Krapow Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Washedup said: Magical for young children 👍 It is yea. My missus has a Thai friend here who told her children there is no Santa, it's their parents who give them the presents. Not for me, i remember Christmas as a magical, exciting time. I want my daughter to experience that same magical Christmas feeling. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Krapow said: It is yea. My missus has a Thai friend here who told her children there is no Santa, it's their parents who give them the presents. Not for me, i remember Christmas as a magical, exciting time. I want my daughter to experience that same magical Christmas feeling. Most Definitely childrens imagination at Christmas is amazing..I know mine was..let them be children for as long as possible especially in this day and age 👍 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Some parents just want to take away their children's happiness.... 😉 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/us-parents-lose-lawsuit-over-destruction-of-sons-porn-collection 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Some parents just want to take away their children's happiness.... 😉 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/us-parents-lose-lawsuit-over-destruction-of-sons-porn-collection Brilliant 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, Krapow said: It is yea. My missus has a Thai friend here who told her children there is no Santa, it's their parents who give them the presents. Not for me, i remember Christmas as a magical, exciting time. I want my daughter to experience that same magical Christmas feeling. My belief in Santa went down hill when I got up one Xmas morning and mum was still trying to put my Action Man helicopter together. 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Up to no good again .... I have known her a pretty long time .. still has incredible legs and what an ass ... drives me crazy ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Just back from a quick dash to the barbers to get my barnet cut, after the blond bomber has locked us down again, closing barbers and pretty much everything else, gyms as well ffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Krapow said: Just back from a quick dash to the barbers to get my barnet cut, after the blond bomber has locked us down again, closing barbers and pretty much everything else, gyms as well ffs! It has just gotta suck big time ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, code_slayer_bkk said: It has just gotta suck big time ... Apart from the gym closing, doesn't really have a big impact on our lives. Neither of us drink alcohol, and my wife loves cooking, can get take away for a change if we want. I suspect schools will open later in January that planned, though happy my 4 year old in only in Reception Class, kinda half/half, nursery and first year, so not missing out too much re learning, moreso social interaction. But i can and do work from home, so more family time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thai Spice Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 At the beach cantine for lunch... As you can see from the table configurations, life goes on normally here ! Sunday is the day expat families usually meet up for lunch at the beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Horizondave Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just watching Flight Radar checking the path of Porn's flight back to the UK. She called me from the plane letting me know she boarded and all was well. Don't know why but with this Tier 4 upgrade in London my brain started thinking that Thai would cancel her flight. I suppose after 7 weeks away and desire for a family Christmas I was being paranoid. Still I will be at Heathrow this evening to pick her up. We are in Tier 4 in Wales but still allowed to travel to Heathrow to pick family up. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 56 minutes ago, Horizondave said: Just watching Flight Radar checking the path of Porn's flight back to the UK. She called me from the plane letting me know she boarded and all was well. Don't know why but with this Tier 4 upgrade in London my brain started thinking that Thai would cancel her flight. I suppose after 7 weeks away and desire for a family Christmas I was being paranoid. Still I will be at Heathrow this evening to pick her up. We are in Tier 4 in Wales but still allowed to travel to Heathrow to pick family up. Have a great Christmas ( make the day "count" ! ) and New Years with your loved ones .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just got up, having coffee and catching up with latest News. Strange feeling this morning of gloom, even though the sun is shining. Few cars on the road, and everything seems to be remarkably quiet. I should imagine it will stay like that for the next few weeks. I may engage in some light housework to pass the day 😊oh well, another day of the same. I did a big shop yesterday and at least my drinks cupboard is full, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Up in the middle of the night again, these short winter days are wreaking havoc with my normal daily rhythms; I go to bed tired and sleep two or three hours and then I pop wide awake. I'll return to bed after three or four hours and then sleep later than I really want to in the morning, especially if I have early morning shopping planned - the only time to do it this time of year with the Xmas frenzy going on. Thankfully I have very few commitments otherwise and can pretty well do whatever I want with my time, and tomorrow is the shortest day of the year so we can start to gain daylight again, even though it won't be very noticeable for the first month or so...bring on 2021. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 ^^^^^ Bro .. I have woken up every day since I can remember at 4 o'clock sharp every morning ... even if I go to bed at 3:30 am .... I take every day on full steam ahead ... even though I have severe hang-overs sometimes .. but, that doesn't ever seem to stop me .. may slow me down a little bit .... For me .. I have never needed much sleep .. I am pretty hyper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just returned from taking my girl to Udon airport so she can go back to Uni in Bangkok. Stopped off at 7 and picked up some freshly made croissants, I am very pleasantly surprised, they really are quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 4:13 PM, galenkia said: My belief in Santa went down hill when I got up one Xmas morning and mum was still trying to put my Action Man helicopter together. 😀 I got up one Christmas morning to an empty box under the tree. Mum told me it was an Action Man Deserter. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Went with Beach gals Dad and Ziggy to the Monday market ... Ziggy loves these Biimbo ( a sour fruit ) they sell at the market ... she asked me .. ok .. we do ... You cannot believe how cheap the fruit and veggies are ..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Supermarket shopping. No queues, no apparent shortages of goods, no evidence of panic buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, john luke said: Supermarket shopping. No queues, no apparent shortages of goods, no evidence of panic buying. I was at my local supermarket just after 7.30 am today, as I am every Monday. It has been a good time to go there previously - maybe only a dozen of us in the store. Today was completely different. Huge line of cars waiting to get a parking space, and about 60 people queueing for the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bazle said: I was at my local supermarket just after 7.30 am today, as I am every Monday. It has been a good time to go there previously - maybe only a dozen of us in the store. Today was completely different. Huge line of cars waiting to get a parking space, and about 60 people queueing for the Started having a Tesco delivery every 2 weeks..cant beat it. Other supermarkets are available 😉 Edited December 21, 2020 by Washedup Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tko Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) On 12/19/2020 at 10:20 PM, Krapow said: It is yea. My missus has a Thai friend here who told her children there is no Santa, it's their parents who give them the presents. Not for me, i remember Christmas as a magical, exciting time. I want my daughter to experience that same magical Christmas feeling. We always let my daughter help put out the cookies and a brandy for Santa (f*ck hot chocolate), and after the kids went to sleep we'd lay a trail of gold and silver wrapped candy kisses from their beds to the tree, which had presents when they woke. Always early. Christmas is only day I enjoy getting up early since I retired. She was nine when she and a couple of her same age cousins were playing around in the house before Christmas and discovered the stash of wrapped presents in my home office closet. They came charging out yelling "Daddy is Santa" and the cover has been blown, since. EDIT: She says it still feels magical to wake up to the trail of candy, so we still do that. Edited December 21, 2020 by tko Added info 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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