Bilbo 2960 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 28 minutes ago, mstrox said: i think you'd be lucky to find somebody in the us who knows what stephens day/boxing day is! i only know boxing day because i googled it once after seeing it on my calendar. its written on calendars here as "boxing day (canada)" all the same, i think "schools" are closed at this time of year for winter break, and don't return until january 2. the daycare that we pay over $200 a week to watch our kid while we work, they're open almost every weekday Ah right! That explains that so! 11 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Stefan's Day? SAINT Stefan’s Day. Have a quality street mstrox and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 my household celebvrates every day as st. steefs day Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Bilbo said: Ah right! That explains that so! SAINT Stefan’s Day. Have a quality street Don't mind if I do, squire. Got any green triangles? Bilbo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Stay away from my toffee pennies and you can have whichever ones you want! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (Southern accent) Hell, you can have 'em, soon as get my green triangles. Now...where are they? Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Aww, thanks, Bil, they're my favourite Bilbo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 All I wants is the toffee pennies Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 kid is better enough to go to school today. not one hundo percent but better i want to eat all your chocolates. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Last of the turkey and ham today. I’ll miss it. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Still have some salmon salad left. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 goodbye the turkey and ham. we will always remember u Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 THE banoffee pie will last another day however. I ate 6 or 7 potatoe croquettes along with my four scoops of mashed potatoe and all the turkey and ham. Then the pie. I will I’ll not be moving any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Aaahhh...carbs! Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 we do lasagna for christmas eve, and still have tons of leftovers of that. we went to my parents house for christmas day, and while we dont eat meat, we didnt remember to bring home any of the other leftovers. Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie 690 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Unfortunately this holiday has brought a nasty illness with it. So far I've managed to avoid it. Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 7 hours ago, mstrox said: i want to eat all your chocolates. I'm not sure if you'd like them, Mike; UK chocolate tastes different from American chocolate. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Yeah, they’re edible unlike American ones. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Indeed! Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2381 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 12 hours ago, mstrox said: we dont eat meat Thank you for leaving more for me. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 id hate for you to run out! kid is mostly better, and the mstrox is host to The Cold now. i will provide a warm and loving home for it, until it moves on to my spouse. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Had steak today as we finally ran out of turkey and ham. It’s been absolute bliss lying on the couch across from the turf fire listening to James Horner and reading over the past few days. I don’t want to go back to work on Tuesday 😢 Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 im the only person in my office this week (well, me and my boss - but he has his own office) - so ive been able to really listen to music without a lot of distraction while im working. listening to raiders of the lost ark right now. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 we were given a half day today for the new year, so everybody cancelled their days off to take advantage of the free time. compared to earlier this week, it's bustling in here my dad got a free luxury box to, of all things, professional wrestling tonight - so we're going to have "baby's first violence" tonight! i understand nothing about wrestling. Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Mike, if you get bored, you can always go down to the underground garage, and chop someone's head off, with a Chinese sword, made of metal which has been folded one hundred times. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 yes, that is always an option!! Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Don't loose your head! Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10236 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 12 minutes ago, Richard said: Mike, if you get bored, you can always go down to the underground garage, and chop someone's head off, with a Chinese sword, made of metal which has been folded one hundred times. Again? Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The man's gotta have a hobby Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 happy 2018 - its the 2018th year! Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 correction to yesterday: as the year 0 was also a year, 2018 is actually the 2019th year. confusing! Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 No, you were right first time, Mike. There was/is no year zero (unless you live in Cambodia ). Time went from 1bc to 1ad, in a flash, so, really, this is 2018th year. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 oh god, just realized about the bc years. ill have to recount Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 still working on counting all of the years. im up to 3043. ill keep u all posted. in the meantime, happy thursday! it isnt going to significantly affect me, but our east coast is going to be hit with a weather phenomenon called a "cyclone bomb" which sounds pretty legit. i think @Jay may get some of it - stay warm buddy! Link to post Share on other sites
Glóin the Dark 793 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 4:47 PM, Bilbo said: Have a quality street That's disgusting. Someone has been putting empty wrappers back in the box. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 17 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: That's disgusting. Someone has been putting empty wrappers back in the box. Pet Peave of mine but I can’t get the rest of the family to cop on! Link to post Share on other sites
Glóin the Dark 793 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 The barbarians! I like about two-thirds of the Quality Streets, so my custom is to take two large tinfuls and gather the nice ones in the first tin and the nasty ones in the second, which can then be very generously gifted to others. Bilbo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I’m in it for the toffee pennies and those long chocolate and toffee sticks. Link to post Share on other sites
Glóin the Dark 793 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Okay, you can have one of each, but keep your hobbity hands off the blue ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 No problemo Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 i'd eat em all Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 No need to be greedy. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 i ate em all hope ur week'sends were fulfilling. we stayed inside, un-christmassed the place, and caught up on some tv at naptimes (finished silicon valley, started s2 of stranger things) Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbo 2960 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I went into Dublin Saturday and Sunday. Got my comics on Saturday and treated myself to a meal in the Hard Rock Cafe on Sunday. Very nice weekend. Hurling starts back up next weekend so it’ll be all go! Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 17572 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 1/4/2018 at 8:51 AM, mstrox said: in the meantime, happy thursday! it isnt going to significantly affect me, but our east coast is going to be hit with a weather phenomenon called a "cyclone bomb" which sounds pretty legit. i think @Jay may get some of it - stay warm buddy! Haha, I hadn't heard that term (cyclone bomb) before! We got like a foot of snow on Thursday; We spent the entire day inside, both worked from home, never even as much as opened the door. Friday morning had to go outside and snowblow the driveway, took forever, and was a giant pain in the ass because it was so windy it just kept blowing everywhere. Since then, the wind has continued so much, half the driveway is juts full of snow again, level with the yard's snow level, just from all the intense wind. Today arriving at work was extra nutso, the town my work is in clearly got a lot more snow, and the company in charge of plowing our parking lot epicly failed, so 5 entire spots that are supposed to exist are covered in snow, and the amount of snow on the ground is easily 2 feet here. Awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
mstrox 3920 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 ridiculous! yesterday we got shipped home from work early because of what amounted to an inch of “wintery mix.” schools all got early dismissals too. so you can see where pennsylvania’s snow skill levels are. todays my kids second birthday so we took off of work and are taking her to a climbnasium type place, pizza for lunch, disney store to pick a toy, a few other places Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Mike, do you live anywhere near Pittsburgh? I used to live 90 miles south (off of the I 90), and I made a couple of trips to the city. I saw Michael Chabon's "cloud factory" and the PPG building, and I never tired of seeing where the three rivers converge. On the subject of weather: you guys cope far better than us in Blighty do. One spot of rain, and a few leaves on the road, and every major city seems to grind to a halt. Snow? Fuck that! The whole country shuts down! We just have no idea how to cope. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2381 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 44 minutes ago, Richard said: Mike, do you live anywhere near Pittsburgh? I used to live 90 miles south (off of the I 90), and I made a couple of trips to the city. I saw Michael Chabon's "cloud factory" and the PPG building, and I never tired of seeing where the three rivers converge. You can just visit, but I plan to stay. I'm going to go back there someday... mstrox 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4605 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 O.k. Woj, what's that from? Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Wojo 2381 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 It's the song Gonzo sings in The Muppet Movie. Link to post Share on other sites
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