What are you doing for Christmas?

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Folks:

We had a traditional meal tonight. Well traditional for us. We have lived most of our life west of the Mississippi, but grew-up in the east. It was roast beef hash, with onions and peppers, slathered in homemade ketchup [I make a mean habanero ketchup]. Served with homemade biscuits, butter and good Maldon Salt. Lingon berries on the side. Mountain folks will recognize this.

What are you doing for Christmas? Well for us, we bought a kit that will let us build an N-gauge train board. When I was a kid, a train board was part of Christmas. I still have the trains from back then. They are American Flyer. Of course, the ones that I have are now collector’s items. Crap, I have one that is worth more than my car. But I don’t want to get going on that theme. We are now doing this for fun. It was –10F [wind chill –50F] this morning, so we will go with indoors activities.

Build a big fire in the Earth Stove, drink some fine wine with beluga caviar, and develop our version of the designer’s N-gauge train board [not likely that it will turn out like the design]. We’ve been married for more than 35 years; we can survive this. If you can survive your inlaws, you can survive it all. 8<)))

Happy holidays.

Best wishes,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 22, 2000

Answers

Hey, I forgot to mention, we ate listening to tapes of the Crickets. How is that for retro.....

Best Wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 22, 2000.


Z,

For the 5th time in 30 years I do NOT have to work on Xmas day, and my children are all spending Xmas with their mother. So for Paulette and I it will be a quiet day with each other. We may go for a walk down the river, maybe even a swim in the lake. In the evening we are booked into a restuarant for a traditional Xmas dinner, so we don't even have to do the dishes afterwards.

Over the Xmas break we intend to do a bit of mountain biking and plenty of walking as long as it isn't too hot. We may even manage to find a tug pilot to pull us into the air for a bit of gliding.

Email me before your trip to New Zealand, and if you are going to be anywhere near us we may be able to show you some of our Central Otago sights.

-- Malcolm Taylor (taylorm@es.co.nz), December 22, 2000.


Malcolm:

I will hold you to that promise. But as you must know, the scientific community in NZ has taken quite a tumble. Don't know when I will be coming at this moment.

Best Wishes,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 22, 2000.


Z, I am glad to see that you have not left the forum as I think you threarened to do in the "Nazi/Bush connection" thread.

But I guess Anita has left. Too bad. Good luck Norse babe.

Christmas? I have been invited to have dinner with a family down the road. This same family has invited me for Xmas Day for 5 years in a row. I am "the man who came for dinner".

I have had visits from various members of my personal family for the last two weekends. They are scattered from Philly to Phoenix.

What Tiny Tim said.

-- Lars (lars@onemain.com), December 23, 2000.


We're having my father-in-law over for Christmas Eve, and my side of the family over to our house Christmas Day in the afternoon. My daughter will be home with us almost all day on Christmas, but we'll wait and do her overnight visit a couple of days later to spread out the work (exhausted parents are not good company).

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), December 23, 2000.


Just following the same Christmas tradition that I've followed for years now. Visit the relatives (who live in town) for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, do a little pre-Christmas entertaining, and then blow town for the Caribbean over New Years.

-- E.H.Porter (Just.Wondering@About.it), December 23, 2000.

To combine a little of life with politics. I am setting near a nice fire and looking out of the windows to the east. The backyard and ajoining woods are full of wild turkies. They fed for a while at the corn feeders we have for birds but, then, they left and started scratching in the snow for wild food.

Analysis, based on posts here They aren't democrats because they wouldn't feed at the trough forever. They aren't Nadarites because they aren't, well, green; besides they are now eating a threatened species as I watch. They must either republicans or libertarians. Man, those parties make good eating. *<)) I say, turkies forever.

Best Wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), December 23, 2000.


{ & here I figured libertarians would have too much gristle... ]

-- flora (***@__._), December 23, 2000.

It was my fault we were out of propane at Christmas with a winter storm on the way. The company was closed today, and too many people had waited until the last minute to order. We were told that we wouldn't be getting a delivery.

We cooked the Christmas dinner today and had our family gathering. To save propane, we shut down propane heat in half of the house (where the dining table is) and ate on our laps near the woodstove. We had a lovely time.

We planned to turn the water heater down to "vacation" and try to ride out another possible two weeks without a propane delivery. We planned to do all of the future cooking on the woodstove. It wasn't a pleasant plan, but we knew we would be ok.

The propane truck showed up. The driver tried to make it up our steep hill and nearly went over an embankment sideways. He ended up slammed into the hill on the opposite side of the driveway. He tried again and had a scary slide backward, all six wheels spinning freely.

He asked me how low our supplies were. I told him they were very low, but I'd rather manage than have him wreck his truck. He said he would try one more time. I thought he would cut new drainage ditches from the gunning and spinning he did, but he made it up the hill.

He asked how much we needed. I told him we could only afford to take the minimum delivery amount. He looked at the dial on our tank -- nearly zero -- and said we could pay the rest on credit. He filled us up enough to keep us going two more months at full use and maybe three months if we're careful.

He wasn't wearing a red hat, but I'm pretty sure he was Santa Claus.

Merry Christmas!

-- helen (b@r.f), December 23, 2000.


I drove the snow packed streets this afternoon to buy 2 bottles of wine, since the beverage stores are not open on Sunday in Indiana and I figure they might be closed Monday too. I buy Meridian Chardonnay--medium quality, medium price, eh Capn?

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), December 23, 2000.


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