It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

Loughc

Nervously excited is a good way to put it.

I always feel like the concept of getting to 99 Days to go seems so far off but once it hits,the decades of days fall off in no time and we're into the 80's and 70's and 60's in no time.

Scary how quick the years are going these days let alone the days!

Posy

I still feel like last year was 2019! 🙈

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121125888#Comment_121125888

I still feel like 1993 was 10 years ago 😕

L1011

Changed to the second weight of duvet last night which is one of my own odd signs that its getting close

Posy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121125913#Comment_121125913

2003 was 10 years ago, silly!

0ph0rce0

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121126763#Comment_121126763

What TOG are we talking

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127448#Comment_121127448

4.5 with an exceptionally thick cover that has to be 0.5 on its own.

Light summer one is a patterned one, so no cover, 1.5. Hard winter one is 7.5

I run fairly hot so don't need to go for 13.5/15 like others might.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127384#Comment_121127384

Jesus I believed that and all for a good few minutes. 🙈🙈🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Cries in old age.

freshpopcorn

I went to Kildare Village this afternoon. A few bits in Lindtt, L'Occitane, Kilkenny Shop, China place.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127523#Comment_121127523

For a second so did I!! Thought Posy was scolding me, the no nonsense poster that she is 😉

0ph0rce0

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121127495#Comment_121127495

Nice 😂

BK5

Double digits come in and the trafic on here ramps up , love it!

We in the Range on Sunday and bought a couple of small bits but we made plans on what to buy so that the dinner table looks extra special this year. You'd want to win the lotto to do what we'd really like to do though.

Smell the glove

Was out for a walk earlier and seen some of the Santas grotto decorations for Winterval are out of storage and presumably being checked. Have to admit I had a big smile when I spotted them..pics aren't great, got one of a nutcracker and some of the lights/baubles.

Sheep Shagger

Look for what just landed in the post today.... 😂

Andrew93

Great to see so much activity for me to read since last Thursday. Had a busy weekend with it being my 30th, had a surprise party thrown for me on Saturday. Spent most of Sunday and Monday recovering.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121128748#Comment_121128748

30th you're only a baby.... Meanwhile I'm still crying in old age.... 😥

Happy Birthday!

Jude13

Happy birthday, only a two day hangover, the memories.

A cup of te

Happy birthday, Andrew! For a second I thought it was today and you shared a birthday with Jarvis Cocker, 60 today and still got the moves :) oh, for the days of being 30 again!

Andrew93

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121129771#Comment_121129771

No it was on Saturday. Always on the 100 days countdown! Probably explains why I'm so invested in Christmas.

Thanks @Loughc @Jude13 @A cup of te for the wishes!

DvB

I vaguely remember turning 30.... actually, nah, who am i kidding, it was far too long ago now!

I just about remember my 50th & that was last year!

Hope the party went well anyway, and congrats on the big 3 nil!!

tscul32

Was in work today and mentioned what year I graduated college and could see a few of the younger members of staff with that "I wasn't even born then" face.

Belated birthday wishes. A big birthday is a big birthday, even if you are only a young'un.

Posy

It's scary that people in their mid twenties were only babies or toddlers when 9/11 happened. 🙈

DvB

I remember chatting to a few of the guys in work about football & Ireland & mentioned Euro 88 & Italia 90 and got a sea of blank faces back, with most of them not having been born let alone old enough to watch the games!

I already know I graduated college before most of them were born too! 😐️

PTH2009

The new xmas jumper arrived today 😁

Be put away now for a while

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121130856#Comment_121130856

I registered for college 11/09/01 forever memorialised on my student card that expired long ago.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121131063#Comment_121131063

That’s a great jumper!

A cup of te

@PTH2009 that is one cool jumper!

While it's scary how life flies by and you get to an age where you can hurt your neck just by laying it on the pillow, there are some great things about getting older e.g. I no longer have the energy to care what anyone else on the planet thinks which is very liberating ;-)

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121131689#Comment_121131689

That is my favourite thing about getting older is not giving a f about what people think.

DvB

Aye, gave up on that a long time ago.

freshpopcorn

Happy Birthday @Andrew93 I turned 30 last November. Welcome to the club.

What somebody told me once was not to dwell on turn 30 something because after a few years you relies your nearly 40.

The years are flying by.

I think it must be scary if you have kids watching them grow up. Those lets just say very magical Christmassy must just fly by.

@Posy I was 8 nearly 9 when 9/11 happened. What scares me I started secondary school in 2005. The people born in 05 are 18. In 18 years I'll be approaching my 49th Birthday. You'd really wonder what everything will be like then.

Now I'll stop it.

