scot47

Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all, even to the Bankers who brought the world to near collapse !

dontheturner

High Celtic - must admit, never thought it got that cold in TX.

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I'm happy you are all having a happy Christmas. I'm thinking of members who have gone really quiet and haven't posted for some time. It would be nice to hear from them.

Celticspirit

Hello Don,
Yes in Texas we sometimes have extremes on both ends. When I came here 40 years sho, I could not believe there were many furriers in Dallas!! Good thing is it never lasts very long xx

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Beat this! I got up at 4:30 am to go shopping. The store, Kohls, opened at 5 a.m. and DW said she would buy me a fleece top, that was on sale, for my BD. Mission accomplished!

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Anyone have the lowdown on Barbara?

Celticspirit

Don, last night was -7C and tonight will be -4C. We had a wonderful snowy Christmas Day. Today we did not get back up to 0C but tomorrow it will all have disappeared. Will change my avatar to my house on Christmas Day.

UkWinds5353

I celebrated X-Mas spending time with family enjoying egg-nog and watching television all the usual christmas shows.How did you all spend christmas? Did you have the christmas spirit this year?

dontheturner

Forgive me, but before the war, we had ''Seagars Egg Flip'' - a mix of Eggs & Sherry, which was called by all and sundry ''Egg-nog''..... Is this the same thing you are referring to, or is it Advocaat??

jasper123

Hey Paula,
everything you say here is quite correct, there were loads of jobs around way back then, the point I was making was not everyone wanted to work,
not the majority of course, but even way back then there were indeed benefits in the U.K. ----- not as many as now of course but there was the dole system 50 years ago, remember we are only talking about the 60,s
and the men that I was referring to were the lazy minority that learned very fast how easy it was to make more on benefits then if they were working,
Dole money, and child support/allowance mostly, for every child a married couple or single mother would get x number of pounds per child, so many would actually plan on having a brood of little rug rats, hence there benefits if say they had 3 or more kids would receive more in benefits then they could get if they were working full time, and so as I was saying that has not changed much, still a lot of people who have never worked,
Thats where it all started , that mentality of the government owes us a living,
Now 50 years later we have two more generations of the lazy buggers, many of whom have never worked a single day in there life, ---- and so it goes on!!!!! as the world turns!!!!
Me Ive never been without a Job in my life anywhere in the world, except now, Im an OAP with a free bus pass

UkWinds5353

Hi

There are a few ways of making eggnog. Here in the States there are a gazillion dairy companies that make eggnog.It is a very traditional holiday drink. The usual ingredients are milk, sugar, raw eggs, nutmeg and other spices. Rum is a favorite alcohol put in eggnog. When well made it can be a real treat.This year for some reason it has been expensive.About $6 per half gallon. My mother use to make it from cratch. The key is not making it too sweet.

Celticspirit

Oh my gosh......I had totally forgotten about Advocaat! I remember it was egg colored.....did we have to refrigerate after opening?

Celticspirit

Braun's low fat is tops :-) At least my kids said so....... :-)

UkWinds5353

Yes refrigeration is a must as its best served chilled. And your right, the color of eggnog is very near the shade of egg yolk. Here in the States it's sold from early december till a few days past New Years day.

UkWinds5353

Nice.