Comments on: Happy, Merry, Joyous Whatever!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:33:42 +0000

Kryten, If it’s worth doing, it is worth doing loudly. My earliest education in “forbidden language” was acquired being around my Dad working on a car, especially if the engine is “almost” right and everything is hot.

It sounds like the trip down to Baja to get the engine back into my nephew’s VW Bus. The guys working on it were musicians when they weren’t mechanics. The price of repair was several drum skins, and some new metric wrenches. I also threw in adjusting their satellite antenna. They lived in a collection of old delivery vans on blocks, which was substantial housing for Baja Sur.

If the weather had been clear, I would have been listening to the band at the bar across the bayou, but the high humidity dampens the sound.

Never fear, New Year’s is coming and the fireworks will be on sale. Don’t ask me what fireworks has to do with the New Year if you are not Asian, but it is another Southern “tradition” that didn’t exist when I lived down here as a child. It is amazing how many things have become “old and honored traditions” in a couple of decades.

You do have the Outback available, while I would have to drive a while to get away from people. Everyone should have a desert nearby, so they can get away from “civilization” and actually see the sky.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:49:39 +0000

The words *peaceful* and *quiet* would sum up my ideal Christmas. I’m still hopeful after 50 years that it must be possible! LOL My housemate/Landlord has her very pregnant daughter and new son-in-law staying for a few days. Today we had the pleasure of braving the traditional *Boxing Day Sales Insane Shopping Crowds* to buy baby-related gear. Cot (bloody heavy), pram/stroller (also heavy), car seat, etc! I am stuffed. *sigh*

The noisy Armenian neighbors got much noisier with some kids and their parents staying with them, and guy who owns the place decided they could all have fun welding, hammering, cutting steel to build a big caged trailer. It seems that building a trailer requires much loud swearing in mixed Armenian/English and lot’s of high-pitched laughter from small children. Not to mention Armenian music at ear shattering volume and singing that I’m certain classifies as noise pollution in any *civilized* country.

Next Christmas, a well hidden deserted cave is the plan! With my luck… I still wont get any peace & quiet!

Other than that… It was OK. LOL 😉

Hope you all managed some peace and happiness on your Christmas day. 😀

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:06:54 +0000

Other than a fool talking on a cell phone who almost took out a guy on a bicycle because he stepped into the street without looking, it was wonderfully uneventful. Actually I can’t remember hearing a siren going by all day, which is fairly unusual.

I had to force a re-load to get the post up, even though I knew it was there from the comments in the sidebar. The ways of browsers are inscrutable – it updated the sidebar, but didn’t update the main column.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:45:19 +0000

OK, have an uneventful holiday, Bryan! See the pic on my site today for a bit of gentle role reversal…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:45:09 +0000

Gracias, Casa de los doce gatos.

Kiitos, Jill.

It helps to have a sense of humor, John, when you deal with weapons.

I don’t require “Merry”, Fallenmonk, just uneventful.

By: fallenmonk

fallenmonk — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:19:44 +0000

Have a Merry Bryan!

By: John B.

John B. — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:07:23 +0000

Happy holidays to you, Bryan, and thanks for the same. Your dad had good taste. I have a multi-disc CD set of all of Stan Freeberg’s radio shows I’d be happy to leave to you in my will.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:51:53 +0000

RAUHALLISTA JOULUA

and good ol’ Mele Kalikimaka.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:46:20 +0000

felis navidad!