Jeremy Bamber Forum
OFF TOPIC => General => Topic started by: mertol22 on November 26, 2011, 10:40:PM
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as usual someone near us put their crimbo deacorations up in November, tree lights carded santas on the windows , fake snow the works.
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Why do you call it crimbo?
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ask Andrea !
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I dont know! Dont know where or when the word crimbo started its been around yrs though.
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its slang very much heard in South Yorkshire , seems to be spreading into Lincolnshire .
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I first heard crimbo yrs ago on neighbours.
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my mate in bedford bought a small crimbo tree in dunelm mill milton keynes last week, he normally does not bother nice little tree
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Ive just finished decorating, was going to put my tree up but its too early, ill do it first week of dec!
Mines a 7 ft tree, takes ages to put all the baubles on it!
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7ft tree, thats knocking , how many baubles are you planning to use !
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I havent counted them, but i reckon well over a hundred.
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I have no enthusiasm this year. Put it down to ill health. I have no strength to bother much about it. In and out of hospital all year. Been like this for around three years and jusy wish to feel normal again.
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bah humbug.
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I have no enthusiasm this year. Put it down to ill health. I have no strength to bother much about it. In and out of hospital all year. Been like this for around three years and jusy wish to feel normal again.
Sorry to hear that Grahame, best wishes xx
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bah humbug.
The 3 ghosts may be visiting you then nug :)
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bah humbug.
The 3 ghosts may be visiting you then nug :)
Maybe nugnug was just eating some winter mixtures just then and came to a humbug..."eeyuk bar! humbug".
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I like humbugs :)
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I havent counted them, but i reckon well over a hundred.
i stood on one of these sods once ripped my foot lot of plastic ones now in shops
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I havent counted them, but i reckon well over a hundred.
i stood on one of these sods once ripped my foot lot of plastic ones now in shops
Ouch! i remember my dad standing on my mums hotbrush, i was dying to laugh but i didnt dare.
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i can see uses for baubles, placing them at the foot of the stairs last one up to catch kids sneaking down early crimbo morning.
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I get mine in bed mega early christmas eve, then i get on with the baking.
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its normally custom this time of preparation of crimbo dinner to indulge in plonko
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My father used to always go over the top with Cristmas and us kids always has a magical time.
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im trying to arrange snow for Leeds crimbo day, still on it.
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i thimk we will get some snow mertol, we had plenty last yr and its just as cold this yr. Anything except rain! i hate the bleeding rain.
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its raining now in scunthorpe, you know when it snows it goes much quieter
i think it was end of january this year or 1st part of feb the snow finally cracked and left,i cut like a cake a piece in the front garden i think ive never seen snow that high,Leeds is more open and should get a good fall.
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Picture taken January this year river Trent in foreground nr Gainsborough Lincolnshire, hopefully we will see something like this Christmas Day a certain member wants snow now !
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Best wishes to all the forum members, and I hope you all have a nice day tomorrow. :)
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