Well hello there..

Today our office had a team lunch for Christmas at a nearby cafe .. it was nice... I got the bacon and eggs with a nice flat white on the side.

The afternoon was ours to do what we wanted so I went home and washed the car... yay me... it's been a job I've been putting off for some time now but I have family visiting in a weeks time to stay over Christmas and I figured I needed to get my act together. :)

Christmas shopping is basically done, to be fair I'm really only needing to shop for my wife these days and I think I can pat myself on the back for getting things sorted *weeks* before Christmas <-- this is very unusual for me.

I have 4 more days of work until I am on holiday and I'm ready for it. The amount of crazy extra hours you end up doing just so you can have a few days off to 'relax' is nutty.

So it seems like there's been chatter about the merits of owning your own media, a few test messages, some banter about (now very) old videos I did 'back in the day' and more..

Thanks for keeping the echomail areas alive.

I plan to do some more housekeeping over the coming week or two... have some nodes to prune, some to add etc..

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Re: Christmas Countdown
By: Avon to All on Thu Dec 12 2024 05:08 pm

Today our office had a team lunch for Christmas at a nearby cafe .. it was nice... I got the bacon and eggs with a nice flat white on the side.

The afternoon was ours to do what we wanted so I went home and washed the car... yay me... it's been a job I've been putting off for some time now but I have family visiting in a weeks time to stay over Christmas and I figured I needed to get my act together. :)

Christmas shopping is basically done, to be fair I'm really only needing to shop for my wife these days and I think I can pat myself on the back for getting things sorted *weeks* before Christmas <-- this is very unusual for me.

I have 4 more days of work until I am on holiday and I'm ready for it. The amount of crazy extra hours you end up doing just so you can have a few days off to 'relax' is nutty.

That all sounds good. I hope you have a good Christmas and New Year. I like this time of year, but at the same time, sometimes I feel like it can be busy if you have more than one family visit for the holiday. And for me this year, there has been a little bit of family drama recently, so I'm not sure yet if that part of my family will be getting together for Christmas or not. We got gifts for them, but may end up sending them in the mail if there's no get-together with them. Also, some of my family decided years ago that they don't want to exchange gifts anymore, as they feel that often people give gifts that people don't really need and end up unused, and just spending time with loved ones is more important. And they may or may not plan to get together too; I never know these days.

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for me this year, there has been a little bit of family drama recently,
so I'm not sure yet if that part of my family will be getting together
for Christmas or not. We got gifts for them, but may end up sending
them in the mail if there's no get-together with them. Also, some of my

I feel you. Seems like Christmas and family drama with the in-laws is just par for the course. Every year someone has some issue with something.

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Happy Christmas Avon

Thank you for all the support, it's lovely to be back online like it's 1990
or there abouts :)

All the best, have a lovely Christmas and see everyone in 2025!!

Dundarach, Hull, UK

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On 13 Dec 2024 at 09:54p, Dundarach pondered and said...

Happy Christmas Avon

Thanks :) ... and right back at you, I hope you and the family have a good one also.

Golly it's nearly 25/12.... although I have got the gifts I wanted to for my wife I still need to wrap some of them... I'd better hurry up!

Thank you for all the support, it's lovely to be back online like it's 1990 or there abouts :)

Your most welcome, wait what?! it's not 1997?? Heheheh.... also sorry I have not been as active in recent times but you know the drill, family first etc...

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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