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Uncle Pete
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Since I am going offline until after Christmas, I start this thread early to wish all shippies a Happy Christmas and a new year filled with Wonder.
-------------------- Even more so than I was before
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Thank you Pete. I wondered when I saw you had posted early.
Happy Christmas to you too, and thank you for your support with Miss M.
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Graven Image
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Thank you for the warm wish Peter enjoy your shore leave.
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Piglet
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Same to you Pete - see you back on board in the New Year. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Nenya
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Merry Christmas, Pete. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Uncle Pete
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Thanks - although to clear up a confusion, I will be as cold as all North Americans are this winter as I am not travelling overseas ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
-------------------- Even more so than I was before
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Sioni Sais
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A Merry Christmas/Nadolig Llawen to everyone on board. We will probably have eleven round the table for Christmas dinner, which will be a squeeze: that's Mr & Mrs Sioni, our five offspring, three partners, and our first grandson (second grandson due in January!). There won't be a lot of turkey left come Boxing Day.
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Welease Woderwick
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quote: Originally posted by Sioni Sais: ...There won't be a lot of turkey left come Boxing Day.
I bet that's a relief!
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Sioni Sais
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: quote: Originally posted by Sioni Sais: ...There won't be a lot of turkey left come Boxing Day.
I bet that's a relief!
For me that is true. There will however be plenty of veg. left over so I shall have some truly epic bubble'n'squeak* with some of the five pound gammon Mrs S will cook.
*potato, sprouts, parsnips, carrots and red cabbage is pretty good.
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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jacobsen
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Here's to the veg!
God Jul* to all
*Happy Christmas
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Welease Woderwick
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We can get sprouts here, occasionally, if we are prepared for them but parsnip is unknown in these parts - one of the few sad facts about living in [self-imposed] exile.
That sounds a wondrous bubble and squeak, Sioni - nom-nom! Will you put a lightly fried egg on top of it when you serve it so you can break the yolk and let it drizzle down into the BnS?
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
That sounds a wondrous bubble and squeak, Sioni - nom-nom! Will you put a lightly fried egg on top of it when you serve it so you can break the yolk and let it drizzle down into the BnS?
I hadn't thout about an egg on top but it's a fine idea. Some surprisng dishes are improved by a fried egg on top: Mrs Sioni had a House Special pizza* with a fried egg, and that was in Venice! We sometimes wonder if they were taking the Mickey out of us English tourists.
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Off to the Dowager's place soon, to meet the rest of the mob - brother, wife, two teenage children; son and fiancee; then hopefully on The Day, daughter, husband and Bump. The Bump is now nearly a week overdue so we are all on tenterhooks - if he or she decides the 25th is a good day for a birthday we'll no doubt be travelling in relays to visit!
So, a very Happy Christmas to you all, and for those to whom Christmas is a trial, may it not be as awful as you expect. After all, you have friends here even if you are stuck with your relatives!
Mrs. S, who loves Christmas! ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
-------------------- Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny. Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort 'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Thirty minutes to midnight is close enough. Guests for dinner and some overnight.
A merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
-------------------- Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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Ecclesiastical Flip-flop
Shipmate
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Happy Christmas to all shipmates.
-------------------- Joyeuses Pâques! Frohe Ostern! Buona Pasqua! ¡Felices Pascuas! Happy Easter!
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Dormouse
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Happy Christmas to all. I don't often post but I read frequently & am grateful for the wit and wisdom of all on these boards. Thank you Shipmates.
-------------------- What are you doing for Lent? 40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
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Welease Woderwick
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Best wishes to all Shipmates from over here, too.
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Rowen
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12.17 am here, so.... Christmas joy to my Shipmates! [ 24. December 2015, 12:18: Message edited by: Rowen ]
-------------------- "May I live this day… compassionate of heart" (John O’Donoghue)...
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Raptor Eye
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It's not here yet, but this may be my last post of the year, and so best wishes from me to you all for a blessed Christmas and a peaceful 2016.
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Jack the Lass
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Merry Christmas shipmates!
-------------------- "My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand) wiblog blipfoto blog
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Chamois
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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St. Gwladys
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Happy Christmas to all my shippie friends- those I've met in r/l and those I might never meet, except via the net, but whom I still regard as friends.
