On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:05:50 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 2020-12-24 5:02 p.m., Graham wrote:
>
> > For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
> > some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
> > bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
> > strike on the day.
> >
> That would take some getting used to for me. I just can't imagine
> Christmas without snow.
>
The last white Christmas here in Nashville was 2010 but it was gone by the next
day. No white Christmas is predicted here this year either although we are supposed
to drop down to 18°F tonight. The temperature hasn't gotten above 35° today and
it wasn't there long before dropping further into the '30s.

On 12/24/2020 5:07 PM, Graham wrote:

>
> Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
> but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
> weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.
>

I have a soundbar and speakers on mine. At night I will cast some
YouTube music videos to it. Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.

There are some really good shows on Smithsonian, History, Discovery if
you take time to sort through. I record to watch at my leisure.

Graham wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:43:47 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:15:04 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Master Bruce" wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:49:53 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:40:08 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:33:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 7:29:15 PM UTC-6, songbird wrote:
>>>>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>>>>> ditto!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why is Christmas *merry*, and all the other holidays, *happy*? WTF
>>>>>> is up with that? Can we have a *jubilant* Groundhog Day?
>>>>>
>>>>> I hate when Australians start wishing each other Merry Christmas late
>>>>> October. One week in advance, max. Or better yet: not at all!
>>>>>
>>>>> I just spoke to our neighbour and she didn't wish me Merry Christmas
>>>>> and neither did I. We're so cool.
>>>>
>>>> When I worked in Perth, the coffee lady told me that she always started
>>>> getting the xmas spirit when the temperature started to go up!!!
>>>> I remember walking past shops when the temperature was in the high 30s
>>>> Celsius hearing "In the deep midwinter" blasting from their loudspeakers.
>>>
>>> Yes
>>>
>>> It's a cool Christmas this year, here. Only 27C/80F.
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>> Here 2C/35.6F. And we have snow!
>>
>> An authentic Christmas!
>
> We had about 25cms of the white stuff on Tuesday and the road in front of
> my house is difficult to drive on as the snowplough hasn't been by.
>

Well, either Popeye ran out of diesel fuel, or he got distracted by
an old mexican woman with enormous DDDDD tits!

Get out your shovel.

dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 12:05:50 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2020-12-24 5:02 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>
>>> For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>>> some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>>> bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>>> strike on the day.
>>>
>> That would take some getting used to for me. I just can't imagine
>> Christmas without snow.
> My step-mom was lamenting the fact that back when she was growing up in Sweden they always had a white Christmas. That's not true anymore. The Northern areas are still snowy but that's slowly changing. Of course, that's the way humans view things. In nature's way of seeing things, the climate is changing rapidly. She expects the Sweden will be tropical in the future. Perhaps in your case, the unimaginable will become a reality.
>

Perhaps yoose should follow Popeye's lead. Take yoose step-mom in
the shower and **** her on cristmas day! I know she ain't a gook,
but it don't matter ... it's all pink on the inside.

And give her one of your cheap chinese hearing aids!

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 12/24/2020 5:07 PM, Graham wrote:
>
> >
> > Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
> > but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
> > weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.
> >
> There are some really good shows on Smithsonian, History, Discovery if
> you take time to sort through. I record to watch at my leisure.
>
High five! And you can zip through those commercials faster than you can
say "hand me the remote."

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:07:32 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2020-12-24 5:02 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>
>>> For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>>> some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>>> bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>>> strike on the day.
>>>
>>
>> That would take some getting used to for me. I just can't imagine
>> Christmas without snow.
>
> You are welcome to as much of our 4' dump as you want, about a third
> has melted, still a lot. We're suposed to get more snow tomorrow.
>

Popeye, yoose need some REAL pussy! Squirting, wild ass strange NY
pussy.

With enormous gigantic bosoms! Thick long nipples, stretching from
the brooklyn slums to the catskank mountains.

Or, yoose could just eat some diks like yoose did when yoose was a
sailor. Call it a night, Popeye, and go home to those C cup mexican
tits.

