Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season. here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end. so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work everyone else? Family? Dinners? sleigh rides? braving shopping malls? hand made gifts? skipping naked around a fir tree? caroling? wassailing? yule log? hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? what, if anything, do you do or have planned? plan special get togethers? planing on having a special vegan meal? reindeer sighting? cheers fraggle What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi FraggleWell, we've just had our first Yule meal, with the Bristol Uni Vegetarian and Vegan society - went to Cafe Maitreya last night with a group of 10, had a fantastic 3 course meal, xmas crackers, party hats and so on. On Sunday we're getting together with a couple of friends to have a Yule roast... one of my best friends is vegan, but both her fiance and Katy are meat eaters, so we thought if we got together we could justify putting in a bit of an effort to do two proper roast meals, one for the meaties, and one for the veggies! Then we'll do our usual thing (well, " usual " in the sense we did it last year) of visiting Jo & Colin for the Solstice, and a few days either side, then going to Katy's parents for Xmas and a few days either side... it's quite good to have one set of Pagan & one set of " traditional " parents as we get to do two major festivals in the space of a week! :-) Then it'll be back to Bristol to recover!BBPeter2008/12/2 fraggle <EBbrewpunx ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season. here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end. so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work everyone else? Family? Dinners? sleigh rides? braving shopping malls? hand made gifts? skipping naked around a fir tree? caroling? wassailing? yule log? hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? what, if anything, do you do or have planned? plan special get togethers? planing on having a special vegan meal? reindeer sighting? cheers fraggle What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain --- To send an email to -! Groups Links <*> / <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: /join ( ID required) <*> To change settings via email: -digest -fullfeatured <*> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008  so, what do you all do? Family? Dinners? I do spend time with my huge extended family. We're all a little nutz and each of us seem to have their own odd take on food. To that end all of our meals together are either potluck or at a buffett of some kind. At the very least I don't have a bit of trouble from anyone about being vegan and there's always something I can eat. sleigh rides? Nope braving shopping malls? I studiously avoid malls and large retail stores between Thanksgiving and a week after New Years. We mostly exchange handmade gifts and money anyway. skipping naked around a fir tree? caroling? wassailing? Skipping naked around fir trees sounds like fun, singing carols while about it is doable, and isn't wassailing just another name for drinking? I'd think the wassailing would help facilitate the former. hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? My favorite thing about the colder weather is that my cat gets cold and wants to crawl under the covers in bed, under the afgan while I'm reading, and against my hip if all else fails. I'm his furnace of choice. Love it. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer?" so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha "jo.heartwork" Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008  Hi Fraggle I'm not entirely sure of the origins of the chocolate Yule log, but I think it is quite a modern British invention - I know a lot of people from other countries look a bit blank when things like this come up. I believe originally a "Yule Log" was just a decorated log, but the British being rather keen on our chocolate at Christmas have turned it into something edible! :-) BB Peter - fraggle Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer?" so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha "jo.heartwork" Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008  LOL We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log. We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log with snow on it. Jo - fraggle Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer?" so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha "jo.heartwork" Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast:high: 16˚low: 7˚seven....only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.blake On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:  LOL We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log. We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log with snow on it. Jo - fraggle Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule i was all " why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer? " so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha " jo.heartwork " Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr well, thats what you get for moving to the rockies!!! hope you surive yer first winter there! Blake Wilson Dec 3, 2008 5:12 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast:high: 16˚low: 7˚seven....only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.blake On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork > wrote:  LOL We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log. We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log with snow on it. Jo - fraggle Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer?" so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha "jo.heartwork" Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful  Hi Fraggle We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. Haven't made any gifts. Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? Yule log already made and in the freezer. Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate???Jo - fraggle vegan chat Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM well the weather outside is frightful ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, we are in the midst of Holiday season.here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end.so, what do you all do? I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at workeveryone else?Family?Dinners?sleigh rides?braving shopping malls?hand made gifts?skipping naked around a fir tree?caroling?wassailing?yule log?hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?what, if anything, do you do or have planned?plan special get togethers?planing on having a special vegan meal?reindeer sighting?cheersfraggleWhat gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.- Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 mmmmm..........Yule Log , " Peter " <metalscarab wrote: > > Hi Fraggle > > I'm not entirely sure of the origins of the chocolate Yule log, but I think it is quite a modern British invention - I know a lot of people from other countries look a bit blank when things like this come up. I believe originally a " Yule Log " was just a decorated log, but the British being rather keen on our chocolate at Christmas have turned it into something edible! :-) > > BB > Peter > > > - > fraggle > > Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM > Re: well the weather outside is frightful > > > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer > > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule > > i was all " why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn longer? " > > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? never even seen a yule log cake. > > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x- mas..hahahaha > > > " jo.heartwork " > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful > >  > > Hi Fraggle > > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. > > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. > Haven't made any gifts. > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to frighten the natives. > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of events??? > Yule log already made and in the freezer. > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. > > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else decorate??? > > Jo > > > - > fraggle > vegan chat > Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM > well the weather outside is frightful > > > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, > we are in the midst of Holiday season. > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to prove you love, um, a department store i guess. > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year comes to an end. > > so, what do you all do? > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work > everyone else? > Family? > Dinners? > sleigh rides? > braving shopping malls? > hand made gifts? > skipping naked around a fir tree? > caroling? > wassailing? > yule log? > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? > > what, if anything, do you do or have planned? > > plan special get togethers? > > planing on having a special vegan meal? > > reindeer sighting? > > cheers > fraggle > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so. > - Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant†" merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. > Mark Twain > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Is this 7 fahrenheit or 7 centigrade? Jo , " Blake Wilson " <mbw wrote: > > speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast: > > high: 16˚ > low: 7˚ > > seven.... > > only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire. > > blake > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote: > > >  > > LOL > > > > We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log. > > We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there > > aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non- vegan > > version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in > > chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log > > with snow on it. > > > > Jo > > > > > > - > > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx > > *To:* > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM > > *Subject:* Re: well the weather outside is frightful > > > > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking > > about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer > > > > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule > > > > i was all " why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn > > longer? " > > > > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it? > > never even seen a yule log cake. > > > > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just > > showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x- mas..hahahaha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " jo.heartwork " > > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM > > > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful > > > >  > > Hi Fraggle > > > > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends. > > We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around > > the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan > > Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so > > we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be > > meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea > > and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule. > > > > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. > > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet. > > Haven't made any gifts. > > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to > > frighten the natives. > > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols. > > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of > > events??? > > Yule log already made and in the freezer. > > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends. > > > > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else > > decorate??? > > > > Jo > > > > > > > > - > > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx > > *To:* vegan chat > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM > > *Subject:* well the weather outside is frightful > > > > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but, > > we are in the midst of Holiday season. > > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black > > Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to > > prove you love, um, a department store i guess. > > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, > > and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year > > comes to an end. > > > > so, what do you all do? > > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work > > everyone else? > > Family? > > Dinners? > > sleigh rides? > > braving shopping malls? > > hand made gifts? > > skipping naked around a fir tree? > > caroling? > > wassailing? > > yule log? > > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? > > > > what, if anything, do you do or have planned? > > > > plan special get togethers? > > > > planing on having a special vegan meal? > > > > reindeer sighting? > > > > cheers > > fraggle > > > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for > > sure that just ain't so. > > - Mark Twain > > > > For in a Republic, who is " the country " ? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant†" merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. > > Mark Twain > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 i'm preety sure its Fahrenheit for Blake. he is in the Rockies. ugh..reminds me of the week after x-mas in Connecticut. i loved it as a wee fraggle.."yay! the high today was -3F, wheeee!!!"...now, i'd curl up and break heartwerk Dec 3, 2008 11:54 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful Is this 7 fahrenheit or 7 centigrade?Jo , "Blake Wilson" <mbw wrote:>> speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast:> > high: 16˚> low: 7˚> > seven....> > only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.> > blake> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:> > > > > LOL> >> > We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log.> > We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there> > aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan> > version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in> > chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log> > with snow on it.> >> > Jo> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM> > *Subject:* Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking> > about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer> >> > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule> >> > i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn> > longer?"> >> > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it?> > never even seen a yule log cake.> >> > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just> > showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > "jo.heartwork"> > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM> > > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > > > Hi Fraggle> >> > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends.> > We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around> > the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan> > Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so> > we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be> > meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea> > and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule.> >> > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have.> > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet.> > Haven't made any gifts.> > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to> > frighten the natives.> > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols.> > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of> > events???> > Yule log already made and in the freezer.> > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends.> >> > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else> > decorate???> >> > Jo> >> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* vegan chat > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM> > *Subject:* well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but,> > we are in the midst of Holiday season.> > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black> > Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to> > prove you love, um, a department store i guess.> > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day,> > and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year> > comes to an end.> >> > so, what do you all do?> > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work> > everyone else?> > Family?> > Dinners?> > sleigh rides?> > braving shopping malls?> > hand made gifts?> > skipping naked around a fir tree?> > caroling?> > wassailing?> > yule log?> > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?> >> > what, if anything, do you do or have planned?> >> > plan special get togethers?> >> > planing on having a special vegan meal?> >> > reindeer sighting?> >> > cheers> > fraggle> >> > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for> > sure that just ain't so.> > - Mark Twain> >> > For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servantâ€"merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.> > Mark Twain> >> > > >> For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 yep, fahrenheit. it's warmed up to 9˚ tho! do i venture into town, or sit around in my thermal underwear and play banjo?blake On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:34 AM, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: i'm preety sure its Fahrenheit for Blake. he is in the Rockies. ugh..reminds me of the week after x-mas in Connecticut. i loved it as a wee fraggle.. " yay! the high today was -3F, wheeee!!! " ...now, i'd curl up and break heartwerk Dec 3, 2008 11:54 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful Is this 7 fahrenheit or 7 centigrade?Jo , " Blake Wilson " <mbw wrote:>> speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast: > > high: 16Ëš> low: 7Ëš> > seven....> > only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.> > blake> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:> > > > > LOL> >> > We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log.> > We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there> > aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan> > version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in> > chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log> > with snow on it.> >> > Jo> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM> > *Subject:* Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking> > about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer> >> > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule> >> > i was all " why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn> > longer? " > >> > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it?> > never even seen a yule log cake.> >> > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just> > showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > " jo.heartwork " > > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM> > > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful > >> > > > Hi Fraggle> >> > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends.> > We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around> > the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan> > Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so> > we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be> > meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea> > and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule.> >> > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. > > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet.> > Haven't made any gifts.> > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to> > frighten the natives. > > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols.> > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of> > events???> > Yule log already made and in the freezer. > > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends.> >> > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else> > decorate??? > >> > Jo> >> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* vegan chat > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM> > *Subject:* well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but,> > we are in the midst of Holiday season. > > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black> > Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to> > prove you love, um, a department store i guess. > > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day,> > and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year> > comes to an end.> > > > so, what do you all do?> > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work> > everyone else?> > Family?> > Dinners?> > sleigh rides?> > braving shopping malls? > > hand made gifts?> > skipping naked around a fir tree?> > caroling?> > wassailing?> > yule log?> > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? > >> > what, if anything, do you do or have planned?> >> > plan special get togethers?> >> > planing on having a special vegan meal?> >> > reindeer sighting? > >> > cheers> > fraggle> >> > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for> > sure that just ain't so.> > - Mark Twain > >> > For in a Republic, who is " the country " ? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant†" merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.> > Mark Twain> >> > > >> For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 make sure you youtube it if you play the banjo. we want to see Blake Wilson Dec 4, 2008 9:42 AM Re: Re: well the weather outside is frightful yep, fahrenheit. it's warmed up to 9˚ tho! do i venture into town, or sit around in my thermal underwear and play banjo?blake On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:34 AM, fraggle <EBbrewpunx (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote: i'm preety sure its Fahrenheit for Blake. he is in the Rockies. ugh..reminds me of the week after x-mas in Connecticut. i loved it as a wee fraggle.."yay! the high today was -3F, wheeee!!!"...now, i'd curl up and break heartwerk Dec 3, 2008 11:54 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful Is this 7 fahrenheit or 7 centigrade?Jo , "Blake Wilson" <mbw wrote:>> speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast:> > high: 16Ëš> low: 7Ëš> > seven....> > only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.> > blake> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:> > > > > LOL> >> > We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log.> > We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there> > aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan> > version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in> > chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log> > with snow on it.> >> > Jo> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM> > *Subject:* Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking> > about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer> >> > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule> >> > i was all "why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn> > longer?"> >> > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it?> > never even seen a yule log cake.> >> > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just> > showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > "jo.heartwork"> > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM> > > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > > > Hi Fraggle> >> > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends.