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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/30/2012 6:57:22 PM

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Hi there Leo... I'm actually going out this new year's eve, the family are taking me and my wheelchair up to our local club. I'm really looking forward to it, first time out in 3 years, and I will see lots of friends I haven't seen for a while.

I think I know exactly how you feel, Des. Mom's confined to a chair too. Any opportunity to go out-and-about gets her so excited. I'm taking her to Pops-on-the-Beach for New Years Eve. She's spent the last three days looking in the closet, and picking out the perfect outfit.

Hope you have a wonderful new year's eve, and stellar new year. In my prayers. God bless.

Ciao. John

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/30/2012 9:33:19 PM

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The best present I got this year was NOT going to see any of my inlaws.

Ooh you lucky bastard...

(All very TIC BTW)

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/30/2012 11:03:25 PM

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

That means you and your wife?

Please note that in Europe (especially Mediterranean Europe: Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece etc.) it is quite common for families to stay together for good (i.e. several generations under one roof)!

In my country this is also the case - we usually own the places we live in (i.e. there are very very few that rent apartments - that is very expensive and not worth it in the long run) so families tend to stay together. About 10 years ago there was a trend that new young families try to go away from parents and buy new apartments with cheap credits / mortgages but this turned out to be very very bad decision because of market crash and crisis after 2007... lots and lots of brand new unsold apartments and houses that are empty and inhabited...

Leo "Apollo11"

Not in my part of the world it isn't. Get out and stay out is a more traditional thing

My parents even changed the locks. My youngest brother was pleased when I joined the RAF because he had his eye on my room as well.

My in-laws went off to Scotland for Christmas, so Christmas day was just myself, Clare and Josh (with special guest appearance from BC).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:08:28 AM

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Hi there Leo... I'm actually going out this new year's eve, the family are taking me and my wheelchair up to our local club. I'm really looking forward to it, first time out in 3 years, and I will see lots of friends I haven't seen for a while.

Sounds great, mate! Have an awesome New Year's eve, even if you do celebrate on the wrong bloody day.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:09:45 AM

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

Oh no you don't. No no no...

I've got patience for my two (just), but I'm not up for an extended stay with a baker's dozen of shrieking maniacs running around.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:11:55 AM

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Hi all,

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

That means you and your wife?

Please note that in Europe (especially Mediterranean Europe: Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece etc.) it is quite common for families to stay together for good (i.e. several generations under one roof)!

In my country this is also the case - we usually own the places we live in (i.e. there are very very few that rent apartments - that is very expensive and not worth it in the long run) so families tend to stay together. About 10 years ago there was a trend that new young families try to go away from parents and buy new apartments with cheap credits / mortgages but this turned out to be very very bad decision because of market crash and crisis after 2007... lots and lots of brand new unsold apartments and houses that are empty and inhabited...

Leo "Apollo11"

Moreso in many European countries where the per capita birth rate has plummeted. When the average female is only producing 1.2 children (several European countries), an aging society and small families are guaranteed. Makes this sort of multi-generational approach not only feasible, but necessary.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:13:30 AM

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Oi, Sprior!

What's this you slipped in on the other thread (the World's Worst AAR) about tendering your resignation the other day? What's all this then?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:17:20 AM

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Hello you lot. Hope your Christmases were enjoyable. We're back from 9 days in the hill country of Texas, just north of San Antonio. Nice country. Lovely weather, good food, family and no work. Lovely.

In Fredricksburg, TX is the "War in the Pacific Museum". I kid you not. I was incredulous at first, but spent some time there on Saturday. I'll post some pictures. An excellent museum, just outstanding.

Probably the best 'treatment' of the PTO as an organic whole I've seen anywhere. For anyone that fancies themselves a WWII PTO grog, this is simply a 'must see'.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:53:00 AM

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Welcome back Chickenboy.

Your just in time to hear that in the last night game of the year I'm taking Washington and giving 3 to Dallas.

I want to see Jerry CRY!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 2:52:30 AM

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Your just in time to hear that in the last night game of the year I'm taking Washington and giving 3 to Dallas.

Only 3 points? Hell, I'd take the Skins -3 too. That's a no-brainer.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 4:43:29 AM

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Hello you lot. Hope your Christmases were enjoyable. We're back from 9 days in the hill country of Texas, just north of San Antonio. Nice country. Lovely weather, good food, family and no work. Lovely.

In Fredricksburg, TX is the "War in the Pacific Museum". I kid you not. I was incredulous at first, but spent some time there on Saturday. I'll post some pictures. An excellent museum, just outstanding. Probably the best 'treatment' of the PTO as an organic whole I've seen anywhere. For anyone that fancies themselves a WWII PTO grog, this is simply a 'must see'.

Did you check out the midget sub?...in the Texas hill country of all places?...lol

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 9:32:45 AM

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Moreso in many European countries where the per capita birth rate has plummeted. When the average female is only producing 1.2 children (several European countries), an aging society and small families are guaranteed. Makes this sort of multi-generational approach not only feasible, but necessary.