Master Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:58:08 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:43:42 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:49:53 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:40:08 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just spoke to our neighbour and she didn't wish me Merry Christmas
>>>>> and neither did I. We're so cool.
>>>>
>>>> When I worked in Perth, the coffee lady told me that she always started
>>>> getting the xmas spirit when the temperature started to go up!!!
>>>> I remember walking past shops when the temperature was in the high 30s
>>>> Celsius hearing "In the deep midwinter" blasting from their loudspeakers.
>>>
>>> Yes
>>>
>>> It's a cool Christmas this year, here. Only 27C/80F.
>>
>> One's metabolism adjusts to the hotter climate. I used to put on a light
>> sweater when the temperature dropped to that level:-)
>> I'm not kidding, I really did!
>
> Yes, you do adjust. Comfortable room temperature used to start at
> 18C/64F for me. Now it starts at 23C/73F.
>

Yes master, but remember sire, it was before your stroke.

Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:50:52 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2020-12-24 1:15 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:37:39 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's the eve of Christmas Eve, so Christmas Eve to all. Be safe.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks! Ours is kicking off with a new TV. The old one had been flaky
>>>> for a few years and finally gave out last night.
>>>>
>>>> Off to BJ's this morning to get a new one. Living room TV is fine,
>>>> this one is for the family room.
>>>
>>> Normally people get a TV with a larger screen for a larger room.
>>> Nowadays people are cheapskates and buy a TV too small for the room...
>>> then they need to rearrange their furniture so they can sit closer.
>>> There are web sites with formulas for what size TV to get for
>>> different size rooms and viewing distance.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe it has more to do with some people not wanting to make the
>> television the major item in a room. My wife grew up without a
>> television, and it certainly was not a matter of money. Her father
>> thought TV was a waste of time. We had a TV in the living room when we
>> were newly wed and living in apartments and had nowhere else to put it.
>> We had our only TV in a room upstairs. Somewhere along the line we got
>> a second one and put it in the family room. The room could easily
>> handle a 55" or bigger, but this 44 is more than adequate for our needs.
>
> Mine is a 27" CRT set. I've thought about getting a big flat screen model
> but there's so much crap on that it's not really worthwhile. If I do
> weaken, no charity will take it - they all want flat screen models.
>

Boo Hoo


You canucks are really prissy ****s, but I'm used to your shrill
whining.

Until a few years ago, I only had a 25" TV. It had a crt Tube.

On 22:26 24 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:

> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham >
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit
>>> weird that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European
>>> Christmas food, but keep it light and seafoody in this climate.
>>> No hot chocolate or mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
>>
>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad.
>>Apparently some people still cooked a traditional British-style
>>xmas dinner but the bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to
>>have cold as a heatwave could strike on the day.
>
> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a
> roast with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35
> degrees. We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch.
> Not even a pav this year, I believe.

It's a bit of a rubbish Christmas when it's too warm. Do you send Santa
cards with pictures of snow?

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.
>
For quite a few years, we had season tickets to the St. Louis Symphony.
They were front row, just left of dead center, the cheapest tickets. They
were right in front of the soloists. Needless to say, I have had a lot of
impure thoughts...

--Bryan

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 09:23:52 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 22:26 24 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad.
>>>Apparently some people still cooked a traditional British-style
>>>xmas dinner but the bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to
>>>have cold as a heatwave could strike on the day.
>>
>> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a
>> roast with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35
>> degrees. We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch.
>> Not even a pav this year, I believe.
>
>It's a bit of a rubbish Christmas when it's too warm. Do you send Santa
>cards with pictures of snow?

I prefer warm weather to cold weather whether it's Christmas or not.
Christmas is more for old people anyway.

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:44:50 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.
>>
>For quite a few years, we had season tickets to the St. Louis Symphony.
>They were front row, just left of dead center, the cheapest tickets. They
>were right in front of the soloists. Needless to say, I have had a lot of
>impure thoughts...

Her eyes are too far apart. I don't find that very attractive. But as
the philosopher said: To each their own!

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 11:44:54 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.
> >
> For quite a few years, we had season tickets to the St. Louis Symphony.
> They were front row, just left of dead center, the cheapest tickets. They
> were right in front of the soloists. Needless to say, I have had a lot of
> impure thoughts...
>
> --Bryan
You might like this band. The charming drummer is Voila Smith. She passed away last month. She liked to play big drums including kettle drums and Japanese Taiko drums. Ha ha, what a gas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5c_...=RDo5c_XZaArH4

On 10:01 25 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:

> On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 09:23:52 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
>>On 22:26 24 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:
>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad.
>>>>Apparently some people still cooked a traditional British-style
>>>>xmas dinner but the bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to
>>>>have cold as a heatwave could strike on the day.
>>>
>>> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a
>>> roast with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's
>>> 35 degrees. We're having prawns and salad with white wine for
>>> lunch. Not even a pav this year, I believe.
>>
>>It's a bit of a rubbish Christmas when it's too warm. Do you send
>>Santa cards with pictures of snow?
>
> I prefer warm weather to cold weather whether it's Christmas or
> not. Christmas is more for old people anyway.
>

No children there?