> > We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around> > the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan> > Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so> > we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be> > meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea> > and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule.> >> > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have.> > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet.> > Haven't made any gifts.> > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to> > frighten the natives.> > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols.> > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of> > events???> > Yule log already made and in the freezer.> > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends.> >> > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else> > decorate???> >> > Jo> >> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* vegan chat > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM> > *Subject:* well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but,> > we are in the midst of Holiday season.> > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black> > Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to> > prove you love, um, a department store i guess.> > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day,> > and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year> > comes to an end.> >> > so, what do you all do?> > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work> > everyone else?> > Family?> > Dinners?> > sleigh rides?> > braving shopping malls?> > hand made gifts?> > skipping naked around a fir tree?> > caroling?> > wassailing?> > yule log?> > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring?> >> > what, if anything, do you do or have planned?> >> > plan special get togethers?> >> > planing on having a special vegan meal?> >> > reindeer sighting?> >> > cheers> > fraggle> >> > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for> > sure that just ain't so.> > - Mark Twain> >> > For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servantâ€"merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.> > Mark Twain> >> > > >>For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is “the country� Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. 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Guest guest Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 be careful what you wish for......;^)b. On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: make sure you youtube it if you play the banjo. we want to see Blake Wilson Dec 4, 2008 9:42 AM Re: Re: well the weather outside is frightful yep, fahrenheit. it's warmed up to 9˚ tho! do i venture into town, or sit around in my thermal underwear and play banjo?blake On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:34 AM, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: i'm preety sure its Fahrenheit for Blake. he is in the Rockies. ugh..reminds me of the week after x-mas in Connecticut. i loved it as a wee fraggle.. " yay! the high today was -3F, wheeee!!! " ...now, i'd curl up and break heartwerk Dec 3, 2008 11:54 PM Re: well the weather outside is frightful Is this 7 fahrenheit or 7 centigrade?Jo , " Blake Wilson " <mbw wrote:>> speaking of frightful weather, tomorrow's forecast: > > high: 16Ëš> low: 7Ëš> > seven....> > only logs around here are getting tossed on the fire.> > blake> > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, jo.heartwork <jo.heartwork wrote:> > > > > LOL> >> > We don't have an open fire, so can't have the original type of Yule log.> > We always have a Yule log cake though. We make ours ourselves as there> > aren't any vegan ones in the shops. It's chocolate cake (the non-vegan> > version is a chocolate Swiss roll) and when we thaw it, we will cover it in> > chocolate fudgy icing, and dust with icing sugar to make it look like a log> > with snow on it.> >> > Jo> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* > > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:44 PM> > *Subject:* Re: well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ya know, it took me awhile to figure out what the heck you were talking> > about when you said you put your yule log in the freezer> >> > i had to look it up and see there's a cake made as well thats called a yule> >> > i was all " why are you putting a log in your freezer? does it make it burn> > longer? " > >> > so, they make vegan yule log cakes? you made it yourself? what's in it?> > never even seen a yule log cake.> >> > when i lived on the east coast, there used to be a channel on TV that just> > showed a log burning in a fireplace during x-mas eve and x-mas..hahahaha> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > " jo.heartwork " > > Dec 2, 2008 2:36 PM> > > > Re: well the weather outside is frightful > >> > > > Hi Fraggle> >> > We started celebrating yesterday evening with a get together with friends.> > We will be going to a buffet tea with another set of friends. On and around> > the Solstice Peter & Katy will be with usand we will do a traditional vegan> > Yule meal. A few days after Christmas our daughter and son in law visit, so> > we will have another traditional veggie Yule meal. We are supposed to be> > meeting up with a gang of friends for a walk round Waggoners Wells and tea> > and cakes at the local cafe in the week after Yule.> >> > I would love to do a sleigh ride but never have. > > Haven't braved the shopping mals - thanks to the internet.> > Haven't made any gifts.> > Wouldn't dance naked anywhere - too cold - too prickly - wouldn't want to> > frighten the natives. > > Caroling - not done for many years but always like to hear carols.> > Wassailing - maybe this year - now where was that Morris side diary of> > events???> > Yule log already made and in the freezer. > > Might hide under the blankets for a couple of hours extra on the weekends.> >> > Need to go and gather holly, and decorate indoors. When does everyone else> > decorate??? > >> > Jo> >> >> >> > -> > ** fraggle <EBbrewpunx> > *To:* vegan chat > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:33 PM> > *Subject:* well the weather outside is frightful> >> > ok, not really, its sunny and 65F..but,> > we are in the midst of Holiday season. > > here in the colonies, thanxfernuthin just passed, and of course Black> > Friday where everyone is supposed to run out and buy something, anything, to> > prove you love, um, a department store i guess. > > Anyways, Hanukkah, Solstice, X-mas, Sol Invictus Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day,> > and probably a million other hallmark holidays are decending as the year> > comes to an end.> > > > so, what do you all do?> > I know a bunch of you UKers have x-mas lunches at work> > everyone else?> > Family?> > Dinners?> > sleigh rides?> > braving shopping malls? > > hand made gifts?> > skipping naked around a fir tree?> > caroling?> > wassailing?> > yule log?> > hiding under the blankets and setting the alarm clock for spring? > >> > what, if anything, do you do or have planned?> >> > plan special get togethers?> >> > planing on having a special vegan meal?> >> > reindeer sighting? > >> > cheers> > fraggle> >> > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for> > sure that just ain't so.> > - Mark Twain > >> > For in a Republic, who is " the country " ? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant†" merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.> > Mark Twain> >> > > >> For in a Republic, who is " the country " ? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain For in a Republic, who is "the country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. 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