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

freshpopcorn

Locally a few barbers/shops are still decorated for Christmas around me!

Loughc

pottokblue wrote: »

Looking at temple bar on earthcam and noticed that very few St Patrick Days decorations were put up. However the Temple Bar pub still has its Christmas decorations including a perched Christmas tree!

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Locally a few barbers/shops are still decorated for Christmas around me!

Given the circumstances it's more sad than festive

DvB

Funnily enough bumped into my barber when out walking yesterday, stopped for a bit of a chat & asked him when he reckoned they'd be back open, he said June at the earliest & wouldn't be surprised if it was even longer, but was planning for June himself. He reminded me that he closed up on Dec 24th at lunchtime and would be a full 6 month out of work come June... he also said he knew his competitors were doing nixers and that a load of his regulars had gone elsewhere in the time he's been closed so was hopeful he can get them back when he can reopen.

Posy

Loughc wrote: »

Given the circumstances it's more sad than festive

There are a few abandoned restaurants and pubs in Dublin city centre with dusty tinsel in the windows and dead Christmas trees perched in dark corners. It's very dismal.

freshpopcorn

We're into the 270's!
Enjoy your last week of Winter Time.

Posy

Can't believe the clocks will be changing next weekend!!

Sheep Shagger

Posy wrote: »

Can't believe the clocks will be changing next weekend!!

Apart from Christmas I think this is my second favourite time of the year.

Got a sea swim in yesterday and today, its noticeably warmer.

Important jobs to do today are removing the kids Paddies day drawings from the front window, vacume the artificial grass out the back and clean up the BBQ grill plates lol.

DvB

freshpopcorn wrote: »

We're into the 270's!
Enjoy your last week of Winter Time.

Next week we're into the 30s on the weekly countdown too...

TRS30

We are motoring through the year all things considered.

The weather the last few days has been much more summery then wintery.

Has been great to get outside and get a few things done in the garden and around the house. Lots of long walks with the kids so they are sleeping great.

Going to enjoy the last couple of hours before Monday morning!

Posy

Next weekend looks like it will be dismal, according to Met Eireann.
I have my fingers crossed that Easter weekend will be nice and dry though!

Sheep Shagger

Among the COVID doom and gloom news, two very important announcements....

Reeling in the years for the 2000's starts screening from 11 April on RTE One.

Easter doughnuts from Offbeat Doughnuts have been unveiled...goes on sale from Wednesday week.

Posy

I normally don't think it's a good idea to make RITY so soon after the decade (lack of perspective/objectivity/nostalgia) but even 2019 is probably going to feel like 40 years ago right now.

jellybear

Awh lads, what a Monday!!

I broke a finger and tore the tendon this morning...in a splint for 8 weeks. I'm consoling myself with a Smarties Chocolate Orange Easter egg.

Hope everyone else had a better day!!:D

I may just have to hunt down these Easter doughnuts. I love doughnuts!!

Really looking forward to the new Reeling in the Years. I get so emotional watching it!

Posy

Oh no, jellybear, you poor thing!!

I'm glad you have consolation chocolate!

Caranica

Ouch jellybear. Hope you've got good drugs and you heal well!

freshpopcorn

When I heard about Reeling in the Years my first thought was there's ten episodes and by the end of them we'll be into the 100's in the countdown.

DvB

freshpopcorn wrote: »

When I heard about Reeling in the Years my first thought was there's ten episodes and by the end of them we'll be into the 100's in the countdown.

And I thought I was bad, love it FP!!

Posy

freshpopcorn wrote: »

When I heard about Reeling in the Years my first thought was there's ten episodes and by the end of them we'll be into the 100's in the countdown.

Ah, FP- you're a weirdo, but you're our weirdo.

Autosport

Hope you get better soon Jelly and enjoy those eggs

TRS30

Sorry to heard about your injuries Jelly, hope they heal quickly. I'm sure the chocolate will help

Cork Lass

Wishing you a speedy recovery Jelly - in the meantime, enjoy the eggs and donuts

jellybear

Awh thanks guys!! I'm shocked how much you rely on your little finger...everything is so much harder to do when you can't use it!!:D

Just back from our walk and it's so much chillier out there!!

Hope everyone has a lovely Tuesday:)

CheerLouth

Hello lovely Christmas people! Back to work for me (a few days a week) so back to posting

There is no way I'm going to be able to catch up on the last year of posts so hoping everyone is doing ok and keeping well in the never-ending lockdown!

In other news, it's March 23rd and I have no Christmas shopping done

DvB

CheerLouth wrote: »

Hello lovely Christmas people! Back to work for me (a few days a week) so back to posting

There is no way I'm going to be able to catch up on the last year of posts so hoping everyone is doing ok and keeping well in the never-ending lockdown!