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mousethief
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A most blessed Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ to all!
Unless you don't dig that kind of thing, in which case have a nice day anyway.
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daisydaisy
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I wish you all a joyous Christmas!
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Piglet
Islander
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It's not quite Christmas Day here yet, but as I'll be singing lustily and with good courage at that point, I'll wish everyone a merry Christmas in advance.
Have a great day! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Japes
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I'm home from Midnight Mass so can proclaim loudly "A blessed Christmas to all Shipmates"!
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Cranmer's baggage*
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Wishing all shipmates a very happy Christmas.
-------------------- Eschew obfuscation!
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Leorning Cniht
Shipmate
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Merry Christmas, Shippies.
Kids are in bed, the fat man has done his rounds, and it's time for bed, 'cause I know I'm not getting a lie-in tomorrow
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Hedgehog
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Also just back from midnight mass. Wishing all of you and your loved ones a very joy-filled and delightful Christmas.
"Christmas isn't a day. It's a frame of mind."-- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
-------------------- "We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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EloiseA
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Merry Christmas to all!
-------------------- “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” Flannery O'Connnor
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Huia
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Best Christmas wishes to everyone, especially those who find this a difficult time.
Eloise. your sig made me laugh = thanks.
Huia
-------------------- Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Alan Cresswell
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Merry Christmas to everyone!
メリークリスマス
-------------------- Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
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Golden Key
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Merry Christmas, Good Yule, Good Solstice, Happy Festivus, and Happy any other Holidays that I've forgotten!
And if anyone wants/needs an interfaith (and Humanist!) Christmas special, the locally-produced "May Peace Prevail" was just on TV and can be watched at that link. Sort of a Christmas --> Prince of Peace --> Peace On Earth --> Finding/Making Peace Together In The Midst Of All The World's Violence framework.
Long list of beliefs participating: Humanist, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Konko, Jewish, Christian, Earth-centered, Bahai, etc. Done by an interfaith organization, founded by the retired Episcopal bishop here. Music, dancing, speaking, and ritual (in the candle-lighting sense). FWIW, YMMV.
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Tree Bee
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Happy Christmas everyone! For the first time in decades I'm not cooking Christmas lunch. Instead we're going to cb's to share the day with her family. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
-------------------- "Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." — Woody Guthrie http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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rolyn
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Wishing all Shippies a Happy Christmas this day.
-------------------- Change is the only certainty of existence
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geroff
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Happy Christmas to all on this ship. Thank you everyone for another year. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
-------------------- "The first principle in science is to invent something nice to look at and then decide what it can do." Rowland Emett 1906-1990
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Jengie jon
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May the blessing of the act we are celebrating become a spring of life within the heart of all here.
Jengie
-------------------- "To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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Tortuf
Ship's fisherman
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Merry Christmas everyone. May you all find the peace that passes all understanding within you.
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jedijudy
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Merry Christmas, dear Shipmates!
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Bene Gesserit
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Merry Christmas, all!
-------------------- Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
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jacobsen
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May Christmas be an oasis of peace and happiness to all.
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Carex
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Christmas is (at least for some) at time for feasting and visiting. So on Christmas Eve Day as we prepared the turkey stuffing and pies for the family we had the joy of sharing our cozy kitchen with a special guest - a plumber trying to unclog the kitchen sink drain.
Christmas dawned overcast and cold, but happy and cheerful inside, now that the turkey is in the oven. The pumpkin/pecan pie didn't get baked, but somehow that doesn't seem too important. And the sink drains - we have a lot to be thankful for!
Merry Christmas to each and every one.
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Barnabas62
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Merry Christmas to all! We've had a lovely time with two generations together for our meal and a lovely Skyping time with those further away! And the late evening communion at our local church was especially lovely this year, bringing just the right focus.
-------------------- Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Yes, a very merry Christmas to all.
M.
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Fineline
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Happy Christmas if you celebrate it - and Winter Wishes if you don't!
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Kelly Alves
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God bless you, Shipmates-- you have saved my sanity more often than you know.
But only just barely.
Here's looking at you.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Qoheleth.
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Still 11 days left to have a Merry Christmas! Enjoy it, everyone!
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