Christmas Trees for 19 December

Everybody knows the cool people caught the 439…

Nice to have a real tree there, had to go with the plastic one myself this year, and the fibre optics don’t even work 🙁

Did manage to get the niece and nephew going in a bauble making sweatshop though, so I have lovely home made decorations which is lovely – especially the stuffed up snow turned into bacon and eggs!!

I am deeply offended that my “in good faith” entry has been dubbed fraudulent. HHrrrummph!!! Just because my brother in SA can’t be trusted to send me authentic items -he has a bit of a drinking problem unlike a gentleman of my highborn nomenclature – and I just wanted to play, but I didn’t have a tree – Sob! (Gets up and heads for the fridge)

Yessir, Danman! Eleven years spent across the road from Maribyrnong Primary. I got really good at saying, “You boys get down from that roof!” like Margaret from Ainslie.

*chuckle*

Probably some dude selling watches from it in a back alley Granny….

You used to live Kaleen/Giralang eh ?

Hey, I used to catch the 437 and 438 as well!

I have more of a ‘hotel room occupied by Todd Carney on a bender’ look happening at my place.

However, we do now have Christmas presents after little Minnie asked plaintively, “Where are our presents?” followed by a bit of gruesome arm-twisting of the bread-and-butter-winner and a couple of obscenely intense days of frenetic shopping ….

X persuaded me to buy khaki overalls from that disposals place many moons ago when we were first going out. All the other girls were wearing cute little burgundy corduroy ones, and he thought they were prissy. Apparently mine had ‘good social comment’ …. I really wanted the prissy ones, but the army place ones were kind of cool actually now I think about it.

He also had an army greatcoat called ‘Winchester’. I loved Winchester. It was the most fantastically useful item in the universe. I mean, forget the towel. Whatever was Douglas Adams thinking?? I wonder what became of it.

(OT) I remember that store Granny, it was called “Sydney Disposals” – I too was to be found gazing at said swords – oh and a huge display working replica of a swiss army knife – my bus the 437 and 438 used to leave from there.

If I had a sword, I would want a Scottish broadsword like Highlander. Pity I couldn’t lift it, but.

They used to have some cool swords in the window of the old Army Disposal shop in East Row. I would stand there and look at them while I waited for the bus to come. Sometimes I could almost feel the weight of them in my hand. Wouldn’t want to see one coming towards me in a dark alley, however.

Or that awful scene in Macbeth where the kid says, “He has killed me, mother:
Run away, I pray you!” [Dies. [Exit LADY MACDUFF, crying ‘Murder,’ and pursued by the Murderers.

For god’s sake, if you have stuff to show off, put it up on the wall! Having things propped up on the floor just looks like it’s a hotel room or something. Definitely SCA.

My ex-husband did an appallingly awful tree one year – it was a pink feather duster with a bauble on top. A bit traumatic for the girls, who happened to be having Christmas with him that year, but I thought it was quite funny. I still laugh whenever I think of it. I’ve got a photo somewhere.

Gosh, Thumper, you must really be on Santa’s nice list … look at all the pressies!

; )

I love the minimalist look Thumper. If less is more then you have the most!

jakez said :

That christmas tree is truly appalling thumper.

The Christmas tree is right of frame with the presents under it, not the thing in left of frame…

If you want handcrafted wooden archery stuff, let me know [Although we’re having to use banded turkey feathers as the right sort of goose feathers are extremely difficult to source].

My son is currently trying to master creating the recurve bow but makes others . . .

That christmas tree is truly appalling thumper. It reminds me of the Christmas episode of the Simpsons when Homer can’t afford a Christmas tree. He drives past the christmas tree place, then past another cheaper place with irregular trees, then an even cheaper place with very wonky trees.

I’m guessing you stopped at the last place instead of stealing one (as Homer does).

…of course I don’t even have a Christmas Tree so maybe I should just shut the hell up.

with a name like thumper, I thought that the sword would at least be a double handed broadsword.

Could be for witchcraft – I noted the pentagram on the wall – which is in the balance position (Think Davinci pictures of the man starjumping in the circle), and therefore non satanic – a popular misconception.

Single point down = satanic – represented by a goats head…single point up – Balance, witchcraft/wicca

anyway….. Ill be taking a pic of mine tonight – I hope

I would have thought thast the candlesticks would do a better job. you could always just invert the pentagram…

My guess is the sword and shield is to send Jehovah Witless knobs who come around to visit packing?

What’s with the sword and shield, Thumper? You’re not an SCA wingnut, are you?