In other news, it's March 23rd and I have no Christmas shopping done

Welcome back CL... hope all is good!! You haven't missed much really, its been pretty quiet in fact

TRS30

CheerLouth wrote: »

Hello lovely Christmas people! Back to work for me (a few days a week) so back to posting

There is no way I'm going to be able to catch up on the last year of posts so hoping everyone is doing ok and keeping well in the never-ending lockdown!

In other news, it's March 23rd and I have no Christmas shopping done

Good to see you back CL

Same old, same old around these parts. The favorite Christmas (movie/add/song) threads have been the highlight the last few weeks.

DenMan

Get well soon jellybear. Take care of yourself.

freshpopcorn

The clocks have gone forward but it’s windy and raining outside and it feels more like late October.

DvB

Looking forward to seeing the longer evenings now, though looking at the forecast for the week ahead the weather is a bit scitsophrenic, decent enough start, wet and windy middle, improving for the Easter weekend and a possibility of snow on Easter Monday.... mad stuff altogether. Still we're in to the 30s on the weeks and 'summertime' on the clocks so we're well motoring now.

Littlehorny

I heard someone in work say that the time is going to stay like this now, we won't be putting the clocks back in October.
Is this true? It will leave the mornings in December very dark.

pottokblue

Accidently watched a french christmas flick on netflicks lastnight 'le 10 jours en or' about the relationship/roadtrip between a salesman and an abandoned boy.

Had a yumyum beligan hotchocolate with marshmallows and cinnamon for breakfast this morning hard to believe easter only a week away and chirstmas 40ish weeks away...

appledrop

Littlehorny wrote: »

I heard someone in work say that the time is going to stay like this now, we won't be putting the clocks back in October.
Is this true? It will leave the mornings in December very dark.

No it's not true. The EU were going to introduce it this year but it has all stalled now and not going ahead, partly due to Brexit as NI and Republic would be on different time zone.

Posy

Yeah, the EU voted in 2019 to abolish daylight savings, and this should have been the last change but it looks like Brexit has stalled that.

It's just the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it? :rolleyes:


Plus, I think EU countries each had to decide if they would 'stick' on summer or winter time, and that created another set of issues!

Caranica

I always thought the clocks should go forward on a Friday night to give you the weekend to adjust and go back on a Sunday night to make Monday a little easier.

PaulT21

Caranica wrote: »

I always thought the clocks should go forward on a Friday night to give you the weekend to adjust and go back on a Sunday night to make Monday a little easier.

Now that's great thinking:D

Posy

Caranica wrote: »

I always thought the clocks should go forward on a Friday night to give you the weekend to adjust and go back on a Sunday night to make Monday a little easier.

I literally just said that to someone last night.

TRS30

Little lad doesn’t believe it’s nearly bedtime as he said it’s too bright out!!

SCOOP 64

TRS30 wrote: »

Little lad doesn’t believe it’s nearly bedtime as he said it’s too bright out!!

Ah, let him stay up and watch home alone2 (film4)

jellybear

TRS30 wrote: »

Little lad doesn’t believe it’s nearly bedtime as he said it’s too bright out!!

We're currently going through that kind of bedtime with little man, although he's only 19 months so not voicing his opposition just yet ...he's just dropped his soother AGAIN, I hate that sound!!...wish me luck :P

Loughc

Caranica wrote: »

I always thought the clocks should go forward on a Friday night to give you the weekend to adjust and go back on a Sunday night to make Monday a little easier.

Caranica 4 prez

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

Caranica 4 prez

Running against Posy so we can have some presidential debates.

Would be great for the stats

Caranica

TRS30 wrote: »

Running against Posy so we can have some presidential debates.

Would be great for the stats

I'm thinking Posy saw my previous tweets about it over the years and "borrowed" my idea

First day of work today, eek!!

TRS30

Caranica wrote: »

I'm thinking Posy saw my previous tweets about it over the years and "borrowed" my idea

First day of work today, eek!!

And the campaign begins

Good luck

Jude13

It's all about the presidential dog.

TRS30

Jude13 wrote: »

It's all about the presidential dog.

Especially if they bite people!

Autosport

Best of luck today Caranica

Who doesn’t love dogs

CheerLouth

Good luck Carnica!

DvB

Caranica wrote: »

First day of work today, eek!!

So how'd it go then? All good I hope!

Posy

Hope you kicked ass yesterday, Carnica!

appledrop

What a stunning day out there today!

Actually dressed in skirt today, nice to wear something other than jeans or trousers!

Enjoy the day if you can.

DvB

appledrop wrote: »

What a stunning day out there today!

Actually dressed in skirt today, nice to wear something other than jeans or trousers!

Enjoy the day if you can.

Allegedly its to reach 20 degrees in Dublin (believe it when I see it mind) & we could have snow on Easter Monday on the saem weather models... bizarre!