well Nurdl ....so what excuse did you give the nosey sil? hope it was a good un!!!!How did the exercise programme go?Yep was on the scales this morning..lost 3lbs in 2 days..back on the tread mill pour moi today English Michael! This is not French class. You can write in French with Madame du Pont whenever you are in her class, but not in mine!


Morning Lav..ow are you? well did you do some working out yesterday? Well heres a rehydratin coffee for you..any plans for today? Swop you turkey noodle soup for some turkey curry :H Michael, only the teacher can draw a smiling face upon one's book. If you want to draw, please do this in Art with Mr McGraw.


PPQ...woweee what a refreshing answer ..definitely on the up :goodjob: swop the buttons for zippers!!You doing anything today? or just taking it easy? just be careful...watching your post..you are getting some bad practices fae Rabsy ..you will end up as daft as him!! See above with reference to drawing in my class.

ok Boxing day in French :H

Il ya aussi une raison pour les ventes Boxing Day ....... ? l'?poque o? les gens ?taient pay?s employeurs hebdomadaires donnerait une prime de No?l dans le bulletin de salaire la veille de No?l. Une personne ne savait combien il serait, mais il serait trop tard pour le d?penser avant No?l. Donc magasins ouverts le lendemain de No?l ? mettre la main sur tout l'argent suppl?mentaire avant qu'il ne soit jou? ou bu See above with reference to writing in French in my class.


Mornin SL...how are you doing?Lazy day for you? you take it easy...seem to be a lot more settled with yourself now ...well done

Morning YAH...you ok?..Even tho you feel crap you are doing absolutely brill what with the fags and hte drink ..so well done..dont forget to treat yourself tho..oh and a bit o history for you too! SPELLING!

BOXING DAY
Boxing Day was a day off for servants and when they received a ?Christmas Box? from the master. The servants would also go home to give ?Christmas Boxes? to their families.
A box to collect money for the poor was placed in Churches on Christmas day then opened the next day.

See you can learn all sorts here!! :H

Morning Det...you ok today? any plans ?

Oh hell Rabsy foos yir doos the day loon? What is this? French?any plans in the pipeline? thought teachers spent most of their holidays marking school books in big red pen with shite phrases like "must try harder" ,needs more effort" n all that!! And here - enough of your cheek Michael. I know your mother all too well and she would not be pleased in the slightest if she were to catch on to the fact that you handed this in as homework.

Morning SF...course you are welcome,,, elipsses are NOT written with commas!you need to sit down and work out the whys and wherefores ..and make a real determined plan...your mission is..to say on Jan 1st 2014..well thats an af year in now...do you accept the challenge?Im even giving you 4 days to get a plan in place...you can do it

Blondie....WELL DONE YOU.........in fact think we all deserve a pat on the back!Just change your plans for next year to suit...its about enjoying yourself..not sticking to a pattern...put in a special avatar just for you!!! Far, far too many ellipses Michael!

Hiya Catbuddy..wow you have done well...home time now is it...?nice going away but there is nothing to beat your own place

Pity there were a few who didnt show over the Chrimbo period......but I guess thats life.Have a great day everyone Christmas - not Chrimbo

Cheap and cheerful lodgings
A lodger in a Scottish guest house in Milngavie, near Glasgow, was on his way to the bathroom carrying his shaving gear, when the landlady stopped him and said, 'Have you got a good memory for faces, Mr MacGregor?'

'Och aye,' Mac replied.

'That's just as well,' she said, 'because there's no mirror in the bathroom.'

Are you looking for work Jock?'
'Not necessarily - but I'd like a job.'

MacTavish visited London for his annual holiday and stayed at a large hotel. However, he didnae feel that the natives were friendly.

'At 4 o'clock every morning,' he told a friend, 'they hammered on my bedroom door, on the walls, even on the floor and ceiling. Och, sometimes they hammered so loud I could hardly hear myself playing the bagpipes.'

At an auction in Glasgow a wealthy American announced that he had lost his wallet containing ?10,000 [$20,000USD] and would give a reward of ?100 to the person who found it.
From the back of the hall a Scottish voice shouted, 'I'll give ?150.'

MacDonald was in poor health. He asked his friend MacDougal if he would pour a bottle of scotch over his grave if he should die one of these days.

MacDougal said, 'Sure'n I'll be glad, laddie, but would you mind if I passed it through my kidneys first?'

Double-glazing is big business in Scotland in the hope that the children cannot hear the ice-cream van when it comes round.

Reilly is walking through a graveyard when he comes across a headstone with the inscription "Here lies a politician and an honest man."

'Faith now,' exclaims Reilly, 'I wonder how they got the two of them in one grave.

The cop stops the flow of traffic and shouts, 'Okay pedestrians'. Then he allows the traffic to pass. He did this several times, and Gallagher is still standing on the sidewalk.

After the cop has shouted 'Pedestrians' for the tenth time, Gallagher approaches him and says, 'Is it not about time ye let the Catholics across?'


Michael, this is a tawdry piece of work. When I gave the homework, asking you to tell the rest of the class what you did this Christmas, I did not expect a diatribe of "shout outs" to your fellow classmates, written in what can only be described as unruly and uncouth vernacular. Neither, Michael, is this a platform for you to try out new and old jokes. This is a school, not a comedy club.

Michael, you MUST do better.
Tut tut...

