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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)

- - 2013 Christmas Tree Watch (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/2013-christmas-tree-watch-813503/)

Animal

Oct 30th 2013 1:06 am

Re: 2013 Christmas Tree Watch

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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 10968797)

I got a shock just now when it got light and I looked out of my office window. It was not a welcome sight.:(

Window cleaner in Speedo's ?

Souvy

Oct 30th 2013 1:10 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10968823)

Snow?

Yup. Not much, admittedly, but a starck reminder of what is to come nevertheless.

Oakvillian

Oct 30th 2013 1:36 am

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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 10968844)

Yup. Not much, admittedly, but a starck reminder of what is to come nevertheless.

this wins my typo of the day award :) A starck reminder is presumably one of the pretentious Frenchman's famous "low cost" alarm clocks...

http://files.softicons.com/download/...cost_clock.png

Souvy

Oct 30th 2013 1:43 am

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Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 10968905)

this wins my typo of the day award :) A starck reminder is presumably one of the pretentious Frenchman's famous "low cost" alarm clocks...

http://files.softicons.com/download/...cost_clock.png

Ooops!

My bad. Starck (a different one) is a company I write about all the time in my line of work. My fingers were on autopilot.

BristolUK

Oct 30th 2013 2:00 am

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Originally Posted by Animal (Post 10968835)

Window cleaner in Speedo's ?

Oink	Oct 30th 2013 5:44 am

Re: 2013 Christmas Tree Watch

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Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 10968905)

this wins my typo of the day award :) A starck reminder is presumably one of the pretentious Frenchman's famous "low cost" alarm clocks...

http://files.softicons.com/download/...cost_clock.png

Gosh, you are posh. ;)

Oakvillian

Oct 30th 2013 6:10 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10969345)

Gosh, you are posh. ;)

I knew somebody who was working for Alessi when Philippe Starck was designing for them in the late 80s and early 90s. His idea of "low-cost, functional design" and normal people's ideas of "low-cost, functional design" were occasionally some considerable distance apart. Mind you, those space rocket lemon squeezer things looked very cool, but I never owned one so don't know if they actually worked.

the undutchables

Nov 6th 2013 1:13 am

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Originally Posted by leith (Post 10967279)

Not much chance of Christmas trees or outdoor decorations being put up here (Vancouver Island) for a while. A lot of things such as roses and hydrangeas are still blooming and some of us have got our winter vegetable gardens going. We get about one day of snow here and all the bulbs start coming up about the end of January. I'm still pulling up weeds -arrrgh!

We've had snow on the ground for 10 days now! ( Calgary)

MillieF

Nov 6th 2013 6:20 am

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Bristol, your YouTube clip was fantastic! Thank you.

Can somebody tell me when I am meant to plant bulbs here? I get conflicting information from the neighbours, and the books I get from the library still leave me in confusion

We have a Christmas jingle on the radio...It came on last week and makes me feel nauseous.

Animal

Nov 6th 2013 6:24 am

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I saw the first TV advert last night. A neighbour has their outside lights up AND switches them on.

bats	Nov 6th 2013 6:43 am

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10979481)

Bulb planting is now. Daffs, tulips etc. Some are springtime. Which bulbs?

Almost Canadian

Nov 6th 2013 8:31 am

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Originally Posted by the undutchables (Post 10978978)

We've had snow on the ground for 10 days now! ( Calgary)

You must live in a very different Calgary to the one I work in or you live in a very shady spot:p

The4BellsLondon

Nov 6th 2013 9:11 am

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http://youtu.be/O7Xw1IL3oh0. M & S Christmas 2013 ad...

The4BellsLondon

Nov 8th 2013 2:53 am

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John Lewis Christmas Ad 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-miss-out.html

KuroKuro

Nov 8th 2013 6:45 am

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I don't even "do" Christmas, but the John Lewis ads never fail to make me a little weepy. (Yes, I am a wimp) :p

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