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@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
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We are staying in Auckland this year. Our 1 year old was booked for some minor surgery yesterday, but then he and his 3 year old brother got sick, so it was cancelled and we all had to get bloody Covid tests. Results negative so far, but 2 sick little people is not ideal lol.
Should be a pretty relaxing Christmas though. The wife is cooking up a big seafood feed for Christmas Eve, then I'll do the ham and a lamb roast tomorrow. We'll do presents in the morning then probably hit the beach depending on the little ones, drink and eat plenty. Keeping it simple.
Merry Christmas all. Thanks for all of the great yarns this year, it's been another strange one but this place has been awesome to come and try and make sense of some of the fucking insane shit like Foster actually being head coach of the ABs.
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@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
I fear my TAB account won't look the same afterwards.
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@smudge said in Christmas!21:
@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
I fear my TAB account won't look the same afterwards.
You don't like making money? How strange....
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@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@smudge said in Christmas!21:
@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
I fear my TAB account won't look the same afterwards.
You don't like making money? How strange....
You are due to come up with some decent tips again, I suppose...
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@smudge said in Christmas!21:
@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@smudge said in Christmas!21:
@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
I fear my TAB account won't look the same afterwards.
You don't like making money? How strange....
You are due to come up with some decent tips again, I suppose...
Sophia's Magic Closed at $7 for the place yesterday!! What more do you want?? Polly Grey on Boxing Day!
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@hooroo said in Christmas!21:
@kirwan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas everyone.
Managed to escape Auckland, now have a 6hour drive ahead to get to in the in laws.
Once there I have a bottle of whiskey to drain while the kids go off and parent themselves.
It’s 8.00am and it feels like 30 degrees.
Merry Christmas bro! Are you travelling North or South?
We are just hooching around the farm and at the races. @Smudge is coming for a visit one night which will be cool.
South, Whakatane to To Waikanae is todays trip.
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@canefan said in Christmas!21:
Merry Xmas virtual Polish family
lol i actually have Wigilia (Polish Christmas) starting in approx 9 hours. It sorta sets everything up, enormous amounts of food and booze and the first presents on Christmas eve.
Tomorrow as always at our place. I've scheduled christmas dinner for lunch so i don't have to cook pissed. Mrs Mariner's family over as always, plus a couple of friends who can't get to their family this year. Be a full house and a lot of fun
Plan is too much food, too much booze, some cricket and the pool. It'll be 35 degrees tomorrow so the beers will evaporate.
Merry christmas every one. Apologies for my grumpyness for the year. I honestly hope you all thoroughly enjoy your holiday period.
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@tim so that's what you look like!
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@taniwharugby Certainly after a dozen!
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Merry Christmas all! Lots planned for the Rage whanau. Xmas eve Concert over zoom to the family in NZ, kids so excited.
Next day Wifes sister and family over. Going for a drive early doors as roads will be dead then commence the fun.
Gravalax, pigs, prawns, starters …. Full Xmas feast later on.
Summer ale, guiness, whispering angel and a mystery Bordeaux (2003 I think) to keep hydrated.
Enjoy all!
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Got my bike back from the workshop yesterday afternoon...
So 25th-Dec - I'm plotting a full day's riding, ending in Taranaki at grandfather's place, who ain't doing well.
And reading this thread, with the mentions of delicious food and drink - particularly drink - I suddenly realised I'm going to spend all day riding, then get to my destination - without being able to buy any delicious delicious beer. I'm going to have to pretend to be pleased to accept a Speights Dark, or Tui.
Have I mentioned previously "Fuck Tui" ?
I might grab a bottle of whisky this afternoon, tuck it in the backpack, so at least there's something delicious, if not necessarily exactly refreshing.
Christmas lunch is looking like a BP pie. -
Well we can't get to our family, but we can get to friends. Friend is also a chef. Day will start with obligatory case of champagne and seafood from about 11 and then move to massive glazed ham, salads and bbq and whiskey later. Oh and for @Duluth a four pillars Christmas gin to go with their gin Christmas pudding.
If I don't drown in their swim spa due to obscene drunkeness then the stolen kiddie floaties will have done their job. Mrs Imports will doing her best to compete although I am sure I will last a few more hours than her, or so says the lazy $50 we have on itBets on Polly Grey @Hooroo and another mates horse Ranges at Randwick go on today.. as may lose phone tomorrow
boxing day will be massive hangover day..thank f&*k no one driving
merry xmas everyone