[kuya]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

You, Mr Running Courage, are hilarious. :H:H:H

[Mick]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Dear teecher,
thanx 4 markin my home work...I can assure you I did my best with this!:H

I appreshiate that this is seeryous stuff but I dont think that its funny speshully as you are saying that it is a skool an not a comedy store
Comedy store??? you have been watching too many o they american fillums..and being as you are the biggest clown I have met I thot it only rite to reply in the same vein
Vernacular???What have uppy downy railways got to do with this?

And by the way Mr Smartarse teecher...here is some more of the alphabet for you to dechipher!!

Fu Q :H:H:H:H

Signed Micks ma

[ThreeDogNight]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Good morning, all.

RC's corrections are funnier than the morning jokes, IMO!! As a former prof de francais (don't know the circonflexe command) , I do notice at least one grammatical error in that French translation or description of Boxing Day. (donnerait should be donneraient, I believe Anyay, enjoyed reading this. Just got to this thread after spending quite a bit of time reading through RC's Stella and the booze thread.

Snow is falling, although not as heavily as I'd thought, so guess it is coming. . .all 10-16 inches:upset: Not sure if Mr TDN can/will get me into town to help at the flower shop.

Have made some progress on the legal stuff, and I tell you, the state I am dealing with (and lived in for forty years!) is just as corrupt as I knew it to be! Will write more after I decide which attorney to go with, but it is too bad that I even need to pay somebody to deal with a mess that one lawyer claims is illegal!!!! But I have not had any thoughts of drinking. None!

Will be back later, and wishing everyone a great AF day!

Catbuddy--welcome back!

[porqoui]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Evening TT...thanks for kicking us off yesterday and I agree about waiting till you're feeling better before doing the tests. At least you won't risk having to do them over.

Morning YahYah and Blondie...you both sound so good these days. Keep it up.

Morning Mick...let's set the record straight. I do not speak french! When I joined MWO every username I tried was taken. Thought why is this so hard...and "why" was too short of a username so typed in "porqoui" and it worked. Been suffering for it ever since. :H

Lunch today with some dear friends. Haven't seen them for a year so am really looking forward to it.

Morning RC...loved the corrections. What does Mick mean by "You'll end up as daft as him" I think you've been insulted, or I have :H

Evening KY...you still up? Never did get an answer to what you were on about yesterday.

Morning TDN...glad you're making some progress. You sound a lot calmer in your post and doesn't it feel great when you realize "I haven't even thought of having a drink"? It's kinda like an "Ah Ha" moment. Will keep an eye out for you.

Special Good Morning to you SF...so glad you posted promptly and honestly about what happened. The anxiety will pass but I know how you're feeling. Had an anxiety attack after dealing with Dick Head (no not AL the ex) so it's still pretty fresh for me. Hang in there. Here you go...:angel:"PPPP":angel:

Time for cup #2 so have a great AF Thursday all and all to come....PPQ

[porqoui]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

And here's the real truth about Boxing Day

[RunningCourage]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Dear Micheal's mother,

I am, quite frankly, appalled not only at your grammar, but at Micheal's. What i find even more ingratiating is Micheal's inability to take his schooling seriously. Really Micheal's mother, one does wish you might support him better in his endeavors. It could be, for example, that Micheal discovers an ability that will stand him in good stead as he matures into a young man. An ability that will get him a decent job, a decent wage and make him all the more attractive as a bread winner for his family-to-be.

Presently Micheal sees himself as little more than the class clown. In his current guise Micheal will be lucky to get through this academic year let alone a job of any moral worth.

I implore you to work harder for Micheal, to have him terminate his tomfoolery and ensure he gets the best start in life.

Yours

Mrs Thomasina Ingrid Penelope-Polyphosphate Luther-Erskine

PS, your parting comment is spelled f-u-c-k - space - y-o-u

Mick;1432820 wrote: Dear teecher,
thanx 4 markin my home work...I can assure you I did my best with this!:H

I appreshiate that this is seeryous stuff but I dont think that its funny speshully as you are saying that it is a skool an not a comedy store
Comedy store??? you have been watching too many o they american fillums..and being as you are the biggest clown I have met I thot it only rite to reply in the same vein
Vernacular???What have uppy downy railways got to do with this?

And by the way Mr Smartarse teecher...here is some more of the alphabet for you to dechipher!!

Fu Q :H:H:H:H

Signed Micks ma

[Mick]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Dear Mr arsey teecber,
Thank you for your reply.I appreciate your concern in respect of his education.....I do feel however that he has already attained a satisfactory level,bearing in mind he is chair of the board of governors in the academic establishment you are currently employed at

[RunningCourage]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Mick;1432884 wrote: Dear Mr arsey teecber,
Thank you for your reply.I appreciate your concern in respect of his education.....I do feel however that he has already attained a satisfactory level,bearing in mind he is chair of the board of governors in the academic establishment you are currently employed at

Dear Micheal's mother,

He has? Oh. Well I must say he is looking rather well for his age. Thought he was a mere 14 years. Clearly not. Unless he is a genius? Oh god, don't tell me he is one of those looney's that are genius's also? He's not an Einstein, is he? Or perhaps a Spike Milligan?

Good grief, some mother's do have them... and some teachers do get them.

Still, your own grammar is shocking. Absolutely focking shocking. A disgrace. I mean, for fock's sake Micheal's mother can you not even spell 'Mrs'? How focking hard is that? And can't you focking read? Thomasina is not a man's name however which way you look at it.

Yours

Mrs T

[Mick]

af day Thursday 27 Dec

Rabsy..doin this on me phone!....bit of a pain!...off to rhe sales have fot a spare fiver