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One of my previous jobs gave out overtime (triple pay) on Xmas day and double pay on Boxing day. Best thing ever man. Nobody bothered you and no managers to hassle your ass. and best part?
Damn right. How can I sit and enjoy The Great Escape at home when I'm being nagged to peel potatoes and shit? Much rather come to work in pyjamas and return home to have a feast waiting for me.
Perhaps it's the bah humbug in me, but I think I'd enjoy Christmas a whole lot more if it wasnt for the giving or receiving of presents. Sure, I'd still get the kids some because Im not completely a heartless old cunt, but fuck me the task of buying people stuff when they dont tell you what they want is just intolerable.
Kids+Christmas=less drinking but the joy on their faces is so worth it. When you're looking up at the satellite to see Santa's sleigh is amazing - the awe they have is pretty amazing.
Although my geeky 7 year old worked out last year that it was physically impossible for Santa to deliver all his presents in one night due to basic physics. Told him it was magical but I'm pretty sure he thinks that's bollocks.
Although my geeky 7 year old worked out last year that it was physically impossible for Santa to deliver all his presents in one night due to basic physics. Told him it was magical but I'm pretty sure he thinks that's bollocks.
I usually try to argue that I don't want anything anyway, but no, Star Trek socks it is.
I'll be spending my second Xmas in my own home. Decorations going up this weekend. 4 Xmas do's next week including the first Era Xmas meet up. Star Wars and my birthday celebrations the week after. Much Xmas present buying and wrapping in the coming weeks. Xmas day will be Buck's Fizz and scrambled egg with smoked salmon for breakfast, open presents, prepare Xmas dinner with all the trimmings, in laws over for dinner. Boxing Day I'll be driving to Wales for a 2nd Xmas with my mum, brother and his family.
Last night the old boy said he was going to start doing some early shopping for Xmas prezzies. I had a sudden moment of genius and clipped the cat's pet tracker onto the back of his belt.
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the wife and I are hosting for the first time, which is a bit stressful as we don't really have the room for 8 people, but I'm sure it'll be a nice day.
Got turkey and beef ordered from Costco, all the food planned out meticulously, presents bought already...
TBH I'm just desperately trying to claw back that lovely magical christmas feeling, as I've found it depressing as fuck the past few years. Hopefully this year is better.
If not I'm just going to drink a lot.
Jesus.
Got turkey and beef ordered from Costco, all the food planned out meticulously, presents bought already...
TBH I'm just desperately trying to claw back that lovely magical christmas feeling, as I've found it depressing as fuck the past few years. Hopefully this year is better.
If not I'm just going to drink a lot.
Jesus.
He is retweeting Britain first though, should be grounds for suspending his account.
I mean, if Twitter's allowing Briatin First on Twitter in the first place, they've kind of already conceded that battle, right?
One could say the same thing about any news item about the royal family. BBC is garbage nowadays anyway. The writing on the website has been going downhill for years. So much clickbait and typos. And to think, BBC once prided itself on great journalism only for it to be edited and handled by suit buffoons.
news is all clicks and memes now. At this point anything he does is like, oh cool, move on.
Twitter used to be an amazing place, shame it became such a political correctness echo chamber of if you don't agree I block you to protect my own views.
Generally old media and news is pretty interesting, I mean they used to have complete control of what you heard.
Papers dictated your views and what to do as did news stations etc now with the internet and almost instant information on what is going on around the world from various different viewpoints and backgrounds it's really fucked the whole thing up for old media, so they've been really caught out, that's why "fake news" doesn't actually shock me as they're drilling for the views/clicks/rt's/ and attempting to protect their $$$ and assets.
Twitter used to be an amazing place, shame it became such a political correctness echo chamber of if you don't agree I block you to protect my own views.
Generally old media and news is pretty interesting, I mean they used to have complete control of what you heard.
Papers dictated your views and what to do as did news stations etc now with the internet and almost instant information on what is going on around the world from various different viewpoints and backgrounds it's really fucked the whole thing up for old media, so they've been really caught out, that's why "fake news" doesn't actually shock me as they're drilling for the views/clicks/rt's/ and attempting to protect their $$$ and assets.
Laugh now but I told some of my friends and their eyes all lit up. Buy shares in pet trackers if your smart.
So who else had snow today? It snowed briefly in central London around lunchtime. Still snowing in Stevenage right now
I think it's because without presents and/or children, Christmas is a bit nothing. It's just cooking and grandparents otherwise. Now us old nerds have all the things we want and no-one to share it with (yet). It's all our fault for pushing kids back to our 30s.
No snow in Cardiff. Just been cold but very sunny lately. I love crisp, frosty, sunny mornings :D
Completely agree on the children side - seeing my two open their presents on Christmas morning has reignited my love for the holiday. The magic is still there for them.
Had a 10% stout in Small Bar in Cardiff this evening. Tasted like Guinness with a shot of espresso.
That's how Fridays are supposed to be spent. That's why you have a pub lunch and knock off work early for hair of the dog, fucking amateur.
Right here. When I worked in a call centre, working hungover actually got me better sales because I didn't give a shit which worked. Hungover work has it's advantages as long as you have easy access to a toilet.
Oh God, I remember going to some weegee's birthday party and they were on non stop. I wasn't even surprised.
That seems kind of mild. No TTF? Or Dougal vs. Hixxy 8 hour hardcore MC shouting?
They were probably keeping that back for their Granny's party.
Anyways on something totally unrelated, look at the lovely polar bears
Anyways on something totally unrelated, look at the lovely polar bears
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I just want to cuddle it but I know that's a good way to get your face ripped the fuck off.
The BBC can explain it better than I can (link), but the new driving test is in place as of today. Along with the new test, there are changes to working conditions for examiners, which the union is not happy about. They are also not happy with some of the changes to the test.
I've been searching through social media to see if anyone in my area has posted something online about their test being cancelled today, but I can't find a thing. Will just have to wait and see tomorrow.
Why not just call the place and see if they are or not doing tests?