Not sure it is linked... Britain, and northern european countries, have pretty low birthrates, yet children move out. Southern european countries have higher birthrates, but those extended households are more common there. And in countries that stand in the middle (France is one), you'll find more of those multi-generation families in the same communities where you have higher birthrates (immigrants, catholics, periurban/rural).

I believe this shows how rural our societies are. In Southern Europe (including France), most of the population was still rural a few generations ago, and such extended families are a hallmark of rural societies. This probably results from the way inheritance worked here. In many southern countries, the land was split between all surviving children, keeping everyone in the farm, and then around the farm. Northern societies kept the land whole by designating one heir (elder/son, chasing the others into the cities, and splitting the families. You can also see the result in the countryside: lots of small fields, with hedges in between, aka bocage.

Francois

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 9:57:38 AM

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Good morning!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 9:58:51 AM

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After Romo's third interception, I saw Jerry cry!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:48:18 PM

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Hi all,

Good day!

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:50:24 PM

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Hi all,

Good day!

Leo "Apollo11"

Good morning, Leo. Major plans for this evening?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 12:55:36 PM

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Hmmm...

I smell...something...something I've not sensed since the likes of...

Anyone else smell our 'long-lost' friend come to visit us again? Kudos to Itdepends if I'm right. Check the Opponents wanted section.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:25:00 PM

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Good day!

Good morning, Leo. Major plans for this evening?

Wife and I are just heading out... New Year's eve at friend's house in the suburbs on the hill... 15+ people...

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:26:55 PM

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Hi all,

And you? Will you go out as well?

Happy New Year everyone!

Leo "Apolo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:54:45 PM

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Hi all,

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

That means you and your wife?

Leo "Apollo11"

Not even close.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:55:05 PM

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

The best present I got this year was NOT going to see any of my inlaws.

Its a giant cf every year. You're lucky.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:56:06 PM

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Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

That means you and your wife?

Please note that in Europe (especially Mediterranean Europe: Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece etc.) it is quite common for families to stay together for good (i.e. several generations under one roof)!

In my country this is also the case - we usually own the places we live in (i.e. there are very very few that rent apartments - that is very expensive and not worth it in the long run) so families tend to stay together. About 10 years ago there was a trend that new young families try to go away from parents and buy new apartments with cheap credits / mortgages but this turned out to be very very bad decision because of market crash and crisis after 2007... lots and lots of brand new unsold apartments and houses that are empty and inhabited...

Leo "Apollo11"

That is rather interesting. There could be worse things than living with family I guess...I can't think of it right now, but..

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 1:59:16 PM

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Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

That means you and your wife?

Please note that in Europe (especially Mediterranean Europe: Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece etc.) it is quite common for families to stay together for good (i.e. several generations under one roof)!

In my country this is also the case - we usually own the places we live in (i.e. there are very very few that rent apartments - that is very expensive and not worth it in the long run) so families tend to stay together. About 10 years ago there was a trend that new young families try to go away from parents and buy new apartments with cheap credits / mortgages but this turned out to be very very bad decision because of market crash and crisis after 2007... lots and lots of brand new unsold apartments and houses that are empty and inhabited...

Leo "Apollo11"

Not in my part of the world it isn't. Get out and stay out is a more traditional thing My parents even changed the locks. My youngest brother was pleased when I joined the RAF because he had his eye on my room as well.

My in-laws went off to Scotland for Christmas, so Christmas day was just myself, Clare and Josh (with special guest appearance from BC).

If my children aren't in college or or have a job when they graduate highschool, they'll have a wakeup call when it comes to living under my roof.

Sounds like your XMas would have been so lovely. Our Christmas, my parents, my paternal gparents, her parents, both sets of her grandparents, and a "get together"...we missed my matern gmas side this year. That would have been eight Christmas in two weeks. I don't think my wife will ever give in to having just ours.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 2:00:12 PM

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Christmas at the inlaws who still have a daughter, son in law, and four grandkids living at home. Yaaaaay.

Oh no you don't. No no no... I've got patience for my two (just), but I'm not up for an extended stay with a baker's dozen of shrieking maniacs running around.

I always wondered why we never stayed long at Christmas at the gparents when I was a kid. Now I get it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 12/31/2012 2:26:34 PM

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Viking Dude: Did you catch the Disney Christmas shows this year?

ETA: How does "Kalle Anka och hans v�nner �nskar God Jul" translate literally and otherwise?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/1/2013 4:16:05 AM

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Family and I are going to be sitting down to dinner shortly. Before I get pulled away I would like to wish my Thread brothers a happy and healthy new year. May all your sorrows and problems remain in the old year, may the new year bring joy, health and wealth, and may all your tough die rolls go your way.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/1/2013 6:19:15 AM

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Evening tithe...

Happy new year to all you guys, and your families.

Skyped with Chickenboy this morning, and he is a fine looking young chap. Seems almost a shame that he is my JFB opponent, and I'm going to rip his ego apart, when I crush his empire into the dust.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/1/2013 9:00:10 AM

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Happy New Year! Got the early shift with my 14 month old son who is now trying to destroy the Christmas tree....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/1/2013 10:07:13 AM

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Good morning!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 1/1/2013 10:12:46 AM

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