BK5

Happy 30th birthday @Andrew93 , very best wishes, now we know what the 93 means in your name 😄

Just copped I'm 50 and three quarters today, it is amazing when you get on a bit how the younger people in work weren't even alive when you were doing your Leaving or College. They also haven't a clue when you talk about things from the 80's and 90's. My kids are older than some of the kids I work with now!

CheerLouth

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121132335#Comment_121132335

This - I have two years to the big 4 0! Seems like yesterday that I was 19, never mind 30! I think so much happens in your 30s that it just flies by - in less than a decade, we built a house, had two children, got married & then had another baby for good measure 😋

Belated birthday wishes @Andrew93!

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133144#Comment_121133144

30-39 has been my fastest decade as well.

Got married, bought a house, 2 dogs, one baby and one on the way been a busy decade! The 40's is when we get to relax, yes?!?

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133172#Comment_121133172

40's = rest? 🤣🤣🤣

Jude13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133172#Comment_121133172

I am hoping that too. I went to college in 01 so we are a similar vintage. Ive only the 1 dog and two little ones, one not so very little.

I remember becoming a dad at 26, and the four years until 30 seemed like a decade. Then my 30's passed by in one year.

This place is really coming alive.

miamee

Happy Christ mas to me - just found out the company I work for (new since Jan) give an extra week off at Christmas!!! We'll all finish up on the 15th December. I still can't believe it's real!

DvB

We got our email re: the work Christmas lunch, finishing up on Thursday 21st December this year. Great that we have a few days off before the festivities begin in earnest!

Andrew93

Thanks very much @CheerLouth @freshpopcorn @BK5 @tscul32 . Yes the 93 makes sense now, my 19 year old self was very creative when setting up my boards account 😅

leahyl

Jeez guys, I'm 38 and nothing mentioned above has happened for me yet and I still feel like the last 8 years have just gone by so fast :-( Still haven't my own house, no partner or kids.....ah well, what can ya do!

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121134396#Comment_121134396

Don’t worry about all that. Ive loads of friends in the same boat. Things will always fall in place in its own way.

And you have us as your partner and kids all wrapped up in one 😆

BK5

Put the posters up around the place to advertise the companies Christmas party yesterday. Cannot wait, just need to get the tickets and drinks tokens printed up and we are good to go.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121134396#Comment_121134396

All I have is several cats and an Internet stalker.

leahyl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121135687#Comment_121135687

Cheers Loughc, very hard to remain positive sometimes but we'll see! Yaay at least I have ye all 😉

A cup of te

@leahyl same boat here! How many times have I said on this board that next year I will definitely have my own house to put all my decorations in? I even brought my decorations home from the office this year because I was so sure I'd finally have my own place so they sat in boxes and bags on my childhood bedroom floor all year. I need to drag them all back into the office now because I'm still without my own house! Late 30s. Sadly, there's loads of us with the way house prices have gone! Working Mon to Fri for what. It's like being on a hamster wheel but, look, that's why I think just throw yourself into stuff like Christmas. It is very hard though. 100% know the feeling. Now I'm going to listen to some happy Christmas music :-P

leahyl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121137572#Comment_121137572

Aw that's a lovely post A cup of te! It's nice to hear someone else who is going through similar - not nice that it's actually happening to you but you know what I mean! Yes, I have always loved Christmas anyway so it's something to occupy me 😀

freshpopcorn

The should do a First Dates for people obsessed with Christmas!

Loughc

Hard to believe Sunday week is October.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121140399#Comment_121140399

I know. I saw a pic on Twitter saying their was stuff in The Range and I don't know should I go or hold off.

BK5

Keep the chins up @leahyl and @A cup of te, housing is an absolute horror show in this country. We have my son and his girlfriend living with us and they're both 29 and they can't afford anything decent to buy. We wouldn't dream of putting them out to pay the criminal rates of rent at the moment.

We joke that they'll still be here when they're 40. wish they'd give us a grandkid now so things like Christmas can be even better.

DvB

Its actually staggering how bad the housing situation is in this country now, I hear it all the time from people in the office renting and/or looking to buy. Its the one time I'm glad i'm old enough to have been fortunate enough to have options available to me & to get on the ladder when I did.

The government have a lot to answer for what with institutional landlords buying up huge swathes of properties and so little building going on to cater for anyone else, I dread to think what it will be like for my 2 children when they grow up & are looking to set up a home of their own. As I said to the Mrs. a while back, I don't see either of them leaving home before they're 30. We have a rental property that is killing us financially (no breaks for accidental landlords I can assure you) so are looking to sell & we know from talking to the tenant that they are goosed looking for anywhere else to move to and that's with 9 months notice. I have huge sympathy for the 1000's of people that have such limited options to have a home of their own nowadays. The fact so many are affected is the really scary bit.