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#3175328 25-Dec-2023 09:36

That our Christmas presents this year worked as expected! (Had to be opened early though!)

Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones.

The drunk neighbours played their head banging boom boom music until 0130 this morning!!!!!!!!!!

Bliss with the headphones on. Wife is very pleased.

I wonder if anyone else around here has them?

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#3175329 25-Dec-2023 09:43

msukiwi:

That our Christmas presents this year worked as expected! (Had to be opened early though!)

Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones.

The drunk neighbours played their head banging boom boom music until 0130 this morning!!!!!!!!!!

Bliss with the headphones on. Wife is very pleased.

I wonder if anyone else around here has them?

Nice.

No I don't have em. Still on my Xmas wish list 🤞

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#3175334 25-Dec-2023 10:35

My wife's BD and Xmas Present is 30% off for boxing day sales.

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#3175384 25-Dec-2023 11:13

msukiwi:

I wonder if anyone else around here has them?

Yup, can confirm, I have neighbours like that too.

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#3175391 25-Dec-2023 12:21

My 4 year old.

Taken for his Christmas haircut. The barber usually gives him a lollipop when it's done, which he really likes. He was duly given a lollipop at the end.

He stared it and then said "dad I feel bad that I got a lollipop and you didn't", and gave it to me. Refuses to take it back, tells me it's mine "I gave it to you". I can't bring myself to eat it. He really wanted that lollipop too.........

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#3175392 25-Dec-2023 12:26

JimmyH:

My 4 year old.

Taken for his Christmas haircut. The barber usually gives him a lollipop when it's done, which he really likes. He was duly given a lollipop at the end.

He stared it and then said "dad I feel bad that I got a lollipop and you didn't", and gave it to me. Refuses to take it back, tells me it's mine "I gave it to you". I can't bring myself to eat it. He really wanted that lollipop too.........

That's super cute. Eat it, and thank him for being kind and considerate, he will get something from that, a lollipop can't match.

My Grandfather told me a number of things I've never forgotten in raising my kids.

Kids are the BEST thing that happen to you, and the WORST thing that happen to you, sometimes 10 seconds apart :)

Always offer kids a choice.. EG. Do you want a piggy back to bed, or do you want to walk. This is gold

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#3175402 25-Dec-2023 13:03

It was the first time we had "pyjama day" here on Christmas Eve - something I've never experienced before. It was Sunday, the weather was rainy and grey, we didn't have to go anywhere and even the neighbours came over in their pyjamas and housecoats for a little whisky and a chat. We relaxed from late morning until early evening and cooked delicious, simple food in between. 😊

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#3175652 26-Dec-2023 20:48

The bug-a-salt gun I got for Christmas.

66.6% kill rate so far ( 3 shots fired, 2 dead flies), better than what I can achieve in any GTA game.

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#3176456 31-Dec-2023 06:26

If you want to know which English feat we Germans (i.e. 12 million of us anyway) celebrate every year on New Year's Eve, then take a look *here*!

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#3176465 31-Dec-2023 08:32

We’re starting the fairly miserable trip back to the desert.

We’ll be back to 25 degrees very soon

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#3176531 31-Dec-2023 16:10

The life changing properties of a shower in the middle of a transfer after an overnight flight.

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#3176569 31-Dec-2023 21:06

Breakfast here for us, New Year's Eve dinner for you. Have a good start into the new year! See you around. 🥳

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#3176570 31-Dec-2023 21:08

Already broke into the champagne bottles.

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#3176572 31-Dec-2023 21:27

One of my Passion Fruit is a Teams member 😀

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#3176578 31-Dec-2023 23:40

SirHumphreyAppleby:

A list of things not to do in Germany, but he left out the most important one.

I've found something else especially for you ... not from a New Zealander, but a Brit who might be able to convince you ;-)

Qui nihil scit, omnia credere debet. - He who knows nothing must believe everything.
Firewalls do NOT stop dragons. Really not. But your smart devices are spying on you!
I avoid Big Tech amap. They try hard to dictate technology and „culture“ across borders.
In effect we have everything to hide from someone, and no idea who „someone“ is.

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