On Friday, December 25, 2020 at 6:04:12 AM UTC-6, Pamela wrote:
> On 10:01 25 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:
>
> > On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 09:23:52 GMT, Pamela >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On 22:26 24 Dec 2020, Master Bruce said:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad.
> >>>>Apparently some people still cooked a traditional British-style
> >>>>xmas dinner but the bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to
> >>>>have cold as a heatwave could strike on the day.
> >>>
> >>> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a
> >>> roast with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's
> >>> 35 degrees. We're having prawns and salad with white wine for
> >>> lunch. Not even a pav this year, I believe.
> >>
> >>It's a bit of a rubbish Christmas when it's too warm. Do you send
> >>Santa cards with pictures of snow?
> >
> > I prefer warm weather to cold weather whether it's Christmas or
> > not. Christmas is more for old people anyway.
> >
> No children there?

They reproduce differently down there. They divide. You know, like
amoebas. There are no children involved in the process.

--Bryan

On 12/24/2020 1:35 PM, Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:14:22 -0500, Gary wrote:
>
>> Graham wrote:
>>> Master Bruce wrote:
>>>> It's a cool Christmas this year, here. Only 27C/80F.
>>>
>>> One's metabolism adjusts to the hotter climate. I used to put on a light
>>> sweater when the temperature dropped to that level:-)
>>> I'm not kidding, I really did!
>>
>> Did I read this right? You put on a sweater when the temp is 80F?
>
> Yes!I had acclimatised to daily temperatures above 30C/86F.
>

This is true. Especially on a windy day.

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 5:26:42 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
> >
> >> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit weird
> >> that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European Christmas food,
> >> but keep it light and seafoody in this climate. No hot chocolate or
> >> mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
> >
> >For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
> >some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
> >bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
> >strike on the day.
> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
> with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
> We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
> pav this year, I believe.

I'm thinking about prawns and salad for dinner. It's 22 C in the house
year round. Right now it's -8 C outdoors.

Cindy Hamilton

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:44:50 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 4:44:01 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> Hillary Hahn is easy on the eyes.
>>
> For quite a few years, we had season tickets to the St. Louis Symphony.
> They were front row, just left of dead center, the cheapest tickets. They
> were right in front of the soloists. Needless to say, I have had a lot of
> impure thoughts...
>
> --Bryan

If this young woman were playing and you had been right of centre.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjQyoD3kGwA

On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:50 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 5:26:42 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>>
>> >For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>> >some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>> >bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>> >strike on the day.
>> Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
>> with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
>> We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
>> pav this year, I believe.
>
>I'm thinking about prawns and salad for dinner. It's 22 C in the house
>year round. Right now it's -8 C outdoors.

We spent an hour shelling and deveining prawns yesterday, but other
than that it was very nice.

If it stays between 19C/66F and 34C/93F in the house, we don't use the
airco. I'd rather feel the real temperature, within reason.

"Master Bruce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit weird
>> that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European Christmas food,
>> but keep it light and seafoody in this climate. No hot chocolate or
>> mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
>
>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>strike on the day.

Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
pav this year, I believe.

==

pav?

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:55:25 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Master Bruce" wrote in message
.. .
>
>On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit weird
>>> that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European Christmas food,
>>> but keep it light and seafoody in this climate. No hot chocolate or
>>> mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
>>
>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>>some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>>bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>>strike on the day.
>
>Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
>with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
>We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
>pav this year, I believe.
>
>==
>
> pav?

Pavlova
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"Master Bruce" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:55:25 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Master Bruce" wrote in message
.. .
>
>On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit weird
>>> that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European Christmas food,
>>> but keep it light and seafoody in this climate. No hot chocolate or
>>> mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
>>
>>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>>some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>>bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>>strike on the day.
>
>Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
>with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
>We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
>pav this year, I believe.
>
>==
>
> pav?

Pavlova
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====

Ahh yes)) Whyever not?