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The Spotlight Kid
Moderator
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 Posted - 17 Dec 2008 : 20:58:46
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Real mcoy or artificial?
Pine needle or plastic?
A trip to the farm or up in the loft?
Anyone catch my snow drift?
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dorsetogg
Senior Member
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2008 : 21:21:54
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real for me,smell in the morning as you open the lounge door,umm great. Makes all the hard work the wife has put in to getting everything worth it
ogger |
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Fenn Man
Hyperactive Member
Ireland
734 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2008 : 21:29:36
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I don't 'do' xmass, Spots. Not my religion. But, if I did? I'd have a real tree. Cut would be fine by me too. They're a totally renewable, sustainable harvest crop. Then I'd burn it, in my stoves, after use.
But, that's not why I'm here. I'm here to tell ye a story from years ago that, to this day, cracks me up at the thought of it! Get this:
Many years ago I was sat in a works tea room and was bored. Bored enough that I scanned a page of a " Sun " paper that was open on a nearby table. A tiny, under two inch item caught my eye with it's headline. I read the story and began to laugh uncontrollably.
Story was brief. It concerned a farmer who, so fed up with 'poachers' helping themselves to his xmass tree crop, had sprayed the lot with his muck spreader. Left them dripping with slurry.
But the headline did it for me .....
"On The Trail Of The Loathsome Pine!"
Simply priceless!
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ABPest
Senior Member
United Kingdom
399 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2008 : 22:20:59
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Artificial pine..bought 5 years ago in a January sale.
I'm a true Yorkshire Man 
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andyb
Senior Member
United Kingdom
409 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 17:43:21
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Always a real one in this house, over the years as a keeper I planted hundreds of them for the boss, he still gets me to cut them for him so the odd one slips off the motor as i drive pass my house.
ANDY B
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ABPest
Senior Member
United Kingdom
399 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 20:06:59
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Steve how can you say you do not support Christmas 
It is after all a pagan festival to celebrate the return of the sun after winter It's just been hijacked by some others.
According to the news, scientists now think Jesus was born in June 
Adrian.
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Edited by - ABPest on 18 Dec 2008 20:07:56 |
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Dusty
Hyperactive Member
Australia
891 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 22:16:33
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We are going to have a generation of kids that will grow up not knowing any better, loving the smell of plastic as they open the lounge room door.
JAFA
Don't feed them, get Rid of them - visit us on www.ridpest.com.au
or blog us on http://blog.ridpest.com.au |
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The Spotlight Kid
Moderator
1238 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 22:22:49
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quote:
According to the news, scientists now think Jesus was born in June
I was |
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ABPest
Senior Member
United Kingdom
399 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 22:25:20
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I've given in to all the pressure on here......................
I've put some pine scented capsules on the living room radiator
Any way Dusty, how can you celebrate Christmas on a beach in brilliant sunshine, with a BBQ?
You need to really suffer ( wind, rain, snow, sleet, ice etc ) to really appreciate it
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Fenn Man
Hyperactive Member
Ireland
734 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2008 : 23:59:47
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Adrian; Whilst I fully understand and appreciate the original and true ethos behind this coming festival, I simply don't feel right in either available camp.
I'm not a xtian, so I ignore xmass, just as I do Ramadan and Chinese New Year.
As for Yule? Sure, fine. But there we swing towards the Llewellyn Press readers and writers. The people who worship the moon, from their suburban living rooms or inner city bed sits, whilst knowing their 'religion' as " Wicca " and loudly and widely proclaiming themselves " White Witches ".
Frankly, I find all that a bit embarrassing. Lighting a candle and calling it a " Bale Fire "? And what would they think if Pat and I stampeded his herd of cattle through their living room and over their 'Bale Fire', right in the middle of their 'Great Sabbath' of November?
No. I'll just keep my stove burning. And listen to the call of the wild swans. And wait for the sun to return.
It's so raw out here, I don't need artificial props to remind myself what's going on and what each season means.
And this way suits me just fine. Enjoy yours, every body
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Dusty
Hyperactive Member
Australia
891 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2008 : 13:12:05
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LOL Adrian. It's a fact of life. Old traditions die hard for all those with British or European ancestry.
Most still sit down to the traditional Brit dinner in 30 deg C temps. ( No goose though, this country has not taken to goose)Admittedly there may be the odd lobster and prawns added to the table, but we even still have the hot plum pud with the three pennies bits to balance things out.
The BBQ comes the next day, and the beach is just 50 metres away.
JAFA
Don't feed them, get Rid of them - visit us on www.ridpest.com.au
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